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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



SEPTEMBER 1. 



coal. The output is chiefly sold 

 through Samuel S. Pennock. 



Myers & Samtman. 



Myers & Samtman have 45,000 

 square feet of glass at Chestnut Hill 

 devoted to roses. They have nearly 10,- 

 000 Beauties, a house each of Brides 

 and Maids and half a house of Me- 

 teors. They are trying 500 of their 

 teas grafted on Manettl and also jiist 

 a few of their Beauties in the same 

 way. Their stock is all grown on 

 benches, with plenty of head room. 

 Their first houses were three quarter 

 span to the south but the three latest 

 additions are even span, for Beauties, 

 very high, running east and west also. 

 They manure and work their ground 

 outside, not having composted soil for 

 some years; allow liberal room for the 

 plants to grow and use liquid manure. 

 Mr. Samtman believes that heel cut- 

 tings make quicker and stronger 

 growth than ordinary wood. 



The system of heating is by steam; 

 the coal, buckwheat. Mr. Myers is a 

 firm advocate of keeping a man at his 

 own work. If a house is to be built, 

 glazed or piped, a builder, glazier or 

 steam fitter is employed to do the work 

 by contract and the rose growers keep 

 on growing roses. Beauties are cut 

 pretty much all the year through. The 

 stock is sold to the city stores. 

 C. & G. L. Pennock. 



Casper and George L. Pennock have 

 65,000 feet of glass at Lansdowne. Over 

 12,000 ft. have been put up this season. 

 They have eight houses of Beauties — 

 about 10,000 plants— three of Meteors, 

 one each of Brides, Maids and Mrs. 

 Pierpont Morgan, and one north side 

 propagating house. They are still cut- 

 ting heavily, the cut August 2 being 

 l.SOO roses, 700 of them Meteors. The 

 place is deeply interesting, being brim- 

 full of ideas. 



The Brides and Maids are being car- 

 ried over without replanting in new 

 soil or resting to speak of; merely a 

 pruning of light wood later. This plan 

 was successfully adopted by David An- 

 derson last year. The Beauties are 

 partly in benches and partly in beds, 

 the soil being five, six and ten inches 

 in depth. The latter in a bench in- 

 tended for undistui-bed use for three 

 years. The plants of this variety range 

 in age from six months to three and 

 a half years; the latter are to be 

 thrown out but some two year stock 

 is being cut back and replanted. 



The glass is 16x24, excepting in the 

 south side of the front house (new) 

 where 24x24 inches is in position. This 

 is the broadest glass in use around 

 this city, to my knowledge; it makes 

 a very light house and if strong 

 enough should prove of advantage. 



From one to three steam pipes are 

 used under the benches. The water 

 pipe does double duty, serving also as 

 a purlin to support the bars. Each 

 house has spigots enough to give per- 

 fect syringing facilities with 50 feet 



of hose. The walks are around the I 

 sides. The drip from bars and gutter 

 strip is carried off inside by a galvan- 

 ized iron glitter outside. A steam pipe 

 is run down the gutter between the 

 houses; this is for melting a heavy 

 snow, such a serious affair ordinari- 

 ly where two houses have a common 

 gutter between. 



The chief novelty is the steam fan. 

 It is located over the boiler, whioh is 

 at the lowest point of a gradually as- 

 cending shed from which the houses 

 open on both sides. The idea is to open 

 the doors next the shed, close the ven- 

 tilators and then start the fan. It is 

 intended for use when the foliage is 

 wet and will not dry owing to sudden 

 cloudiness outdoors. I was unfortunate 

 in missing both members of the firm 

 and could not understand what ad- 

 vantage this plan affords over that of 

 turning on a steam pipe and a crack 

 of air on at the top ventilators. The 

 tan plan is perhaps more natural but 

 is it not less effectual owing to the 

 distance, 150 feet, which the air must 

 traverse through the house to reach 

 the lower end? A correction of any 

 error either in fact or conclusion by 

 Mr. Casper Pennock will be greatly 

 appreciated by the writer. The plan is 

 original in its application and very in- 

 teresting. , 



The cut of this place is handled en- 

 tirely by Samuel S. Pennock. 



Robt. Scott & Son. 



