AUGUST 31, 1899. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



361 



"THE LADY OF THE.DAFFODILS." 



In the San Francisco Chronicle of 

 August 13 appears an exceedingly well 

 written description of the "Daffodil 

 Gardens" of Mrs. I. W. Kersey, Hay- 

 wards, Cal., in which that lady is re- 

 ferred to as "The lady of the daffo- 

 dils." 



It appears that during the last eight 

 years Mrs. Kersey has developed the 

 culture of the daffodil, both for bulbs 

 and cut flowers, to quite a remarkable 

 degree. She gets her outdoor flowers 

 in as early as Christmas, and uses a 

 shading of cheese cloth suspended 

 from rows of trees to protect the flow- 

 ers at times from cold or burning sun. 



Mr. Peter Barr paid her a visit dur- 

 ing his trip through the United States, 

 and when he saw her fields of daffodils 

 and other bulbs predicted that the 

 State of California would some day 

 compete with Holland as the bulb pro- 

 ducer of the world. 



The article is accompanied by a large 

 picture of Mrs. Kersey at work sorting 

 her bulbs. We quote below the open- 

 ing paragraph: 



"The lady of the daffodils lives in 

 Haywards. Her father is a painter and 

 she, herself, sang in opera, and now 

 the artistic feeling that first manifest- 

 ed itself in color and then in sound 

 comes out in form and fragrance, and 

 every one who buys an early daffodil 

 in San Francisco and breathes in its 

 faintly perfumed breath may fancy 

 that he has received in another form 

 the sweetness of Ivy Wandesford s 

 songs — for Mrs. Ivy Wandesford Ker- 

 sey is the lady of the daffodils." 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Business has been about the same as 

 last week, with the supply equalling 

 the demand. 



Beauties, 20 to 25; Brides and 

 Bridesmaids, 2 to 5; Kaiserins, 2 to 

 6; Perles, 2 to 3; Meteors, 2 to 5. Car- 

 nations bring from 50 cents to $1 per 

 100, with some of the fancy varieties 

 at $1.50. Valleys, 2 to 4; sweet peas, 

 20 to 25; asters, $1 to $1.50; lilies, 3 

 to 5; tuberoses, 3; gladiolus, 2 to 3; 

 cuneatums, $1; asparagus, 50 cents, 

 and smilax, 10 to 20. 



Among the visitors the past week 

 were Alex. McConnell, New York City; 

 Mark Aitken, Springfield, Mass.; J. 

 Louis Loose, Washington, D. C. ; 

 Chas. E. Neall, Worcester, Mass. R. 



PINE BUSH. N. Y. 



A terrific thunderstorm visited this 

 locality August 21st, 7:30 p. m. A bolt 

 of lightning striking a tall chimney on 

 residence near the end of greenhouses 

 of Mr. and Mrs. Howell hurled bricks 

 through the roof and ends of two 

 houses, breaking some glass and injur- 

 ing a number of plants. A ventilator 

 rod running 110 feet was entirely 

 thrown from its fastenings. D. H. 



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Please look this over. 



New Geranium, De Roo Mitting, 



2^-inch, per 100 $10.00 



New Yellow Baby Primrose, better than 

 the purple Baby Primrose, 2K-inch, 

 per doz 1-00 



Primula, Chinese, Alba, Rubra, and 



Mixed, 2!i-inch, per 100..... 2.00 



Cinerarias, Hybrid, mixed, 2!i'inch, 



per 100 2.00 



Petunias, Double Fringed, 22 varieties, 



mixed, 2%-inch, per 100 3.00 



Petunias, Double Ruffled, 15 varieties, 



mixed, 25i-inch, per 100 2.00 



Geraniums, S. A. Nutt. Harmine, and 



20 other varieties, 2K-inch, per 100.. 2.00 



Geraniums, Harmine and La Favorite, 



3-inch, per 100 3.00 



Fuchsias, 10 varieties, mixed, 25^-inch, 

 per 100 



Asparagus Plumosus, 2^-inch, per 100.. 



Asparagus Plumosus, 854-inch, per 100.. 



Asparagus Sprengerii, 2K-mch, per 100. 



Lycopodium Dent, good for design 

 work, 2%-inch, per 100 



Smilax, extra strong, 2!»-inch, per 100.. 



Begonias, Flowering, extra strong, 10 

 varieties, 2K-inch, per 100 



Primula Japonica Alba, 2!i-in.. per 100. 

 Latania Borbonica, 30 inches high, 5 



leaves, 30 cents each, per doz 



Timber Ferns, dormant, for 6-inch pots, 



per 100 



2.00 

 2.00 



2.00 

 2.00 



CARNATIONS, Field Grown, Empress, Evelina, 

 Psyche and John Young. 



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 To be applied with a bulb. The only Putty 

 made to work this way for green house sash. 

 One g-allon, 20 lbs., for 90 cents. 

 Has been used by florists in this city for years. 

 Try it and you will use no other. 



We have been using the T. H. NevhVs "Green 

 House Putty" for some time and are pleased to 

 recommend it to all those who wish a number one 

 article. It has always given us perfect satisfac- 

 tion. When vou use this Green House Putty vou 

 will be sure of good results from same. Signed : — 

 John Rodgers, Florist, Green Tree Boro., Pa. 

 Hartman Bros.. Florists. Allegheny, Pa. 

 Fred. Burki, Florist, Bellevue, Pa. 



T. H. NEVIN CO., 



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