OCTOBER e, 1S98. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



485 



Exterior View of Store of J. H. Small & Sons, New York. 



thawing tlie soil. If growtli starts be- 

 fore early spring the plants will be 

 long and straggling and they may be 

 carried o£t' by a later freeze. He ven- 

 tilates according to weather, and 

 about March 1 removes the litter from 

 the glass, thus giving abundant sun 

 and air. As soon as safe the sash are 

 entirely removed. 



Though the city is now well built 

 up around him. When Mr. Held started 

 his place sixteen years ago, he could 

 drive a wagon across the prairie in 

 any direction without let or hindrance, 

 and as an evidence of solid prosperity 

 there appears on one end of his prop- 

 erty a handsome flat building that 

 brings in a comfortable revenue. Mr. 

 Held expects to rebuild the entire 

 place in the not distant future, and to 

 make it a model retail establishment. 



A NEW YORK STORE. 



We are pleased to be able to present 

 in this issue exterior and interior 

 views of the New York store of J. H. 

 Smau & Sons from photographs taken 

 specially for The Review. It is a dif- 

 ficult matter to stop a Broadway 

 crowd for the purpose of photograph- 

 ing a store, but with Mr. Small's per- 

 mission the attempt was made with 

 the result shown. The engravings give 

 but a poor idea of what is admitted 

 here to be one of the finest florist 

 stores in the United States. 



The windows are very high and are 

 rounded at the entrance. The signs 

 and rods are of polished brass. The 

 window floor is beautifully tiled in 

 green and would be handsome with- 

 out a plant or flower. The ceiling of 

 the window is a work of art. Frosted 

 electric lights of from 1 to 50-candle 

 power are beautifully arranged among 

 plastic life-like foliage of wild 

 smilax. These windows are always 

 artistic and create no little envy on 

 Broadway; on this occasion one con- 

 tained several hundred flowers of Cat- 

 tleya labiata, Dendrobium phalaenop- 

 sis and Dendrobium formosum; and 

 the other (but unfortunately not 

 shown) a handsome basket of tri- 

 tomas. 



The store has just been enlarged 

 and newly fixed up. It is 25 by 100 ft. 

 in dimensions and the ceiling is IS ft. 

 in height. There is a balcony con- 

 servatory 25 by 50 ft., which is filled 

 with a fine collection of palms and 

 ferns. The interior view shows the 

 large ice-box on the left and the mar- 

 ble table in the center of the store; 

 on this is a vase of hybrid nymphaeas 

 and a prettily arranged basket of tri- 

 tomas. To the right, where the chairs 

 are, is a mirror running the full length 

 of the wall. At the upper left hand in 

 the view is shown the beautiful deco- 

 rative design. The walls are white 

 and this plastic foliage which is copied 



after wild smilax is painted just the 

 faintest shade of green, and standing 

 out boldly from it are groups of finely 

 worked lotus flowers. There are over 

 two hundred frosted electric lights 

 scattered among this frescoed foliage; 

 these lights also range from 1 to 50- 

 candle power and their arrangement, 

 in fact the whole scheme of decora- 

 tion, is refined and artistic and com- 

 mands admiration. 



The olEce and workshop is in the 

 rear lu'der the conservatory, where all 

 boxes, baskets and other stock are 

 kept, thus reserving the front of the 

 store for show and salesroom. 



IVERA. 



ARISTOLOCHIA— NYMPHAEA. 



Please let me know through The 

 Weekly Florists' Review the proper 

 name of the enclosed blossom (called 

 the Dutchman's Pipe). I raised it 

 from seed about four years ago, but 

 this is the first year it bloomed for 

 me. 



How must I keep Nymphaea dentata 

 during the winter? It has not bloomed 

 this year. A. H. 



The sample of flower sent was 

 crushed and discolored, but it is no 

 doubt Aristolochia Sipho. The species 

 of this grotesque genus, which is often 

 known as the Dutchman's Pipe, if it 

 is hardy I am sure it is Sipho; if 

 tender it may be some other species. 



