The Weekly Florists' Review. 



plants in seed boxes. Some long, broad 

 new houses recently erected are filled 

 with splendid plants. But palms are 

 not the only thing to be seen at New 

 Rochelle. There is no end to orchids, 

 cypripediunis, dendrobiums and cattle- 

 yas. One house of palms particularly 

 worth notice was a house 280 feet by 

 32 feet, all filled with Kentia Belmore- 

 ana. and every plant perfect and from 

 four to five feet tall. 



I was very much interested to look 

 over the nurseries. They are taking on 

 land and turning it into nurseries as 

 fast as they can. Here is to be seen a 



rae that all of their conifers will be 

 regularly transplanted every two years. 

 If they keep that up you can depend 

 upon what you buy growing. Among 

 herbaceous plants I noticed RuJbeckia 

 purpurea, which is a very strong grow- 

 ing plant with a large showy (lower. 

 Their cannas are not yet touched with 

 frost and I thought Duke of Marlboro, 

 a bright scarlet, was very desirable, as 

 was Crimson Beddcr, a fine dwarf vari- 

 ety. 



Along the Hudson. 



On my homeward jo\irney upon the 



Some Big Blooms at the Tarrytown, N. Y., Show. Col. D. Appleton in the Foreground. 



splendid collection of conifers of all the 

 leading hardy species. Particularly I 

 noticed some grand plants of Picea pun- 

 gens, also an immense lot of specimen 

 Austrian pine. Here, as well as at some 

 other places, I was much impressed 

 with the beauty of Rosa rugosa. Every 

 one knows this plant, but it seems to me 

 that it is not nearly as much used as it 

 might be. What hardy shrub is there 

 to compare with it? There it was, in 

 the middle of October, with its beautiful 

 flowers and at the same time covered 

 with its brilliant fruit. 



A man does not need to have much 

 riches besides the pleasure of living at 

 such a beautiful place as New Rochelle. 

 Young Mr. Sicbrccht drove me through 

 the town and pointed out several au- 

 thors and actors who made their home 

 in this beautiful locality. He also 

 pointed out to me (lio ri-^iinL' phifn of 

 Thomas Paine, the utrii n,, tlunlir, 

 I took off my hat as I |i , - i ,i r.i ^ ,,i 



others have done. Tli ,i ,,i- .i,iii\ 



five years ahead of hi- lim. , liiu, \\;i~ 

 all that was the iiKiiiii wnh liim. 

 From beautiful Rochdlr i.i ili. .vv:mi]|j 

 of New Jersey is (niil.' :i .Iuulm-, A 

 street car ride' from Holjokcn to r:iilton 

 Hill is anything but picturesque, but 

 after a few weary miles you bcfrin (o as- 

 cend the hill and then it is very pleas- 

 ant. 



Rutherford, N. J. 

 I went to SCO that youiiu ami thrifty 

 firm, Bobbink & Atkins. They are quite 

 new but have made great "strides for 

 so young a firm. It is principally nur- 

 series tlipy have to show you. I thought 

 a great deal of their cellars for storing 

 half hardy plants and nursery stock. 

 I think they are admirable! Their 

 whole place is full of most desirable 

 young stock and they have the land to 

 increase. This firm understands how 

 necessary it is to transplant. Tliev told 



beautiful Hudson I, of course, stopped 

 at Tarrytown to see Mr. Frank R. Pier- 

 son. His Tarrytown place is not as 

 large as the reputation of theNfirm, but 

 it is full of good stufl" and he has one 

 jewel there which I am not allowed to 

 say anything about. Not even can I tell 

 you whether it is a rose, a palm, or a 

 hollyhock, but some day it will appear 

 and I predict for it a most unprece- 

 dented popularity. 



The carriage ride from Tarrytown to 

 Scarboro was most enjoyable. If F. 

 R. smoked it would be more so. It is 

 really the continuation of Broadway 

 and you pass between the homes of mil- 

 lionaires. One we did not pass by but 

 went in and drove around the grounds. 

 It was the home of William Rockefeller, 

 a magnificent place. There is perhaps 

 no locality in the world where more 

 wr:il(1i r,in In' fnmid in a few square 

 mil'- 111. Ill li-lil line ill Scarboro. You 

 iiiiri Ml I'lri-MH. s. jiiinro placc from 

 ihr lirjlm:i\ .liiil ih.iliiiiM can be finer 

 lliiiii I h'' \ )i \\ ' r 1(1- 1 hilly acres as it 

 lir~ 111 ilir \;(ll,.\ .ilm.-l cutircly sur- 



1 1'li'l l'\ lii'jlHi '.'Miiiiid. Down in 



ilir linliniii ,,f ill,, ^.lll,v lie the seven 

 iiniiicnse houses, caih .'iOO feet long by 

 20 feet wide, and being separated some 

 25 feet they appear to cover a great 

 area. Looking down and seeing them 

 all at once it is really a fine sight. 

