Decembkr C, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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the supply being limited and quality fair 

 to good. The mild, warm weatlicr has 

 had a very depressing effect on the violet 

 crop, which are not blooming as freely 

 as tliey will when steady cold weatlier 

 sets in. The supply of chrysanthemums 

 was ample and there are some fine 

 blooms still on the market. Paper wliites 

 were in and very fine. Altogether 

 Thanksgiving (rade was good, yet not 

 U|> if tlir Maihl.ii-d of last year. Carna- 

 tion^ i( i.iil.,! i,M .",0 to 75 cents per doz.; 

 roM'-, >l iM SI .11; violets, 25 cents per 

 •doz.; |.:i|icr whiles, 25 cents; mums, a 

 fair grade at 50 cents per doz. and from 

 that 'to $1, $1.50 and $2 per doz. Car- 

 nations still continue scarce. 



Friday morning we were surprised to 

 meet Kobt. Klagge and James Taylor, 

 of ML ClemensT in one of the violet 

 bouses, luiikinu fnr information and a 

 good time. Th.v 111. I in^i.ected Crabb & 

 Hui,(n\ l^^,.,ll^ !«,, h.-uscs, nine of 

 wliii-h :iir Ljniuii 1.. \i. Ic'ls, which they 

 pre jeiiiin r I i riii,ii l>:i lil \ line, and when 

 they h.nl -,.,.,1 ilir hvnr .■,i]iiali..n crow- 



the 



plaut;> Uelc lu.ulea Hltll bud, :llld lloW- 



ers and showed up far better than any- 

 thing else on the place in the carnation 

 line. 



Th. ,„ M |Lh. viMtr.l was Chadwick's 

 4;iri, i.nrj,. (II liiMi.iii ;ivenue, devoted 



to .,,,11 ,,- I. II, I,,. ,,,i,| violets. The 



vis-ill, i> ,i.li,,ii i,,l ihai it was larger and 

 more modern than anything around De- 

 troit or vicinity. 



The Grand Rapids Floral Co. also 



came in fur a -li, ,f [nai-e. They have 



about GO.Oiio -,|ii,i,, i. , i ,,i' glass, devoted 

 mostly to .III il "H.i- lli're we saw a 

 house of ],..iii-ri 1 1,1- iliat made us all 

 envious; they were in nice condition to 

 hold for the holidays. 



Hopp & Lempke had a house of Beau- 

 ties, the finest in town, and a house of 

 Marie Louise violets that were excep- 

 tionally fine. 



At Hill & Pohlmann's there was noth- 

 ing but violets; five houses of them, and 

 all in tine shape; the varieties grown 

 are Lady Campbell and Farquhar. Over 

 on the west side we called on Mr. Cun- 

 ninghain, who happened to be out. We 

 went through his houses and found his 

 stock looking healthy and nice. He runs 

 a store on Canal street in connection. 

 At the John Ball Park greenhouses we 

 were disappointed in not finding W. L. 

 Cukerski, park superintendent, in. Ev- 

 erything was in neat and trim condi- 

 tion; the palm conservatory was a sight 

 to remember. While not as large as 

 those of the Chicago parks it was as fine 

 •except in size and extent; they utilize 

 every square ineli of space possible; un- 

 der the bench, on the bench and another 

 narrower bench above that. Echeveria, 

 alternanthera. sedums, cannas, gerani- 

 uius and eoleus are their principal bed- 

 ding plants, although some cut flowers 

 are also grown. 



Our next stop was at Henry Smith's 

 •on W. Bridge street hill, where we were 

 invited to dinner, before inspecting their 

 75,000 square feet of glass. Their roses 

 were exceptionally fine, the Golden Gates 

 being the finest Mr. Klagge has ever 



The next stop was to have been at Eli 

 Cross' violet plant, but when part way 

 there the visitors requested to be taken 

 to the depot instead or they would miss 

 their train. Tliey came with an idea 

 that we represented a kind of a one- 

 horse town, but when thev saw that we 



outclassed Detr. .il. 11..1 only in the ex- 

 tent and size ul ih. m.lii nlnal concerns, 

 but in the nie.lem, w.,11 constructed 

 greenhouses, they playfully remarked: 

 "We will go home, sell out, move our 

 plant to Grand Rapids and grow vio- 

 lets." Cl-AK V. Cit.Mlll. 



