March 2(1. 1002. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



S73 



A Simple Wreath. 



amount of confusion and mistakes, and 

 while you are clearing oflf Friday's and 

 delivering them as fast as you can you 

 won't have Saturday's lot on the brain— 

 "Sufficient unto the day is the evil 

 thereof." 



There is a wide range of character in 

 those engaged in our business as every- 

 body knows. Some are interested in sell- 

 ing and can be heard to say, "Oh, don't 

 worry about the delivery; let's sell first." 

 Perhaps that's the smartest business man, 

 but I always feel that at Christmas and 

 Easter there is little need of anxiety 

 about the sale, and am far more exer- 

 cised about the delivery. I don't pre- 

 tend to be the slightest bit more con- 

 scientious than the average tiorist, but 

 bad, careless ' and belated deliveries 

 worry me, and, depend upon it every 

 time' there is a real cause for complaint 

 it hurts. Let us hope for a good week's 

 weather and all will be well. 



William Scott. 



A SIMPLE -WREATH. 



I send you photograph of a little loose 

 wreath oi' our own designing, to show 

 especially hoAv ribbon may be used other- 

 wise than simply as a tie. There are 

 opportunities many times when using 

 delicate flowers, for a full or partial 

 ribbon effect as shown in the picture. 



Tills contribution is made in response 

 to a call for sample wreaths that appear- 

 ed in the Review some time ago. 



Des Moines, la. Gektmide Bl.\ik. 



I Do XoT want to be without the Ee- 

 VIEW. Many times one copy is worth the 

 yearly subscription price to me. — if. 

 Weikich, Osnaburg, O. 



CARNATIONS AT JOLIET. 



In the course of a year many people 

 visit this Illinois city much against their 

 will, but I was one of a party of twenty 

 who went to Joliet entirely of our own 

 free wills, and we are jolly yet. 



A mile or so nearer Chicago is the 

 establishment of the Chicago Carnation 

 Co., managed most ably by that intelli- 

 gent man and enthusiast, James Hart- 

 'shorne. Here is an establishment that is 

 exclusively carnations from beginning 

 to end and nothing else. With the ex- 

 ception of the last new iron house, some 

 30x300 feet, the houses arc not of the 

 most modern construction, all attached, 

 with few pai-titions, massive posts and 

 high wooden gutters. I only mention 

 the construction to note that the uni- 

 formly grand condition of the carnations 

 is not due to perfection of houses. 



There are twelve large houses and it 

 is impossible to find a weak spot on the 

 whole of the benches. Every variety 

 worth growing will be found here and if 

 not grown for flowers they are grown for 

 tlie cuttings. It would be idle to speak 

 of the health, vigor or productiveness of 

 any of the well known varieties, for in 

 my humble opinion they are about as 

 well known as it is possible they can 

 be. 



I have had my faith somewhat shaken 

 in the "Model" support this winter, 

 niostly by the remarks of people who 

 I supposed knew more about such things 

 than I do, and we are most willing to 

 grant that to anybody, but here you see 

 only the ' ' Model ' ' used and nothing can 

 answer the purpose better. If you can 

 stand the price they are a most perfect 

 method and a bed of Marquis at home 

 with its third ring ou now has taken the 



kink out of my wavering opinion and the 

 Model is good enough for me. 



Mr. Hartshorne can show you Lawson, 

 The Marquis, Lord, Bradt, White Cloud, 

 Norway, Joost, Roosevelt and several 

 others in grand shape. Norway was 

 particularly fine, loaded with its line 

 flowers, aiid although he did not praise 

 Lawson he gracefully admitted that it's 

 in a class by itself and here as else- 

 where it is simply incomparable. 



Mr. Hartshorne, for the time he has 

 been at Joliet, and the number of his 

 seedlings, appears to have had phenome- 

 nal success and has raised more than his 

 share of good ones. His benches of 

 Mrs. Potter Palmer, the fine scarlet, are 

 as fine flowers, healthy plants and with 

 as great an abundance of bloom and 

 buds as I ever saw on any variety. This 

 must be a grand commercial scarlet. Its 

 habit is perfection. Mrs. Higinbotham 

 is also a beaut}', with fine stem, and its 

 Daybreak shade will make it a sure fa- 

 vorite. The sincerest flatiery I can give 

 these two varieties is to say that I 

 bought of them both. 



Mr. H. has several of his seedlings 

 that are largely grown for flowers and 

 most profitably, and although many 

 growers would be proud to have such 

 crops, he did not think they were of a 

 class good enough to send out. Chicot 

 is a most profitable variety of the Arma- 

 zindy type; his white seedling No. 101 

 is a good one; Nydia, a most free pink 

 striped and a red seedling, all of which 

 he says return him as much money as 

 the well known widely grown varieties. 

 Bv the by, he is going to stick to Pros- 

 perity with every hope that he can grow 

 it profitably, and no doubt it will be 

 done well, ' and with good returns in 

 many places next year. "Bon Homme" 

 seenis to be one of the most prolific 

 whites on the place. 



And now we come to what was most 

 interesting of all. Some magnificent 

 l)eds of varieties that will be sent out 

 next year. I think in the newly named 

 "Her Majesty" that we will find a su- 

 perb white, a perfect stem, large well 

 formed flower and as we saw it, nothing 

 but flowers and buds. As seen there you 

 feel that in a white carnation there is 

 nothing more to be desired. Harlowar- 

 den is of the Roosevelt shade but richer 

 and a good deal larger, an immense 

 flower. As fascinating a bench as there 

 is on the place is a thousand plants of 

 JIarshall Field. It matters not how 

 grandly you can grow the good old 

 Bradt this beautiful striped variety must 

 supersede it. I have never seen Gaiety 

 growing and don't want to make a com- 

 parison, but tliis M. F. is certainly a 

 wonder. It holds its flowers up like a 

 Lawson. It is beautifully marked and 

 there are so many of them it will make 

 carnations cheap. 



Now I have spoken in perhaps high, 

 strong terms of all I have seen there, 

 but not a jot more than I honestly be- 

 lieve is deserving, and if you think I 

 have overdone it just go to Joliet and 

 judge for yourself ana you will say, 

 "He is ever truthful." 



Here also is another fine propagating 

 house filled with as stout and healthy 

 a lot of cuttings as can be seen. Only 

 a capacious pocket could build such sheds 

 and offices as are attached. The fur- 

 nace cellar to the last big house would 

 do for a wine cellar for King Edward 

 VII, and the room above, if partitioned 

 off, would do for the harem of the sul- 

 tan or the king of Timbuctoo. There 



