. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. no The Florists' Review AnODST 31. 1922 Narcissus Paper White Grandiflora IN ALL SIZES Write for Prices HOGEWONING & SONS, Inc., 299 Broadway, NEW YORK (if tlie newer varieties. The type was everything to be desired, tlie result of constant selection. Majiis included good strains of Fairy Queen and Rose Dore. In the mujus grandfflorum type we, of course, saw Harmony, the linn's 19212 novelty. It is really a. beautiful intro- duction; the color is rich terracotta rose and gold merged together, a de- lightful harmony, which the beautiful trilled
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. no The Florists' Review AnODST 31. 1922 Narcissus Paper White Grandiflora IN ALL SIZES Write for Prices HOGEWONING & SONS, Inc., 299 Broadway, NEW YORK (if tlie newer varieties. The type was everything to be desired, tlie result of constant selection. Majiis included good strains of Fairy Queen and Rose Dore. In the mujus grandfflorum type we, of course, saw Harmony, the linn's 19212 novelty. It is really a. beautiful intro- duction; the color is rich terracotta rose and gold merged together, a de- lightful harmony, which the beautiful trilled flowers accentuate. Another va- riety of great merit is Rose King, car- mine rose. There were three ])inks in this type that were especially nice and which we placed in our opinion in the following order of merit: Rose King, new, has no white throat or lip, rich self; Pink BeaUty, large flowers, rosy ])ink self, nice habit, and Feltham Beauty, rose and white. Orange Beauty and Torchlight are good orange varie- ties; Crimson King is best for crimson; Queen Victoria, for white, and Primrose King, for yellow. Stocks a Specialty. "Stocks are one of Mr. Watkins" favorite flowers and thej' are a big fea- ture at Twickenham. Before the war the selection of choice strains was largely in the hands of the Oermans, but, with the new order of things, Wat- kins & Simpson are in the fore front and they make it their proud bo:ist that their collections of stock seeds, separate colors, are all British strains. There in the beds can be seen rows of ten-week, large-flowered, in all the well known shades. Watkins & Simpson have ad- vanced a long way on the road to se cure uniformity of flowering period for each variety, which is so essential. The percentage of doubles is high. Then there is the well known Princess Alice, (.'olumn White and (Jiant Perfection stocks, all of splendid high selection. The firm has iii this selection a canary yellow, exceedingly true, besides other sh
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