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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AUGUST 16, l!li)U. 



etc., commonly considered half-hardy 

 in this climate, have here withstood 

 the severest of winters and are all in 

 perfect condition. 



The soil seems to be especially 

 suitable for producing fine fibrous 

 roots which is essential for the suc- 

 cessful transplanting of this most im- 

 portant class of garden ornaments. 

 Specimens unique, grand, in all sizes 

 and in quantity are here. Those seek- 

 ing large and rare evergreens, speci- 

 mens up to l(j ft. higli. should see the 

 avenues of them at Mr. Manda's nur- 

 series. We have never seen better col- 

 ored firs than his; some of his blue 

 piceas are remarkable and incompar- 

 able. 



In flowering shrubs and trees the 

 collection here is large and complete, 

 containing all sizes used and all varie- 

 ties known in cultivation. Fancy fol- 

 iage trees and shrubs are made a 

 specialty and are grown in large quan- 

 tities. A large group of some fifty 

 varieties of Japanese maples are a 

 pretty feature; there are a great many 

 grown in pots ready for shipment any 

 time of the year; they would be splen- 

 did to use in decorations along with 

 chrysanthemums later on. 



Thousands of rhododendrons in all 

 sizes, kalmias, enonymus, andromedas, 

 azaleas and such like plants are grown 

 for the extensive park and general 

 landscape trade. Among the new and 

 novel evergreens here an especially 

 noteworthy group is that of a new 

 evergreen privet which has a profus- 

 ion of dark green, shiny, leathery foli- 

 age, perfectly hardy, retains its foli- 

 age and is otherwise very character- 

 istic, also Pachysandra terminalis, a 

 dwarf evergreen plant, a grand sub- 

 stitute for lawns where grass refuses 

 to grow. 



Now as to roses, this place does not 

 pretend to be classed as a rose estab- 

 lishment as it is generally classed, 

 yet it has raised and disseminated 

 more new roses, and as large a quan- 

 tity of plants of this description, as 

 any establishment can boast of. This 

 is in reference to the hybrid Wichur- 

 aiana roses which have been sent out 

 from here, and which are well known 

 to the trade and the public in general. 

 For their hardiness, freedom of 

 growth, luxuriance of foliage and 

 beauty and profusion of flowers there 

 is no class of plants that deserves to 

 he as extensively or generally grown 

 as these roses. There are many thou- 

 sands of them grown in all sizes from 

 2-inch pot stock up to large specimen 

 plants three and four years old of all 

 the varieties now on the market, such 

 as Jersey Beauty. Gardenia. Evergi'een 

 Gem, Manda's Triumph, South Orange 

 Perfection, Universal Favorite and 

 Pink Roamer. 



There is a large number of seedling 

 roses, one of which. Pink Pearl (de- 

 scribed and illustrated in a recent is- 

 sue of the Review), was the floral sen- 

 sation of last spring. It was exhibited 

 at the American Rose Society's show 

 in June, and was certificated by that 

 society, and also by the New York 

 Florists' Club. It will be dissemi- 



nated next spring, as will also the 

 Improved Pink Roamer, which is a 

 wonderful improvement on the old 

 type. There are hundreds of seedlings 

 in different stages of development and 

 processes of trial. Many of them are 

 ever-blooming and promise to be 

 grand acquisitions to the climbing and 

 bedding classes of roses. New roses 

 have made the Universal Horticultural 

 Establishment famous for several 

 years past. 



The quality of stock and the great 

 lasting beauty of the varieties intro- 

 duced by Mr. Manda are well known 

 and appreciated by all classes, as is 

 evidenced by large orders and the gen- 

 eral use these roses have been put to. 

 The private gardens in every section 

 of the country are resplendent with 

 them, and especially around this local- 

 ity they can be seen forming the pret- 

 tiest of hedges and arbors, or creeping 

 on sand dunes or in shade where grass 

 refuses to grow. One of the prettiest 

 sights we ever saw was Manda's new 

 roses growing around apple tree 

 stumps in Dr. Mandeville's garden last 

 June. Their value in landscape or cem- 

 etery work cannot be overestimated. A 

 general stock of hybrid perpetuals, 

 teas, hybrid teas, climbers and many 

 of the old favorite roses of the bygone 

 days are also grown. 



