Sill KMRI.K 24. 1003. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



713 



was most likely 

 jf a specialist, 

 i specialized up 

 i, soil and the 

 ra, decided him 



to produce 

 been mar- 

 are known 



street. For a long time the western 

 •district has held almost undisputed sway, 

 but lately the eastern has been gaining 

 in strength, while today the leading 

 wholesalers in that section claim that the 

 business center has shifted and that the 

 volume of trade done there is even great- 

 er than on the other side. It is stated 

 that P. J. Hauswith, of Chicago, who 

 visited all the principal wholesalers last 

 Saturday, said there was more business 

 done about Twelfth street than near Six- 

 teenth. Whether this is a fact is diffi- 

 cult to ascertain. At any rate, competi- 

 tion is the life of trade and both sides 

 will do their very best to keep up healthy 

 rivalry. 



Dahlias at Atco Continued. 

 Fifteen years ago W. P. Peacock made 

 up his mind that mi 

 to reward the eff< 



T lahlia had noi 



to that time. Sit 

 beautiful variety X 

 in favor of that 

 his entire attentioi 

 persevered steadily 

 the best. The ad' 

 velous and today h 

 all over the country for their high qual- 

 ity. The principal business is in the 

 roots. Six thousand dollars worth was 

 sold in one month, March. Plants 

 grown from cuttings and seed are al«o 

 sold in quantity, as well as the cut flow- 

 ers. Two hundred thousand seedlings 

 were grown this year, but very few 

 prove better than standard varieties. In 

 hybridizing a double cross is always 

 made, contrary to the method employed 

 by carnationists. The erect flowers of the 

 cactus varieties, and the French collar- 

 ettes seemed to me especially beautiful. 

 An interesting point is that the tops 

 mixed with commercial fertilizers are 

 plowed under each season, so that man- 

 ure is only needed every third year. Mr. 

 Peacock 's skill and integrity have won 

 him the confidence of all our leading 

 seedsmen, who send to him their varie- 

 ties to test with certainty that every- 

 thing possible will be done to develop 

 them and that their confidence will be 

 guarded. A force of from twenty to 

 forty men is at work throughout the year, 

 and from their intelligent efforts Mr. 

 Peacock gains excellent support. 



Various Notes. 



Edward Eeid is just returned from the 

 west. 



C. A. Dunn spent several days this 

 week in northern New Jersey. 



Stephen Mortensen, of South Hamp- 

 ton, is sending in verv fine Brides and 

 Maids to S. S. Pennock. 



G. C. Watson's address on peonies for 

 the Germantown Horticultural Society 

 last week was full of interest. He told 

 his hearers that fifty-four of the best 

 varieties had been planted, correctly la- 

 beled, in Fairmount park, and that he 

 hoped in time that the tangle of names 

 would be straightened. He was followed 

 by Edwin Lonsdale, who gave some cul- 

 tural ideas. Mr. Lonsdale expressed him- 

 self greatly pleased with the size and 

 appreciativeness of his audience. 



Last week's dahlia show of the Penn- 

 sylvania Horticultural Society was well 

 attended. Besides the magnificent dis- 

 play of dahlias, the finest ever seen in 

 this city, there was a perennial exhibit 

 of seventy varieties from the Eiverton 

 nurseries of Henry A. Dreer. 



A. Farenwald, of Hillside, will ship 



charge of 

 in >\ i'ii ies, 



unusually 

 ■ beaui i lid 

 e new cat- 



half his stock of Beauties and Liberties 

 to Leo Niessen. The balance goes to 

 Young & Nugent, of New fork. As Mr. 

 Farenwald has doubled his plant this 

 season, this city will see as many of his 

 roses this season as in the past. 



Harry Schroyer, of Lancaster, was in 

 town last week. His buyer followed. 



Charles E. Mcehan is greatly encour- 

 aged by the success of the Flower Mar- 

 ket. The growers are supporting it in 

 fine style, and many of the best buyers 

 come there each morning. 



Edward Faneourt, who 1 

 S. S. Pennock 's ribbons ; 

 states that their business 

 heavy this fall. He has s 

 violet pins, hampers, and I 

 tleya and Meteor ribbons. 



Leo Niessen has reason to be proud 

 of the roses he has secured for the c lin- 

 ing season. With Beauties from George 

 Burton, Liberties and Beauties from 

 Farenwald and Brides and Maids from 

 Andre and Bcvis, he will have a collec- 

 tion hard to equal. 



William Wunder is cutting some fine 

 Enchantress. 



Edwin Lonsdale recently spent a week 

 in the south and west. He visited lufeen 

 states, returning home well satisfied with 

 good old Pennsylvania. 



It is charged that the horticultural 

 press of this city is becoming a sort of 

 parish register or announcement column, 

 chronicling the arrival of "the people 

 one ought to know." As W. P. Craig 

 cleverly puts it, of course this is in- 

 dignantly denied by Robert Kift, by Da- 

 vid Rust and by Phil. 



