. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 637 1 »'l ^^B^i "^ 1 ^^K«4^^*^ 1 1 ^^^[H ^^g^^ Bfka^fl ts^j 1 ?^' ???? p ^1 d^l 1 1 1 ? ii 9 1 1 1 ?l ?HHO^ VASE OF FREESIA PURITY. Freeslas of Pedlg:ree. The illustrations lierewith show Preesia Purity as grown by Rudolph Fischer, San Gabriel, Calif., in field, greenhouse and lath house, with a vase ot the cut flowers as used for decoratiye purposes. Mr. Fischer has a large stock of this fine freesia and says there is a great demand for seed, which, of course, cannot be supp
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igog. The American Florist. 637 1 »'l ^^B^i "^ 1 ^^K«4^^*^ 1 1 ^^^[H ^^g^^ Bfka^fl ts^j 1 ?^' ???? p ^1 d^l 1 1 1 ? ii 9 1 1 1 ?l ?HHO^ VASE OF FREESIA PURITY. Freeslas of Pedlg:ree. The illustrations lierewith show Preesia Purity as grown by Rudolph Fischer, San Gabriel, Calif., in field, greenhouse and lath house, with a vase ot the cut flowers as used for decoratiye purposes. Mr. Fischer has a large stock of this fine freesia and says there is a great demand for seed, which, of course, cannot be supplied, as Purity or any other freesia does not come true from seed. The high price of stock of this fine variety is evidently a great temptation to unscrupulous growers to increase their stock by seed, thereby making it practically impos- sible in a few years to secure pure stock. It is too bad that such a con- dition should exist after all the work and care bestowed on this variety to bring it to its present state of per- fection. Portland, Ore.—Clarke Bros, report a 20 per cent increase in sales at Easter at prices the same as last year. Easter lilies were the only short item. Bulb stock had only a poor demand. Halifax, N. S.—Sales at Easter were greater this year than last with F. W. Killam at similar prices. There was a sufficiency of plants but not enough roses, violets or carnations. Trade iu general is good. Lawrence, Kans.—Sales and prices with C. M. & E. S. Luther at Easter were almost the same as those of last year. More plants and cut roses could have been sold. Lilies were in great demand in plants and , lilies and carnations in cut flowers. THE ROSE. Koses. a paper read by L. Reuter. "Westerly. R. I., before the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston. April 20. It has been somewhat of a puzzle to me to know what line to take in talking on roses at this meeting. Although I sometimes find myself talking as though I really had very definite idea
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