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1 'he Weekly Florists' Review, 



JANUARY 25, 1900. 



and In the esteem of the community. 

 He is one of the few men in this vicin- 

 ity, who lieeps thoroughly in touch 

 wi^h gardening in Europe, receiving 

 all the horticultural periodicals of the 

 Continent and lieeping standing or- 

 ders with the rosarians of Germany 

 and France for all the new sorts that 

 are sent out. His glass houses exceed 

 in extent, we believe, any commercial 

 place near Baltimore. 



lilessrs. William and Charles B. 

 Feast, members of the well known 

 florists' firm here, have withdrawn 

 from membership in the Gardeners' 

 Club of this city, much to the regret 

 of the members thereof. 



An unusual attendance of members 

 was in evidence at the meeting of the 

 Ga^rdeners' Club January 22. Some 

 superb carnations were on the exhibi- 

 tion table, including Halliday Bros.' 

 Matthew Richmond, the sport from 

 Tidal Wave, with deep color, fine stems 

 and peerless form; a rich shining pink 

 seedling, a cross of Scott and Day- 

 break, and another, a white, of Silver 

 Spray blood, from Erdman Bros., and' 

 ant assortment of Charles M. Wagner's 

 white, pink and red, all good. 



It was determined by the club to 

 hold a carnation show on February 26 

 frdm 2 to 10 p. m. Prizes and certifi- 

 cales will be offered and producers of 

 thp newer sorts will be given an op- 

 I)ortunity to display them. 



The discussion of topics propounded 

 through the question box was more 

 than usually interesting. The figure 

 at which it is profitable to grow carna- 

 tions was referred for a detailed an- 

 ,swer to Messrs. Peter C. Erdman and 

 Isaac H. Moss, who will report at the 

 next meeting. The relative advan- 

 tages of steam and hot water heating 

 for a plant of 17,000 square feet of 

 glass was luminously discussed by 

 Messrs. Moss, Richard Vincent and 

 Wm. Paul Binder, and a number of 

 other points pertaining to greenhouse 

 construction received ventilation from 

 members of experience. The meetings 

 of the club on the second and fourth 

 Mondays of each month are growing 

 in attraction, interest and profit. 



The Park Board of this city has re- 

 ceived bids from growers for supply- 

 ing 200,000 bedding plants for the pub- 

 lic squares, but so far the award has 

 not been publicly announced. RIX. 



ALONG THE HUDSON. 



Sing Sing, to most people, is but a 

 place to be abhorred — a penal colony, 

 as it were; certainly a state prison is 

 located there, but 'tis down in a hole 

 along the river, and despised, along 

 with its location and surroundings. 

 The town, which is located up on a 

 high hill, is a very thriving and popu- 

 lar one; it contains much of historic 

 interest, and, withal, some of the most 

 beautiful bits of scenery to be found 

 In any hilly country. 



There are several commercial florists 

 and nurserymen located here, who gen- 

 erally can sell all they can grow at re- 

 tall. Geo. Classman is one of the old 

 time florists. His place is alongside the 



cemetery, which, by the way, is one 

 of the most picturesque in the country, 

 and George does quite a business in 

 the way of landscape work, in addi- 

 tion to his cut flower trade. Close by 

 is C. P. Pilat's place, where roses, car- 

 nations, and a general stock is grown. 

 Mr. Pilat has opened a store in Spring 

 street (this is the only florists' store 

 in town), and does quite a good retail 

 business. J. Bradshaw has the most 

 extensive range of glass here. He 

 grows roses, mostly for the New York 

 market, and had a reputation for good 

 stock many years ago. 



There's but one small greenhouse, 

 Cand it's alongside the death cha.uberj 

 down at the prison; out of the 1,400 

 prisoners there, I was told not one 

 was a professional gardener, but no 

 plants were ever more loved or ten- 

 derly cared for than the plants and 

 flowers in that wee house — ah, what 

 flowers have inspired fonder thoughts? 

 Some day there will be a flower show 

 held within these gloomy walls, and 

 never will one be remembered more. 



Scarborough is just a mile or two be- 

 low. There is neither village nor town 

 here; 'tis a pretty place, dotted with 

 flne homesteads, and poor ones, too, 

 but Scarborough is famous floricul- 

 turally, and P. M. and F. R. Pierson 

 are responsible. Here, of course, as 

 many of you know, there is one of the 

 finest ranges of rose houses in the 

 country, and I am told it will soon be 

 enlarged. Something like 25,000 Amer- 

 ican Beauties are growing luxuriantly 

 with all that study can give them. 

