Januaey 14, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



363 



bronze; Lady Grizel Hamilton, laven- 

 der; Dorothy Eekford, white; Gracie 

 Greenwood, fancy; George Gordon, 

 magenta; Coccinea, cerise. 



A NEW RED ROSE. 



We rosarians have been patiently 

 waiting, says a writer in the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, for the red ever-blooming 

 rose which we could put side by side 

 with Hon. Edith Gifford, Kaiserin Au- 

 gusta Victoria, Madame Eavary, Killar- 

 ney, and so forth, and to us it has come 

 in M. Pernet-Ducher 's new Etoile de 

 France. First of all it is bright, bril- 

 liant red, as red as Fisher Holmes; and, 

 secondly, it is even more fragrant than 

 La France, which, partly for this 

 abounding and delicious quality, we sus- 

 pect is one of its parents. It has, too, 

 on its petals a bloom which at once sug- 

 gests Victor Hugo. Are these two 

 roses, then, its actual parents? We had 

 better not pry further into M. Pernet- 

 Ducher 's secret, but be content with 

 thanking him for one more of the many 

 benefactions his skill has bestowed upon 

 our gardens. Looked at critically, it 

 has little, if any, yellow in its compo- 

 sition; while, on the other hand, there is 

 just that suggestion of blue which marks 

 La France. This is its only weak point, 

 for it comes to us warranted by its rais- 

 er to be at once hardy, vigorous, and 

 contiuously in bloom. 



BENEFITS OF A COLLEGE COURSE, 



One of the subjects up for discussion 

 at the Florists' Club of i-niladelphia at 

 the January meeting was "The Benefits 

 a Young Florist or Gardener May De- 

 rive from a Course at His State Agri- 

 cultural College." The following are 

 the remarks of Francis Canning, for- 

 merly gardener to S. T. Bodine, ViUa 

 Nova, Pa., now at the Massachusetts 

 -^.gricultural College, Amherst, Mass. 



Apart from the educational advantages 

 of a coUegiate course in a state agri- 

 cultural coOege, many special features 

 usually obtain in them which will es- 

 pecially appeal to the gardener and flor- 

 ist. Usually gardeners and florists are 

 desirous that their sons should have a 

 better start in life than they luemselves 

 obtained, and frequently a desire for a 

 better education, and are vpilling to sac- 

 rifice time and expense for this com- 

 mendable object. Frequently, however, 

 such a course diverts the student from 

 the pursuit in which he is in after life 

 expected to shine. 



In perusing the curriculum of an agri- 

 cultural college, ii will be gratifying to 

 find , how many studies are presented 

 which treat upon tne broader principles 

 lit' agriciillura! and horticultural pur- 

 suits, wherein an outline of many im- 

 portant principles in gardening are ma-de 

 special features. Apart from this some 

 agricultural colleges have provided a 

 course of studies which cannot help but 

 appeal very strongly to the gardener 

 and florist, notably the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College, wherein the stu- 

 dents are enabled to make major studies 

 of horticulture, landscape gardening, 

 floriculture and greenhouse management. 

 The whole is under the direct supervision 

 of Professor F. A. Waugh, an acknowl- 

 edged authority and author on those sub- 

 jects. 



The subject horticulture deals largely 

 with vegetable and fruit growing. Prac- 

 tical examples consisting of large acre- 



ages of vegetables, small fruits and or- 

 chards are available for field notes and 

 observations, which are daily recorded 

 by the students. Visits are also made to 

 diflierent neighborhoods to note conditions 

 and students are frequently appointed 

 judges at county fairs, when large dis^ 

 plays of fruit are frequently seen. Men 

 with a national reputation along some 

 of these lines lecture upon their special 

 subject, affording the student the op- 

 portunity to note the qualifications re- 

 quired for that branch. 



In landscape gardening a preparatory 

 course has been going on from the fresh- 

 man year by the study of mathematics, 

 so that when a student elects landscape 

 gardening in his junior year he has 

 already some valuable information to 

 help him in the many problems which 

 present themselves. A well equipped 

 room is furnished with a number of 

 instruments of the best design and every- 

 thing is thoroughly up to date. Field 

 work, in teams of three, is taught, sur- 

 veying, etc., and each receives a thorough 

 acquaintance with all instruments used 

 by the landscape gardener. This is sup- 

 plemented by drawing maps, plans, etc. 

 Nor is this all. Each student must be- 

 come acquainted with the living material 

 with which his pictures are composed. 

 This means knowing the plants used, 

 starting with annuals, perennials, climb- 

 ers, shrubs, trees, evergreens and bed- 

 ding plants. Large numbers are grown 

 and used on the grounds, exemplifying 

 the purposes of each. Visits are made 

 to local estates and neighboring towns 

 and an enthusiastic interest is soon man- 

 ifested by those who have the subject at 

 heart. 



