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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBEB 12, 1011. 



and Chrysolora; Prince of Austria and 

 Golden Queen; Keizerskroon bordered 

 with La Beine; La Beine, Vermilion 

 Brilliant and Chrvsolora; Couleur Car- 

 dinal and White Joost Van Vondel. 



Beds of one solid color using such 

 sorts as Thoracis Moore, Proserpine, 

 Chrysolora, White Joost Van Voadel, 

 Keizerskroon, Pink Beauty, Queen of 

 the Netherlands, White Swan and Gold- 

 en Queen are in excellent taste and the 

 most generally satisfactory form of 

 bedding. 



Late iFnlips "StM th FavtMr. 



Year by year late tulips are growing 

 in favor. Five years ago Darwins 

 were almost unprocurable in America 

 except in mixtures. Now every bulb 

 dealer features these and the other |ate 

 flowering tulips. It is true that those 



ding than tulips. Their higher price 

 and the fact that they pass more quick- 

 ly are features against their extended 

 use. They flower before tulips, how- 

 ever, and make a brilliant show. 

 Mixed with other bulbs they do not 

 look well and should be kept in beds 

 by themselves. The single varieties 

 only should be used for bedding. A se- 

 lection of reliable named sorts is as fol- 

 lows: White and bluish white. Baron- 

 ess Van Tuyll, Grandeur a Merveille, 

 Mme. Van der Hoop and L 'Innocence; 

 rose and pink, O^ertrude, Charles Dick- 

 ens, Gigantea; crimson, Robert Steiger, 

 General Pelissier; blue and purple, 

 King of the Dlues, Queen of the Blues, 

 Grand Maitre; yellow. Yellow Ham- 

 mer, King of the Yellows. 



Bedding hyacinths, unnamed, in 

 separate shades of color have a large 



Tul^ Couleur CardiaaL 



in charge of many of our public gar- 

 dens and parks have not yet risen to 

 their opportunities to show visitors how 

 superb these are. Sooner or later they 

 must follow in the procession and when 

 they do so the demand for late tulips 

 will advance by leaps and bounds. They 

 are taller and more stately than the 

 early tulips, much better for cutting 

 and in the herbaceous borders planted 

 in clumps, they improve in quality if 

 left undisturbed for several years. A 

 selection of excellent Darwin varieties 

 averaging twenty to thirty inches in 

 height is as follows: Clara Butt, soft 

 r6sy pink; Mrs. Krelage, soft rose; 

 I^ing Harold, purplish red; Glow, rich 

 vermilion; Dream, soft lilac; La Can- 

 dleur, white tinged with blush; Farn- 

 cbmbe Sanders, orange scarlet; Greteh- 

 efa, soft blush, fine; Psyche, soft rose; 

 !^^ay Queen, rosy pink. 



In addition to the Darwins are the 

 bjeautiful late flowering cottage tulips, 

 fljowering from May 10 to June 1 and 

 often in fine shape for Memorial day 

 tj-ade. Some of the best and least ex- 

 plensive of these adaptable for solid 

 bj^ds or clumps in borders are: Pic^tee, 

 v^hite, peneiled eerise; Shandon iBells 

 (Tsabella.), rose, edged white; Gesneri- 

 ajaa spathulata, brilliant scarlet, bluish 

 bpack center, superb; Gesneriana lutea, 

 the finest of all late cottage tulips; 

 Qoutdn d'Or, deep yellow; Inglescombe 

 Pink, rosy pink; Inglescombe Scarlet, 

 rich vermilion; Golden Crown, yellow 

 edged with red; Vitellina, sulphur yel- 

 low; May Blossom, white, striped rose; 

 Lieghorn Bonnet, primrose yellow. 



Hyadiitlis for Bedding. 



Hyacinths are less popular for bed- 



sale and cost considerably less than 

 the named sorts. Except for a slight 

 variation in tints, they are in every 

 way satisfactory. 



Hyacinths, tulips and other bulbs all 

 look much better with a groundwork 

 of violas, arabis, myosotis, double 

 daisies or pansies below them, using 

 always a color which will not clash 

 with the color of the flowers of the 

 bulbs. 



Narcissi for Naturalizing. 



Narcissi as bedding plants are not 

 half appreciated. It is true they are 

 at their best when naturalized in grass 



land rather than in cultivated land, 

 and this season I know of several 

 wealthy amateurs planting from 10,000 

 to 100,000 in this way, but they make 

 beautiful beds, more graceful even 

 than tulips or hyacinths, and no one 

 of fastidious tastes can object to any 

 of their shades, as all are most pleas- 

 ing. Solid beds of such sorts as Gold- 

 en Spur, Empress, Victoria, Emperor, 

 Sir Watkin, Incomparabilis, Figaro and 

 Barrii conspicuus cannot fail to please, 

 while for clumps in bands along shrub- 

 beries or perennial borders, the small- 

 er varieties such as Leedsii Mrs. Lang- 

 try, Duchess of Brabant and Duchess 

 of Westminster, poeticus ornatus, 

 poeticus poetarum, all the Barrii varie- 

 ties and most 4}f the Incomparabilis 

 section are splendid. They should not 

 be disturbed until the bulbs become 

 too crowded. Usually they are better 

 lifted every third year. 



For naturalizing along the border 

 of lakes and streams, in woodland or 

 in grassland, narcissi are at their best. 

 Never plant them systematieally but 

 father, the biiibs ' in the hand, broad- 

 cast them atid ^Islilt them where they 

 fsfl*; *fcie- offc*t should be to make them 

 look perfeetiy natural. Here is a field 

 the most " fascinating of all tot bulb 

 planting, capable of infinite develop- 

 ment. Naturalized bulbs in Great Brit- 

 ain are a feature of almost every es- 

 tate and there is no valid reason why 

 they should not be so here, as their 

 requirements are never exacting and in 

 nearly all cases they increase satisfac- 

 torily. 



A few of the best naturalizing nar- 

 cissi are poeticus, poeticus ornatus, 

 Leedsii Mrs. Langtry, Leedsii Duchess 

 of Brabant, Johnstoni Queen of Spain. 

 Pallidus praecox, Burbidgei John Bain, 

 Burbidgei Vanessa, Incomparabilis Cy- 

 nosure, Incomparabilis Stella, Princeps, 

 Barrii Flora Wilson, Barrii conspicutts 

 and Leedsii Minnie Hume. The two 

 best are poeticus and Leedsii Mrs. 

 Langtry. 



Anlsterdam, N. Y. — Geo. Hatcher re- 

 ports having a fine time and doing big 

 business while in Europe. 



New Castle, Ind. — Ernest Bender, for- 

 merly employed in many of the local 

 greenhouses, but lately of Indianapolis, 

 has accepted a position at the Benthey 

 greenhouses in this city and will soon 

 move here with his family. 



Tulip ^bite Swan with Panie* Beneadi. 





