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THE WHITE WATSONIA. 



The white watsonia has not been taken 

 up by florists as rapidly as its merits 

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"Watsonia Ardernei alba is strongly 

 recommended to practical, high-class 

 florists for wreath and bouquet work; 

 the choicest flower for best work; the 

 purest white flower in cultivation; as 

 easily grown as a gladiolus, lasts fresh 

 for a long time after cutting. Bulbs 

 potted can be had in flower for a long 

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 superseding the single white azalea for 

 cut flower work; requires little attention 

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 highest market prices, and the demand 

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 bulbs to try last year have ordered a 

 larger stock this season. All florists who 

 cut for orders as required should un- 

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WatsOnias should generally be treated 

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vanced by a higher temperature. A good 

 spike may have as many as fifty blooms, 

 about half of which are borne on side 

 spikes or branchlets, coming out after 

 the main spike has nearly ceased. The 

 flowers are two inches across, trumpet- 

 shaped and gracefully formed. They are 

 the purest white in color of any blooms 

 we know. They keep well and are ex- 

 ceedingly valuable for florists' uses. 



After blooming the plants should be 

 grown on until May, when the balls may 

 be turned out of the pots and plunged 

 in soil outside to ripen. The corms in- 



crease by division, and may be forced 

 for many successive years. 



Norwich, Conn. — Charles T. Bea's- 

 ley, gardener for Mrs. \Vm. C. Lauman, 

 had a fine batch of Lilium Harrisii for 

 Christmas. In the spring Mrs. Lauman 

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 ham construction, for the growing of 

 White Killarney and My Maryland roses, 

 'ine Geduldig Estate is marketing some 

 exceptionally fine cyclamen and Primula 

 Chinensis. The F. L. Osgood place ia 

 cutting some good My Maryland roses. 