In horticulture and greenhouse man- 

 agement no efforts are spared to make 

 the course interesting and instructive. 

 Instruction includes seed sowing, mixing 

 soils, potting, propagating and growing 

 many kinds of florists' flowers; green- 

 house construction, heating, science of 

 ventilating, etc. Visits to commercial es- 

 tablishments and general acquaintance 

 with all plants used by the florist, va- 

 riety names of roses, carnations, chrys- 

 anthemums, etc., and their special treat- 

 ment. Large greenhouses wherein this 

 material is grown are always accessible 

 to the students. 



It can readily be seen what a broad- 

 ening of mind a student receives in such 

 a course. At home he may have learne.i 

 one particular subject better, but how 

 much better equipped is he now to branch 

 out and be a credit to his parents' fore- 

 sight. 



RADIATION. 



When new houses are in contemplation 

 the piping is generally a prominent con- 

 sideration. There is often a mistaken 

 idea that what is usual is suflficient with 

 respect to heating requirements, but 

 there is nothing like plenty of heating 

 surface. The greater number of pipes, 

 the less difficulty of securing the de- 

 sired degree of temperature, without the 

 undesirable fumes and unsatisfactory ef- 

 fects of excessively heated pipes. A 

 little money spent on an extra row of 

 pipes will soon be refunded in fuel saved 

 with less risk of injury to the plants. 



H. J. C. 



LoCKPORT, N. Y. — On January 8 fire 

 did $2,400 damage at the greenhouses 

 of Frank B. Lewis. He had no insiir- 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



This has been another very quiet week 

 and it is only a grain of consolation to 

 hear that trade is dull in many other 

 cities. The local stagnation has been 

 charged to the after effects of the great 

 theater disaster, but no cause can be as- 

 signed for slack shipping demand save 

 that trade is dull throughout the country. 

 Most of the wholesalers report the usual 

 number of orders coming in, but most 

 of them are small, and they do not take 

 up stock very fast, with the result that 

 prices are steadily retrograding, except 

 on the best grade of tea roses, and these 

 hold firm because of Ught receipts rather 

 than from large demand. With most of 

 the rose growers crops seem to be still 

 going down hill. 



There are plenty of Beauties and 

 quoted prices are down to a point wliich 

 might almost be called bargain rates for 

 January and such fine long stock. 

 Chatenay is selling weU and Liberty is 

 both good and popular, the best grade." 

 commanding fair figures. A few very 

 special Brides and Maids seen in one 

 or two houses are still bringing 12 to 

 15 cents over the counter, but the grade 

 usually sold goes at 6 to 8 cents. 



Carnations are not in such heavy sup- 

 ply as had been anticipated and were 

 trade progressing at its normal pace 

 there would be no over-stock, but never- 

 theless values are shrinking day by day. 

 Much of the stock is of fancy quaUty 

 but there are complaints that it will 

 not keep, this being the usual story just 

 after the holidays, and this year the 

 wholesalers know whether it is true or 

 not, for they have ample opportunity 

 to make tests. 



There are large quantities of bulbous 

 stock about. If anyone feels that he 

 was held up on the price of valley or 

 Paper Whites the day of the great rush 

 for funeral stock he can now get even 

 by buying all he wants for 2 cents, al- 

 though it may not be the freshest of 

 stock. Violets are still in the dumps, 

 bargain rates being quoted, even on the 

 fancy Hudson river goods. 



Various Notes. 



It has been announced that the Flor- 

 ists' Club will hold a series of meetings 

 in various parts of the city in the next 

 few weeks and the first of these is sched- 

 uled for Saturday night, January 16, at 

 Matt Evert 's, Rose Hill. This is close 

 to the Reinbergs' and many other grow- 

 ers. Everybody is expected to go. Take 

 the Lincoln avenue cable and transfer 

 to Robey street; the end of the line is 

 in front of the meeting place. The party 

 from down town is expected to meet at 

 the Perfecto, Wabash and Randolph 

 street, and proceed from there at seven 

 'clock. 



Wietor Bros, propose to extend their 

 business in all directions this year, and 

 will have a larger lot of cuttings for the 

 trade than ever before, notwithstanding 

 that the requirements for their own place 

 will be largely increased by a new range 

 of glass in the spring. They have a 

 couple of very good red seedlings, one a 

 cross of Triumph and Jubilee, the other 

 of Lawson and Prosperity. If these pan 

 out it is not unlikely that they may try 

 their hands at introducing novelties. 



Wienhoeber had a decoration on Tues- 

 day in which he used 125 cattleyas, sup- 

 plied by E. C. .\mliug, who is doing 



