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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



December 9, 1897. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



" It was not ever thus," remarked Mr. 

 J. B. Keller to the writer as he showed 

 with great complacency a splendid batch 

 of cyclamens, a house filled with vigorous 

 plants, no sign of rust, covered with 

 bloom and buds, grown in 7 and S-inch 

 pots; a Httle bonanza for Xmas. While 

 this plant has been successfully grown 

 heretofore, this stock surpasses all pre- 

 vious efforts. The majority were plunged 

 in open frames covered with clear glass 

 but shaded with lattice; this lattice was 

 taken off about five o'clock each day 

 when the plants were then s\'ringed, 

 being watered in the morning before the 

 lattice was put on. This is evidently the 

 correct method as a batch kept in the 

 house through the summer has not done 

 nearly so well. Sowing was made in 

 October last. 



Of the famous herbaceous garden but 

 little is now to be seen. In the mean- 

 time Mr. Keller is compiling his notes, 

 the benfit of which will be given your 

 re.iders from time to time and will prove 

 interesting reading. 



Speaking of business. Thanksgiving 

 was a little Xmas. This comment was 

 endorsed by Fred Schlegel, who was 

 rushed with orders for church fairs at 

 time of my visit. He has obtained by 

 careful selection an unsurpassed if 

 equaled strain of Giant White aster, of 

 which large numbers are used for funeral 

 work, 



Richard Salter anticipates a heavy holi- 

 day business, judging by orders on hand. 

 Brother Al. reports similar news from 

 their uptown store. 



To see a table of Cypripedium insigne 

 varieties bearing some four thousand 

 open blooms is not an everyday sight. 

 This can be now seen at the Kimball or- 

 chid houses. The genial Geo. Savage 

 informed me he had cut 500 blooms that 

 morning for a charity fair, leaving the 

 first mentioned number remaining, with 

 thousands yet to come. His pet seedling, 

 named Laura Kimball, in honor of his 

 employer, is a charming species. The 

 color is lighter and clearer than the best 

 form of C. insigne. The dorsal sepal is 

 spotless. But one plant has been sent 

 out, this to London, where a good round 

 figure was paid for it. The exact amount 

 not necessary to announce. He has sev- 

 eral other seedlings of this valualUe spe- 

 cies. The whole collection is in excel- 

 lent shape. W. M. 



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