AUGUST 3, 1899. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



225 



jreenhouses and Grounds of Henry A. Dreer, Inc., at Riverton, N. J. 



These varieties for the most part had 

 good vitality, and several were espe- 

 cially promising, notably, "C," "F" 

 and "S." 



Eckford's 1900 set was exhibited, all 

 the seven varieties are very fine. The 

 most popular seemed to be Hon. F. 

 Bouverie, Lady Grisel Hamilton and 

 Mrs. Dugdale. Navy Blue, sent out 

 this year by Burpee, and Eckford's 

 Sadie Burpee, are notable additions 

 to the large list of very fine sweet 

 peas, and were well represented at the 

 show. 



The Burpee prize for the best col- 

 lection was awarded Mrs. J. Copper- 

 berg for a collection of blooms which 

 the judge pronounced the finest sweet 

 peas he had ever seen in America. 

 Royal Rose, Stanley, Aurora, Salo- 

 pian, Venus, Lovely, Mrs. Eckford, 

 Capt. of the Blues, Grey Friar, Maid 

 of Honor and new Countess were the 

 most prominent. 



Burpee's bush sweet pea was shown 

 grown in a pot. It was a very good 

 specimen of this novelty and showed 

 the characteristic habit of the plant, 

 but unfortunately it was not in bloom. 



Among the good exhibits of nastur- 

 tiums were to be seen the beautiful 

 new varieties introduced by W. Atlee 

 Burpee & Co., Sunlight and Moonlight, 

 as well as Caprice. The two former 

 were awarded the Burpee prize. 



Allegheny hollyhocks were judged 

 the best, and certainly this is a fine 

 strain. H. A. Dreer, of Philadelphia, 

 is the introducer. 



Vaughan's Centaurea amer. alba, a 

 large white flowered variety, was 

 shown and admired. Dahlia, Win. 

 Agnew, the first bloom on a plant 



grown in Jadoo fiber and soil outside, 

 from one tuber and to the "single 

 stem branching system," advocated 

 by Mr. Peacock, measured seven 

 inches across. Tuber was secured in 

 a collection from The Dingee & Con- 

 ard Co., West Grove, Pa. 



There were no Jadoo prizes award- 

 ed and no entries. The writer Is 

 more than ever convinced of the effi- 

 cacy of Jadoo to replace rotted ma- 

 nure for sweet peas. The rows in 

 which Jadoo was used show good 

 plants about 36 inches high, while 

 those planted with rotted manure are 

 not half that height. The only crop 

 gathered as yet have been lice, and 

 they were gathered to their fathers 

 with a vengeance, but as many more 

 seemed to come to the funeral. Now, 

 the plants are almost clean of these 

 pests, and the best remedy found was 

 the garden hose with spray as strong 

 as the plants would stand without 

 breaking. 



Some fine cannas were shown. Papa 

 was the finest. The society owes much 

 to Messrs. Wirth & Vidbourne, of Eli- 

 zabeth Park, for their splendid ex- 

 hibits of cannas, dahlias, sweet peas, 

 hardy plants, etc. 



There was an interesting talk on 

 sweet peas the first evening by Rev. 

 Magee Pratt, who is an enthusiastic 

 amateur and fully merits the high re- 

 gard we have for his opinions on 

 floral topics. He holds, with several 

 other prominent sweet pea amateurs, 

 Rev. W. T. Hutchins among them, 

 that the California grown sweet pea 

 seed is inferior to that grown in Eng- 

 land, New Hampshire, Maine or simi- 

 lar climate, and that unless there is 



a radical change in the seed growing 

 industry the flower is doomed. It 

 seems to resolve itself into this — we 

 will have to get a moister and cooler 

 climate for the growing of sweet peas 

 for seed than California affords. New 

 varieties, given out with fine vitality, 

 steadily decrease in value from year 

 to year after being propagated in 

 California. Numerous instances of 

 this might be mentioned — Mrs. Glad- 

 stone is a good example. Five years 

 ago this variety produced very long 

 stemmed sprays with sometimes five 

 blooms on a spray. Now it can hard- 

 ly be had with three blooms and a 

 stem eight inches long. Several ama- 

 teurs, who have given the subject 

 much thought, are advocating plant- 

 ing "Kent-grown" sweet pea seed as 

 being the best way to get their vines 

 with the desired vitality and three 

 months' blooming period. Surely the 

 last three years have made many 

 sweet pea growers disheartened for 

 their favorite flower, and the question 

 of how to save it is well worth all the 

 discussion possible, by meetings of 

 the growers, and by the prominent 

 floral trade papers. 



The society invites all dahlia deal- 

 ers and amateurs to write for partic- 

 ulars of prizes, etc., to be awarded 

 at the exhibition, Sept. 6, 7 and S. 

 It is intended to make this show a 

 prominent one for dahlias and gladi- 

 oli, and will be wide.ly advertised and 

 noticed. R. 



SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH.— Burton 

 Morris, the florist, was killed in a 

 shooting affray July 17. 