It is hardly fair to say more than a 

 few words at this time about Robert 

 Scott & Son. They have just moved 

 from Penrose to Sharon Hill and are 

 not yet in shape. Four new houses, 200 

 feet long, are planted in a variety of 

 young roses. Eleven more houses are 

 to be built from the old material 

 brought with them. The business is 

 partly in cut roses and flowering 

 plants and partly in young roses for 

 the catalogue business. 



Robert Craig & Son. 



The following from Robert Craig & 

 Son, received too late for insertion in 

 proper place: They grow 12,- 

 000 chrysanthemums for cutting 

 to one and two blooms; varie- 

 ties, Bonnafon, Liberty, Mrs. H. Rob- 

 inson, Ivory (pink and white), Henry 

 Hurrell, Maud Dean, Frank Hardy, 

 Western King, Mrs. J. Jones and Mo- 

 desto. Of Tulips 50,000, one third in 

 pans and pots, two thirds in boxes, 

 chiefly for Easter; varieties, Yellow 

 Prince, La Reine, Vermillion Brilliant, 

 Cottage Maid, Couleur de Cardinal, 

 Murillo; Hyacinths, 10,000, half minia- 

 ture for pans and half tall in pots; 

 varieties, Czar Peter, La Grandesse, 

 Lord Macauley, Grand Maitre. 



Conclusion. 



In conclusion, I desire, on behalf of 

 The Review, to thank all these grow- 

 ers mentioned for the uniform cour- 

 tesy shown in furnishing information 

 about their places. J. W. Y. 



THE RETAIL FLORIST. 



Patriotic Designs. 



Great events call for special endeav- 

 ors, and the florist should always be 

 ready not only to grasp popular ideas 

 but to encourage and lead where a 

 greater use of flowers is likely to be 

 the result. 



Our war with Spain is an occasion 

 where the retail florist can do much 

 for patriotism and his business by put- 

 ting his "up-to-dateness" into practi- 

 cal and beautiful forms. Red, white 

 and blue flowers should be used on 

 every possible occasion, but more par- 

 ticularly where members of the army 

 and navy are being entertained. 



A very pretty dinner decoration can 

 be made of red and white carnations 

 and blue cornflowers, or delphiniums 

 and any red and white flowers. If used 

 loose in a vase no other colors should 

 be near and no greens used. If ar- 

 ranged in a round, flat basket, which 

 is hest, arrange them very low and 

 have each color by itself aad occupy- 

 ing the same space. Small silk Ameri- 

 can flags gathered in the center may 

 be placed on the table, having the cen- 

 ter of the flag opposite the middle of 

 each cluster of flowers. 



If flags are not obtainable streamers 

 of the new flag ribbon (which is very 

 beautiful and much used by New York 

 florists) can be used to great advan- 

 tage and is much more preferable than 

 red, white and blue ribbon. Another 

 good idea, and one that can be used in 

 thousands of cases, is when you have 

 nicely lined your clean white cut 

 flower box with wax or white tissue 

 paper, spread a small silk American 

 flag across the box and then put in 

 your finest flowers, folding the ends of 

 the flag over them. It will give the 

 recipient a pleasant surprise when the 

 box is opened. Of course you need not 

 send flowers thus to a Spaniard, but it 

 will be appreciated by any American. 

 Unfortunately at the present we are 

 often called upon to make a suitable 

 funeral design for some dead young 

 hero sailor or soldier; here are a few 

 fine designs: 



A well made crescent wrealth of lau- 

 rel leaves (Laurus nobilis); make the 

 wreath full and round, having the 

 leaves wired separately. Fix a fine pair 

 of fresh cycas leaves, the stems going 

 through the broad end of the wreath, 

 the leaves resting on the narrow side 

 of the wreath. Tie the stems to the 

 wreath with a silk American flag, over 

 which place a streamer of crepe. Such 

 a design can be sold for from $15 to 

 $50. Purple asters or whitS roses can 

 be used instead of laurel, but they 

 should be arranged very compact and 

 the cycas tied more at one side. 



Another one is a large flat wreath of 

 white roses, with a large cluster of 

 Meteors at one side and a bow of flag 

 ribbon. 



Then a flat cross made of Meteors, 

 with a good cluster of valley at the 

 head, with the cross resting on a large 

 pair of cycas leaves, makes a beautiful 



