NOVEMBElt 15, I'JOO. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



719 



good. When jou get thera in a G-inch 

 pot, 18 inches high and '2 feet tinough, 

 with foliage as green and thrifty as a 

 maple in June, niiat more can be desired, 

 and of such plants there are hundreds, 

 and thousands slightly smaller. 



Mr. Robert Craig put on his overcoat 

 and marched for the train that was to 

 start for Edgely, the home of tlie Queen 

 of Edgely. If yon are ever going to start 



energy and skill of Mr. Harry Simpson, 

 the superintendent. 



Now, about the Queen of Edgely, which 

 we saw growing. It has the vigor and 

 qualities of the Beauty except color, 

 which to me was that of a deep colored 

 La France. While I think that the great 

 popularity of the Beauty is largely due 

 to its rich warm color and fragrance, 

 yet tlie Queen of Edgely should be grown 



Grafted Chrysanthemum, exhibited by J. C. Vaughan at tte Chicago Show. 



by train with Mr. Craig be sure to get 

 inside the train as soon as possible. 

 Don't begin any interesting topic before 

 you get aboard, or the train will start 

 without 30U, as it did on this occasion 

 and has before and will again. Deep 

 thinkers think that the train should wait 

 till the recital is done, but most railroads 

 start their trains on schedule time, re- 

 gardless of any horticultural reminis- 

 cences. 



Mr. Furstenberg lias a large establish- 

 ment and The Queen is by no means all 

 there is to be seen at Edgely. There are 

 Maids and Brides and Golden Gates, and 

 Meteors in large numbers; also Liberty, 

 and some very large houses of Beauty, of 

 which, as is well known, the (juecn is a 

 sport. Some of the houses are very large 

 and as light as it is possible to make 

 them. They are 100 feet long aird 

 00 or 70 feet wide. Tlie gutters are sup- 

 ported on iron columns and there ai'e 

 no partitions. It is more like looking on 

 a field of roses than a house of thera. 

 The Beauty houses are magnificent, some 

 30 feet wide, equal span, and I noticed 

 that the north bench was just as good as 

 the south. The whole place looked most 



by all who are successful with American 

 Beauty. 



It was very fortunate for me that Mr. 

 Harry Pennock owned an automobile or 

 locomobile. Whatever it was it was a 

 neat little alTair which we mounted at 

 Lansdowne and in which we were told to 

 "set back and take it comfortable." When 

 you are going down hill at the rate of 

 40 miles an hour you can set back, 

 but your heart beats a little fast. 

 Through the agency of this little engine 

 I saw 30 miles of territory to the north, 

 east and northwest of Philadelphia which 

 it would have been impossible to see in 

 the same time with any other conveyance 

 except perhaps a balloon, and we arc a 

 few years past that. 



All coons and Cohens and towns look 

 alike, but when it comes to suburbs there 

 is a great difference. Western cities 

 peter out into prairie or stubble field, 

 and some of our eastern cities into shan- 

 ties and goose commons. Now, my 

 friends, if you have not seen the suburbs 

 of Philadelphia you have not seen the 

 most l)ea\itiful part of North America. 

 They have had time; 200 years, more or 

 less, and for miles and miles you ride up 

 and down beautiful roads with the homes 



of the wealthy in park-like retreats on 

 every side. There are stately trees and 

 groups of shrubs, but all much diversi- 

 fied. It is charming. We will all have 

 these beautiful country places bye and 

 bye, but it takes time. 



Young Mr. Pennock neither smokes nor 

 drinks, nor stops out late nights, so his 

 nerves are steady and we met with no 

 accidents till the brake broke, and fortu- 

 nately we landed in a group of shrubbery 

 in the very interesting nursery of 

 Thomas Mcehan & Sons. We saw the 

 venerable Mr. Mcehan, and a very inter- 

 esting gentleman he is. We were glad 

 to meet him. A great variety of trees 

 and shrubs and herbaceous plants is tr 

 be found here, and trees going to many 

 distant parts of the country were already 

 dug. 



South Orange, N. J. 



It is always best to stop at good ho- 

 tels. You are not on earth very long 

 and you may as well have the best, but 

 you can't get the best in Jersey City. A 

 log shanty in the backwoods of Canada 

 w-ith fat pork as a diet is better and 

 cleaner than any Jersey City hotel, and 

 it was a great relief to see the tall figure 

 of W. A. Manda in his nursery. You 

 might almost call his place a botanical 

 garden, such a great variety of plants 

 and shrubs he has. In the short time 

 this place has been established he has 

 collected together a wonderfully varied 

 stock. 



Mr. Manda still retains his love of 

 hybridizing, as may be seen by many 

 new dracaenas, anthuriums and bego- 

 nias. There is any number of interest- 

 ing and uncommon plants to be seen at 

 this place, and with the vigor and enthu- 

 siasm tliat possesses the proprietor this 

 will some day be a great and celebrated 

 collection. 



Flatbush, N. Y. 



From the botanical we skipped 

 over to the condensed but lucrative es- 

 tablishment of the well known Dail'e- 

 douze Bros. They are brothers, too, in- 

 deed. They work together as brothers 

 should but often do not. Their fine place 

 is often written about, but the descrip- 

 tion is never overdone. Here is carna- 

 tions growing down to a science. They 

 don't say: "We were late in this," or 

 "We should have tied them up sooner." 

 It is done and so well and promptly 

 done that it is hard to believe that it 

 can be improved on. 



What I consider "the ideal carnation 

 liouse is to be seen here, several of them, 

 as well as many houses that are of older 

 style. It is 29 feet wide inside of posts, 

 has five paths, and four benches of 5 

 feet each. A path against either wall 

 and the heat well distributed on the side 

 walls and beneath the benches. Of 

 course this house is equal span. Being 

 an iron roof, with the small bar, and 

 10x24 glass, it is a crystal palace. If 

 you can't grow carnations and roses in 

 this house you must look to some other 

 cause for the reason. One of the hand- 

 somest of the houses contained the old 

 Scott, a sheet of bloom and buds. But 

 early in October is too early to see car- 

 nations at their best. 



Flora Hill is grand and is preferred to 



