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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 31. 190i 



i-igbt angles all right. They went out 

 and did up the Natick Wabans again 

 very deftly, 18 to 14. 



This time blood was shed and one scalp 

 lifted. Sam Beck was hit In the eye 

 by a hot ball and knocked into a hospital 

 a mile away, where at last accounts he 

 was doing very nicely. 



The generally accepted theory is that 

 his nationality made him think he saw 

 three balls coming and was too long de- 

 ciding which one to catch! A high ball 

 in the eye tastes worse than one in the 

 mouth, hut may not be more dangerous. 

 J. 8. M.\NTER. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Death of President Burton's Son. 



The sad death of President Burton's 

 third son, John Burton, Jr., has east a 

 gloom over the entire floricultural world. 

 John Burton, Jr., was canoeing on the 

 Delaware river last week with his older 

 brother. Alfred. The young men were 

 going to join their family at the Dela- 

 ware water gap, when near Lackawaxen 

 the canoe was upset. Both brothers 

 swam well, but the younger, who was 22 

 years old, was drowned. Mere words 

 cannot express the feelings of deep sym- 

 pathy which every member of our profes- 

 sion fe«ls for Mr. and Mrs. Burton in 

 their terrible loss. 



The Market. 



Beauties and Meteors arc in active de- 

 mand, but with a moderate supply com- 

 ing in. Kaiserins and asters are very 

 plentiful, the latter moving fairly. Car- 

 nations are, as a rule, rather poor. A 

 few iield-grown flowers are seen. Busi- 

 ness generally is quiet. 



For Asheville. 



John Westcott, Kobert Kift and G. C. 

 Watson, forming the tran.s]>ortation com- 

 mittee of the Philadelphia Florists' Club, 

 announce that this city's delegates to the 

 national society's convention at Asheville 

 will leave Broad street station on Mon- 

 day, August 18, at 12:29 p. m., arriving 

 in Asheville early the following morning. 



Instructions to those who intend go- 

 ing: Notify G. C. Watson, 211 S. Juni- 

 per street, Philadelphia, how many sleep- 

 ing car berths you will require, price $3 

 each. Purchase a ten-day excursion tick- 

 et for Washington before starting, price 

 $6 each. An agent of the Southern Rail- 

 road will be on the train to arrange de- 

 tails of the trip from Washington to 

 Asheville. The fare for this part of the 

 trip will be $li.9r^ for each excursion 

 ticket. 



Marketing Cut Flowers. 



The market scheme is meetinj; with 

 considerable encouragement. A number 

 of the leading retailers ;:re for it. An 

 informal meeting has been called to talk 

 over the matter. 



The Finest Place in America. 



A cordial invitation to visit the Dreer 

 place, at Riverton (aptly described as 

 above), signed by the man who has made 

 that place famous, is a pleasure indeed. 

 You will not wonder that the invitation 

 was promptly accepted, and two coun- 

 trymen crossed the Delaware one bright 

 .July afternoon for an outing over in 

 Jersey. 



The first spot visited at the new 

 scene was the site of the new range of 



glass soon to be erected. The houses, 

 twelve in number, are to be Dietsch pat- 

 tern, 1.50 feet long by 13 feet, 10 inches 

 wide, even span, 10 feet high at the ridge 

 and 6 feet, G inches high at the gutters, 

 open clear through, \irtually making one 

 house, 150x1(36 feet, in twelve sections. 

 These houses will be devoted entirely 

 to azaleas this season. They will have 

 neither tables nor beds. The plants are 

 to be set right on the ground in blocks. 

 This range will be a great convenience, 

 as no space will have to be cleared in the 

 other houses for the newly imported 

 stock next fall. The old azalea houses 

 are now being utilized for palms. 



The next place visited was a tract of 

 sixty-five acres of ground on the east 

 side of the railroad entirely new to us. 

 This tract contains a lot of low, swampy 

 ground, part of which was drained last 

 winter and planted with Japanese irises. 

 The irises have thriven on this low land 

 and present a fine appearance. On every 

 side evidence is seen of the increasing 

 popularity of hardy perennials. The 

 quantity of hardy phlox grown will be 

 enormously increased, reaching to some- 

 thing like 90,000, a startling number 

 even in these days of large quantities. 



A curiosity was a row of pffionies in 

 flower at this time, more than six weeks 

 after they are usually done blooming. 

 The explanation is very interesting. The 

 demand for p*onies comes chiefly after 

 they have started into active growth. 

 The .young shoots are easily injured in 

 shipping and the buyers are disappointed. 

 Last fall a lot of pa?onies were lifted 

 and packed in dry sand in boxes, 100 

 in the box. These boxes were sent to 

 a cold storage warehouse and kept there 

 some seven months until needed in May. 

