July 24. ia02. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



251 



Quilled Asters in Japanese Jar. 



days in visiting tlie several plants for 

 which this place is noted, the first being 

 that of John N. May, which is a model 

 of neatness. A place for everything and 

 everything mnst be in its place, the em- 

 ployes being fined 10 cents for putting 

 away a tool without first cleaning it, and 

 a heavier fine for not putting it away at 

 all. All hands were busy in filling and 

 planting the roses for next season's cut. 

 Mr. May is a firm believer in the sterili- 

 zation of soil, for every particle of his 

 soil is so treated. Mr. Harry May, fore- 

 man in charge, seems to have acquired a 

 great measure of western push, for the 

 rapidity with which a large house is emp- 

 tied and filled is wonderful, Harry set- 

 ting the pace himself with the shovel. 

 That everything here is done in the most 

 exact way is proved by the fact that in 

 the grading of roses every stem is meas- 

 ured by a rule and must be of the re- 

 quired length or over or it is placed with 

 the grade below, and there is no guess- 

 work. Among the young men who ex- 

 pect to be florists some day and are doing 

 time here are representatives from New 

 York, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Massachu- 

 setts and Michigan. 



On Tuesday we went over to Madison 

 to see what Mr. Herrington was doing 

 in the way of growing prize-winning 

 chrysanthemums, and met Mr. Totty, 

 who is in charge of them, and it did one 

 good to see the magnificent stock. 8nch 

 stems! Eacli one fully four feet high 

 and as thick as one's thumb, clothed with 

 foliage clear to the soil. After testing 

 the quality of the grapes and nectarines 

 and looking through several houses of 

 orchids, which are in perfect condition, 

 Mr. Herrington drove us through the 

 park, which is composed of about 1,000 

 acres, most beautifully laid out and with 

 good drives and plea.sant walks. Here 

 may be seen banks fifteen to thirty feet 

 in height and from 100 to 1,000 feet in 

 length, completely covered with Wichu- 

 raiana roses in full bloom, surmounted 

 with Crimson Eamblers. In the large 

 conservatory are some noble specimens 



of kentias, one of the smaller ones occu- 

 pying the center of the group in the con- 

 vention hall at New York two years 

 since. In the center of the house stands 

 a caryota or Fish Tail palm which meas- 

 ures ■ 46 feet from top of tub to top of 

 leaves, and will soon have to be moved, 

 as it has already grown through the glass. 

 This large estate is owned by H. McK. 

 Twombley, who has spent millions in the 

 beautifying and improving of it, the 

 bulk of the land having been Jersey 

 swamp. We would have been pleased to 

 spend days where we spent hours on this 

 beautiful place, but had to leave fully 

 convinced that the hospitality of Messrs. 

 Herrington and Totty was only equaled 

 by the size and beauty of their surround- 

 ings. 



On Wednesday we visited Flatbush and 

 the Dailledouze Brothers, where we were 

 received with a warmth equaled by the 

 temperature of the day, which scored 92 

 points in the shade. This is the home of 

 Prosperity and Floriana, and too much 

 cannot be said in praise of the latter va- 

 riety as a summer bloomer, for of all 

 varieties grown on this place this seemed 

 to take the lead both in quality and 

 quantity of flowers. A house of Law- 

 sons carried through under glass plant- 

 ed out of 3-ineh pots looked exceedingly 

 well. 



After partaking of something for the 

 inner man, that genial brother Henry vol- 

 unteereu to guide us to Queens, and on 

 the route we were pleased to meet Mr. 

 Jas. Dean, one of the honored ex-presi- 

 dents of the S. A. F. A very agreeable 

 surprise awaited us at the house of the 

 president of the American Carnation So- 

 ciety, for we found Mr. Ward in his 

 working togs, and I must say that he is 

 really a very good-looking man in them, 

 and he is getting results from his work, 

 for since my visit to Queens two years 

 ago he has transformed a large portion of 

 tlie land into as fine a nursery as one can 

 see in many a long day's travel, in which 

 are growing all varieties of shrubs and 

 ornamental trees, and you will hear as 



much about them in the future as you 

 have in the past about geraniums and 

 new carnations. Many of the men were 

 busy fencing in ten acres of carnation 

 plants with wire cloth to protect them 

 from rabbits, which are as numerous on 

 Long Island as are mosquitos in New 

 Jersey. 



Friday was spent in Buffalo trying to 

 locate "Great Scott," but his son in- 

 formed me that he was actually working 

 at Corfu, and I thought, ' ' How are the 

 mighty fallen, ' ' so, not finding him, 

 called on Billy Kasting, whom 1 found 

 getting ready for a trip to Europe to 

 escape the odor of a store full of flow- 

 ers which he could not move at present, 

 but thought would be cleaned out by Sep- 

 tember on his arrival home. It being 

 close on to high noon, and knowing the 

 generosity of Prof. Cowell, I hastened 

 out to South Park, arriving just in time 

 for luncheon with the genial superin- 

 tendent, after which I was shown 

 through the park and conservatories, the 

 condition of which reflect great credit 

 upon the competency and care of Prof. 

 Cowell, who in his trips to the West In- 

 dies has added many new species of 

 plants to both science and commerce. 



Arriving home Saturday evening and 

 looking around on Sunday morning found 

 that the weeds had made a most magnifi- 

 cent growth during my absence of only 

 one week, and must look up my overalls. 



Eag. 



BOSTON, 



The Market, 



A growing scarcity of especially good 

 material is making a change in the whole- 

 sale features. There is probably really 

 not so much call for anything, but it 

 takes practically all that comes in to 

 supply that small demand. 



The crop of roses is very irregular 

 just now. There are practically no good 

 Brides and Maids, and but a few good 

 Kaisers and red roses. Poor roses of 

 all kinds are plentiful enough but not in 

 over-supply. 



There is nothing really fine in pinks 

 except the Fair Maid, which brings 3 

 cents. There is a fairly good supply of 

 rather poor material of all colors. White 

 is selling the best and prices run all 

 the way from 35 cents to $1.50 per 100. 



The aster crop has now probably be- 

 come permanent for a few months. Rich- 

 wagen now has the most and probably 

 the best. Prices now vary but little, 

 ranging from one to one and a half, but 

 will naturally soon take a drop. This 

 habit is surely bad enough in the flow- 

 ers, but much worse when followed by 

 their owners. 



Just a fair supply of lilies and going 

 a little hard at 6 cents. Quite a few 

 auratums at same price; demand very 

 limited on account of their heavy odor. 



Sweet peas have been very good and 

 very cheap ; just now scarce, not so good 

 and not so cheap. 



Valley is plentiful enough in three 

 grades with prices from three to five 

 per. 



Small white flowers are very plentiful 

 and very cheap indeed; green goods 

 also. 



Base Ball. 



The game is coming in good and 

 strong. There are a number of budding, 



