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JUNE 20, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists'" Revie^A^* 



29 



WHAT is more attractive, giving an air of cool- 

 ness to the shop, than a few floating Water 

 Lilies — whether they be in a miniature pond 

 or simply in a large jardiniere filled with water? 

 Always a welcome novelty if the new and choice large- 

 flowering varieties are used. These we have in quan- 

 tity, red and white, and some beautiful, delicate shades 

 of pink. 98.00 and $4.00 per hundred. 



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HEADQUARTERS FOR GREENS 



Gftlax (grreen and bronze), $1.50 per 1000; $7.50 per 10,000. 



Leucothoe Sprays (bronze), $1.00 per 100; $9.00 per 1100. 



Green Sheet Moss, $3.5o per bag. 



Sphagnum Moss, 10-bbl. bales, burlapped, per bale, $4.00; five-bale lots, 



$3.75 per bale; ten-bale lots, $3.50 per bale. 

 Dagrsrer Ferns, ordinary stock, $2.50 per 1000; selected stock. $3.00 per 1000. 



RIBBOr^IS AND SUPPLIES: Many new patterns in exclusive Ribbons. Write 

 us for prices on these and on Supplies. 



Durlns July and Ausust w* will clos* at 8 p. m. 



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LILIES 



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Easter Lilies 



ALL YEAR ROUND 



Grown by 



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eied in Europe, although it is of Ameri- 

 can origin; it is now sent back to us 

 ^'ith the commendation of the leading 

 glowers abroad. Killarney, under the 

 lavorable weather conditions, has more 

 petals than ever before at Riverton, a 

 point worth noticing for intensive cul- 

 tiiie under glass. White Killarney has 

 ^haped well as a bedding rose. Near 

 them is Lady Hillingdon, a fair yellow 

 tor outdoor growing, especially beauti- 

 lul in bud. , , 



ijefore leaving the forcing varieties 

 fi 1*^ ^'^teresting to glance at Mrs. Wake- 

 neld Christie Miller, because it is as- 

 sorted on tihe street that W. H. Elliott 

 Jas worked up a stock of 12,000 for 

 toicing next season. Mrs. Wakefield 

 Vniistie Miller is a hybrid tea of pleas- 

 >DS pink, shaded with pale pink on the 



outer petals; a large flower; the plants 

 show vigor. 



A seedling under number — of Euro- 

 pean origin, I think — is considered 

 promising; it is a glowing carmine, 

 with large flowers that last well in th*ir 

 most beautiful form. Then there is 

 George Dickson, a scarlet of sufficient 

 promise to merit the unique honor of 

 being named after the father of the 

 great Newtownards growers. This va- 

 riety seems, so far, to thrive better 

 at home than here. A Dickson scarlet 

 of the most wonderful keeping quali- 

 ties brings a story from Mr. Eisele. 

 The flowers were cut in the open field 

 near Belfast in summer, taken to Dub- 

 lin without special care, thence to Lon- 

 don, at last placed in water during a 

 couple of days ' stay in the English capi- 



tal, and finally, a triumph of keeping 

 qualities, worn in the buttonhole in a 

 city of the Belgians another day after- 

 ward. 



Countess Mary of Ilchester is a good 

 bedding rose, a variety that has at least 

 one staunch follower among our enthu- 

 siastic rose amateurs, for when at a 

 loss how to fill out an order for named 

 varieties, after putting in two of this 

 and six of that popular sort, he always 

 says, "Make up the balance with 

 Countess Mary of Ilchester." Mr. 

 Eisele thinks he must have several hun- 

 dred Countess Marys on his lawn. 

 There are ever so many others, each 

 with a little story of its own, from 

 King Edward at $4 per to M. Pierre 

 Douset's latest introduction, but this 

 little sketch will suffice to give an idea 



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