 The results were excellent. It is some of 

 these plants that we saw in bloom. The 

 flowers the first season after lifting do 

 not generally amount to much. A great 

 bed of paeonies that had not been dis- 

 turbed flowered at Decoration Day. The 

 blooms went to half a dozen Eastern 

 markets and sold well. It would not 

 have been possible to time them better. 

 Hollyhocks are a source of pleasure 

 instead of worry. Skill and brains have, 

 it is believed, mastered the disease and 

 plenty of stock seems assured. 



Cannas are looking well. A great 

 many are planted out. Some of the latest 

 Crozy introductions are of special inter- 

 est. They are on trial. Two plants 

 warmly recommended to florists for sum- 

 mer cut flowers are Tritoma Pfitzeri, 

 useful for decorative effects, and Stok- 

 esia cyana, a pretty blue flower. A large 

 patch of English ivy was planted out. 

 The space devoted to petunias, a spe- 

 cialty here, was a flue sight ; every plant 

 full of excellent blooms. An interesting 

 fact mentioned is that the best petunia 

 plants always come from the weakest 

 seedlings. The commoner and single 

 varieties make strong seedlings, while 

 the choice varieties are the weaklings, 

 sometimes overlooked or carelessly 

 thrown away. 



Azalea Bernhard Andreas alba, car- 

 ried over plants, were making superb 

 growth in this Belgian weather, planted 

 out in pure peat in cheese cloth covered 

 frames. A proniising looking lot of 

 Latania Borboniea was planted out in 

 the same way, not, of course, in pure 

 peat. They were from 3-ineh pots and 

 will be ready for 6-inch by fall. 



In the houses the kentias, about half 

 each of the two leading varieties, were 



in fine condition. The firm's collector of 

 kentia seed on the Lord Howe Islands 

 has advised them that the price of kentia 

 seed will probably advance next season, 

 as the Government intends controlling 

 the exportation of these seeds. It is 

 thought their policy will be to force 

 higher prices by restricting the output. 



It has been decided to postpone send- 

 ing out Pandanus Sanderi from January 

 next, as previously announced, until 

 November, 1903, the idea being to work 

 up a good stock so as to offer the plants 

 at popular prices. The little 3-inch 

 plant of this novelty brought over in 

 January, 1901, is now in an 8-inch pot, 

 measuring thirty-two inches in height, 

 with a breadth of forty-eight inches. 

 The stock is increasing fast and looks 

 well. 



Now the writer gives way to a better 

 man, and asks you to fancy yourself 

 wandering among the water lily ponds 

 and snuffing the Victoria Regia with the 

 genial Father Neptune himself, Wm. 

 Tricker, while he tells of his aquatics. 



The following water lilies were in- 

 cluded in the unique collection in the 

 Court of Cypresses, Pan-American Ex- 

 position, 1901, the grandest ever seen. 

 While many of them are of French 

 origin, none exceed the American varie- 

 ties. 



Nymphaea arethusa. One of the new- 

 est introductions, also one of the best of 

 the hardy group. Flowers brilliant crim- 

 son. American origin. 



N. Andreana. Flowers cup shaped, 

 dull dark red with bright orange 

 stamens; very attractive; medium size. 



N. Aurora. As the uame implies, 

 color fiery yellow. On opening the 

 flower is yellow, shaded red, changing to 

 deep red ; medium size. 



N. Chrysantha. Somewhat similar in 

 color to N. Aurora, but of different 

 build and shape; also medium size. 



N. Ellisiana. This is a very choice 

 nymphaea, in high esteem in Europe 

 and will be in America when sufficiently 

 known ; flowers bright purplish carmine. 



N. gloriosa. A superb water lily and 

 ranks with the best of the hybrid lilies, 

 possessing every good quality; color, 

 deep carmine rose. 



N. lucida. A distinct and beautiful 

 variet}'; rosy vermillion with darker 

 center. 



N. Marliaeea rubra-punctata. This in 

 the near future will become a standard 

 variety; flowers, deep rosy purple, 

 spotted or sanded carmine; free flower- 

 ing. 



N. James Brydon. This variety heads 

 the list of American and French hy- 

 brids; distinct in color, of largest size, 

 very floriferous, vigorous and in every 

 way desirable; the only hybrid water 

 lily awarded a silver medal; color, a 

 rich rosy crimson ; American origin. 



N. Wm. Falconer. The largest and 

 most brilliant dark hardy water lih- in 

 cultivation ; American origin. 



N. Wm. Doogue. A magnificent lily 

 of chaste and delicate coloring, beauti- 

 fully cup shaped, and of a pleasing shell 

 pink in color; a symmetrical and distinct 

 flower of great substance; American 

 origin. 



Bowlings 



G. C. Watson defejited George Craig 

 in rolling off the tie for sixth place on 

 the Asheville team by 22 pins in three 

 games. Pretty close! Mr. Craig will be 



