The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . ollow-iing varieties: Acto. bright rose, large-flowering; Ada, yellow; Aileen. lilacoink, tipned gold; Canova. orangebronze; Genevieve, blush pink, largeflower; Marabout. fringed white:Priiice of Wales, whtte: Queen ofWhites, creamy white; Salem, ; Santiago, bronze red: )ur<^ white turning to pink; Vera.\vhite. Horticultural Heresy. Some Ynnkee nurserymnn. tis said. CInims to have scored n flnrnl he ;^funy has bred A rose indubitably blu
The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . ollow-iing varieties: Acto. bright rose, large-flowering; Ada, yellow; Aileen. lilacoink, tipned gold; Canova. orangebronze; Genevieve, blush pink, largeflower; Marabout. fringed white:Priiice of Wales, whtte: Queen ofWhites, creamy white; Salem, ; Santiago, bronze red: )ur<^ white turning to pink; Vera.\vhite. Horticultural Heresy. Some Ynnkee nurserymnn. tis said. CInims to have scored n flnrnl he ;^funy has bred A rose indubitably blue!Which, like the short-lived green cause, he hopes, a wide sensation! But we. for our part, cannot heApprovers of the skill lies shown: Confound tlifit uui-servinnn! say ^ cant he lenve the rose alone? Blue rose, forsooth! T^^hy not blfick lily. Or something even still more silly? For in the end this meddling crank. Resolved his cleverness to show,Mav outrasre Nature by a prank Past which een he cant hope to go—Yes. he may stagger iis. the varlet!With violet of a vivid scarlet! — Stratagem Photds by tbe Author HesterHARDY CHRYSANTHEMUMS Spray of Pompons 528 The Florists Exchange AMONG THE GROWERS. Dreers Nurseries, Riverton, N. J. This alwciys a busy place, and more so at thistime of year when orders by the thousands are pour-ing in. not only from all parts of this country, butalso from Canada and Europe. A large addition tothe packing shed, made last Fall, does not yet beginto meet all needs for this season of the year. Thetables in this department are loaded do^vn witli awonderful variety of plants—palms, ferns and otherdecorative stock, tor nearby customers: cannas goingSouth; pansies. Knglish daisies going to suburbanpoints for bedding out: dahlia roots and other flow-ering bulbs for gardeners orders: and pot roses forflorists and retail customers. On another side arepiled up all kinds of flowering shrubs; while thepacking of perennia
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