March 7, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



47 



ACACIA PUBESCENS 



The Queen of the Acacias 



USEFUL FOR ALL PURPOSES 

 Can Be Shipped To Any City:::: 



$2.50 per Bunch 



We have the largest stock in the world 



WILLIAM H. SIEBRECHT 



Long Island City, N. Y. 



W. H. SIEBRECHT 



55 W. 26th St. 



N. Y. City 



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SIEBRECHT & SIE3RECHT 

 136 W. 28th St. > 

 N. Y. City 



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We are Western Agents for Boddlngton's Quality Cannas 



THE LARGEST HANDLER IN THE WORLD 



We have just taken in our first carload. Same comprises over 40 varieties. As some varieties are 

 short crop, we advise early orders. Let us book your order NOW and ship when you want them. 



FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY 



our Emerald-green Carnation Dye has made a reputation for itself. Once tried, you will 

 use no other. Let US have your order this year and be convinced. We ship in cans, 

 thus doing away with breakage in transit. Price, pints, 50c; quarts, $1.00. 



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water, into which the spikes are 

 plunged. 



Roguing and Classifying. 



With the first blooming in the fields, 

 tlio roguing begins. This work is done 

 mostly by girls, who generally have a 

 better eye for colors than men or boys, 

 and consists in removing plants from 

 mixtures, color sections, and named va- 

 rieties, which from carelessness during 

 the winter's work have been misplaced. 

 You can readily appreciate that a pur 



chaser of a delicate pink or almost pure 

 white variety at from $5 to $12 per 

 dozen would not be pleased to find in 

 ills purchase shades of red, or inferior 

 iiowers of any color, the bulbs of which 

 could be purchased at much lower 

 prices. We therefore exercise the ut- 

 most caution to prevent such an occur- 

 rence. The bulbs so removed, being 

 immature, are lost. 



Also during the blooming season the 

 work of classifying the new seedlings 

 for naming and the preparation of new 



color sections must be cared for. Here 

 is where superior judgment and knowl- 

 edge of existing varieties is required. 

 New varieties are selected, and num- 

 bered tags are wired to the spikes, the 

 bulbs of which are separately lifted at 

 harvest time >and placed by themselves, 

 to be further'"TT»e¥^ased. These are 

 usually offered singly or in collections 

 of six, ten or twelve bulbs, to introduce 

 them and prepare the way for the sale 

 of larger quantities. Special attention 

 is given to the preparation of special 



