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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JUNE 14. laoo. 



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Diagram of main floor of the Grand Central Palace, New York. 



son these grounds will present a sight 

 well worth seeing. 



Their greenhouses and immense 

 sheds are chiefly devoted to the pack- 

 ing and unpacking of great quantities 

 of imported stock, for these men are 

 importers in the real sense of the 

 word. Besides an ever growing local 

 trade, they ship by the many thou- 

 sands to all part of the states; at pres- 

 ent they are handling large stocks of 

 kentias, bay trees, flcus, etc., and with 

 the assistance of a careful and consci- 

 entious expert resident purchasing 

 agent over in Europe they are en- 

 abled to furnish the best quality at 

 the lowest price. Large sales and 

 quick returns seems to be their motto 

 and they are certainly to be congratu- 

 lated on the progress they have made. 

 The firm is by no means a mushroom 

 affair; their methods of doing business 

 assure them of increasing popularity 

 and lasting stability. 



Across the way at Julius Roehrs' al- 



most anything in the decorative line 

 can be got in perfection. Orchids are 

 grown in great quantities and of the 

 finest quality. The palms, especially 

 large sized established kentias, are the 

 finest to be seen in this section of the 

 country. There are numerous fine 

 things in the decorative plant' secfou 

 which ought to be better known to the 

 trade. If the public could only walk 

 through an establishment like this one 

 there wouldn't be much use for stores 

 and there would be a better plant 

 trade. The avenues of bay trees are a 

 sight to behold. When you come to 

 New York don't forget to visit Ruth- 

 erford, N. J. 



At Summit, John N. May's place 

 even now is spick and span, in the 

 pink of condition. His houses of O'lym- 

 pia carnations are grand and seem to 

 get better every day. This variety as 

 grown here seems to have very many 

 fine qualities; the size of bloom and 

 continuous free flowering and lasting 



vitality combine to make it an ideal 

 variety. We have recently seen lots 

 of houses where the plants seem to 

 beg to be thrown out; not so with Mr. 

 May's Olympias, for they seem to be 

 at their best now. There are several 

 new seedling carnations on the exper- 

 imental benches and some of them, no- 

 tably a very bright and large flower- 

 ing scarlet, promise well. 



New chrysanthemums have been a 

 leader in Mr. May's business this sea- 

 son. He has sold enormous quanti- 

 ties of them. He informed us that 

 there has been an extraordinary de- 

 mand this year for Pompon chrysan- 

 themums, of which he has a collection 

 of the best new varieties. We are glad 

 to learn that the mum boys recognize 

 the great beauty of these little dar- 

 lings and hope they will be suitably 

 dealt with in the show schedules; if 

 your society hasn't made provisions, 

 see that it does. Houses of Bride and 

 Bridesmaid roses are yet producing 

 high grade blooms and it seems a pity 

 to disturb them for a younger set. 



Here also at Summit is located the 

 extensive establishment of the orchid 

 experts and importers, Messrs. Lager 

 & Hurrell, and if you want to see an 

 up-to-date system of orchid culture 

 you must visit this most interesting of 

 places. The very plants seem to know 

 that their wants and whims are per- 

 fectly understood, tor they floiirish ex- 

 ceedingly without any nonsensical af- 

 filiations. They have been and are 

 cutting immense quantities of bloom 

 and their recent importations, espe- 

 cially Cattleyas Mossiae and Percival- 

 liana, are very fine and give entire 

 satisfaction to purchasers. 



A little beyond here, at Madison, we 

 had the great pleasure of visiting the 

 V'^ry beautiful estate of H. McK. 

 Twombly. This consists of one thou- 

 sand acres of as fine a country as it is 

 possible to imagine. Model dairies, 

 stables and conservatories are here es- 

 tablished to cater to all the demands 

 and whims of wealth. Our friend, Ar- 

 thur Herrington (he whom Chicago- 

 ans have as judge at their annual 

 shows), is superintendent of the horti- 

 cultural department on this grand 

 place. His department is divided into 

 two sections, one devoted to the pri- 

 vate uses of the family, the other given 

 to commerce. The combined area of 

 glass is something like 75,000 square 

 feet. 



In the private greenhouses there are 

 some very beautiful sights. Take the 

 carnation house, for instance. Mr. 

 Herrington has growing many seed- 

 lings, crosses between tree carnations 

 and American varieties, which are 

 simply immense and promise all kinds 

 of sensations in the near future. Ideals 

 and measurements will have to go 

 higher according to these new claim- 

 ants. A center bench is tilled with an 

 English variety named Miss Audrey 

 Campbell. It is a pure yellow, very 

 large, and at present is by far the 

 finest yellow carnation growing here- 

 abouts. The palm house contains 



