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The Florists' Review 



Jandabt 28, 1018. 



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HYACINTHS 



Wecannot,asyou know,carry 

 them over, so we offer at con- 

 siderably reduced prices, the 

 following Dutch Hyacinths: 



Per looo 



Single, Named, ist size, mixed $io 

 Double, Named, i st size, mixed $ i o 

 Single, Mixed to Color . . $8 

 Double, Mixed to Color . . $8 



Spiraea 



We also have a special offering 

 of Spiraea Gladstone, which reg- 

 ularly sells for $7.00, while unsold, 



$4.50 per 100 



Ottr reputation is your assurance 

 of quality. 



J. M. THORBURN & CO. "nV;W* 



' ' The Most RtUablt SmJs ' ' T9 



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ing the consideration of the postoffice 

 appropriation bill in the House last 

 week. After an extended debate the 

 motion was ruled out of order by the 

 presiding officer, on the point of order 

 raised by Mr. Mann. 



In offering an amendment to the 

 postoffice appropriation bill providing 

 that these trade articles should be car- 

 ried by parcel post, Bepresentative 

 Byrnes, of South Carolina, said that 

 while the parcel post law included all 

 farm products, it excluded seeds, cut- 

 tings, bulbs, roots, scions and plants. 

 "At least sixty or seventy per cent of 

 the merchandise that the farmer would 

 receive or send by parcel post," he 

 said, "is excluded from the benefit of 

 the lower rates granted by the parcel 

 post." He said it discriminated against 

 the farmer, and quoted a letter from 

 W. C. Geraty & Co. to that effect. Along 

 the South Carolina coast, he said, the 

 cabbage plant industry is highly de- 

 veloped and in the shipping season six 

 and ten cars are shipped a day. The 

 plants are perishable. The farmers 

 anticipated that with the parcel post 

 they could save time and expense in- 

 volved in the express business by re- 

 ceiving the plants, seeds and bulbs on 

 the free delivery route, but under the 

 law seeds and plants can be mailed at 

 a cent for each two ounces. The object 

 is in the saving of time and expense 

 rather than in the rate. Mr. Lever 

 said the situation ought to be cor- 

 rected, as seeds for planting and wheat 

 for planting can not take the parcel 

 post rate, but full-grown cabbage and 

 wheat to be ground can. Mr. Lever 

 said that if time had not pressed so 

 hard when the measure was put through 

 last session the situation would not 

 have existed. Mr. Martin thought it 

 was remarkable that it got into the 

 law. Unless the matter was remedied 

 the farmers would have to "bear the 

 burden instead of enjoying the blessing 

 of the parcel post." 



Representative Mann, in opposing the 

 proposition, said that the Ameriolin 

 Seed Trade Association had opposed 

 the inclusion of seeds in the parcel 



CANNAS 



Selected, Large, Plump, Long Island Grown 



Long Island Grown Cannas are conceded by Bulbmon to be of superior 

 quality; the eyes are more numerous and full of life, and the roots are plump, 

 clean and extremely healthy. 



WYOMING. Giant flowering, bronze-purplish foliage. This Is one 

 of the most majestic Cannas. Blossoms, orange colored, true 

 Orchid shaped, with large rounded petals that flap and flutter 

 in the breeze like glistening flags; similar to King Humbert, 

 only 1ft inclined to grow a little taller; some of our customers Doz. 100 1000 

 prefer this Canna to King Humbert |0.76 14.00 $35.00 



AI/EMANNIA. Ground color yellow, heavily blotched and over- 

 laid with blood orange. 5 feet 80 3.00 2B.00 



BURBANK. Very rooty and vigorous; color lemon yellow, thickly 



spotted in the throat with bright scarlet. 6 feet 50 S.OO 25.00 



BLACK PRINCE (Green-leaved). A tall-growing sort, with flne 



showy flowers of crimson scarlet, overlaid maroon. 6 feet 60 4.00 36.00 



BRANDYWINE. Large trusses; flowers cherry red, boldly dappled 

 with crimson. Dark foliage heavily ribbed and margined choco- 

 late. 4 feet 60 3.00 25.00 



CHAUTAUQUA. Intense scarlet blossoms of great size, and dark 



colored foliage. 3% feet 50 3.00 25.00 



COMPTE DE BOUCHARD. Golden-yellow flowers spotted red. 



