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tones to greater degree than ever replace 

 the astounding woodcuts of former days. 

 But it is in the descriptive matter that 

 the greatest reforms are made. Some 

 of the catalogues have been re-written to 

 considerable extent and nearly all appear 

 to have been carefully edited. Generally 

 a more conservative tone has been adopt- 

 ed, but a small minority deem it good 

 business to retain much of the old vo- 

 ciferous phraseology, and some of the 

 exaggerated illustrations. Apparently 

 their customers are able to estimate these 

 windy statements at their proper value. 

 Novelties of promise are few, and their 

 claims are usually presented in more re- 

 strained style than heretofore." 



TCKD-MUCH-ALIKE SWEET PEAS. 



The English National Sweet Pea So- 

 ciety has prepared a new list of too- 

 much-alike varieties and decrees that 

 "not more than one of the bracketed va- 

 rieties shall be shown on the same stand 

 at any exhibition of the National Sweet 

 Pea Society." Priority is given to the 

 first name: 



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Etta D.vke 

 White Spencer 

 Paradise White 



Queen Alexandra 

 Scarlet Gem 



/ Her Majesty 

 I Splendour 



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Duke of Sutherland 

 Monarch 



rattle Eckford 

 Maid of Honour 

 Ivy Miller 



Black Knight 



Stanley 



Boreatton 



Lord Rosebery 

 Cyril Breadmore 



James Grieve 

 Mrs. Collier 

 Mrs. Felton 

 Dora Cowper 

 Devonshire Cream 

 Ceres 



Yellow Dorothy 

 Eckford 



Captain of the Blues 

 Bolton's Blue 



Lady Grizel HamiltoB 

 Countess of Radnor 

 New Countess 

 Princess May 



I Flora Norton 

 I Miss Phllbrick 



1 Modesty 



J Duchess of Suther- 



} land 



/ Sensation 



1 Countess of Aberdeen 



John Ingman 

 Paradise Carmine 

 Spencer Carmine 

 (;eorge Herbert 

 E. J. Castle 

 Rosy Morn 

 Kosle Sydenham 

 Mrs. W. King 

 Phyllis Unwln 



/ Zoe 



\ Mid-Blue 



I Dora Breadmore 

 I Miss Bostock 



f Clara Curtis 



> Primrose Spencer 



f Evelyn Hemus 



\ Mrs. C. W. Breadmore 



/• Countess Spencer 



I Paradise 



) Enchantress 



1 Pride of St. Albans 



I Olive Bolton 



i Codsall Rose 



G'orgeous 

 .Miss B. Whlley 

 Mildred Ward 



Coyntess of La thorn 

 Coral Gem 



Marbled Blue 

 Hester 



Mrs. Henry Bell 

 Sutton's Queen 

 Kitty Lea 

 Romanl Ronnl 



r Mrs. H.ardcastle Sykes 



Princess Victoria 



Pink Gem 



Florence Morse 

 Spencer 



Vera Jeffrey 



Bobby K. 

 I. Lorn a Doone 



WORK WITH EASTER LILIES. 



Prof. B. T. Galloway, chief of the Bu- 

 reau of Plant Industry, U. S. Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture, in a report in the 

 Yearbook, has this to say of the work 

 done with Easter lilies: 



The growing of lilies in the United 

 States is rapidly becoming an important 

 industry. Large quantities of bulbs have 

 in years past been imported from Ber- 

 muda, Japan, and other countries, and 

 the demand seems on the increase. Vari- 

 ous lines of work have been undertaken 

 and carried out by G. W. Oliver, chiefly 

 for the purpose of securing new types of 

 lilies by hybridizing and crossing and to 

 demonstrate the practicability of grow- 

 ing lilies in the United States directly 

 from seed. 



One of the most promising hybrids has 

 resulted from crossing the Philippine lily 

 (Lilium Philippense) and the Bermuda 



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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 magnificent 

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



Glerantlc White Butterfly. Pure white; immense flowers. 



GlBrantlc Snowtlake. The largest of all white Cyclamen. 



GlKantlc Cherry-red. Most brilliant and efifective. 



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



Gigantic Fink. Exquisite shade of soft pink. 



Glcantlc Crlmsoii. Most striking color; under artiflcial light appears to be almost 



luminous. 

 Olsantlc Crimson and White. A magniflcent flower of the largest type. 

 GlKantlo Syrlnara Blue. (New.) A charming color. 

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



Any of the above varieties, trade pkt., 50o; 100 seeds, $1.50; per 1000, $12.00. 



Glgsntlc Mixed. A mixture of all the above varieties in proper proportion. Trade pkt., 

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



PRINCESS MAT. A very pretty type of Cyclamen. Color, pink with sufifused blotches 

 of crimson at base of petals. Trade pkt., 50c; 100 seeds. $1.50. 



SALMON QUKEN. Undoubtedly one of the most distinct and beautiful salmon colors 

 found in cyclamen. Trade pkt., 50c: 100 seeds, $1 50. 



Cyclamen Kleanteum Salmonlum splendens. The flnest salmon-pink variety- 

 Trade pkt., 50c; 100 seeds, »1.50. 



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Mention The Review when you write. 



Winter-flowering Sweet Peas 



Sow Sweet Peas now in pots, ready to follow your Mums 



Now Ready 



Christmas Pink, Denzer, Mrs. £. Wild and Watchung. 



75c per '4 lb. 

 Mrs. Sim, Mrs. Wallace, Mrs. Chas. H. Totty and W. J. Stewart. 



Per oz., 50c; H lb.. $l.iO. 

 NOVKLTIKS rOR 1908 



Mrs. Smalley, Mrs. Geo. Lewis, Helen Gould, Greenbrook. Marian 

 Hannan. $1.00 per oz. 



SEND FOR COMPLETK LIST AND PRICES 



C. H. TOTTY, Madison, N. J. 



Cold Storage Lilies 



I SPECIAL CLEARANCE SALE I 



I MultUlorum, 9 to 10, case of 200 bulbs, guaranteed sound per case. $14.00 % 



% Glcanteum, 7 to 9, case of 300 bulbs, guaranteed sound " 18.00 9 



'• 9 to 10, case of 200 bulbs, guaranteed sound " 19.00 



COLD STORAGE GIANT VALLEY 



Case of 500 $7.50 Case of 1000 $14.00. Every case guaranteed. 



French and Dutch bulbs now ready. Send for catalog:. 



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lily. The Philippine lily takes two 

 months to come into bloom from the 

 period of planting the bulb, while the 

 Lilium longiflorum and its various forms 

 require in the neighborhood of five 

 months. Therefore it would be a great 

 saving if the time taken to force a good 

 Easter lily could be reduced from one to 

 two months. With a view to bringing 

 this about, the hybridization of the Phil- 

 ippine lily and the Harrisii variety of the 

 Lilium iongiflorum has been effected. 

 The result of the cross is a flower longer 

 than that of Harrisii, but not quite as 



broad and a little shorter than that of 

 the Philippine lily. The segments of the 

 flower of the Harrisii are from five to six 

 inches long. Up to this time we have 

 had to depend on the Philippine Islands 

 for the supply of the Philippine lilies, 

 and they arrive early in the spring, when 

 we can not use them for forcing. By 

 growing them in California we can get 

 them in the fall in good time for forcing 

 into flower during the winter. The plants 

 so far grown in California do not show 

 signs of the lily disease. 



The second line of work in connection 