 There is another range of houses nearer 

 the entrance where Mr. Pierson has a 

 general collection for his catalogue trade 

 and where we now an<l then hear of 

 something new being sent out. Here 

 also is an extensive nursery, and partic- 

 ularly a fine collection of conifers. 



As usual the houses were in the very 

 best order. Every inch and foot in these 

 big houses was filled with .American 

 Beauty roses. There were a 'arse num- 

 ber of flowers beins cut. but I could see 

 plainly that the prnnii'=e of a lar?e crop 



never yet seen such a fine uniform lot of 

 American Beauties. Last year Mr. Pier- 

 son sent out the now famous chrysan- 

 themum. Col. Appleton. I was too early 

 to see it in flower, but have since seen 

 it in several places and it has proved 

 to be one of the very finest chrysanthe- 

 mums sent out for some time. Mr. 

 Pierson must have spent a great deal 

 of money to make the place as beautiful 

 as he has, but there is plenty to show 

 for it and some day it will be a wonder, 

 a place to be proud of. 



A mile or so inland from the Hudson 

 is a rich man's home where you will find 

 some of the grandest carnations in the 

 country. Mr. Paul Pierson is running 

 them. The houses are all of the most 

 substantial and modern build. From 

 memory I would say that each house is 

 250 by 75 feet, with benches about 5 

 feet wide and each one dropping a foot 

 or so as the level of the ground slopes 

 south. Every new and old desirable va- 

 riety is represented and they are in the 

 grandest condition. When looking at 

 this magnificent field of carnations it 

 made me think that with our 10 foot 

 houses we are only amateurs just play- 

 inj at the business. They hardly know 

 what stem rot is. They may later. At 

 present it is a grand sight and the 

 voung man in charge appeared to be an 

 enthusiast. 



Utica, N. Y. 



My last stop was at Utica to see the 

 cups and medals that Peter Crow cap- 

 tured at New York. Peter has his own 

 peculiar style of growing roses. He 

 gets there every time, if it is peculiar. 

 We had a pleasant call with Alderman 

 Frank Baker, who is one of the most 

 sensible and agreeable young men in the 

 business and knows how to rai-e young 

 ferns to perfection. We are very sorry 

 to find the health of young Mr. Crow 

 anything but good. He had to leave bus- 

 iness entirely and has since gone to 

 Denver for a stay, where it is greatly to 

 be hoped the mountain air will bring 

 about perfect health. W. S. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOWS. 



It is hard work and seems almost im- 

 possible to make a financial success of 

 a chrysanthemum show. If they could 

 only be society events, as thev are con- 

 sidered in many places in Europe ; if 

 they were the fad, so to speak, then 

 we could offer prizes worthy the labor 

 and trouble of growing and exhibiting, 

 and still hnvc :in .ivpillowing treasury. 

 Look :i( 111! liui-r -li.iw. the violets 

 worn b\- ihr hnli.- iitteuding this an- 

 nual alVaii ill N.\\ ^■.ui; arc of as much 

 \:<]<u 11- jll thr |.i. iniiiiii- '.^ivcn at the 

 iiiiiiii -l,,.u., W.. iMii-i iini .^luinhle at 



l.i.\ lil ;i Imt-c -Oimvv. Ai til,. |ircscnt de- 

 vclopnicnl 0.") percent of our people 

 would rather pay to see a handsome 

 horse than a handsome flower. Whether 

 it is only the most refined that will pay 

 to see the flowers is perhaps correct, 

 but all of us admire action. The sweet, 

 silent flowers do not amuse. Some of 

 the liest literary dramas have been dis- 

 mal failures for the lack of action. You 

 have action in a horse show and a bull 

 fight. Man fight, including football, is 

 full of action, and they draw the crowds. 

 You will get a much larger crowd to 

 see a vaudeville lady kick two feet 

 above her head than you would to hear 

 her recite ''Sweet Bingen on the Kliine." 

 .■\nd so it always will be till hunian na- 

 ture undergoes a wonderful cliangc. or, 

 rather, till we lose our huuian nature. 