A VISIT TO BLOOMSBURG, PA. 



i recently visited liloomsburg and 

 found Mr. J. L. Dillon up to his eyes in 

 work. His roses are looking very 

 healthy and the carnations are in the 

 pink of condition. He said he had 

 planted over 40,000 and has not lost 

 over a hundred plants from stem rot. 

 Here also is the home of the verbena. 

 The stock is in fine shape, there being 

 no trace of disease on his thousands of 

 plants. But the grandest sight of all 

 was a li.,ii-.' <if L'ili.it\ i.i^es. He has 

 1,500 planl- ail. I I «. nl.l Ihink there 

 were twi..- flial iniinli.i .'i' iluwers on 



them. 1 kin-- .,\.i- tlnni from one 



end of the house they were just one mass 

 of blooms on stems from one to two 

 and a half feet long. I asked why he 

 didn't market the flowers and he replied 

 that it paid him better to use the wood 

 for propagating. He has now about 

 8.000 cuttings rooted and could easily 

 put in 10,000 more. In reply to my 

 question as to whether he thought graft- 

 ed plants did best he pointed to another 

 bed of plants that were not grafted and 

 the grafted plants certainly had the best 

 of it in the comparison. Speaking of 

 grafting Mr. Dillon has planted outside 

 several hundred Manetti stocks to prop- 

 agate from. He believes he can raise 

 better and cheaper stocks than he can 

 buy. 



i also saw his hew white carnation 

 Queen Louise, and it is a grand thing. 

 He said it was a continuous bloomer, 

 never cropping. The plants were strong 

 and vigorous and are continually throw- 

 ing up flowering shoots. 



Mr. Dillon added two more houses this 

 summer to his already large plant and 

 I suppose he will keep on building. But 

 he docs not invest all his money in 

 greenhouses. • He has just bought an 

 elevator factory, so you may expect some 

 day to ride to the top of some of your 

 sky scrapers in one of the latest im- 

 proved Dillon elevators. 



I was much pleased with everything I 

 saw at this place and if any other read- 

 ers of the Review should ever be within 

 reach of Bloomsburg I would advise 

 them to visit Mr. Dillon's place, where 

 I am sure they will receive as cordial a 

 welcome as I did. 



Geo. W. C.\rr. 



Kingston, Pa. 



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CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Following are the reports of the com- 

 mittees judging seedlings and sports: 



Chicago, Nov. 24. — "Chestnut Hill," 

 yellow, was exhibited by John N. May, 

 Summit, N. J., which scored 88 points 

 .■iiimiiercial scale. 



I lie variety exhibited by John N. May 

 at riiiladelphia, Nov. 17, under No. 112, 

 has been named Zampa. 



Edwin Lo.x.sdai.e, Secretary. 



Wyndmoor, Pa. 



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Al Stock, 



Asparagus Plumosus Nanus, 



EXTRA FINE, from 3 inch 

 doz.; $7. SO per luO; fli'iOO per 10 



Asparagus Sprengeri, 



From -Ji-in. pots, $i,SO per 100; $20.00 per 1000. 



English Ivy, Extra good. From 2'A-m. 

 pots, $3.00 per 10 J; $2.').0U per 1000. 



Hydraiigrea "Otaksa"and "Bogg," 



good field-grown plants. 3 to 6 branches, 

 $1.5(J per doz.; $10.00 per 100. 



Hytlraugea "Otaksa" and "Ked 



Branched," from 2"Mnch pots, well 

 rooted, 5Cc per doz., $3.00 per 100. 



Honeysuckle, "Halls" and "Bel- 



gica," Field-Grown, two years old, strong, 

 $i Oi) per 100. 



Vinca (Trailing), Green and Va- 

 riegated, from 4-inch pots. Field-Grown, 

 75c per doz.; $».00 per 100. From 3-inch pots, 

 60c per doz.; $1.50 per 100. 



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