Iti:ri:Mr.i:i! ! 4, Hill. 



The Weekly Florists'' Review. 



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Greenhouses and Grounds of the Swan Floral Co., Lima, O. 



orcct spikes, ami j^rows taller tiian tlio 

 others. 



The I'oliowiii},' varieties may he uieii- 

 tioiied: .leaiuiette. Fiiikeii Silielteiiia, 

 Progression and Niilli Secumius, all hav- 

 inff a more or less creamy color, the 

 last named with a dark brown eye, 

 whicli ji'ives the spikes a striking- aji- 

 jiearance. Xnlli Seeundus was intro- 

 dueed by K. Wallace & Co., and received 

 an award of merit from the Koyal Ilor- 

 licnltnral tSociety in .Inly, I'JOlt. 



For abont twenty years I have bcH'n 

 interested in white delphiniums ami 

 have purchased all the lijijht-colored 

 novelties Avhich I could obtain, with a 

 view to crossing them with large-llow- 

 ered, li^iht blue \arieties of sti'ouy i-ou- 

 stitution. Thousands of seedlings 

 ])roved worthless, but at last i was suc- 

 cessful. Some years ago, in the month 

 of July, J found in a buneh of seed- 

 lings one ]ilant with six spiiies. ( )f 

 these, three sjiikes bore jmre whit<! 

 tlowers. two bore blue llowers and the 

 remaining spike bore some light blu(^ 

 and some parti-colored — half blu(>, half 

 white — flowers. Next year, when the 

 five di\ided jdants llow(>red, I noticed 

 that two only had wliite llowers, two 

 only blue llowers, and one plant had 

 some llowers white and others blue, 

 while still oth(>rs were half white and 

 half blue. I succeeded in almost fi.xing 

 the ]>ur(» wliite variety, not more than 

 one or one and om^ half jier cent com- 

 ing blue. 



I )eiphi Jiiuiii Moeriieimi lias a liealtiiy 

 growth, which is not subject to mildew. 

 The dark green leaves are finely cut, 

 and the stems attain to a lieight of 

 five feet, producing many side s|iii;es. 

 which ]>rolong the plant's flowering 

 throughout the whole summer. The 

 large, single blossoms are of the jairest 

 ■white, and the spikes have a loose and 

 tdegant ajipearance. Tlu^ first tlowers 

 appc^ared this y(>ar dune -*K and a (iidd 

 in full flower could l)e seen at Hedems- 

 \ aart on July 24. 



The blue variety, which may b(> re- 

 ;;arded as tiie cdinpanicm <it' .Me(>rlu"mi, 

 T have named Cajiri. It is in every 

 rosjx'ct a counterpart of the whiti' sort, 

 having the s;>me habit, si/e of flowers 

 ami freeness of Ih'Wering. The ccdor is 

 sky-blue, of a finer shade than I'ev^im 

 nion and others of the i!elladonn;i tv|.e. 



B. l?uvs. 



IN MOUNTAIN'S SHADOW. 



Charles F. Fawcett is a young llorist 

 with an eastern training who is enjoy- 

 ing life in Colorado, where, at Boulder, 

 he lias j)it(died his camp veritably in 

 tli(^ shadow (d' th(> h'ockies - in t;ikirig 

 th(> jiicture on this jiage the m.Mintain 

 was in \ iew o\cr th(\ greenhouses. 



.Mr. I''awcett attributes a large 

 |>art (d' the undoulitol success he has 

 mad(> since locating at I'oulder to the 

 fact that he has kept his place looking 

 well — a sort of jiattern for his nei;;lr- 

 bois. The jiicture shows the bedding 

 on the lawn b(>tween the sidewalk and 

 the south end of the greenhouses. The 

 laig(» ofliC(> building, the west side of 

 wliicdi ap)>ears in the iliustiat idii, runs 

 out to the corner, and a part of the 

 equipment is as handsome ;i delivery 

 outfit as one can find in town. 



NAME OF VIOLET. 



1 am sendiuL; to you liy separate mail 

 a jiackage of \'iolets and lea\es. l'leas(> 

 tell me the name of this varii'ty. I 

 have bought Idho of them under the 

 name of J'riiH;ess cd' ^\':lles, but they 

 seem to be some other \:iiiety. .\lso 

 tell me the proper day and night tiin- 

 peraturc for this \aiit'ty. J. (i. 



T^oth f(diage am 



lowers were so 



ciim|ilelely wilheicl that identification 

 was impossiide. The leaves do not, 

 however, look like those <'l Princess of 

 Wales. I'robably ;t is (■evciiior I1(M'- 

 rick. It' you will send llowers aiol foli- 

 age with the stems ])a(dsed in damp 

 moss or cotton v\(i(d. tiny will arrive 

 in good condition. Princess id' W.ales 

 succeeds best in a night tem|(eiat lire 

 of to degrees in winter, with a rise of ;"> 

 to S degrees on cloudy days and Pi to 

 lo degrees on (dear days. (ioveinor 

 Ilerrick I have not ;jrovvii in siiilicit>nt 

 numbers to test it properly, but some 

 growers fimi it does better if ^rovvn ~> 

 ilegrees or more warmer than Princess, 

 'i'he lattei' is .i \Mstlv suneiior \ iolet. 



C. W. 



SWAN'S PLACE. 



The accompanying: illustration gives 

 a street \ ievv of tin' <^reenliouses and 

 grounds of the Swan I'loral < 'o., Pima, 

 < ). The Swan concern has a downtown 

 store .-It 1 l-"i West Market street, with 

 Lireeiiliousi's on i '.(diefont.ai ne avenue, 

 opposite the Pima iMiving P.ark ami on 

 a vv( II tia\(ded car line, where so many 

 people pass that it is worth wiiile set- 

 ting an exainjde in tiie matter of well 

 kept grounds. 



Montreal. Can. At the annual meet- 

 niLis ot' the Montreal an<l Provincial 

 bi.aiiches of the Lord's |)av Alliance of 

 <'an:ida. a com|diiiiit from loc;il tloiists 

 was received to the (dVect that certain 

 druLiLiists were taking a<lva!itai:e of 

 theii- ."^unday privile^ies to S(dl llowers 

 as well as (IniLis ami surizii-al a|p|di- 

 ••inces. The secietarv, the b'ev. (ieorgi^ 

 W. -Miiigie said he had aireaily taken 

 the matter up with the chiel' ol' [lolice. 



K4^-^ir<^iaai>CiiiriiiMiJwi'iSiii>ij«..?8iiiaM>w^ 



Establishment of Charles F. Fawcett, Boulder, Colo. 



