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64 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



JANUABY 11, 1912. 



DREER*S FANCY LEAVED CALADIUMS 



We are carrying the largest 

 stock of Fancy Leaved Cala- 

 diums in the world in an as- 

 fiortment of varieties which, 

 besides the choice standard 

 sorts, includes many new and 

 rare varieties not generally 

 offered. 



Bulbs started at any time 

 before the middle of April 

 will make splendid plants in 

 3>^ or 4-inch pots, which 

 will prove useful for porch 

 and window boxes in shaded 

 or semi-sliaded positions and 

 which always meet with 

 ready sale, while for the 

 decoration of the Florist's 

 store window during the 

 summer months no more 

 useful subject can be grown. 



We offer special se- 

 lections according to va- 

 riety as follows : 



Choice Standard Vari- 

 eties, $1.75 per doz. ; $12.C0 

 per 100; $100.00 per 1000. 



Choice Rare and New Varieties, $2.25 per doz.; $15.00 per 100; $140.00 per lOOO. 

 Choice Mixed Varieties, $1.50 per doz. ; $10.00 per 100. 



Rare New Varieties, the most reL-ent introductions, $3.50 per doz. ; $25.00 per 100. 



The above prices are for the trade only. 



HENRY A. DREER 7u chestnut st. Philadelphia. Pa. 



usual, but prices are expected to stand 

 with little change. 



"The larger sizes of giganteums, say 

 from 8-inch up, will be scarce next sea- 

 son and prices will be from twenty to 

 twenty-five per cent higher. Greater 

 care in growing is effecting some im- 

 provement in quality and the quantity 

 planted is about the same as last year, 

 but these are mostly the smaller sizes. 



"The situation with regard to album 

 and auratum is normal. The quantity 

 planted of rubrum, Melpomene and 

 magnificum is forty to fifty per cent 

 short of normal and prices will inevi- 

 tably be higher." 



Mr. Henry left Eobert Fulton at 

 Yokohama, where he remained until 

 January 9, on which date he sailed for 

 San Francisco. 



GLADIOLI IN HOLLAND. 



Although hyacinths, tulips and daffo- 

 dils take the first place in the bulb dis- 

 trict, many other bulbous plants are 

 also grown. Formerly only a few bulb 

 growers cultivated such things as gla- 

 dioli, anemones, chionodoxas, fritillarias, 

 snowdrops, irises, ixias, sparaxis, mus- 

 cari, ranunculus, scillas, etc., says a 

 writer in the Horticultural Advertiser 

 (British), but as it is impossible to 

 grow hyacinths, tulips or daffodils year 

 after year on the same place, many 

 growers make a change of crop by the 

 cultivation of the bulbous plants men- 

 tioned above. Some growers also grow 

 vegetables, and of these, potatoes, 

 beans, cabbage and carrots give the best 

 results. This year, especially, the crop 

 of potatoes was remarkably fine, and -in 

 some places paid better than tulips. 

 The culture of beans and peas improves 

 the soil for the cultivation of bulbs. In 

 most cases, however, bulb culture gives 

 better results, as the demand for all 

 kinds has risen remarkably. 



The Dutch bulb growers call all bulb- 



Paper White Narcissus 



Ullum GIganteum 



DUTCH BULBS 

 roll Un* Of Stock. Write for Pric««. 



D. RUSCONI 



lae W. 6th St.. CINCINNATI, O. 



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SURPLUS OF 



L Multiflorums 7-9 



Write for prices. 



The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd. 



N*. 31 Bardiy Street. NEW YORK 



ous plants, except hyacinths, tulips and 

 daffodils, "bygoed," and of this the 

 gladiolus forms a main part. Gladioli 

 are divided into two large groups, early 

 and late-flowering kinds. Of these, the 

 early Dutch gladioli, to which Colvillei, 

 nanus, ramosus, etc., belong, are well 

 known all over the world, but just 

 lately the late gladioli have received the 

 greatest attention. At the meetings of 

 the floral committee of the Dutch Bulb 

 Growers' Society, held every fortnight 

 during the summer, a large number of 

 the most beautiful varieties were shown 

 this season. Of course not all the vari- 

 eties are of Dutch origin, but we have 

 seen Dutch seedlings as good as the 

 best of the foreign varieties. In sup- 

 port of the high quality of Dutch seed- 

 lings, may be noted that a grower at 

 Overveen sold six bulbs of the variety 

 Meteor for 1,000 guilders (or $400) ; also 

 for the so-called spawn high prices have 

 been paid. 



In addition, Dutch bulb growers have 

 extensive cultures of the best-known 

 varieties, as America, Europa, Glory of 

 Holland, etc. In the last year or two 

 the culture of named kinds has in- 



Let Ayres' Superior 

 Orchid-Flowering Sweef Peas 



Follo^e Tour Muina 



Tlio Fin* Unsurpaaied variotloa 



ABt« Ohn Spencer, lavender, lb, $2.00. America 

 Spencer, great novelty, red and white Btriped, lb., 

 •4.00. Vlorence Morae Spencer, a beautlfnl light 

 pink, lb., $2.60. Large White Spencer, the nnriraled 

 white, lb., $2JM). Apple Bloasom, pink shaded rote, 

 lb.. $1.76. Any of the above, oz., 36c. We also hare 

 all the winter flowering varleUes. Write for oor 

 Sweet Pea Oatalogae. 



Ayres' Re-selected 

 Grand Rapids Lettuce Seed 



Ii nnlTeraally nsed b7 floriBts. Oz.. Ifio; lb., $1.25. 



■ Da AflflLO UUa ladepeBdeaee, Mt. 

 noiista— MuraozTinoB— SoadsmoB 



10 miles east of Kansas City, Mo. 



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Asparagns Phunosus 

 Nanus 



New crop. Greenhouse grown. 



50c per 100; 



$4.00 per 1000. 



A. HENDERSON & CO. 



30 E. Randolph St., CHICAaO. ILL. 



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As|Nmi{us Plnmosus Nanus 



New Orop— Clr««nlioiia«-crowa 



intMda.BOe: BOO mmU. $3.o«; lOM ■••«■. $sj$: 



10,0M aeeda. $M.M. 



■prcncerl, Ke per 900 seeda; 7Bo par 100$ aaadii 



$2.W«>ar soot SMda. 



Oar VIowar Seed Oatalo«iM tree oa ampUcatloB. 



TIE NOORE SEED CO., '%££&&&'* 



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