. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1902. The American Florist. B73. A WEDDING DECORATION BY THE HUDDART FLORAL CO., SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. tiful varieties. The only trouble is that in nnmbers they are getting somewhat perplexing and the time has arrived when it is necessary to discriminate. There are several too much alike in color, others, again, inferior in size, as well as lacking distinct coloring. It has been our pur- pose right along, since the introduction of American hybrid nymphsas, not to introduce an inferior variety, and when a superior
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1902. The American Florist. B73. A WEDDING DECORATION BY THE HUDDART FLORAL CO., SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. tiful varieties. The only trouble is that in nnmbers they are getting somewhat perplexing and the time has arrived when it is necessary to discriminate. There are several too much alike in color, others, again, inferior in size, as well as lacking distinct coloring. It has been our pur- pose right along, since the introduction of American hybrid nymphsas, not to introduce an inferior variety, and when a superior variety appears, to withdraw, or discontinue offering for sale, an inferior variety. By this I do not mean that all small forms are discarded. Several of these possess beautiful forms and distinct colors and are suitable for different pur- poses, bnt the idea is to get and hold the very best, saitable for all purposes, and at the same time to offer only sterling novelties. A connoisseur a few days ago asked another in my presence which he consid- ered the best hardy nymph^eas. He replied, James Brydon, Wm. Falconer, Gloriosa, Wm. Doogue, Rubra punctata and Gladstoniana. This really is the cream of any selection and of these two are of French origin. A writer in an English horticultural paper of recent date stated that "the best water lilies came from ; He would better soon make other acquaintances. As usual there are more claimants for first honors and among them is one of the odorate group, named after a dis- tinguished cultivator and lover of aquat- ics, W. B. Shaw. This is a seedling from N. odorata Caroliniana, superior in every way; color a rich deep pink, like a La France rose. It will rank high among pink water lilies. This season a western grower of aquat- ics listed a new pink named Mark Hanna, daiming the same to be a hybrid of N. Gladstoniana and N. Devoniensis, and superior to everything and asked a big price for it. There must be a wonderful differ
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