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JuNB 3, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



29 



Where Service Counts 



Your customers must have the best stock obtainable for the June Wedding and Commencement work— 

 they won't be satisfied with less. That's where our " personal attention to every order " is valuable 

 to you. We see to it that you get the right grade of stock, not sometimes, but every time. 



Roses, Carnations, Sweet Peas, Peonies, Valley 



We call special attention to our Maids— their equal is not to be found in this market. Also fancy 

 Killarney and Bride. Our Enchantress beat the best. All stock in large supply. Prices moderate. 



ZECH & MANN, 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 

 L. P. Phone, Central 3284 



51 Wabash Avenue 



Chicago 



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 Stand 



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 adjustable, and is made of 

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 you can place a plant from 6 

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flowers are of large size and very de- 

 sirable. Nymphsea gracilis, from Mexico, 

 gives beautiful star shaped flowers, on 

 strong stems, rising above the water from 

 twelve to fifteen inches. The flowers are 

 pure white, with deep yellow stamens. 



The flowers of the night blooming 

 water lilies open as the evening darkens 

 into night, and remain open all night, 

 commencing to close the following morn- 

 ing, if the sun is bright and clear, about 

 ten o'clock; if the sky is overcast and 

 the weather cool they remain open until 

 one o'clock. The time of closing of the 

 flowers varies and is regulated much by 

 the weather, whether bright and warm, 

 or cloudy and cool. Toward the end of 

 the season, when the weather and water 

 are cool, the flowers remain open day 

 and night. 



More About Nymphaeas. 



Nymphsea dentata magnifica is a new 



white water lily of the first rank. The 

 flowers measure from eight to fifteen 

 inches in diameter. Nymphsea Devonien- 

 sis has the distinction of being the first 

 hybrid among this beautiful class of 

 plants. It was raised at Chatsworth, 

 England, in 1851, and named in honor of 

 the duke of Devonshire. The flowers are 

 from eight to twelve inches across, of a 

 bright rosy red color. Nymphsea rubra 

 is very similar to Nymphsea Devoniensis, 

 a little deeper in color, the petals less 

 pointed, while the sepals are a little 

 wider at the base. Nymphsea rubra rosea 

 produces flowers from six to ten inches 

 across, of a brilliant rosy carmine color. 

 Nymphsea O'Marana gives splendid flow- 

 ers from eight to twelve inches across, of 

 a beautiful rosy red shade, with a faint 

 tinge of white down the center of the 

 petals. Nymphsea George Huster is a 

 seedling from Nymphsea O'Marana; the 



color of the flower resembles that of 

 Nymphsea rubra rosea. Nymphsea Bis- 

 setii is another pink flower, of beautiful 

 form; the flowers measure from eight to 

 ten inches across and are of a beautiful 

 rose-pink color. 



Victoria Re£ia and Cruziana. 



Victoria regia, one of the most re- 

 markable water lilies, was named in 

 honor of the late Queen Victoria, by Dr. 

 Lindley, who described and so named it, 

 in 1837. It has very large, round, float- 

 ing leaves, from four to seven feet in 

 diameter. The edges of the leaves are 

 turned up from two to eight inches at 

 right angles to the surface of the water. 

 The upper side of the leaf is of a rich 

 green color, the lower surface of a deep, 

 purplish gteen, with many prominent 

 veins that radiate from the center to the 

 margin of the leaf; these again are con- 

 nected by smaller veins running trans- 

 versely, so that the whole under surface 

 is divided into a number of irregularly 

 arranged quadrangular compartments or 

 pockets. 



Victoria Cruziana was named in honor 

 of General Santa Cruz, of Bolivia, in 

 1840, and was introduced into American 

 gardens in 1894 and sent out the follow- 

 ing year as Victoria Trickeri. This va- 

 riety succeeds well in a much lower tem- 

 perature than Victoria regia, and there- 

 fore is better adapted to outdoor culti- 

 vation. The plant is similar to Victoria 

 regia in leaf and flower, except that the 

 turned-up edge begins to show at a 

 much earlier stage of growth. The leaf 

 is also of a lighter green color. The 

 upper edge is more even and uniform 

 than in the other species, in which it ia 

 rather uneven and ragged. This victoria 

 flowers much earlier than regia, and re- 

 quires less heat to bring it to perfection. 



The Lily Pond's Surroundings. 



The environments of the water lily 

 pond must be made attractive, and to 

 obtain this result it is in keeping to have 

 the borders and beds surrounding it filled 

 with subtropical plants; especially are 

 these features appropriate if the large 

 tropical lilies are growing in the pond. 

 If the pond is well protected, the leaves 

 will not be rent in shreds during every 

 wind storm, which is the great drawback 



