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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



stone, but several shades lighter in color. 



Queen Victoria (Eug. Hort) — Still 

 the standby for a good, all-round, low- 

 priced white. 



Eubra Violacea (Verdier) — Blooms in 

 immense clusters; was the freest bloom- 

 er among over 300 varieties; light pink, 

 deeper in color than Mme. Emile Galle. 



Eubra Superba (Eichardson) — A fine, 

 late, dark-colored rich red; a little shy 

 in blooming. 



Eubra Triumphans (Delache) — A good 

 semidouble bright red. 



Thurlow's Dark Eed — We can find no 

 record of who sent this peony out, but 

 it is a large, well-shaped, free-flowering 

 deep red. 



Solfatare (Calot) — A strong growing 

 peony of great merit; white guards with 

 sulphur yellow center, changing to white. 



Victor Hugo (Crousse) — This is much 

 on the style and color of Felix Crousse; 

 a desirable sort. 



Victoire Tricolore (Van Houtte) — The 

 only one of the tricolored of this type 

 we keep; broad guards with narrow cen- 

 ter petalage; the color is pink and white 

 with yellow shades. 



Constant Bloomer First Factor. 



A number of varieties we will dis- 

 card as not worthy of a place in our 

 collection. First of all, a peony to have 

 worth must bloom freely every year, in 

 addition to furnishing fine blooms. A 

 variety that blooms but once in three 

 years will not find lodgment with us. 



No peony, however good, fills all the 

 requirements. Take Festiva Maxima: 

 There is nothing finer in white bloom, 

 but follow it up with Duchesse de Ne- 

 mours and Festiva, and follow them with 

 Mme. Crousse, and again this with Marie 

 Lemoine, and you wiU have good white 

 peonies for about a month, while if you 

 confined yourself to one variety you 

 would have not to exceed a week of 

 flowers. 



This is true of the pinks and reds as 

 well. Every florist should have a plant- 

 ing to produce flowers for home use, and 

 the sale of roots is profitable. With a 

 few rows planted out, every florist would 



Peony Asa Gray. 



secure for himself a wealth of flowers 

 that nothing else can touch for beauty 

 and at a time of the year when flowers 

 are in the greatest demand, Memorial 

 day, June weddings and commencements. 

 By all means plant some peonies, and 

 when you plant don 't pick up the first 

 cheap offer simply because they are low 

 in price, but get the best and you will 

 live happy ever after. 



John M. Good. 



OUTDOOR VALLEY. 



I have a large plantation of lily of the 

 valley that has grown so thick that it 

 does not bloom much. Please give me in- 

 structions as to the best time to reset 

 and how far apart to set the pips and 

 whether it is necessary to plant the whole 

 root, as they are quite long. Also in- 

 form me as to the best soil and fertilizer. 



L. C. P. 



After a plantation of lily of the valley 

 has been growing six to ten years it be- 

 comes rather too crowded and it pays 

 to replant some portion of it every year, 

 so that there will always be some part of 

 it in first-class shape. The ground should 

 be deeply dug or plowed and plenty of 

 rotted barnyard manure worked in. Some 

 shade is desirable, lily of the valley in 



a natural state always being found in 

 the shade of woods. I do not say that 

 it cannot be grown in full sunshine, but 

 better results will be had by affording 

 some shade. October is a good month to 

 do any dividing and transplanting. 

 Plant in straight rows. Allow four to 

 six inches between each strong pip, or 

 place six or eight pips together to form 

 clumps, allowing these fifteen inches of 

 space apart. The rows can be as near 

 as a foot apart if the plants are to be 

 kept in beds containing four to five 

 rows, but if it is desired to use the cul- 

 tivator among them, allow double the 

 distance between the rows. 



The roots can be shortened with ad- 

 vantage before being planted. If you 

 want to secure the finest quality of lily 

 of the valley, it will pay you to buy 



some imported pips, securing, if possible, 

 Fortin's variety, which is the best for 

 outdoor planting. Tliis costs a little 

 more, but the quality compensates for 

 this. Outdoor valley should have a dress- 

 ing of rotted manure each fall and care 

 should be taken not to cut down the 

 foliage until decayed. I have seen beds 

 ruined by the removal of the foliage 

 while green. C. W. 



PECKY CYPRESS. 



I have just received a shipment of 

 pecky cypress that is full of cavities; 

 not ten per cent is sound. I ordered it 

 for a chrysanthemum hcn;li, but it does 

 not look to nie as though it would do. 

 I am entirely unacquainted with this 

 kind of lumber and so send you a sam- 

 ple for your opinion. W. S. M. 



If all the boards contained places as 

 bad as the samples, the lumber would 

 not be considered as especially satisfac- 

 tory, but because of possible weakness 

 and not because of decay. Probably you 

 will find even the worst looking of the 

 boards strong enough to hold up any 

 Avcight that will come on them in your 

 benches. That is all you need care 

 about. The "peek" does not affect the 

 lasting quality of the lumber. The worst 

 sample you send will be plenty good 

 enough tor benches if strong enough to 

 hold the weight. 



Many growers on first acquaintance 

 condemn pecky cypress on its looks, 

 when later they learn to consider nothing 

 more than the strength of the boards. 

 It always is full of these holes. 



Eeading, Pa. — The building at 636 

 Penn street, known as the Penn Flower 

 Shop, has been torn down, to make room 

 for a three-story structure for store pur- 

 poses. 