 Mr. Paul Pierson, who manages this 

 place, has been supplying the New 

 York market with much of its finest 

 stock of Beauties this winter, and they 

 have been so satisfactory he says he 

 will grow nothing else. We saw the 

 best house of Asparagus Sprengeri 

 here we've seen so far. 



And up on the hill, surrounded by 

 a fine collection of nursery stock, there 

 is another range of plant houses, chief- 

 ly devoted to the extensive catalogue 

 trade of the F. R. Pierson Co. John 

 Whyte presides over these houses and 

 his carnation house is a picture. Sev- 

 eral new chrysanthemums, including 

 Col. D. Appleton, are being propagated 

 by the Whyte system of machinery, 

 and spring trade is turning in like a 

 flood. 



Tarrytown needs no introduction, for 

 it's the home of the Standard Oil 

 kings, yes, and bright minds in horti- 

 culture. Try in your travels to visit 

 Mr. Rockefeller's gardens. Wm. Tur- 

 ner will show you something. No man 

 in these parts will dispute his title 

 to expert on indoor fruits and vege- 

 tables. Mr. Rockefeller loves both, and 

 then there are roses, carnations and 

 general plant houses, all In the best 

 condition. 



John Egan & Sons have been located 

 in this town many years. They have 

 seven greenhouses in which are grown 

 a general collection of plants and flow- 

 ers suitable for retailing; two houses 

 are devoted to carnations, and of the 

 six varieties grown, Mr. Egan says Al- 

 bertini has paid him best. John is 



popular hereabouts, and does quite a 

 business in nursery stock. 



Francis Gibson — to be sure, he of 

 the flowing whiskei-s and generous 

 heart — is the leading light in the local 

 horticultural society, a walking ency- 

 clopedia of Tarrytown. 



The F. R. Pierson Co.'s extensive 

 plant is at present filled with a fine 

 stock of young palms, ferns, and gen- 

 eral decorative material, all in prime 

 condition. It's a pleasure to meet Mr. 

 Pierson, Sr., whom we consider one of 

 the best judges of cannas in the coun- 

 try; he has originated some of the 

 best varieties we know. 



There are very few in this section 

 of the country who don't know Bob 

 Angus, and none regret it. His violets 

 are always fine, and Robert is always 

 in the first class with many things at 

 the shows. He was for several years 

 treasurer of the New York Gardeners' 

 Society. 



A year ago Cooke & McCord opened 

 the only florist's- store in town, and 

 have since acquired greenhouses and 

 nurseries on the White Plains Road. 

 They report a fine Christmas trade and 

 are more than pleased with the past 

 year's business; they see bright pros- 

 pects for the future. They do a gen- 

 eral seed, bulb, plant and cut flower 

 trade. 



Wm. Scott, superintendent for Mrs. 

 E. T. Eastman, makes a specialty of 

 chrysanthemums, and generally man- 

 ages to come out on top at the local 

 shows; he also grows about the larg- 

 est bunches of grapes we see around 

 New York. 



Wm. Stevenson, gardener for Mr. 

 Chas. Graef, is very popular with rich 

 and poor here; be is the kind of man 

 to send on a prize money hunt for 

 shows, for he has a way of facing rich 

 people and interesting them in horti- 

 culture. His beautiful gardens are well 

 worth a visit. 



There are too many pretty places 

 and clever men to mention this time, 

 and we must pass on to Irvington. 

 This is where the great horticultural 

 builders. Lord & Burnham Co., have 

 their factories and foundries — a huge 

 bee-hive of business, piles of timbers 

 in sash and bars and iron work always 

 on the move to every part of the coun- 

 try. 



A little way off, and you'll find An- 

 drew Taaffe in the gardens of P. O. 

 Mathiessen. It's hard to beat Andrew 

 on roses and carnations, and he does 

 not need coaxing to exhibit them; 

 more of his kind is badly wanted. 



Let us finish with a visit to Miss 

 Helen M. Gould's grand place, where 

 the genial Ferdinand Mangold is su- 

 perintendent. It's a treat to be here, 

 'neath gigantic palms and rare plants, 

 the likes of which you may see no- 

 where else, and then, too, everything 

 is legibly labeled. In some of the 

 paths 'neath the great palm arched 

 dome, you can readily imagine yourself 

 far out in the tropics. 



We shall leave further description 

 until another time. Mr. Mangold has 

 raised several beautiful crotons, ne- 

 penthes, and other varieties of plants 



