August 28. 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



443 



Exhibit of Siebrecht & Son at the Asheville Convention. 



just passed and the contidcntly expected in- 

 creased demand for cut flowers would seemingly 

 warrant. 



In Hartford. J. Coombs has fcdded another 

 oai nation hou-se tn the two built a year ago, 

 27x150 feet, »nd has now 90.000 square feet 

 of glass, the output of which covers ouly two- 

 thirds of the sulfS at his store. 



G. F. Heublcin & Bro. are building a hano- 

 some store and adjoining conservatory opposite 

 their hotel on Gold street. The structure prom- 

 ises to be the handsomest building of its kind 

 between New York and Boston. This attracti*'? 

 new establish:Dent is expected to fill a loni; 

 felt want in the keeping of larger palms and 

 other ornamental plants for decorative purposes, 

 and under proper management thu undertaking 

 is promised a bright future. 



A. N. Pierson. of Cromwell, built one house 

 ,50x60 for lilies, one 23x400 for general plant 

 stock, and one 35x400 for rose stock, all at 

 his old plant, where he is at present construci 

 ing a Dew central heating system with nine 

 tubular boilers to take care of the whole 

 300.000 feet of glass. His new plant built 

 some two years ago contains 200,000 feet, and 

 thp output of the whole establishment, both In 

 cut flowers and plants, is something enormous. 

 It might be interesting to give a few flgures, 

 viz.: 



June 1. 1901. to Jure 1. 1902. 



Cut roses 1,077,574 



Cut carnations 246,913 



Chrysanthemums 70,094 



Lily of the valley 741,867 



In Bridgeport, Stephen D. Horan is rebuild- 

 ing about 10.000 feet of glass; and other new 

 houFes and improvements are going on. In a 

 number of othop places, showing progressive 

 times and peoide. 



Social organizations for the betterment and 

 advancement of our noble profession and the 

 creation and furtherance of good will and 

 sociability amongst the craft, our state has 

 hut few, and the want and need of such In 

 fully recogni7ed by some of the leading ano 

 progressive flori'^ts and bortlculturi.^ts of the 

 state. 



The New Haven C^ounty Horticultural Society 

 is the leading society in the state, is doing 

 good work at its regular meetings and througn 

 its exhibitions, and is at present preparing for 

 the liirgest and i^ost complete show lu the 

 historv of the soc!etv, to take place this com- 

 ing fall. 



Out of tue ruins of the once flourishing Con- 

 necticut Horticultural Society at Hartford hat» 

 come a new gruwth of seemingly vigorous, am. 

 hitious blood, with -modern tendencies and 

 ideas, prngressiv'e qualities and InLcnlions. Thld 

 young plant has been christened the "Hartford 

 Florist Club." and although its members art- 

 but few in number, the club can look back witn 

 great satisfaction upon the work accomplished 

 during the short period of its existence. 



These two associatioiis it is hoped will es- 

 tablish and m.ilntain closer relationship in thn 

 future, a beginning to that effect having beeu 

 made, and a notable event In the history of 

 both i:ucietles, the memory of which will long 

 live with those that took part, was an outing 

 to beautiful "Hubbard Park," Meriden, Conn. 

 Meriden being half way between New Haven 

 and Hartford, the two clubs met at the part. 



where tliL\v were received by Mr. Walter Hub- 

 hard. liiL- board of lark commissioneis. and 

 the n ayor. 



