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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



DECEMBER 7, 1S99. 



riety, was the best late one seen here. 

 A house containing many thousands 

 of Lilium Hairisii was being pushed 

 for Christmas; they are the best and 

 freest from disease we've seen this 

 season. 



A house of poinsettias is a picture 

 worth going to see. They are growing 

 here in sev^al ways. Many are grown 

 successfully in pans, intended for ta- 

 ble decoration, and are in bloom from 

 6 inches to 12 inches high, six in a pan. 

 The ones growing planted out on the 

 bench are the best in foliage and 

 bloom. Asparagus plumosus is a fea- 

 ture. A house planted in July with 

 two-year-old pot plants which had 

 been retarded has already grown two 

 crops of long vines. Go and see their 

 house of cuneatum! Ferns and ivy 

 seem to be grown by the hundreds of 

 thousands, and the enormous quantity 

 of stock grown here is only a small 

 portion of what is sold in the retail 

 establishment presided over by the 

 genial Johnnie Weir. 



Henry A. Molatsch grows cut flow- 

 ers for the Brooklyn market. Carna- 

 tions are one of his specialties. His 

 Flora Hills are in bad condition with 

 the disease peculiar to that variety. A 

 bench of his new scarlet carnation is 

 in the best of condition and showing 

 a fine crop. This carnation, which is 

 not yet disseminated, is by its appear- 

 ance here a great improvement on 

 many of the reds we know. Among a 

 bench of seedlings are many which 

 promise much in the future. Mr. Mo- 

 latsch is an extensive grower of sweet 

 peas. He has his winter crop growing 

 in pots outdoors. When his mums are 

 over he plants these peas out, covers 

 them with salt hay and starts firing 

 in January. The varieties he forces 

 are Blanche Ferry, Emily Henderson, 

 Countess of Radnor and Catherine 

 Tracy. 



Greenwood cemetery is surrounded 

 by florists. They are in bunches every- 

 where and all seem to be thriving. 

 Many of their places are like old curi- 

 osity shops, miniature botanical gar- 

 dens. Along Fort Hamilton avenue 

 there are acres of glass. James Weir 

 recently added several new houses to 

 his already immense plant. Here ev- 

 erything that is good for either cut 

 flower or cemetery planting is grown 

 on a large scale. 



Across the street is John Condon, 

 who has also had built a beautiful new 

 show house and office. Genial P. Kee- 

 nan is in charge here. Mr. Keenan Is 

 well known as a successful raiser of 

 new chrysanthemums. Many of the 

 best grown around New York have 

 originated with him. Bedding plants 

 are grown by the numberless count; 

 they put out in geraniums alone near- 

 ly 70,000 plants. Mr. Keenan says 

 Summit is their best scarlet. Sherman 

 the best dark, and La Favorite the 

 best white. Eighty thousand pansies 

 are now in frames ready for spring 

 planting. Beaconsfleld is the great fa- 

 vorite, and a beautiful and appropriate 

 color it is, too, for cemetery work. A 



house of Jacqueminots planted eight 

 years ago is one of the wonders. Of 

 course the sash has been off all sum- 

 mer. The growth is fine; this will be 

 tied down and the house got ready to 

 have them in bloom for Easter. 



As in all other places around the 

 cemetery all the cut Bowers grown, 

 and more besides, are retailed on the 

 premises. A vast quantity is being 

 forced for Christmas. A house of poin- 

 settias, another of callas, one of Stevia 

 compacta is elegant and valuable, oth- 

 ers of carnations. Mr. Keenan says 

 Flora Hill has paid them best among 

 the whites this year. A bench of a 

 new light pink carnation raised on the 

 place is a grand sight; the crop is im- 

 mense, the color after the style of 

 Dana, perhaps a little brighter, and 

 the stem and growth are all that can 

 be wished for. Here also can be seen 

 about the best carnation support w-e 

 have seen. It does not choke the plant 

 and bring on disease as some do, but 

 permits the plants their natural as- 

 pect; it can be folded up into small 

 space when not in use. 



At Anthony Wollmer's business was 

 reported good. Mr. WoUmer has raised 

 two geraniums, one a double scarlet, 

 the other a rosy red, which he claims 

 gave him more satisfaction than all 

 others. 



At Schanley's, Krombach's and all 

 the other places here there is more or 

 less specialty, each having a pet or 

 favoritfe, and all bitterly complaining 

 about the red tape of the cemetery 

 authorities in regard to the decora- 

 tion of graves. The restrictions put 

 upon the planting of shrubs have 

 greatly injured that trade. 



