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September 24, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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named blooms each, Mrs. H. A. Jahn 

 first. 



Asters — Best display of pink, purple 

 and white, twenty-five blooms each, Will- 

 iam Appleton first, Joshua Vose second. 

 Best display, twelve blooms, pink, purple 

 and white, William Tarbox first, William 

 Appleton second. Best display, all 

 classes, William Tarbox first, L. A. 

 Bloomer, of Pawtucket, second. 



Benjamin A. Jackson showed Gerbera 

 •Famesoni. 



Nathan D. Pierce showed a vase of 

 Queen Charlotte ^anemone and vase of 

 Tritoma Pfitzeri, the latter having nine 

 spikes. 



L. L. Mathewson showed a new white 

 seedling gladiolus, Snow Queen; white 

 flower, with a delicate flush of pink, and 

 fully six inches across. The spikes were 

 strong and of good length, and the num- 

 ber of blooms on each ranged from six 

 to ten. 



A vase of fine President Carnot rose 

 was shown by Frank E. Wright. 



Various Notes. 



The Hillcrest Dahlia Gardens, West- 

 erly, is cutting some handsome dahlias. 



William J. McCarthy, son of Timothy 

 McCarthy, superintendent of the Swan 

 Point cemetery, sailed last wfeek for Bel- 

 gium, to take up his studies at the Amer- 

 ican College, at Louvain. 



William E. Chappell is making exten- 

 sive repairs and improvements in his 

 range. 



The greenhouses of the late Edward 

 D. Clark, of Tockwotten street, which 

 were partly destroyed by fire last win- 

 ter, are being torn down, and the site 

 will be graded for park purposes for 

 the Home for Aged Women, directly 

 across the street. 



The Westminster Greenhouses, Frank 

 Sullivan, proprietor, are being overhauled 

 and a small addition put on. 



One of the judges at the recent show 

 of the Bhode Island Horticultural So-' 

 ciety was Jacob Swarts, who is 86 years 

 old. 



Matthew Macnair has been nominated 

 by the prohibitionists for fifth repre- 

 sentative in the General Assembly from 

 this city. 



George C. Kelly is erecting a new 

 greenhouse, 25x80 feet. 



The annual chrysanthemum exhibition 

 of the Rhode Island Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be held in Churchill house, No- 

 vember 11 and 12, 



At the funeral of William Butcher, 

 held September 12, at St. Stephen's 

 Episcopal church, there was an unusually 

 large and magnificent display of flow- 

 ers, including a large wreath on an easel 

 from the Florists' and Gardeners' Club 

 of Ehode Island. The club was repre- 

 sented by President Alex. Macrae, Sec- 

 retary W. E. Chappell, John Macrae, 

 Michael Sweeney, Owen McManus, Cor- 

 nelius Hartstra, William Hill, William 

 Appleton and Eobert Johnson. Other 

 florists present were William Hay, Thom- 

 as Curley and George Johnston. 



W. H. M. 



We are completely sold out of carna- 

 tion plants, thanks to one insertion of 

 our advertisement in the Review. — Clin- 

 ton Falls Nubseby Co., Owatonna, 

 Minn. 



Philadelphia, Pa.— Godfrey Asch- 

 mann is building a new house 22x75, 

 with Lord & Burnham material, for the 

 special purpose of housing the azaleas 

 when they arrive. He has the largest 

 stock of pot plants in the history of his 

 business. 



c'; Cyclamen Per. Gigantenm 



OUR strain of this import- 

 ant Florist flower is grown 

 for us by the acknowledged 

 foremost specialist of Europe, a 

 man who has made the Cycla- 

 men a life study and whose 

 stock is justly considered "per- 

 fect.*^ If you want the f>est, 

 you must get this strain. 



We offer it as follows: Per 100 1000 

 seeds seeds 



PureWblte 90.76 $6.00 



Blood Red 75 6.00 



BrlKhtRose 75 6.00 



White, with red eye.. .75 6.00 



Bllxed, all colors 60 5.00 



We also offer the new vari- 

 ety, Wonder of Wands- 

 bek, the finest color in Cycla- 

 men to date, being a rich, 

 intense salmon-rose, retaining 

 its bright color fill the last and 

 never fading out to the objec- 

 tionable bluish tint like all 

 others. Price, $1.50 per 100 

 seeds; $12.00 per 1000 seeds. 



Our Wholesale Price List for 

 the Autumn was mailed out 

 September 1, and contains a com- . 

 plete list of the best of everyttiingr 

 in 



SEEDS, BULBS AND PLANTS 



HENRY A. DREER, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



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The seed of Cyclamen is often sown too early in the year, September is the best time. 

 Boddington's Gigantic Cyclamen are unequaled for size and quality of bloom. A maKniflcent 

 strain of Cyclamen, with flowers of extraordinary size and substance. 



Glgrantie Wliite Butterfly. Pure white: immense flowers. 



Glsrantlo SnoT^flake. The largest of all white Cyclamen, 



GlKBntlc Cberry-red. Most brilliant and eflectiva. 



Gigrsuitlo Rose. Immense flowers of a pleasing shade of light rose. 



GlBsntie Pink. Exquisite shade of soft pink. 



GiKantlc Crimson. Most striking color; under artificial light appears to be almost 



luminous. 

 Glffantic Crimson and Wliite. A magnificent flower of the largest type. 

 GlKStntio Byrinea Blue. (New.) A charming color. 

 Gisantio Lilac. A very pleasing color, lighting up well at night. 



Any of the above varieties, trade pkt., SOc; 100 seeds, $1«50; per 1000, $12.00. 



Giarantlc Blized. Aidixture of all the above varieties in proper proportion. Trade pkt., 



50c.: 100 seeds. $1.25: 1000 seeeds, $10.00. 

 PRINCESS MAY. A very pretty type of Cyclamen. Color, pink with suffused blotches 



of criinson at base of petals. Trade pkt., SOc: 100 seeds, $1.50. 



SALMON QUKKN. Undoubtedly one of the most distinst and beautiful salmon colors 

 found in cyclamen. Trade pkt., 50c; 100 seeds, $1.50. 



Cyolsunen sriKanteum Salmonlum splendens. The flnest salmon-pink variety- 

 Trade pkt., SOc; 100 seeds, $1.50. 



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Bridgeton, N, J. — H. E. West opened 

 liis new flower store at Olean, N. Y., Sat- 

 urday, September 19. Lester Ingles, for 

 three years with his brother, F. L. Ingles, 

 of this city, has gone to take charge of 

 the store. 



Please cut out my advertisements of 

 heliotrope and 2% -inch geraniums that 

 appeared in last week's Review. The 

 first insertion made a clean sweep of the 

 plants, just like a tornado. — E. A. Mu- 

 CHOW, Clarence, N. Y." 



