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Mabch 11, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



31 



Roses and Carnations 



Tulips, Daffs, Jonquils, Violets, Valley, Lilies, Greens 



We can supply these in any quantity and the kind of stock that will 

 please you and please your customers. That's why our business grows. 



Roses are Coming in Heavier Every Day 



Can supply Killamey andMaid, Bride, Richmond, fine heads on all lengths of stem. Try us on today's order. 

 Before placing your order for Lilies for Easter, write us for prices, as we 

 sliall have a good supply of fine stock. 



ZECH & MANN, 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 

 L. D. Phone, Central 3284 



51 Wabasii Avenue 



Chicago 



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C. W. NcKELLAR... 



Long; Distance Phbne, Central 8698 



51 Wabasii Avenue, CHICAGO 



Beauties, 

 Roses, 

 Carnations, 



Valley, Violets and all Fancy Flowers, Farleyense and all Fancy 

 Greens and Decorative Stock, Violet Ties and Ribbons 



Boxwood Fancy Ferns 



8Sin> FOR COMPLKTK 

 PRXCX LIST 



POWDKR for making the Green CarnBtion Dye. Ton will need this for St. Patrick's Day. 

 Per packet, enough for 1 qt. of dye, 25c; five packets, $1.00. 



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for home again. Some of the florists 

 here were H. N. Bruns and E. Wienhoe- 

 ber, Chicago; Horace M. Frank, Day- 

 ton, O. ; Edw. Habermehl, Philadelphia. 



Columbiana, O. — Loy Smith is prepar- 

 ing to go into the greenhouse business 

 here. 



Beaumont, Tex. — C. J. Axelson, for- 

 merly of St. Louis, Mo., is now in busi- 

 ness here. He has built two greenhouses, 

 14x110 and 24x162, at 1608 Bibb avenue, 

 and will grow both flowers and vegeta- 

 bles. His location is considered an ideal 

 one. 



Stoughton, Mass. — Friday, February 

 26, Robert Hutcheon, prior to the dis- 

 tribution of seeds, talked to the pupils 

 of the Drake school in an instructive 

 and interesting manner, as to prepar- 

 ing soil, planting seeds, transplanting 

 plants and methods of improving the 

 school gardens. June 18 will be flower 

 day at the Drake school, when each of 

 the pupils will bring two plants to their 

 respective rooms to compete for the 

 prize to be given by the teacher for the 

 best plant. 



CARNATIONS. 



[Continued from page 14.] 

 son, color cerise, on the variety Mrs. 

 Bradt, a white ground variegated with 

 red, I procured Enchantress. 



The Lawson was raised from Daybreak, 

 a flesh-colored variety, with pollen from 

 Van Leeuwen, a dark pink. You see the 

 color of Daybreak cropping out. 



Was this simply chance t Or was it the 

 working out of Mendell's theory? There 

 is food for reflection and^ careful study 

 along these lines. "^ 



Again, I can tell you that from a batch 

 of first year seedlings tested three years 

 ago, we retained 250 scarlets for a test 

 in the greenhouse, and that today we have 

 three left of the 250 varieties, with the 

 possibility of disseminating one. Of the 

 remaining 3,250 we retained four, with 

 a possibility of disseminating two oi 

 three at most. Think of it! Four out 

 of 3,500! Then tell me where the luQk 

 comes in. 



Yet, a few years ago hundreds of those 

 varieties so discarded would have been 

 called wonders. It is owing to the pres- 

 ent high standard of the carnation that 



it becomes more difficult each year to 

 produce a decided acquisition. Yet, 

 looking backward through the earliest 

 years of my experiments, I can see where 

 I discarded many a fine carnation through 

 this critical sifting down. Still it is 

 much better to be on the safe side. 



Time to Fertilize. 



The best time to commence cross fer- 

 tilization is during late October or early 

 November; that is, just after the disap- 

 pearance of flies and bees that usually 

 come into the greenhouses on the ap- 

 proach of cold weather. Pollen at this 

 season is also more plentiful than during 

 December, January or February. 



The best time in the day to cross- 

 fertilize is from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m., the 

 earlier the better, providing of course 

 that the day is warm and sunny and the 

 pollen perfectly dry. In transferring the 

 pollen, some use a magnifying glass, 

 camel 's-hair brush, and pair of tweezers. 

 I have never us«d either, until recently, 

 when I find it necessary to use eye- 

 glasses. 



I do not believe in tl^e method prac- \ 

 ticed by some in removing the petals of 



