August :;2. l!i(il. 



I'he Weekly Florists' Review. 



371 



Exhibit of Hitchings & Co., New York, at the Buffalo Convention. 



the sudden death of Mrs. Schray's moth- 

 er, Mrs. Flottmann. Emil and his young 

 wife have the sympathy of all the flor- 

 ists. J. J. B. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market has been in fair 

 shape for the past two weeks, an occa- 

 sional very busy hour being sandwiched 

 between the quiet ones. There is un- 

 doubtedly more business done now than 

 in pist years at this time. The increase 

 is chiefly in design work. Beauties are 

 improving in quality and stem and there 

 are more of them. Edwin Lonsdale is 

 sending in some very nice blooms of this 

 rose to S. S. Pennock. The price is $2.50 

 per doz. for fine flowers with 24-inch 

 stems and ranges down to 50 cents per 

 doz, for short stemmed, poor or open flow- 

 ers. Meteors, Carnots, Maids, Brides and 

 La France can be had in limited quanti- 

 ,ties of fair grade at $3 to $4 per 100; 

 seconds, from $2 per 100 down ; choice 

 Kaiserins bring $4 to $6 per 100. Leo 

 Niessen is receiving some nice ( for this 

 season) white carnations. The best 

 bring $1.50 per 100; ordinary grades, $1 

 per 100. 



Asters are very plentiful and sell pret- 

 ty well at $1 to $1.50 for good stuff; 

 the poorer ones don't sell. A few Sem- 

 ples are to be seen and have the call. 

 Lily of the Valley is in demand at $3 

 and $4 per 100 for flrsts. Some of it 

 is nice but there is some trouble with 

 damping due probably to the moist 

 weather. Greens are rather scarce; 

 those that come in sell pretty well at 

 about last quotations. 



Various Notes. 



S. S. Pennock is receiving some very 

 fine Meteors from Charles L. Price, of 

 Lansdowne. 



Adolph Fahrenwald, of Hillside, James 

 Anderson, of Garrettford and Charles W. 

 Cox are all cutting a few new crop Beau- 

 ties; the first two ship to S. S. Pennock. 



W. J. Baker is, and has been, reeeiv- 

 in? a verv good grade of asters. 

 ■ Leo Niessen is receiving some nice 

 long stemmed Beauties from David An- 

 derson of Garrettford. 



This city has been visited by some ex- 

 traordinarily heavy rains this week. 

 Monday saw two tremendous downpours 

 which caused some damage; railroads 

 were washed out, shipments delayed and 

 liouses and cellars inundated. 



Riverton. 



The lot of the correspondent of a live 

 horticultural paper is not always a hap- 

 py one. He must know or find out some- 

 thing worth writing about and no mat- 

 ter how busy he may be that something 

 must be put in shape in time, even if it 

 takes him well into the wee small hours ; 

 he must lay aside his pipe and he 

 mustn't mind black bugs that drop from 

 ;the light onto his paper. There are, 

 (however, compensating advantages — one 

 )of these fell to my lot a few days ago 

 :when I had a delightful two hours' ram- 

 ble with J. D. Eisele over the H. A. 

 Dreer place at Riverton. It is not pos- 

 sible to cover this place intelligently 

 in two hours or probably in two days; 

 but you can get a surprising amount of 

 interesting information in that time 

 when under the care of such a guide. 

 We began in the houses. 

 ; Adiantum Bensoniana is a graceful 

 fern believed to have a future before it. 

 It is largely grown about London and 

 is considered as ranking second only to 

 A. Farleyense; unlike the latter it is 

 not a variety for cutting but makes a 

 beautiful specimen, the fronds being 

 shorter than those of A. F. and appear 

 less easily bruised. 



■ Pandanus Sanderii is a prime favorite; 

 it propagates more readily than P. Veit- 

 chii, suckering and rooting freely. The 

 , cuttings when removed from the parent 

 iplant show an embryo root not observed 

 fin P. V. which appears to greatly facili- 

 tate propagation. The older plants re- 

 tain their variegation down to the low- 

 est leaf but in summer lose their bronze 

 color; this will return in cooler weather 

 and probably can be retained even during 

 summer under certain conditions. Mr. 

 Eisele feels confident that P. S. is a dis- 

 tinct species. It is expected that the 

 istoek will be ofl'ered about January 1, 

 |1903. 



There are two whole houses of Cibot- 

 ,ium Scheidei. A beautiful sight they 

 ^are. One house is filled with specimens 



in 7-inch pots; the other with 9-inch 

 pots. Orders are being booked now for 

 delivery October 1, at $1.50 each for 

 the -smaller size and $3 and $3.50 each 

 for the larger. This fern is found to be 

 very durable and is unsurpassed for 

 store or home decoration. "Evei-ybody 

 is growing Bostons so we have a stock 

 of Xephrolepis davallioides furcans for 

 variety," Mr. Eisele remarked. They 

 promise well and should soon make good 

 plants. 



There is a splendid lot of about 130 

 varieties of hardy phlox in full bloom 

 outside ; there are about a dozen distinct 

 colors, the rest being variations. F. G. 

 von Eassberg is a fine white variety 

 considered best for florist's cut flower 

 work. Rudbeckia Golden Glow is also 

 [very showy and ought to be found in 

 ■every garden. A new canna. No. 1164 

 from Wilhelm Pfitzer, Stuttgart, Ger- 

 ^manj', the introducer of Queen Charlotte 

 jand many other fine varieties, is very 

 promising. This new canna grows to a 

 height of about Si or 4 feet, has bronze 

 foliage and bears large flowers of an in- 

 tense orange scarlet. This canna is more 

 than likely to prove of great value. It 

 |will be given another year's trial. 



Abutilon Crimson Rose, has a fine 

 large flower. There is also a clear yel- 

 low flowering abutilon with large petals 

 that is very distinct. 



Cymuchea acuta, a vigorous climber, 

 in its second year, catches minute insects, 

 alas not mosquitoes, in its hairy florets. 

 Whether this is done for sport or for 

 a living is in course of examination. 

 , Much pleasure is felt regarding Cle- 

 matis Durandi, a pale blue of the large 

 flowering hybrid class. This variety is 

 believed to be entirely free from the dis- 

 eases so prevalent among clematis of 

 this class. Mr. Eisele considers these 

 hybrid clematises most discouraging to 

 florists and amateurs alike. They are 

 often sent out in perfect condition and 

 soon after being received and planted 

 they have fallen victims to a fungous 

 disease. It is to be hoped that this 

 variety is but the pioneer in a class of 

 practically disease proof clematis. 



Among the hardy perennials whose 

 flowers are not yellow, quite a recom- 

 mendation to most florists, Stokesia cy- 

 anea is considered a valuable blue flower 



