APRIL 13, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



495 



Sweet Peas Under Glass. 



white carnation Alba Superba, and 

 both flower and stem are certainly 

 fine here. The habit of the plant is 

 very similar to that of Jubilee. 



A house of Asparagus Sprengeri 

 from which to cut sprays has been the 

 most profitable one of the establish- 

 ment the past season. 



A tricycle carrier is found very use- 

 ful in delivering small shipments of 

 flowers to the railway station. A boy 

 can mount the tricycle and be half 

 way to the station with a load during 

 the time it would take to hitch up a 

 horse. 



Myers & Samtman. 



At Myers & Samtman's we noted the 

 finest house of Maids seen anywhere 

 on our travels. They also are experi- 

 menting with grafted plants. Taking 

 the season through they think they 

 get better buds on own root plants. 

 Their grafted Brides and Maids are in 

 6 inches of soil, and were planted in 

 May, which they think may have been 

 too early. During Aug., Sept., Oct., and 

 Nov. they produced large quantities 

 of buds, but of rather inferior quality. 

 During December and January the 

 buds were of fine quality and numer- 

 ous. The grafted plants break away 

 quickly, but taking the season through 

 they think the own root plants aver- 

 aged fully as good If not better. 



Their houses are 24x168 and IGV2 

 feet to the ridge, the Beauties being on 

 low raised benches and the other roses 

 on higher ones. 



Delia Fox carnation, which originat- 

 ed here, is still grown to some extent. 



OUR PRIZE COMPETITION. 



Result of the Ballot. 



First prize, $25.00, No. 30.— Cart for 

 carrying soil in and out of green- 

 houses. This was entered by Mr. Wm. 

 G. Dobbs, 139 So. Division St., Au- 

 burn, N. Y. 



Second prize, $15.00, No. 11.— Device 

 for ventilating a sash house. This was 

 entered by F. E. Palmer, Brookline, 

 Mass. 



Third prize, $10.00, No. 3.— Cheap 

 and efl5cient smoker. This was en- 

 tered by W. R. Shelmire, Avondale, 

 Pa. 



Other devices that received favora- 

 ble consideration by those sending 

 ballots were No. 20, tray for delivering 

 Easter lilies; No. 23, support for shad- 

 ing over frames; No. 27, sprayer and 

 distributor; No. 25, trap for grubs; 

 No. 18, substitute for glass; No. 5, 

 convenient wheelbarrow; No. 22, de- 

 vice for cutting paper; No. 24, to keep 

 barrel always full of water; No. 6, 

 method of keeping cut flowers; No. 9. 

 device for screening soil; No. 10, dou- 

 ble deck potting bench; No. 21, for 

 washing palms; No. 32, rose stake 

 tyer; No. 8. hose nozzle; No. 4, sup- 

 port for bedded plants; No. 33, to use 

 in shifting small plants; No. 2, finger 

 knife; No. 1, extension to bucket; No. 

 31, ventilator rod and fastener. 



We have arranged the above in the 

 order in which they stood on sum- 

 ming up the ballot. The three prize 

 winners stood well above the others, 



and there could be no question as to 

 the preference shown them. Checks 

 have been mailed to the winners 



SWEET PEAS UNDER GLASS. 



The accompanying engraving is 

 from a photograph taken .Tan. Gth 

 last of a house of sweet peas at the 

 establishment of Mr. Ant. C. Zvola- 

 nok. West Hoboken, N. J. The boxes 

 seen in the picture are 6 inches wide 

 and 6 inches deep. The seed was sown 

 in these boxes, out of doors, Sept. 2, 

 and the boxes taken inside the last 

 week in October. The plants began 

 to bloom Nov. 20th and the first cut of 

 200 flowers was sent to market Nov. 

 24th. The house is 12x73 feet and 

 built of sash containing GxS inch glass. 

 The temperature given was 45 degrees 

 at night. From this house Mr. Zvola- 

 nek cut 20,400 blooms during the 

 month of December and 38,800 during 

 .January, the stems, 14 inches long. 



The variety is one that originated 

 with Mr. Zvolanek. Five years ago 

 he noted among some Lottie Ecktords 

 a plant that started flowering about 

 two weeks earlier than the others and 

 dwarfer in habit. The following year 

 he fertilized this with Blanche Ferry 

 and the result was a decided improve- 

 ment in color, stem and habit. He 

 has named it Zvolanek's Christmas. 



He has five other houses of sweet 

 peas, the seed having been sown out- 

 side in 4-inch pots early in September 

 and the seedlings planted out in the 

 solid beds inside in November and De- 

 cember in the same soil in which 

 chrysanthemums had been growing. 

 These seem to do as well as those in 

 the boxes, supplying a crop of flowers 

 by Christmas. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



We have received a printed copy of 

 the proceedings of the eighth annual 

 meeting of the American Carnation 

 Society, held at Philadelphia, Feb 16 

 and 17 last. All the various essays 

 appear together with full and complete 

 reports of the discussions. The list of 

 carnation names, revised to Feb. 1, 

 1899, is exceedingly useful for refer- 

 ence, and full description is given of 

 each new variety that has been regis- 

 tered with the secretary. A copy of 

 the report is sent to each member of 

 the society. The annual membership 

 fee is $2.00 and anyone interested in 

 carnations may become a member by 

 sending application, accompanied by 

 the amount named, to Albert M. Herr, 

 secretary, Lancaster, Pa. 



OUT-DOOR GROWN NARCISSUS. 



Speaking of the narcissus flowers so 

 largely grown in the Scilly Islands 

 for the London market the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle says: 



"It is the practice of the cultivators 

 of these flowers to gather them before 

 they are fully expanded, and to place 

 them in vessels containing water, 