Under the kind guidance of those gentlemen, 

 this niDgniflcent Mountain Park, containing In 

 all over l.OOi) acres, the generous gift to the 

 prosperous, progressive town of Meriden by 

 its first citizen. Mr. Walter Hubbard, was in 

 si)ected in all directions, and tne climbing oi 

 the lofty heights of Falrvkw. Castle Craig, 

 and West Peak on the famous hanging hills of 

 Meriden. 1.000 feet above the sea level, was 

 accomplished in gtwd time and with the en- 

 thusiastic spirit of an advancing unresistable 

 army corps, at the head of which was oui 

 W. J. Stewart, who, by the way, acted ao 

 chaperon by bringing the New Haven boys on 

 and the Hartford boys home. The magnlficeni 

 view fiver the hilly country for thirty miles 

 around, together with the attractive natural 

 sceneries of the park itstdf. was greatly en- 

 jt-.\ ed and admired by all those present, and 

 the splendid ;!nd liberal hospitality shown us 

 by our hosts could not help but overcome al! 

 feeling of tiredness and exertion of even the 

 ur experienced mountain climbers. 



Tliis sociable outing and meeting of our two 

 Sf cieties will lead on to combincl working In 

 the large tield of possibilitie'* before the craft 

 in general, and the occasion very forcibly itiv 

 pressed on me the thought what good work flor- 

 ist clubs and liorticultural societies could do 

 in interesting themselves and in taking th'? 

 creating and It ading part in all movements for 

 n-Unieipal Jmpnvements, especially in the de- 

 velopment and ornamentation of public groundN 

 and streets. 



Tlie far-reaching educational value of parks 

 .ind well-developed and maintained public 

 grounds and streets Is recognized by all ob- 

 serving people, and our small state of Con- 

 necticut is in a position to show the benefi- 

 cial Influence such improvements have on the 

 h<'me grounds of its citizens. Hartford, New 

 Haven, Bridgeport, New London. Mlddletown, 

 Waterbury and Willimautic can give convinc- 

 ing proofs for this statement. 



True, not many towns and cities are so frr- 

 tuntte as to have so public spirited citizens a3 

 has Meriden and Hartford, for instance, where 

 the gifts of nolle men hove not only opened the 

 way for such acquirements and improvements, 

 but have developed them to stay and to be for 

 ever a blessing to the human race, but every 

 city, town and village has endless opiwrtunl- 

 ties and possibilities for municipal develop 

 ment on such lines, and it is astonishing to see 

 how in many instances the progressive and ac- 

 tive hadership of a few men can awaken pub- 

 lic spirit and priue to such an extent gs to 

 make the seemingly impossible i.ot only feas- 

 ible, but even easily accomplished. 



The clos^. intimate relationship to nature 

 which we all enjoy in the following of our chos- 

 en noble profession does not only qualify us to 

 take a leading part in all such improvements, 

 but strongly suggests that we take the Initia- 

 tive in that cirection. Let us think of the 

 good we can do by showing how to take care 

 of our trees, at this very time when numerous 

 devastating insects are threatening to shorten 

 their lives. Let us show what can be 

 dole for the present and coming gen- 

 erations by improving and planting our 



schoolhouse-grounds, giving thereby object les- 

 sons which will surely benr fruit, since 

 they win be started In the retentive and pro- 

 ductive mind of what will some twenty years 

 from now be the hupcful. progressive working 

 olenient. the s(;iy of nuf nation. Let us branch 

 cut of the narrow single track of progress, 

 •wliich has as Its destination ctmnuTcIal ad»- 

 vancement of otir trade and personal gain In 

 the acquirement of prtife.st,ional knowledge and 

 experience, and let ' oK.'h society that follo'.vs 

 the banner of our national association adopt 

 as OTie of Its funrlunu-ntal aims the idi-al pur- 

 pose of being a strung helping hand in the 

 municipal development of our cuiniminities. It 

 will not only be to our i-redlt and of !)eneflt 

 1o our beloved country, but It will bear com- 

 pound interest In return. I do ntjt say that 

 nothing is done In that direction at present, 

 but I do say, let us do more of it. 



TIIEODOUK WIUTH. 

 Stat(> Vice-President for Cunnectient. 



District of Columbia. 



To the President and Members of the S. A. V. 



and 0. H.; 



I ha ve the honor to report that the past 

 year has been extremely satisfactory to the 

 rtorlsts of the District of Columbia In many 

 respects. All report business for the past year 

 as very satisfactory and all are busy preparing 

 and planning to handle the expected increasi- 

 of trade during the coming season. Several 

 growers are adding new houses to their pres 

 cut range this year, and others rebuilding old 

 houses in order to keep up with the demand for 

 cut flowers and plants. 



