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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



October 21, 1909. 



An international horticultural exhibition 

 on a great scale opens in Brussels April 

 30, so that it will be possible to see both 

 exhibitions. The distance between them 

 is only three or four hours' travel by 

 railway. 



The Haarlem exhibition grounds cover 

 about twenty acres and are now in the 

 hands of two well-know;i garden archi- 

 tects, L. A. Springer and E. Goemans. 

 Hundreds of beds of different shapes are 

 already planted with bulbs, and the nurs- 

 erymen of Boskoop and Aalsmeer are 

 contributing conifers, rhododendrons, etc. 



A Continuous Display of Blooms. 



The exhibition will be divided into 

 three distinct periods, and as one class 

 of bulbs goes out of flower — that is, 

 those planted in the autumn — another set 

 of bulbs in bloom will take their place, 

 and thereafter a third set, thereby main- 

 taining a continuous display of hyacinths, 

 tulips, narcissi and other bulbs. The 

 surroundings will be planted with early 

 flowering shrubs. 



Two large buildings for the exhibition 

 of forced flowers are being, erected, each 

 120x165 feet. These are surrounded by 

 hundreds of beds, now being planted. 

 Crossing a rustic bridge to another part 

 of the grounds, a splendid view of the 

 whole is obtained, including a large rock 

 garden filled with early flowering plants. 



Aid From the Government. 



The Dutch government is financially 

 supporting the exhibition and intends to 

 erect a large building in the interests of 

 agriculture, where appliances and prod- 

 ucts will be on view, and in close prox- 

 imity there will be a postoffice for postal 

 work, telegrams and telephones. 



Bestaurants, band stands, etc., are also 

 in course of construction, all blending 

 with the general scheme of decoration. 

 The bulb growers and nurserymen of 

 Holland are supporting the exhibition 

 and contributing freely from their fields 

 and nurseries toward what will undoubt- 

 edly be the largest and most representa- 

 tive horticultural display ever seen in 

 Haarlem. Bee. 



AMERICAN ROSE SCOETY. 



Meeting of Executive Committee. 



The executive committee of the Amer- 

 ican Kose Society held a meeting in New 

 York city, and it was decided to issue 

 a second edition of the supplementary 

 schedule for the exhibition of 1910, to 

 be held in the American Museum of 

 Natural History, New York city, with 

 the list of additional special prizes that 

 have been offered. 



President Poehlmann urges the New 

 York people to do their best in both 

 growing stuff and in making prizes of 

 such character that they will outdo what 

 was offered at Chicago. Vice-president 

 Pierson responds that if it is possible 

 they will put up such a show in New 

 York as will attract the attendance of 

 tens of thousands of people because of 

 the beauty of the show, its surroundings 

 and extent, and every effort should be 

 made to get a list of special prizes that 

 would tempt efforts upon the part of the 

 best growers of all kinds, amateur or 

 commercial, to show up what they can 

 do. New York city is the greatest rose 

 market in all America. Part of the 

 work of the American Rose Society, as 

 stated in its by-laws, is "to increase the 

 general interest in the cultivation and to 

 improve the standard of excellence of 



IRIS 



FOR FALL 



PLANTING 



Superior Stock — 2-3 Eye Pieces 



KAENPFERI or JAPANESE 



DOUBLE 



Gold Bound. Pure white, one of 

 the best. 



Mahogany. Dark red shaded ma- 

 roon. 



Oriole. Rich plum, marked yellow. 



Pyramid. Lilac blue, veined, white 

 center each petal. 



SINGLE 



Apollo. Pure white, pink center. 

 H. Von Sieboldt. Reddish, veined 

 white, yellow center. $3.00 per 100. 

 Lavender Queen. Fine lavender. 



Ondine. White, shaded light blue 

 toward center. 



Above named sorts (except where noted) : $6.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1060. 

 Double and Single Varieties Mixed : $3 60 per 100 ; $30.00 per 1000. 

 SEEDLINGS : Some beautiful colors, all very fine : $4.00 per 100 ; 



$30.C0 per 1000. 



GERNANICA 



Candiamua. Light lavefader ; falls 

 reddish purple. 



Florentina. Creamy white, fra- 

 grant and early; fine for cutting. 



Frag^rance. White edged with blue; 

 falls white with blue penciling. 



Honorable. Intense yellow, falls a 

 beautiful bronze. $10.00 per 1000. 



Innocence. White, edged with blue. 

 Named varieties (except where noted) 



Madam Chereau. Pare white, 

 edged with azure blue; falls deep 

 white with blue penciling. 



Neclecta. Upright, fine blue; falls 

 deep blue; large flower. 



Parkmani. Uprights pure lemon ; 

 falls white veined purple. 



Queen of the Gypsies. Dnskyjight 

 bronze; fails purplish red. 



Sans Souci. Yellow, elegantly re- 

 ticulated light maroon. 



$3.00 per 100 ; $86.00 per 1000. 



Mixed : $2.00 per lUO ; $16.00 per 1000. 

 250 at 1000 rate. S^ii dis. for cash with order. 



JOHN LEWIS CHILDS 



FLORAL PARK, N. Y. 



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A Chance of Yoor Lifetlme-Neyer to Retorn 



Speak quick and have the benefit of the new tariff, while stock is on hand. 

 Prices are strictly net cash and not leas than 1000 lots. 



HV Atf^lNTHQ Mixed, in separate colors per 1000, $12.00 



■ I I /^^■l'^ I ll^^ To name, fine bulbs perlOOO, 22.00 



TULIPS PerlOOO 



Artufl t 6 00 



BeUe Alliance 10.00 



Cardinal's Hat 5.00 



Chrysolora 4.50 



Cottaee Maid 5.00 



Couleur Cardinal 800 



Crimson Kins: 6.00 



Duchess de Parma 5 00 



TLLIPS p„,<<. 



Keizerkroon $8.00 



La Reine 4.60 



L.'immaculee 3.00 



Rosa Mundl Huikman 4.00 



Rose Blanche 4.00 



Tellow Prince 5.00 



La Candeur, dbl 800 



Rex Rubrorum 8.00 



Single and double TULIPS, in separate colors per 1000, 4.00 



CROCUS Per 1000 



Striped, white, purple $ 1.50 



Narcissus von Slon, double nose 15.00 



Prices on smaller quantities bigher. 



Boxwood in sU sizeB and Hhapes. ask for prices. 



Specimen Evergreens, now ready to send out. 



F. W. O. SCHMITZ, 



Prince Bay, N. Y. 



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Importers and Growers of Hleh-erade 



SEEDS, BULBS, PLANTS, Etc. 



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