The greenhouses, twenty in number, 

 contain the most complete collection 

 of stove and greenhouse plants in the 

 country. Naturally in this place every- 

 one will look for orchids, and in this 

 they will not be disappointed for over 

 twenty thousand plants are continu- 

 ally kept in stock and added to from 

 time to time by direct importations 

 from tropical countries. The collec- 

 tion of cypripediums is as complete as 

 it can be. with numbers of seedlings in 

 various stages. Cattleyas are grown 

 here in large batches, consisting of all 

 the leading kinds such as labiata, 

 Trianae, Gigas and others which are 

 sold in quantity to florists for cut 

 flower purposes. There is never a day 

 in the year that there are not some 

 orchid blooms here. 



Natural culture being adopted, the 

 orchids flower with the least possible 

 care, and being mostly grown in spec- 

 ially constructed and novel baskets 

 which they fairly revel in. they are 

 suspended from the roofs and do not 

 interfere with the space beneath de- 

 voted to the culture of palms, ferns, 

 foliage and flowering plants of every 

 description. Besides cypripediums and 

 cattleyas, Laelias are also grown in 

 large quantities. You will flnd here, 

 perhaps, the largest stock and the fin- 

 est varieties of the rare natural hybrid 

 Laelia elegans. which is one of the 

 prides of the establishment. Oncidium 

 varicosum, odontoglossums, coelo- 

 gynes, dendrobiums, and in fact all the 

 South American and East Indian or- 

 chids are here in profusion and in 

 flrst-class condition. 



Palms are grown by the hundreds 

 and thousands in all the leading com- 

 mercial sorts, such as kentias, arecas, 

 etc.; they are all cool grown so as to 



produce good sturdy growth which 

 always gives satisfaction to the cus- 

 tomer. As to size, they vary from 2- 

 inch newly potted plants grown from 

 seed to specimens fifteen to eighteen 

 feet in height, including many grand 

 and celebrated specimens. Here can 

 be seen the first Kentia Belmoreana 

 and Phoenix rupicola ever imported 

 into this country, and perhaps the 

 largest Rhapis flabelliformis in culti- 

 vation, and also the celebrated George 

 Washington palm, a venerable old 

 trunk of Cycas revoluta which once 

 was in the collection of plants owned 

 by the first President of the United 

 States. There are numerous other 

 large specimens of arecas, latanias, 

 cocos, phoenix, cycads and other like 

 decorative plants. Several thousands 

 of finely grown commercial sizes of 

 Kentias Belmoreana and Forsteriana, 

 Cocos Weddelliana. Areca lutescens, 

 Pandanus utilis and Veitchii are 

 ready for delivery. 



Ferns for private collections or for 

 general use are extensively grown 

 here. They are in all sizes from the 

 smallest seedling to the great old tree 

 ferns, several hundi-ed years old. The 

 several houses specially devoted to 

 florists' ferns in 2, 3, 4 and 6-inch 

 pots would delight the hearts of the 

 most critical and exacting fern-disher. 

 We would draw special attention to 

 Mr. Manda's ferns and foliage plants 

 specially grown for fern pans and jar- 

 dinieres; every desirable thing is here 

 in abundance and they are so staged 

 in blocks in several houses that one 

 adds to the value of the other, and 

 no man with any kind of store trade 

 can see them without wanting to pur- 

 chase. 



Mr. Manda is introducing several of 

 the most highly colored and prettiest 

 forms of dwarf foliage plants for use 

 in dishes intended for table decora- 

 tion, and there can be no doubt as to 

 their popularity the coming season. 

 There are several thousand Adiantum 

 cuneatum in all sizes, a splendid lot of 

 Boston ferns. And a fern sure to be 

 popular is the dwarf Adiantum capil- 

 lus-veneris imbricata, of which he has 

 a fine lot; it is one of the best things 

 out for mixed ferneries. 



Coming to foliage plants, there are 

 numerous varieties, including all the 

 standard sorts such as crotons, maran- 

 tas. fancy leaved caladiuras. bertolo- 

 nias and hundreds of other beauties 

 in all sizes from the show specimen 

 to the small plants intended for 

 brightening fern dishes or hanging 

 baskets. The display of fancy colored 

 dracaenas alone is well worth going to 

 see. for there are not only immense 

 quantities of them, benches of this 

 kind or the other, but the high color 

 and beauty of form is suflicient to de- 

 light every lover of plants. D. ter- 

 minalis is grown here to perfection 

 and as such is considered one of the 

 most beautiful of colored foliage 

 plants. 



There are now in process of trial 

 about fourteen hybrid seedling dra- 

 caenas, which are sure to create a 



