. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 322 The American Florist, Sept. 12, ular kinds that sell well in the open market. Festiva Maxima is still very largely grown and one of the very best whites. It is large and very fragrant. Whitleyi is a splendid white variety, one of the best for shipping. Mme. de Verne- ville is becoming increasingly popular and should be grown in quantity: it is one of the very best early whites. Possibly there are no better whites than these, but Couronne d'or (late), Marie Lemoine (late) and Duchesse de Nemours are also excell
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 322 The American Florist, Sept. 12, ular kinds that sell well in the open market. Festiva Maxima is still very largely grown and one of the very best whites. It is large and very fragrant. Whitleyi is a splendid white variety, one of the best for shipping. Mme. de Verne- ville is becoming increasingly popular and should be grown in quantity: it is one of the very best early whites. Possibly there are no better whites than these, but Couronne d'or (late), Marie Lemoine (late) and Duchesse de Nemours are also excellent where a greater variety is up the plants and they do better for it. Avoid injuring the roots more than is necessary in lifting, and see that the soil is moist before commencing. If not, give a good soaking of water early in the morning on the day of lifting. Let the plants be handled with dispatch, as the sooner they are planted and watered in the better. Very little shading will be necessary with good, hard plants, but should they wilt badly a little soil mixed with water may be sprayed on the glass. After jjlanting spray regularly three. FINE FUNERAL EMBLEM BY LOZIERS', DES MOINES. lA. needed. Among pinks we have a large number of excellent varieties : Delicatis- sima is a large flower and well displayed on good stems. Lamartine is a good early sort and so are Fragrans and Edulis Su- perba, while Livingstone and Bernard Palissy are good late varieties. In reds we have Souvenir de I'Exposition Uni- verselle, Modiste Guerin and Delachei as good early, midseason and late kinds, all of them excellent. In many places there are selected types known on the various markets by certain names. These are usually well fitted to the local conditions and growers will be wise to use them. Some nurseymen make a specialty of cer- tain kinds and sell them for cutting pur- poses. These, too. are generally"good. but anyone wishing to plant dependable sorts for cutting and not kno
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