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Decembeb 2, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



13 



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SOME NEW GERANIUMS. 



Among geraniums introduced into this 

 country, this season, I would give the 

 first place to Mrs. Annie Vincent. This 

 variety produces immense trusses of 

 bright, pure carmine, shading to white in 

 the upper petals, extremely charming to 

 the eye. The florets are semi-double, two 

 and one-quarter inches in diameter, and 

 are held aloft on rigid stems. Its flow- 

 ers are enduring. Its constitution is ro- 

 bust and it is easy to propagate. 



Luigi Grandi makes a symmetrical 

 plant, of strong growth, and is profuse 

 in blooms. Its enormous trusses are com- 

 posed of large florets of rare and rich 

 color, being violet carmine shading to red 

 on the upper petals. Its color puts it in 

 a place by itself. 



Dr. Danjou is brilliant in color, having 

 deep violet flowers, the upper petals 

 marked white. It has a good habit and 

 makes a magnificent truss. 



Eliacin is compact in growth and some- 

 what dwarf. It appears to have a strong 

 constitution. Its flowers are semi-double. 

 The trusses are large. The color is a 

 bright rose shading to a white center. 



Ernest Vernet is a plant of short, 

 stocky growth. The florets and trusses 

 are large. The color is a light red, spot- 

 ted lilac and veined scarlet, unusually 

 beautiful. 



Jean Lamarque makes a desirable ad- 

 dition to our dark red sorts, being darker 



Geraaium Mrs. Annie Vincent. 



than S. A. Nutt. It is compact in growth 

 and abundant in bloom. 



Atlantis has a robust constitution and 

 bears immense clusters of brilliant red 

 flowers. 



The flowers of Virginia have the color 

 of Carnation Enchantress, but wifh a 



white center, and are truly enchanting. 

 The plant is easy to propagate and easy 

 to grow. Its foliage and form are good 

 and it is free in bloom. 



Bed Wing is a variety of our own rais- 

 ing that we have found reliable as a 

 commercial geranium. It is strong and 

 healthy in growth, easy to propagate and 

 an early and continuous bloomer. Its 

 clusters of flowers are large, much above 

 the average, and each floret is large, quite 

 double and yet wide open. Its color is a 

 deep cardinal, bright, almost dazzling. It 

 is not as dark as S. A. Nutt, but it holds 

 its color better. Its clusters do not get 

 black under the sun. Both in the field 

 and in the greenhouse it holds its color 

 and its petals with great tenacity. It 

 makes a better pot plant than S. A. Nutt 

 and we think it will divide the honors 

 with it as a bedder. The last, but not 

 the least, of its good qualities, is that it 

 sells itself. 



I would also like to mention two single 

 geraniums of special merit, of recent in- 

 troduction; i. e., Mme. A. Lacadre and 

 Pamela. The latter is as beautiful as an 

 orchid. F. H. De Witt. 



NAME OF GERANIUM. 



Please name the enclosed geranium 

 sample. W. & S. 



It is Jacquerie, as near as I can tell 

 from the flowers as received. C. 



EUROPEAN NOTES. 



In Edinburgh a movement has been on 

 foot to suitably recognize the jubilee of 

 James Grieve, Redbraes Nursery, who 

 completed fifty years' connection with 

 the Edinburgh nursery trade in Novem- 

 ber. He entered the employment of 

 Dicksons & Co. in 1859 and rose through 

 various stages to the position of general 

 manager, resigning several years ago to 

 commence business with his sons, under 

 the title of James -Grieve & Sons. Prob- 

 ably he is more widely known than any 

 other nurseryman in Scotland, and he is 

 recognized as the foremost authority on 

 pansies and violas. He has many friends 

 in the United States, some of whom he 

 assisted and counseled in their young and 

 struggling days. 



William King, for the last five years 

 manager and secretary for the old estab- 

 lished firm of James Backhouse & Son, 

 Ltd., York, and one of the most promis- 

 ing young men in the trade, has resigned 

 to take up a more lucrative position in 

 connection with the development of the 

 Duff estate, in Scotland, where landscape 

 gardening on an extensive scale will give 

 scope for his able management. 



Protheroe & Morris, horticultural auc- 

 tioneers, London, realized a number of 

 high prices for orchids under the hammer 

 a few days ago. Cypripedium Charles- 

 worthu Bromilowianum went for 140 

 guineas, as did also a plant of Cypripe- 

 Ti" ^'■omilowa;. Several others were 

 •sold at prices varying from 40 guineas to 

 yO guineas each. 



Mansell & Hatcher, Ltd., Rawdon, 



Yorkshire, whose orchid collectors pene- 

 trate into the interior of Burmah, are 

 causing quite a surprise in the horticul- 

 tural world with the fine bulbs of Lilium 

 sulphureum which their collectors have 

 sent over during the last twos. years, and 

 another consignment of 5,000 bulbs is on 

 its way. The variety has long been known 

 in England, but has always been scarce, 

 and until this firm's collectors took it in 

 hand bulbs were never seen in such quan- 

 tities or of such fine quality. The hand- 

 some flowers are borne several on a stem, 

 often measuring ten inches in length. 

 They are of a bright sulphur yellow, 

 toning to cream toward the edges, and 

 emit a delicious perfume. Of remarkable 

 substance, they last a long time in per- 

 fection. They are popularly known as 

 the lilies of Burmah, and are as easily 

 grown as the Japanese or Bermuda lilies. 

 Growers of liliums, lily of the valley, 

 eucharis and other choice -^hite flowers 



Geranium Pamela. 



for Coveut Garden are experiencing a 

 brighter time than usual, as good prices 

 are being made all round, and fortunate 

 are the growers who have supplies to 

 send in. 



Apropos of eucharis blooms, a story 

 reached me lately of a grower who sent 

 consignments to a Covent Garden commis- 

 sion salesman when the ruling prices 

 barely covered freight and rommi>-sioii. 

 Result: He did not send again. On the 

 market rising, the commission man cabled 

 to the grower to send more eucharis. and 

 received a reply to this effect : ' ' The 

 shock received by my plants on learning 

 the low prices returned for the last con- 

 signment caused them to cease flowering; 

 they have not recovered from it yet, and 

 I have no flowers to send." Bee. 



Morton, III. — Work on Rudolph Os- 

 wald's greenhouse is progressing, the 

 boiler-room and potting house now being 

 completed. "" 



Berlin, N. n.--Mrs. H. E. Smith & 

 Co, have enlarged and remodeled their 

 greenhouses. BusiT>T6s is increasing and 

 the additional space was much needed. 