4% feet 50 3.00 25.00 



DOCTOR NANSEN (Green- leaved). Fine heads of pure yellow flow- 

 ers. 3 feet 60 4.00 35.00 



EOANDAIiE. Currant red; very free. Healthy bronze foliage. 3 to 



4 feet ." 60 3.00 25.00 



FLAMINGO. The color is intense and clear crimson; flowers are of 

 large size and borne on immense trusses in great profusion. 



3 feet 50 3.00 26.00 



GLADIATOR (Green-leaved). A very showy bedding Canna of me- 

 dium height, with large flowers of brassy yellow thinly speckled 



in dull red. The long center petals and lower petal are solid 

 dark red, making a most striking contrast to the predominating 

 yellow. 3 feet 60 4.00 35.00 



ITALIA. Great crinkly petals of clear yellow, irregularly overlaid 



with varied shades of orange scarlet. 6 feet 50 3.00 26.00 



INDIANA (Green-leaved). One of the gorgeous orchid-flowered 

 class. Soft orange, lightened by flecks of gold, penciled and 

 slightly margined with deep rose. 6 feet 60 4.00 35.00 



KING HUMBERT. In this grand new Italian Canna we have a com- 

 bination of the highest type of flower with the flnest bronze 

 foliage. Its flowers, which, under ordinary cultivation, will 

 measure 6 inches In diameter, and which are produced in heavy 

 trusses of gigantic size, are of brilliant orange-scarlet, with 

 bright red markings, while the foliage is broad and massive 

 and of a rich coppery bronze with brownish-green markings. 

 Bold and effective. Makes a gorgeous efFect when planted in 

 mass. 6 feet 75 6.00 40.00 



LOUISIANA. Soft, glowing scarlet, with orange throat markings. 



Darker than Pennsylvania. 6 feet 60 4.00 35.00 



MME. CROZT. 8V4 feet. Vermilion with gold border. The sort 



which popularized the Canna 60 3.00 25.00 



NEIL CAMPBELL. Tall grower, dark foliage, very free bloomer, 



orange-colored flowers 50 3.00 25.00 



PRESIDENT MEYER. Handsome bronze and sepia foliage; flowers 



large In wide trusses, cherry-carmine. 6 feet 60 4.00 36.00 



PENNSYLVANIA. Lustrous, wavy petals of great size, in which 

 the richest shades of orange and scarlet are exquisitely blended. 

 6 feet 60 4.00 35.00 



R. WALLACE. A new Canna, the largest and flnest pure yellow 



grown. Enormous and color flne. 4 feet 60 S.OO 26.00 



80UV. DE MME. NARDY. Green foliage, large round flowers with 

 yellow coloring entirely spotted with large brick-red spots. 



4 feet 60 4.00 35.00 



WM. BOFINGER. Brightest and richest scarlet. 6 feet 60 4.00 35.00 



FLORENCE VAUGHAN. I>arge yellow flowers, handsomely spotted, 



leaves green 50 3.00 25.00 



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New York 



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GUARANTEED CANNAS 



Why pay liitfh prices for Cannas and have no jniarantee of their being true to name? We stand 

 behind' ours and you can depi-nd on them. We quote Austria, Alenaannia, Barbank, La 

 France, Parthenope, King of Bronzes, Masaefolia, $10.00 per li 00. 



J. D. Elsele, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Lonisiana, R. Wallace. Jean Tissot, L. Patry, 



$18.00 per ItOO. 



L. H. READ & CO., Doer Park, Ala. 



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S. 8. SKIDELSKY & CO. 

 Plants, Bulbs and Seeds 



1218 B«tz Bids., 

 PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



See tur M% in the Classified DepartMeet for your wants. 



Katalog for tlie asking. 

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F. W. O. SCHMITZ 



PRINCE BAT, N. T. 



Wholesale Grower Exporter and Importer 

 of all plants, roots and bulbs in season. 



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