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The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



August 28. 1902 



inside the pot is full of roots. Some 

 of the largest cuttings had as nianv as 

 six branches on them. This firm " has 

 made an addition to its asparagus house, 

 besides the carnation house, of which 

 I have spoken. 



I also called at Carl Hagenberger 's 

 place, and found this gentleman away. 

 as usual. It alwa.vs seems to be ni.v 

 luck to call when Carl is awa.v. This 

 time he was at Perrv arranging a wed- 

 ding decoration. I found the place in 

 its usual order. The men were bns.v 

 staking mums and shifting "celestial 

 peppers" from 2 to 3-inch pots for 

 Christmas sales. He has five beds made 

 on the ground and planted with carna- 

 tions, expecting, some time in the future, 

 to build some houses over them. He has 

 none of the material on the ground as 

 yet, but expects to use most of the 

 glass from the Simmons place, at Geneva, 

 which he bought when same was dis- 

 mantled. Carl intends to buihi seven 

 houses this faU. 



The tearing down and removing of 

 the Simmons greenhouses, at Geneva, 

 marks the passing of one of the oldest 

 establishments in this section of the 

 country. This firm originated one of 

 our best carnations, namely, Davbreak, 

 and were pioneers in introducing new 

 geraniums. Only a few vears ago if 



tear them out now very soon and plant 

 carnations. Besides running their green- 

 houses, they also conduct a commission 

 business on Euclid avenue near Erie 

 street, where you will always find genial 

 George, who is always ready to let you 

 have anytLing in the florist line he has, 

 and who is always ready to send out for 

 anything he hasn't got. 



A. Schmitt, of Glenville, who suffered 

 a fall from one of his greenhouses, is 

 not improx-ing very rapidly. He struck 

 on his left shoulder and it seems to 

 aflfect his heart. He is also troubled 

 some with rheumatism. Mrs. Schmitt is 

 visiting at Peoria. 111. TEXBap. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Long-stemmed Beauties can now be 

 had at from $2.00 to $3.00 per dozen. 

 They are in demand and many more 

 could be used. Fifty cents to $1.50 a 

 dozen buys the shorter grades. In spite 

 of the number of Kaiserins in market 

 they sell well at from $3.00 to $6.00 per 

 100. John Burton is sending in Me- 

 teors and Golden Gates to Leo Niessen 

 that are good for the season. Valley is 

 not too plentiful at from $2.00 to $4.00. 

 Asters, as a rule, do not grade high; 



Exhibit of Chas. D. Ball at the Asheville Convention. 



Simmons advertised a new geranium as 

 extra good, their word went, and every- 

 body had to have it. To most of the 

 craft around Cleveland it is a sad end- 

 ing to what at one time gave promise 

 of being a large and flourishing estab- 

 lishment. 



I also stopped to see H. R. Carlton, 

 at WiUoughbv. Here I found the pro- 

 prietor at work with a shovel in his 

 violet house, throwing out the old soil 

 preparatory to making a new bed. I 

 found all his carnations plante*! inside 

 and looking very good indeed. He also 

 has one house of roses that gives great 

 promise for young plants. 



At Bate Bros.' the boys are hustling 

 in their carnations as fast as possible. 

 The plants are of an average size, and 

 are looking very healthy indeed. This 

 firm has built a large new house for 

 roses this year, and has 7,500 roses 

 jdanted in it, which are looking very 

 fine. It also has two houses of adiantum 

 that are looking very promising. They 

 have been catting Brides and Maids from 

 their old houses all summer, but will 



$1.00 per 100 is about the price for the 

 best. Fortunately carnations are becom- 

 ing more plentiful, field grown Scotts and 

 HiUs at about half the price of asters 

 being mainstays. 



Convention Notes. 



Philadelphians are very much gratified 

 over the re-election of President Burton 

 and by the graceful action of J. C. 

 Vaughan in making his nomination. A 

 party of twelve, including many Phila- 

 delphians, climbed Mt. Mitchell, 7,000 

 feet above the sea, last Saturday. They 

 followed a zigzag bridle path for twelve 

 miles, some on mules and some on foot, 

 passing the night on top of the mountain 

 with no shelter. One of the party de- 

 scribes the vegetation as more luxuriant 

 than anything he had ever seen in a 

 greenhouse. He considered this trip the 

 crowning feature of a delightful week. 



Pennock Bros, have good reason to be 

 proud of their pair of bowlers — cham- 

 pion of 1901, W. E. Gibson; champion of 

 1902, B. Starkey. The sweep made by 



our bowlers is very gratifying. The 

 Detroit cup now ornaments the trophy 

 case. The other two cups are expected 

 from New York shortly. 



The Flower Market Co. 



Two hundred and fort.v of the three 

 hundred shares of stock necessary to start 

 the proposed Flower Market Company 

 have been taken. The interest shown by 

 the growers warrants the belief that the 

 meeting on Thursday night will see the 

 new enterprise fairl.v launched. 



Notes. 



Richard Lange has given up his place 

 in the cit.v, which has been torn down and 

 removed to Norristown, where he will 

 start in business at 3601 Germantown 

 avenue. 



Fred Eliret returned from Europe last 

 week after a great trip. He was warmly 

 greeted on his arrival at his old home, 

 the militia calling on him at once. His 

 naturalization papers cleared up their 

 doubts after aii hour and a half restraint 

 and he was once more a free man. He 

 reports the outdoor flowers in Germany 

 and France as equal to our greenhouse 

 products, but that in England the cut 

 bloom is far inferior. He did not find 

 any retail stores on the Continent to 

 compare with those in this country. Mrs. 

 Ehret managed her husband's wholesale 

 business very successfully during his ab- 

 sence. Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market- 



I believe trade is picking up a bit. 

 L'nfortunately I generall.v am obliged to 

 get two or three backers to my state- 

 ments to make them pass, and the idea 

 of better business may arise entirely 

 from a slight decrease in the general cut. 

 But there is no marked decrease in the 

 cut except perhaps in the matter of sweet 

 peas, and, now and then, a bit of strin- 

 gency in the carnation department, but 

 no great panic has resulted in either ease. 



Later. — Larger, better asters are 

 freely circulating. A large part of the 

 carnations now are outdoor grown and 

 a bit short in the stem. Roses are plen- 

 tiful enough, with a bit of scarcity on 

 white ones at the end of the week, and 

 no one knows how the situation may de- 

 velop. 



Death of W. A. Bock. 



This well-known plant grower died at 

 his residence in North Cambridge the 

 nrst of the week, of heart and kidney 

 troubles. He had been established there 

 about twenty-five years, being fifty-eight 

 years of age. He began declining in 

 health about two years ago. 



Leuthy's Place. 



This is a good place to visit, especially 

 if in need of palms, ferns or other dec- 

 orative plants. A good way to reach the 

 place is to be elevated in the subway to 

 Forest Hills, change to the ReadviUe 

 line, Canter-bur.y gracefully off when you 

 get to a street of that name and keep 

 an eye turned to the left for 25,000 feet 

 of glass in several low-lying houses 

 surrounded by a wealth of outdoor 

 growth. If the houses are low they are 

 also long, and are full of well-grown 

 stock, iSaturallv you might wish to meet 

 the proprietor, who is now "doing" Swit- 

 zerland, but you will find his foreman, 

 Mr. Henrv Lenaerts, a gentleman all 



