M.BCH 3 1910 The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Headquarters For Gladiolus 



GLADIOLUS 



All Gladiolus offered by us are large bloom'ing sized bulbs. 



Per doz. 



America. A beautiful soft pink color $0.65 



Brenchleyensls. A pure scarlet 20 



Canary Bird. Exquisite light yellow 1.00 



Columbia. Deep scarlet, marked black 40 



Eusrene Scribe. Rose-shaded carmine 60 



Olory of Brishtwoed. Beautiful scarlet with lemon-shaded throat .60 

 Klondyke. Yellow with crimson blotch. An exquisite new sort .65 



Little Blush. Beautiful blush white 50 



May. White penciled crimson 25 



Princeps. Dazzling scarlet, white markings on lower petal 1.40 



Shakespeare. White carmine, blotched pink 75 



Senator Volland. Blue, blotched violet, stained yellow, with a 



<g> blue stripe, very odd combination 1.00 



White and Light. (Special florists' mixture) 40 



Pink and Rose 25 



Scarlet and Crimson 25 



Striped and Variegated 30 



White and Light Shades 25 



Yellow in All Shades 45 



Gladiolus in Mixture 



1st size bulbs only. 



Childsii.'^A distinct mammoth type 30 



Extra Choice Mixed. All colors 20 



FineMixed. All colors 15 



Groff' s New Hybrids. Extra line 25 



Lemoine's Butterfly. Brilliant varieties 25 



Michell's Giant Flowering Mixture 30 



25 at 100 rate; 250 at 1000 rate. 



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SEASONABLE SUGGESTIONS. 



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foliage, flowers and weeds. Be careful 

 not to overwater. They are always bet- 

 ter if allowed to dry out well between 

 waterings. A temperature of 50 degrees, 

 full sun and an abundance of fresh air 

 are desideratums. The strongest plants 

 should now be fit for 4-inch pots. Use 

 but little barnyard manure in the soil. A 

 little old mushroom manure, with some 

 fine bone added, is good as a compost. 



TuberoL's Begonias. 



Tuberous begonias intended for early 

 summer blooming in pots should be 

 started without delay. Place the tubers 

 in flats containing a little leaf -mold and 

 sand; barely cover them and water them 

 sparingly until growths are well ad- 

 vanced. The seed sown in January 

 should now be ready to prick off. Use 

 flats of light, sandy soil and shade for a 

 few days after transplanting. These 

 seedlings will make splendid plants for 

 bedding out in shady locations, or are 

 useful in pots for late summer or fall 

 flowering, being specially good on piazzas 

 where the boxes are shielded from the 

 sun's direct rays. 



Shamrocks. 



Any potting of shamrocks, or making 

 up pans of them, should be completed 

 without delay, in order that the plants 

 may get somewhat established before be- 

 ing marketed. The demand for these 

 for March 17 grows larger each year and 

 many florists are finding them quite a 

 profitable side line to carry. They should 

 never be forced; a violet or mignonette 



Bloflder Ribbons 



are usually cheap Ribbons that look all right until you use 

 them with your decorations, and then you wish you had 

 something different. Something different in Ribbons, are 

 the qualities that bear THE PINE TREE LABEL. These 

 are the Ribbons for Novelty Decorattons, Funeral 

 Decorations, Banquets, Weddlngrs, etc.; they are 

 rich toned Ribbons, have a high luster, are soundly con- 

 structed and yet they often cost little more than these 

 Blunder Ribbons. 



You will find it pays to iise the best Ribbons, especially 

 when you can get them at our close quotations direct from 

 the mill. 



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house, kept at 40 to 42 degrees at night, 

 is the ideal temperature for them. They 

 get ' ' thrippy " in a warmer house. 



Shadins;. 



We get some hot days early in March. 

 They are deceptive and are usually fol- 

 lowed by spells of dark, cold weather. 

 The temptation is often strong to shade 

 the glass with some form of whitening. 

 Our advice would be not to do so, at 

 least not for a while yet in the colder 

 northern states; farther south it is no 

 doubt necessary thus early. Use cheese- 



cloth, rather than darken the houses with 

 shading you may wish to have removed 

 a day or two later. To retard Easter 

 stock, a shaded house is a necessity, but 

 in growing houses it is not only unneces- 

 sary, but harmful. Even palms need 

 but little shade yet, especially if, as 

 often happens, they are grown under 

 ground glass. Tropical plants, such as 

 crotons and dracaenas, are benefited by 

 some sun, and if you shade this class of 

 plants at all now, let it be quite thin. 

 Seedlings, whether just germinating or 

 transplanted, will want a little shade. 



