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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Septbmber 23, 1999. 



electros of vegetable, flower and farm 

 seeds, sweet peas and potatoes; W. W. 

 Rawson & Co., Boston, Mass., seeds, 

 bulbs and plants; the McGregor Bros. 

 Co., Springfield, O., wholesale list of mis- 

 cellaneous plants; Old Colony Nursery, 

 Plymouth, Mass., general nursery stock; 

 Sunlight Double Glass Sash Co., Louis- 

 ville, Ky., double glass sash for hotbeds 

 and coldframes; Perry's Hardy Plant 

 Farm, Enfield, Middlesex, England, bulbs 

 and plants, also a special list of delphin- 

 iums. 



FRENCH BULBS. 



French bulbs of the current season's 

 crop are about all in, the last boat, reach- 

 ing New York September 14, having only 

 light consignments, as follows: 



Consignee ^"^^ 



Schuli & Ruckgaber ?? 



MaltuB & Ware ^" 



Penn. R. R. Co r( 



Order ' 



Total 218 



In a general way the importers report 

 an excellent season on French bulbs, the 

 stock having passed rapidly onward to 

 other hands. 



DUTCH BULB GROVERS' SOCIETY. 



The following awards were given by 

 the tulip and mixed bulb committees at 

 the recent meetings of the Dutch Bulb 

 Growers' Society at Haarlem, Holland: 



First-class certificates— B. H. Van Lijl, 

 for double early tulip. Van Tubergen, a 

 new variety, raised from the double early 

 tulip, Couronne d 'Or, with golden yellow 



C. j'onkheer & Sons, for single early 

 tulip, Yellow Queen, an excellent tulip 

 for forcing, with clear yellow flowers, ap- 

 parently raised from the White Potte- 

 bakker, as the form and growth are 

 much like that variety. 



Awards of merit— W. Blour & Sons, 

 for single early tulip. King of the Scar- 

 lets, a fine dark red variety, with large 

 flowers; a good variety for bedding. 



P. Heemskerk Jobs, for single early 

 tulip, President Taft, with large and 

 long flowers, white, feathered rosy. This 

 variety had already received an award of 

 merit at a former meeting, where it had 

 bteen exhibited as Joost van Vondel. 



' C. P. Alkemade, for Gladiolus Leraoi- 

 nei Pink Beauty, an early flowering va- 

 riety with dark rosy flowers, with a strik- 

 ing dark red blotch; also Gladiolus Gan- 

 davensis Lily Lehmann, a new seedling 

 variety with large, pure white flowers, 

 shaded rosy. 



John Van Til & Son, for Gladiolus 

 Gandavensis, pure white, raised from 



C. p. Alkemade, for Gladiolus Ganda- 

 vensis Alida Geertruide, a new seedling 

 variety with creamy white flowers, rosy 

 feathered in center. 



E. H. Krelage & Son, for Phlox decus- 

 sata Nymph, a large flowering variety, 

 soft rosy colored, white center. 



Buffalo, N. Y. — John Spiess is build- 

 ing a greenhouse, 9x100, on Orange street 

 near High street. 



Athol, Mass. — J. B. Sutherland, who 

 has been with Geo. W. Sutherland for 

 the last two years, has now opened a 

 store of his own at 522 Main street. 



Goshen, Ind. — The decorations for the 

 Montgomery-Storer wedding were fur- 

 nished by Miss Dora Brown, of the 

 Colonial Flower Shop, and were said to 

 be exceptionally well done. 



Boddingtoo's Gigantic Cyclamen 



BoddinBton's GlKantic Cyclamen. 



The seed of Oychi- 

 men is often bow i 

 too early in the yeai: 

 from the middle ci 

 August to the end cf 

 September is the best 

 Mme. The seedltngs 

 bould be grown on 

 o the flowering stage 

 ■vithout any checi; 

 whatever. When 

 grown cool, the re- 

 sults are most satis 

 factory Bodding 

 ton's Gigantic Cycla 

 men are miequalen 

 for size and quality 

 of bloom. AmagDi 

 fleent strain of Oy 

 clamen with flowers 

 of extraordinary 

 size and substance. 



Gierantlc White Buttertly. 



Pure white; immense flowers. 

 Glsnntlo SnowflaJce. The larg 



est of all white Cyclamen. 

 Glsrantlc Clierry-red. Most 



brilliant and effective. 



Glsantio Rose. Immense flowers 



of a pleasing shade of light rose 



Gleantlc Pink. Exquisite shade 



of soft pink. 

 Gleantio Crimson. Most fctrik 

 ing color; under artificial light 

 appears to be almost luminous. 

 Gigantic Crimson and WUte. 

 A magnificent flower of the larg- 

 est type. »-«l 

 Gieantic Syrlnea Blue (ne^r). 



A charming color. 

 Gieantic Ldlac. A very pleasing 

 color. lighting up well at night.SH 

 Any of tbe above varieties, 

 trade pkt., 50c; 100 seeds, 

 $1.00; 1000, $7.50. 

 Collection of the above nine select 

 ed varieties, one pkt. of each, for 

 SLOP. 

 Gicantic Mixed. A mixture of 

 all the above varieties in proper 

 pronortion. Trade pkt., 50c: 100 

 seeds, 75c: 1000 seeds. $6.00. 

 MAT. A very pretty type of 

 Color, pink, withmfTused blotches 

 of crimson at base of petals. Trade pkt., 50c; 

 100 seeds, $1.25. !?%-, 



SAUtlON QUSEN. Undoubtedly one of? the 

 most distint t and beautiful salmon colore 

 found in Cyclamen. Trade pkt., £0c: K)0 seeds. 

 $1.50. 

 Cyclamen Persicum srisranteum Salmo- 

 nium splendens. The finest salmon-pink 

 variety Trade pkt.. 5Cc: 100 seeds. $1 75. 

 Cyclamen Persicum erisanteum. Roco- 

 co, Mixed Colors. The beoutifully fringed 

 flowers measure 5 inches in diameter. Trade 

 pkt., 50c: 101 feeds, $1.75. 

 Cyclamen Persicum eisnnteum, Busb 

 Hill Pioneer. A beautiful new feathered 

 ('yclamen in various colors. Trade pkt., 50c; 

 100 seeds, $2 00. 



Six Grand Novelty 

 Cyclamens 



Peach Blossom. An exceptionally hand 

 some variety of an intense rose color. Trade 

 pkt., 50c; per 100 seeds, $1.75. 



Purple Kins:. The best of all crimson varieties 

 and strikingly beautiful. Trade pkt., 50c; per 

 100 seeds, $1.75. 



Phoenix. Bright rherry-crimson flowers 

 freely produced. Trade pkt., 50c. 



Rose of Marlenthal. Soft shell pink; a very 

 pretty variety. Trade pkt., 60c; per lOf 

 seeds. $1 25. 



Salmon Kins. Rich color. One of the very 

 best of this beautiful shade. Trade pkt., 50c; 

 100 seeds. $1 50. 



Vulcan. The rich crimson color is very strik 

 ing and contrasts aimlrably with the pure 

 white of Butterfly. Trade pkt., 50c. 



Collection of the preceding six varieties of up- 

 to-date Novelty Cyclamens for $2.50. 



PRINCESS 



Cyclamen 



ARTHUR T. BODDINGTON 



Seedsman, 342 W. 14th Street, NEW YORK 