Ed Wolz is gardener for E. W. Bliss, 

 the man who supplied the government 

 with the materials which sent the late 

 Spaniards to heaven. His beautiful 

 place at Bay Ridge is well worth a 

 visit. Almost everything is grown 

 here in a way to excite enthusiasm, 

 every inch of space is utilized. The 

 mushrooms under benches are in fine 

 condition. His dwarf Champion toma- 

 toes are elegant, whilst the flowers 

 and plants would shame those on 

 many a tradesman's place. 



Everybody here knows Adolf Wel- 

 sing, and if they don't it's their mis- 

 fortune. There isn't much that's new 

 in Europe or America that misses him, 

 and there's always something novel to 

 be seen in his overcrowded houses. 

 Asked for his opinions on the chrys- 

 anthemums this year, Mr. Welsing's 

 choices are: Whites — Robinson, Wood- 

 ford, Ryerson and Weeks; Yellows — 

 Australian Gold, Roosevelt, Golden 

 Wedding, T. L. Park and Appleton. 

 Crimson — Admiral Schley. Childs, 

 Shrimpton and CuUingfordii; Pink — 

 Morel. Perrin, P. Ivory, Glory Pacific. 



Wm. S. Rennie is in charge of Mrs. 

 Chas. Pratt's place. Lord & Burnham 

 have but recently rebuilt the beautiful 

 range of houses. A general collection 

 of fine cut flowers and decorative 

 plants can always be seen here. Chrys- 

 anthemums have been a splendid fea- 



ture. Mr. Rennie's best varieties this 

 season were: T. L. Park. Black Hawk, 

 J. W. Goff, Waban, Lieut. Hobson, 

 Roosevelt, Cornell and Barrington. 



To sum up the Christmas flowers 

 and plants among growers here, there 

 will be more poinsettias than ever; 

 lilies, doubtful quantity; roses in pots, 

 none; daisies, plentiful; ardisias and 

 oranges, fair supply; cypripediums, 

 plenty; azalea, doubtful quantity; 

 ericas, plenty; fair supply of decorative 

 plants. J. I. DONLAN. 



BUFFALO. 



Thanksgiving Day Trade. 



Thanksgiving trade was good, bet- 

 ter than ever, but the oft repeated in- 

 quiry, "Have you any violets?" and 

 the reply, "No, sir, we ha.ve not, I am 

 sorry to say," became Monotonous. 

 Roses were all right, though none too 

 plentiful, and American Beauty put 

 on very aristocratic airs; eight and 

 nine dollars a dozen retail produces 

 nervousness in the asking and sour- 

 ness in the paying, and yet they are 

 worth every cent of it if you are go- 

 ing to get paid for your houses and 

 labor. 



Carnations were also in great de- 

 mand, and many more could have 

 been sold. But it was violets that 

 were mostly missed. It is evident 

 the crop is off, not here alone, but 

 throughout the country. What is the 

 cause? We believe that a very warm 

 spell in October is the cause. It 

 forced out the flowers in great quan- 

 tity and the plants have since taken 

 a rest. We know one place where 

 they were picking twelve hundred a 

 day seven weeks ago, and now they are 

 picking the twelve without the hund- 

 reds. I believe they will be more 

 plentiful at Christmas. 



There is every reason to believe that 

 the coming social season will be much 

 gayer than for several seasons past. 

 We can stand It. 



Various Items. 



Mr. C. D. ZimnK>r:nan has opened a 

 very nice floral denot on West Chip- 

 pewa St., a great thoroughfare. It is 

 a greenhouse about 30x20 with a well 

 appointed store office. It is a good 

 move. A mammoth floral turkey some 

 S feet high and 9 feet long was his_^ 

 Thanksgiving novelt.v. Body of galax' 

 leaves and wings and tail of cycas 

 leaves. It must have been a good imi- 

 tation, for I heard one hungry man 

 say that next to sitting down to a fat 

 turkey he liked to lonk at that one. 



Mr. King is sojouiniug here laying 

 down the great merit of Nicholson's 

 Dictionary of Gardening, and he finds 

 a few who can afford to buy it. 



The tall weather has been particu- 

 larly favorable to the work on the 

 Pan-American. The service or admin- 

 istration building is complete. The 

 drainage and sewering is done. Much 

 beav.v grading is accomplished and a 

 large lot of trees and shrubs have been 

 purchased and are on the ground. We 



