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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



JANUAUV 11, 1912. 



DREER*S FANCY LEAVED CALADIUMS 



We are carrying the largest 

 stock of Fancy Leaved Cala- 

 <liuni.s ill tlic world in an as- 

 sortment of varieties which, 

 besides the choice standard 

 sorts, includes many new and 

 rare varieties not generally 

 oli'ered. 



Bulbs started at any time 

 before the middle of A|»ril 

 will make s))lendid plants in 

 V>'A or 4-incli j)ots, wliicii 

 will jirove useful for porch 

 ami window boxes in shaded 

 or semi-siiaded positions and 

 which always meet with 

 ready sale, wliile for the 

 iiecoratioii of the Florist's 

 store window during the 

 summer months no m^re 

 useful subject can be grown. 



We offer .special je= 

 lections according to va= 

 riety as follows : 



Choice Standard Vari- 

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

 per loO: $10n.00 i)er 1000. 



Choice Rare and New Varieties, $2.25 per do/..; $15. (mi per 100; $140.00 per lOOO. 

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



Rare New Varieties, the most recent introductions, $:'>.5o per <loz. ; $25.00 per 100. 



The above prices are lor the trade only. 



HENRY A. DREER 7i4 chesmut s». Philadelphia. Pa. 



usual, but prices are expected to stand 

 witli little idiaiigc. 



'■'J'lie larger si/.es of giganteuins, say 

 from > ineh iii>. will bo scarce next sea- 

 son anil jirices will be from twenty to 

 tweiity-iive per cent higlier. (Ircater 

 care in growing is eHecting some im- 

 provenirnt in i|uality and tlie (juantity 

 ]ilantcii i< about tlie same as last year, 

 but tlicM- are mostly the smaller sizes. 



•'Tlie situation with legard to album 

 aiel auratum is normal. Tlie (piantity 

 planted of rubium. Mcliiouiciic and 

 uiagnilicuin is forty to fifty per (■'•nt 

 short of normal aiiil prices will iiie\i 

 tably be higher. 



Mr. llcnry left b'obert Fulton at 

 Yokohama, wliere lie remained until 

 January i>, on wliicli date he sailed lor 

 San Francisco. 



GLADIOLI IN HOLLAND. 



.Mtlioiiyli liyaiinths, tulijis and datVo 

 <lils take the lirst jilaco in the bulb dis 

 trict, many other bulbous ]>]ants arc 

 also grown. J"(irm(^rly only a few bulb 

 growers cultivated such things as gla- 

 dioli. anemniK's. i-hionodoxas. fritillarias. 



snowilrop<. 



s[iaraxis. 



mu> 



can, ranunculus, scilhis. etc.. says a 

 writer in tlie Horticultural .\d\ertiser 

 fP.ritisli). but as it is imjiossible to 

 grow hyacinths, tulips or datfodils year 

 after year nn the same jilace, man.\' 

 growers make a •diange of c-rop by the 

 <\ilti\ ation of the bullous plants uumi- 

 tioned al)o\e. Some growers also grow 

 vegetables, and of these, potatoes, 

 beans, cabbage and c;irrots give the best 

 results. This year, especially, tlio croji 

 of j)otatoes was remarkably fine, anddn 

 sonic ]ilaces jiaicj better than tulii)S. 

 The culture of beans and ]ieas improves 

 the soil for the cultivation of bulbs. In 

 most cases, however, bulb culture gives 

 better results, as the demand for all 

 ]\inds h.'is risen remarkably. 



The Flitch bulb growers call all bulb 



Paper White Narcissus 



Lilium Giganteum 



DUTCH BULBS 

 Full Lin* of Stock. Write for Prices. 



D. RUSCO N I 



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



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SURPLUS OF 



L Multiflorums 7-9 



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The Yokohama Nursery Co., Ltd. 



No. 31 Barclay Street, 



NEW YORK 



ous plants, c^xcept hyacinths, tulips and 

 dafTodils. ' ' lygoed. ' ' and of this the 

 gladiolus forms a main jiart. (iladioli 

 are diAided into two large grou|>s, early 

 and l.-itc llowering kinds. i)\' these, the 

 early l)ut(di gladioli, to which <'ol\illei. 

 nanus, ramosus, etc., ixdoiig, are well 

 known all oxer the world, but just 

 lately the late gladioli have received the 

 greatest attention. .\t the meetings of 

 the tloral committee^ of tlu' Dutch Bulb 

 (irowers' Society, held every fortnight 

 during the summer, a large nmnlier of 

 the most beautiful \arieties were shown 

 this season. Of course not all the vari 

 ('ties are of Dutch origin, but we have 

 seen Diitidi seedlings as good as the 

 b(^st of th(> foreign varieties. in sup 

 jiort of the high (juality of l)ut(di seed- 

 lings, may be noted that a grower at 

 ()\'er\eeii sold six bulbs of the variety 

 :\Ieteor for l,<H)(i yuibh-rs (or .$400); also 

 for the so-called spawn high prices have 

 been |iaii|. 



In addition, Dutch bulb growers have 

 extensive cultures of the best-known 

 \arieties, as Anu'rica, Furoj^a, CJlory of 

 Holland, etc. Tn the last year or two 

 till' culture of named kinds has in- 



Let Ayres' Superior 

 Orchid-flowering Sweet Peas 



Follow Tour Muxua 



The Fine Unsurpassed varieties 



Asta Ohn Spencer, lavender, lb , $'2.00. America 

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

 $4.00. Florence Morse Spencer, a beautiful light 

 pink, lb., I2..50. Large White Spencer, the unrivaled 

 white, lb., $2.50. Apple Blossom, pink shaded rose, 

 lb., $1.75. Any of the above, 07... IWc. We also hare 

 all the winter flowering varieties. Write for our 

 Sweet Pea Catalogue. 



Ayres' Re-selected 

 Grand Rapids Lettuce Seed 



Ii universally used by florists. Oz., 15c; lb.. $1.25, 



SD AVDCQ m Sunnyalope, 



■ Di II I If CO UUi Independence, Ho. 



Florists— Nurserymen— SeedBmen 



10 miles east of Kansas City. Mo. 



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Asparagus Plumosus 

 Nanus 



New crop. Greenhouse grown. 



50c per 100; 



$4.00 per 1000. 



A. HENDERSON & CO. 



.^0 E.Randolph St.. CHICAGO, ILL. 



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Asparagus Plumosus Nanus 



Neir Crop — Oreenbonse-crown 



IM Meda. 60c: 600 seeda. $2.00; 1000 Meds, I3.80: 



10.000 Medi. tSO.OO. 



8pr«iic«ri, 16c per 2S0 seeds; 76c per 1000 Meda; 



$2.76 per 6000 seeds. 



Our Flower Seed Oatalofu* freeoB application. 



TIE MOORE SEED CO., "p'iffiSSSbE- 



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