MADISON, N. J. 



Current Events. 



The Pierson Sefton Co. commenced this 

 week the erection of a range of green- 

 houses for Dr. L. D. Ward, of this place, 

 which will, when the plan is finished, 

 give a complete series of model houses 

 for private use. They include rose, car- 

 nation, fruit and general houses, grape- 

 ries and melon houses, and are to be all 

 of the new galvanized " U " bar con- 

 struction. Dr. Ward is one of our mil- 

 lionaire residents and has an estate of 

 several thousand acres which he is con- 

 stantly adding to. His gardener, W. F. 

 Ross, lias a fine batch of chrysanthemums 

 which he is hoping to flower in the new 

 houses. A series of lakes and water- 

 courses form a prominent feature of the 

 landscape effects on this estate. 



I called on J. R. Mitchell the other 

 day and found him busy top dressing his 

 benches of carried over roses. He is a 

 firm believer in two-year-old plants, and 

 certainly his record as an exhibitor and 

 grower of the highest grade of tea roses 

 entitles him to speak with authority. A 

 bench of Ivory was noticed here, and 

 while on this subject I may mention 

 that Beauties, Brides and Maids are 

 almost the only roses grown in this vicin- 

 ity. The novelties have got to prove 

 their worth in a very decided manner be- 

 fore the Madison grower will take them 

 up. Some few growers have a house of 

 Meteor, and at the Holmes establish- 

 ment, where Benjamin Gary holds the 

 fort, one may see some very fine stock of 

 President Carnot and Bon Silene, but as 

 a general thing one sees only Brides 

 and Maids, with the large growers run- 

 ning mostly to Beauties. 



One not acquainted with the town can 

 hardly realize the magnitude of the rose 



growing business here. There are some 

 sixty different growers, all shipping 

 from the Ma. lis,, n depot to New York, 

 and the scene on a winter's morning is 

 an animated one. Holiday times the 

 stock is shipped by the carload and now 

 there is a wagon express that runs down 

 by mad. 



One cannot see half the establishments 

 in this vicinity unless he comes here to 

 stay a few days, and takes a horse and 

 lots of time. The fertilizer drummers 

 and members of that fraternity stay for 

 a week. Visitor. 



CHICAGO. 



The 



cool 



The Market. 



: has taken a brace and 

 have been the rule. The 

 at the end of last week, 

 which i educe, I supplies, may have had 

 something to do with the skirmishing for 

 stock, but since summer returned de- 

 mand has continued brisk. Monday was 

 a big shipping day and on Tuesday the 

 market felt the influence of the Jewish 

 New Year. 



There are some good Beauties coming 

 in, fair stem and large bud, but a little 

 bleached. Brides are fair, but Maids 

 off color. Meteor is hard to get in 

 quantity, and only a few Liberty are 

 seen. Golden Gate is the most easily 

 obtainable rose, but with continued 

 bright days the cuts will increase all 

 along the line. Carnations are already 

 coming in heavily, and of fair quality 

 for the season, but the demand this week 

 has been equal to all receipts. Asters 

 are practically out of it. A few chry 

 santhemums are seen, and a small box 

 of violets now and then. There is a 

 brisk call for green goods. 



To Rejuvenate the Club. 

 At a meeting last Thursday evening a 

 report was made of the financial end 

 of the S. A. F. entertainment. Approxi- 

 mately $1,500 was raised and there will 

 be a rebate of about one-third. Sub- 

 sequently the matter of the status of 

 the Florists ' Club and Horticultural So- 

 ciety was discussed at length, the unani- 

 mous opinion being that it would be a 

 misfortune to the craft should the au- 

 tumn exhibition cease to be an annual 

 event. It was agreed that the only way 

 to insure the continuity of our shows is 

 to have at least one live society to keep 

 the trade interest up and it was decided 

 to place the matter in the hands of a 

 committee of seven of the more than 

 twenty present, to report at a special 

 meeting of the Florists' Club. The sup- 

 per table an, iin, 1 which the discussion 

 was held was decorated with snme fine 

 blooms of W. N. Rudd 's light pink car- 

 nation, Phyllis. 



The committee met at the Union on 

 Monday evening and it was decided to 

 call a special meeting of the Florists' 

 Club for Friday evening at the Sher- 

 man House, and a large attendance is 

 pledged. All members and those who 

 have the good of the trade at heart should 

 be on hand. 



The first regular meeting of the club 

 fur election of officers is on Wednesday, 

 October 14. 



Various Notes. 

 Among those who are disappointed that 

 the Kansas City flower show has bee* 

 abandoned and that the Chicago exhibi- 

 tion cannot be held in the event of fail- 

 ure to find a hall speedily, none are more 

 seriously affected than H. W. Buckbee, 