Extensive alterations are going on at the 

 White House greenhouses at present. Nearly 

 al. of the old houses will be pulled down and 

 a new range of houses i.-rected Ht another loca- 

 tion of the grounds. This was made necessary 

 bv the building of new otiiees for the President 

 whieh will occupy the ground where part of tht 

 greenhouses were located. The removal has 

 caused Mr. Pfister. the head-gardener, consid- 

 erable trouble, as he had no other houses to 

 move his splendid colU ction of plants to. but 

 h.id to stand them around the grounds under- 

 neath trees, etc.. until suitable quarters could 

 bo i.'ompleted to house them. 



Florists who have handled rose. Queen of 

 Edgely, report sales of this rose as good and 

 think that thorn is a place for it. Killarney Is 

 another new rose that has been much admired 

 by ladies of good taste and the florist who 

 grows for the better class of flower buyers 

 should give this rose a trial. It is a fine shell 

 pink, shaded silver, with a good stem, and of 

 hnc lasting qualities. Some object to it be 

 cause of its being a semi-double rose and not 

 quite full enough, out here lies one of its good 

 qualities. It is a departure, or. If you prefer, 

 a retrogression fr.im the florists* ros-; of the 

 present day. but this is what we need— greater 

 variety of flowers in color and shape, and I 

 believe this a break in the right direction. 

 The new rose. Ivory, is one of the finest forc- 

 ing roses that has ever been Introduced. It is 

 a sport from Golden Gate and Is identical wltti 

 that variety in growth and free blooming qual- 

 ities, but the color is a fine ivory white, hence 

 its name. Another rose that will be intro- 

 duced soon by the same firm who introduced 

 Ivory, is Alice Roosevelt. This rose made its 

 debut in Washington last winter and has been 

 much admired by the elite of Washington so- 

 ciety; it is a .'jjxirt from Mme. Abel Chatenay. 

 With all this \ariety's good points and being 

 of a glowing pink color, it is especially desirable 

 for night work. In new climbing roses of recent 

 introduction, D<irothy Perkins stands out pre- 

 eminently. It is a hybrid between Rosa Wich- 

 uraiana and Mrae. Gabriel Luizet; it has the 

 climbing or training habit of Wichuraiana with 

 the beautiful lustrous pink of liUizet; it flow 

 ers in clusters of from twenty to forty, the in- 

 dividual flowers averaging one inch in diameter: 

 it is of similar habit to Crimson Rambler and 

 A\ ill prove an excellent forcing rose as a pot 

 plant. 



Another new plant of recent introduction I» 

 Philadelphus Boul d' Argent, or double mock 

 orange. This will prove to be a desirable plant 

 foi" winter forcing; it is dwarfer and more 

 spreading than P. coronorius with smaller leaves 

 flowering in terminal corymbs of four or mon. 

 flowers, each about one Inch in diameter. 



Peonies have been coming rapidly to the 

 front during the past few years. Blooming as 

 they do with us about Decoration day, thev 

 prove very acceptable at that time. Several 

 of the florists are adding to their collection of 

 this desirable plant. 



An interesting and successful experiment was 

 made here last spring in the shading of hybrid 

 I erpetual roses in the open ground. The aim 

 was to keep off our hot suns that prove such 

 a drawback to the successful culture of the 

 rose in the open ground around Washington. 

 A frame work of pipe ^\as erected and over thlh 

 cheesecloth, was stretched and by means of 

 rcpes and pulleys the cloth could be rolled up 

 or down at will. The results were larger flo'.r- 

 ers. longer sterns and very much better colot. 

 The experiment was so successful that morr 

 roses will be covered next year lu the sam« 

 way. The first cost of the material is trifline 

 compared to the fine results obtained and the 



