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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Our Bedding Geraniums Grow Four Feet Higfh in Pasadena, Cal. 



color, the brim of another, while the 

 front, which is at the right in the picture, 

 carried the inscription. 



VHAT CLIMATE DOES. 



Dr. Rudolph Schiffmann is well known 

 in the trade. Formerly located at St. 

 Paul, he had one of the largest collec- 

 tions of orchids in the west, importing 

 large quantities of freshly collected 

 plants and selling both plants and cut 

 blooms in the trade. Since his removal to 

 Pasadena, Cal., where he became vice- 

 president of a realty corporation, he has 

 lost none of his interest in floriculture, 

 but has turned his energies in a some- 

 what different direction. Dr. Schiffmann 

 sends the two photographs reproduced 

 herewith and the following comment: 



' * I send a couple of views, taken on my 

 grounds here at Pasadena, that may prove 

 of interest to florists not acquainted with 

 the ready manner in which the bedding 

 plants most largely sold in the east adapt 

 themselves to the congenial conditions in 

 this climate. The larger illustration 

 shows three beds of geraniums. To the 

 right is the single General Grant. In the 

 center, back of the little girl, is the va- 

 riety Mrs. E. G. Hill, with Sycamore on 

 the left. The plants are two years old and 

 have attained a height of over four and 

 one-half feet. 



"The smaller illustration shows the 

 same beds of geraniums in the distance, 

 at the left, and in the right foreground 

 are the cannas, Tarrytown, eight to ten 

 feet high in the center, edged with Flor- 

 ence Vaughan and bordered with gazania 

 and echeveria. The cannas have stood in 

 the same ground two years. ' ' 



BEST HARDY LILIES. 



Will you give me the names of the best 

 hardy lilies to plant for. a succession of 

 flowers to be used mostly in funeral work? 

 J. A. F. 



A few of the best hardy lilies to be 

 used for the purposes named are: L. can- 

 didum, Madonna lily, color pure white, 



flowers in late June or early July; L. au- 

 ratum, golden rayed lily of Japan, color 

 white with central golden band and nu- 

 merous spots of purple or crimson; L. 

 speciosum album, color pure white, flow- 

 ers during August and September; L. 

 speciosum Melpomene, white suffused 

 darkest crimson; L. Batmannise, color 

 apricot, blooms in July and August; L. 

 tenuifolium, coral lily, fiery scarlet, a 

 dwarf, slender variety, but pretty in any 

 design work calling for this color; L. ele- 

 gans Prince of Orange, color apricot, 

 blooms in June; L. longiflorum, Japanese 

 bulbs only, will flower in July and 

 August. 



L. candidum should be planted as soon 

 as possible, as it makes leaf growth in 

 the early fall. Plant this variety four 

 inches deep, L. tenuifolium six inches and 

 all others nine inches deep for best re- 



sults. Do not let any manure come in 

 direct contact with the bulbs. Lay sand 

 below and over the bulbs. Protect in win- 

 ter and leave a mulch over them during 

 the summer to keep the roots cool and 

 moist. The lilies named will flower in 

 this order: Elegans, candidum, tenuifo- 

 lium, Batmannise, longiflorum, auratum, 

 speciosum. L. tigrinum is a cheap and 

 easily grown lily, but the color is unsuit- 

 able for design work. W. N. C. 



Lowell, Mass. — John McMenimon, a 

 dealer in real estate who has had an office 

 in the Weir building for some time, has 

 purchased the greenhouses of Chas. L. 

 Marshall, on Stevens street, and is get- 

 ting ready to install a modern heating 

 plant. He intends to cultivate carnations 

 and violets for market. 



Cannas Eight to Ten Feet High in California. 



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