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The Weeldy Florists' Review. 



January 9, 1902. 



Maids that were literally covered with 

 mildew. 



Its white sport. Ivory, which at pres- 

 ent is being disseminated, promises to 

 fill a long felt want as a summer rose, 

 as it is said not to deteriorate during 

 hot weather. According to the dissemi- 

 nator, the two are identical except in 

 color, and the same treatment suits both. 



RiBES. 



shipment of 4.000 leaving the three other 

 and smaller houses more out of bloom 

 but brim full of bud. These 10,000 were 

 being saved up to assist upon orders ag- 

 gregating 20,000 for Boston deliveries for 

 Christmas. 



These same plants began to blossom 

 out of doors and were transplanted since 

 Thanksgiving, which process did not re- 

 tard blossoming in the least, and Mr. 



William Sim. 



A SIMPLE SIM-I-LE OF SIM. 



Three years ago it gradually dawned 

 upon me' that \Vm. Sim, of Cliftondale. 

 was well up in the front rank among the 

 many who were dabbling in the single 

 violet business, and ever since then he 

 has been swiftly but none the less surely 

 increasing until I feel warranted in 

 nominating him as "Prince of the Prin- 

 cess." I get but little time for foraging 

 expeditions, but his place is near my 

 own home and I borrowed a few hours 

 and loaned them to him a day or two 

 since. Find Morton Ave., Cliftondale. 

 The locality is particularly pleasant, be- 

 ing bounded on one side by the Alps of 

 Maiden and by the Lynn JIarshes on the 

 other. As you pass down the street, the 

 half-way point is marked by an old cob 

 pipe laid on the fence and at the three- 

 quarter stretch a flock of geese vocifer- 

 ously claim you as a friend if not a 

 relative. 



All this time you are ncaring 20.000 

 feet of greenhouse, boiler houses, oflice, 

 stable and a pretty little dwelling, all 

 seemingly brand new and laid out with 

 extreme regularity into four long houses, 

 side by side, extending almost due west. 

 And it is a magnificent place, far ex- 

 ceeding my expectations. Nothing but 

 single violets, and 10,000 in one house 

 ready to pick at that moment, the daily 



Sim feels sure it largely increases the 

 winter capacity of them. They surely 

 cannot be beaten in appearance, and he 

 will cut more than 1,000.000 flowers dur- 

 ing the season, which will be prolonged 

 in the spring by a lot of plants now 

 sleeping out doors under a glass sheet 

 and a salt hay quilt. When these are 

 put to work the greenhouses will be used 

 for a crop of his new giant candy-tuft, 

 and followed by a crop of chrysanthe- 

 mums, which will be hurried in before 

 Thanksgiving in the fall. 



Mr. Sim believes in taking time by the 

 forelock and has the walls of a 5,000 

 square foot addition all built, lumber 

 prepared and painted and glass on hand 

 for it. He has boiler capacity for three 

 times his present plant all established. 



A noticeable feature is the work of W. 

 F. Gilbert in applying his asbestos cover- 

 ing to the steam mains in the boiler 

 room. It is put on in a very neat way, 

 and Mr. Sim speaks very highly of its 

 eflScieney. 



Mr. Sim is a native of Scotland, where 

 he learned his business, and came to this 

 country about fourteen years ago when 

 eighteen years of age. For five years he 

 worked upon the place now occupied by 

 Thos. Roland at Nahant. for five years 

 more was a member of the firm of Sim 

 & Duncan, of Arlington, and four years 



ago purchased six acres of land where 

 now situated, and where he evidently 

 means to remain. 



One feature I saw there may be of 

 use to others. He keeps the depreda- 

 tions of the dreaded violet fly under con- 

 trol by scattering tobacco dust upon the 

 ground around the plants, being careful 

 not to drop any into the center of the 

 plants, where its adulterations will cause 

 trouble. 



His plants are in solid beds, the sides 

 of which are planks about eight inches 

 wide, and they make as interesting a 

 sight as can be found on the banks of 

 the Bav. Attest. J. S. Manteb. 



CARNATIONS. 



Registered by the Cottage Gardens, 

 Queens, N. Y. : 



Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt ; pedigree runs 

 through three generations of Cottage 

 Garden seedlings. Color deep carmine 

 pink, much more brilliant than Lawson; 

 size very large, flower is round, high cen- 

 tered and symmetrical. Stem is strong, 

 holding the flower erect and coming long 

 with the first crop. Flower stands well 

 up out of the calyx and does not burst ; 

 has strong fragrance and is a good keep- 

 er. Compact, erect habit ; can be planted 

 closer than the Lawson and, being fully 

 as free, will produce more flowers per 

 square foot of bench room. 



President Roosevelt, the product of 

 four generations of crimson seedlings; 

 Governor Roosevelt crossed with Mayor 

 Grant. Color brilliant crimson wine, sim- 

 ilar to the brilliant shades in the Liberty 

 rose. Blooms average three inches and 

 over, form exceptionally fine and sym- 

 metrical, splendid calyx, never bursting, 

 extremely strong twenty to thirty inch 

 stem, fragrant and a free bloomer. Foli- 

 age deep glaucous green, habit compact 

 and very erect ; can be planted closely and 

 will produce double the flowers per square 

 foot that Governor Roosevelt will. The 

 best keeper of all the crimsons. 



Joseph II. Manley, cross of Bon Ton 

 upon a seedling of G. H. Crane. Color 

 brilliant, cheerful orange scarlet, large 

 fragrant bloom three inches in diameter, 

 good stem holding the bloom erect, fine 

 calyx. Early and exceptionally free from 

 October to the end of the season, fully as 

 free and continuous as General Maceo. 

 Habit compact and erect, being semi- 

 dwarf with flower stems thrown from the 

 base of the plant. Can be planted close 

 and will produce more flowers for Christ- 

 mas cutting than any other scarlet car- 

 nation we have thus far grown. 



Viola Allen, Bradt crossed with White 

 Cloud. Color clear porcelain white, deli- 

 cately edged and traced with clear rose 

 pink. Very large full bloom, fragrant, 

 long, strong stems, early free bloomer, 

 foliage deep glaucous green, calyx strong. 

 Harry Fenn. pedigree two generations 

 of crimson seedlings. Large bloom, aver- 

 aging two and three-quarter inches in 

 diameter. Color brilliant scarlet overlaid 

 with maroon, fully as brilliant as the 

 General Gomez, stem extra long, stiff and 

 wiry, averaging 20 to 24 inches; habit 

 compact and can be planted closely. Early 

 bloomer, coming into flower early in No- 

 vember and blooming throughout the sea- 

 son as freely as General Maceo. 

 By E. T. Grave, Richmond, Ind.: 

 Painted Lady, Sport crossed with Dor- 

 othy. Flower is same shade and size as 

 iMr.s. Lawson, form very symmetrical, the 

 edge of the petals being smooth. It has a 

 good strong stem and calyx. A clean, 



