The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . John Laing is a rose that has unques-tionably the qualities that will enable it yet a whileto hold its own in popular favor. This is a beau-tiful rose, of a peculiarly soft and delicate pinl<color, handsome in bud, with foliage furnished in agraceful manner. This rose is almost indispensableto the i^rivate and commercial grower alike; it standsin bud fully as long as any of its cla^, and itsshape .and color make it exceedingly serviceable formaking up work. Mme. Caroline Tes
The Florists' exchange : a weekly medium of interchange for florists, nurserymen, seedsmen and the trade in general . John Laing is a rose that has unques-tionably the qualities that will enable it yet a whileto hold its own in popular favor. This is a beau-tiful rose, of a peculiarly soft and delicate pinl<color, handsome in bud, with foliage furnished in agraceful manner. This rose is almost indispensableto the i^rivate and commercial grower alike; it standsin bud fully as long as any of its cla^, and itsshape .and color make it exceedingly serviceable formaking up work. Mme. Caroline Testout is anotherrose of a different class that ought to be in everycollection also because of its many superior quali-ties, among which may be mtOtioned its adaptabilityto a very cold climate and its late flowering proclivi-ties, together with its beautiful form in bud, andits oliarming shade of color. Everybody knows roseMadame Gabriel IjUi/.et; it is an old variety, com-paratively, hut a splendid one still, which for pro-fusion of good-sized pink flowers of Just that perhaps surpassed by no other. AgeratumS*Inimitable. Courtesy Henry A. Dreer, (See page 528, April 21 Issue.) The Modern Gladiolus. The request fur brief cultural instructions beingfrequently made, I present the following suggestionsand experiences for selection and application to local conditions prevailing in all parts ofthe world. The questions of climate and season for plantingin all countries must be determined bv existing localconditions, as no rigid rule can be laid down thatcould be followed inflexibly in various altitudes, withlocal peculiarities of soil and natural drainage con-ditions existing in all parts of the world, and often
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