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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AUGUST 2, 19:0. 



be better known. Heliopsis Pitcheri- 

 ana is out and will last longer cut 

 than any other flower except perhaps 

 the yellow daisy, Rudbeckia speciosa, 

 which is hard to beat for use where 

 water is not to be considered. 



Phlox perhaps furnish the brightest 

 colors at present in the herbaceous 

 garden, and they are always useful; 

 some of the new varieties are magnifi- 

 cent in coloring. No man's grounds 

 should be without them; nothing bet- 

 ter for decorative work. Double white 

 hibiscus comes in good for ground 

 work in set funeral designs, but you 

 will soon have an abundance of Hy- 

 drangea paniculata. Don't forget 

 Clematis panticulata will soon be in 

 and it is preeminently superior to all 

 other flowering vines for decorations. 

 Consider it in your plans. The large 

 nurseries can furnish it in quantity 

 and it is cheap. 



Star or Cactus dahlias will be in 

 demand this fall; get posted where 

 you can get the finest. 



Roses. 



The rose market has considerably 

 shortened up. They are scarcer now 

 than they will be at any other time. 

 You must only make the best excuse 

 you can and offer the next best thing. 



Don't buy any supplies until you 

 .see what is shown at the convention, 

 or what is to be seen in New York 

 stores. 



to insure their arrival in good condi- 

 tion; it is vastly more important to 

 have your customer get flowers wrap- 

 ped up in separate packages than to 

 have them get a box of half faded 

 flowers because your idea of .arrange- 

 ment prevented using that which 

 would preserve them. 



It's almost like throwing flowers 

 away to send them any distance in a 

 pasteboard box; use clean, sweet, 

 wooden boxes and wrap them in stiff 

 paper. You are judged by the man- 

 ner in which the package is received 

 at its destination, not the. way it left 

 you; and 'tis often the case, even with 

 extensive shippers, that the absence of 

 a few sheets of paper between the 

 flowers and the end of the box causes 

 considerable loss. 



Another point is that the failure to 

 cut a few inches of useless stem fre- 

 quently causes the ruin of many a fine 

 flower. American Beauty pasteboard 

 boxes will be made much longer the 

 coming season. IVERA. 



SEABRIGHT, N. J. 



The Rumson Road, which runs from 

 Red Bank to Seabright, is justly fa- 

 mous for the many beauties in sum- 

 mer residences and vistas of delight- 

 ful scenery to be seen at every few 

 hundred yards along the way. Those 

 who wish to spend a pleasant day or 

 two awheel can find no more charm- 



often win first prizes at New York ex- 

 hibitions. We are pleased to be able 

 to give our readers a glimpse of one 

 or two of the most noted gardens from 

 photos specially taken for the Review. 



It would be very difficult to find a 

 prettier place than the gardens and 

 grounds of Mrs. .T. C. Hoagland. The 

 estate is comprised of several hun- 

 dred acres, laid out according to the 

 Olmsted-Manniug idea. There is an 

 Italian garden and several borders of 

 fiowering shrubs, lieautiful specimens 

 of Thuya pyramidalis, Peabody's Gol- 

 den Thuya, Ilex crenata and other fine 

 evergreens. Therr is here the longest 

 and finest hedge of Lonicera Halleana 

 to be seen in this section of the coun- 

 try, and its fragrance -permeates the at- 

 mosphere for quite a distance. We 

 show but a view of the rose garden, 

 which contains a collection of the har- 

 diest roses, principally hybrid per- 

 petuals. The side beds are filled with 

 Plantier, multifiora and Ramblers; 

 the terraces are banked with Rosa 

 Wichuraiana. It is a pretty place.- 

 The gardener in chief is Edward 

 O'Brien. 



A short distance away is Mr. E. D. 

 Adams' extensive gardens. The ave- 

 nue of Catalpa Bungei is one of the 

 principal landscape features of these 

 parts, and we have never seen it 

 equaled anywhere else. Another fine 

 example of what can be done with 



Avenue o( Catalpa Bungei on the grounds of Mr. E. D. Adams, S2abright, N. J. 



Shipping Flowers. 



The packing and shipping of cut 

 flowers in hot weather calls for secur- 

 ity rather than prettiness. Never mind 

 fixing the flowers in the box so as to 

 look pretty in their arrangement; use 

 plenty of wax paper or damp tissue 

 and fix them in the best way 



ing country than this, always amid 

 sweetest of pastoral surroundings, and 

 yet ever within sound or sight of the 

 ocean; dull indeed be the intellect or 

 eye unable to find reasons here for a 

 brighter side of life. 



There are many bcautifvil gardens 

 at Rumson Hill, the products of which 



Euonymus radicans variegata is seen 

 here, and it looks splendid. There are 

 many fine groups of coniferae here; 

 in fact, the garden abounds with 

 charming surprises. The blooms from 

 the rose beds shown won the silver 

 lup oft'ered by the .American Rose So- 

 ciety at the June show for collection 



