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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



JANUARY 27, 1S9S. 



will have flowers to sell when others 

 have memories only. 



As to varieties: Avoid a great num- 

 ber of varieties where the colorings are 

 the same or similar. Limit yourself 

 (we speak now as to main crop) to two 

 white, one each lavender, pink (Ex. 

 Ey. Blanche Ferry or type), salmon or 

 blush, yellow, red, blue, maroon and 

 variegated. Plant enough of each so 

 that when you cut you have some. 



Have a trial row. Have all the new 

 ones each year. If you cannot afford 

 to do this all by yourself, club with 

 your neighbor and divide the seed. 

 Don't be afraid to let him in — be;it him 

 out by growing yours better than he 

 does his. Make it a rule to test twenty 

 varieties each year in this row. 



Keep a page of your noteljook for 

 your observations; you will then know 

 next year what varieties you want, bet- 

 ter than you do this. 



Don't try to grow your own seed. 

 There are people making a business of 

 this that are doing it better than you 

 can ever hope to. 



If you are in doubt as to what varie- 

 ties to plant, leave it to your seeds- 

 man. — Retlaw, in Hunt's Trade Re- 

 view. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



At the Rhode Island greenhouses I 

 found Mr. Miller throwing out one 

 house of roses to make room for young 

 stock. He had heavy crops during the 

 holidays and can afford to discard one 

 house, having several others cropping. 

 His carnations are yielding well, par- 

 ticularly Alaska and Scott. Outcast is 

 proving itself worthy of a place; 'tis 

 much more satisfactory here than Por- 

 tia. Theo. Egger, who was many years 

 with H. A. Dreer, has charge of the 

 carnation houses, 



Farquhar Macrae Is picking some 

 grand Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt and Minnie 

 Cook. Jno. Macrae is sending in some 

 of the finest Scotts ever seen here. He 

 is also strong on the double bouvardia 

 Alf. Neuner. 'Tis a fine flower as he 

 does it, grown cool, full of substance. 



E. J. Johnston has a house of a se- 

 lect strain of Machet mignonette which 

 is selling well at a good figure. Tom 

 Johnston (who, by the way, is a bu- 

 reau of information in himself, and a 

 pretty good sized one at that, as those 

 who have the honor of his acquain- 

 tance will testify), informs me that 

 bunches are becoming more popular 

 each season. Tom is an expert in this 

 art, which may explain the cause. He 

 showed me some handsome roses and 

 carnations from S. J. Renter, of West- 

 erly, and Marie Louise violets from W. 

 Hazard. 



Jno. Macrae, until recently, had the 

 greatest success with violets before he 

 rebuilt the houses, since which time he 

 can do nothing with them. It is the 

 loss of much revenue to him, though 

 compensated to some extent by the fine 

 carnations he grows. 

 T. O'Connor missed it on azaleas, 



but hit it on cyclamens, of which he 

 had the best lot in town; sold like hot 

 cakes, and a splendid lot of cut stock. 

 Albertini and G. M. Bradt brought fl 

 per dozen. Jahn's Scarlet is immense 

 here, a brilliant shade, handsome 

 flower, very free. No doubt this car- 

 nation will be grown more largely 

 when better known. Violets are clean, 

 which fact is attributed to the appli- 

 cation of Ivory soap suds applied 

 through a Kinney pump, which effec- 

 tually got rid of green fly and red spi- 

 der and did not affect the fragrance of 

 the flower. In one house I noticed a 

 flne lot of stock Princess Alice planted 

 for Easter, and the first batch of nar- 

 cissus Golden Spur. Roses, particu- 

 larly Bridesmaid, are very fine. Of 

 lilies for Easter I will say nothing. 

 Shall be pleased to run across a batch 

 free from disease. 



■Wm. Flanagan finds his stock does 

 much better since he fixed up nis plant. 

 The handsome double ' windows give 

 the place quite an imposing look. 



Fairbrother & 'Wood intend adding 

 to their plant, not being able to grow 

 sufficient stock to supply their down- 

 town store, which is in charge of the 

 irrepressible Johnny Wood; he is a 

 hustler. There is some talk of ap- 

 pointing him M. C. at the social to be 

 held on the 2Sth inst., when the newly 

 appointed oflicers of the club will be 

 installed, and to which event the fair 

 sex will be invited. The new staff is J. 

 Canning, president; W, E, Chappell, 

 vice-president; Alex. Rennie, secre- 

 tary; Farquhar Macrae, treasurer. As 

 these gentlemen are well known for 

 their "get there" qualities, undoubt- 

 edly the club will acquire renewed 

 vigor. 



I understand Messrs. Geo. Johnson 

 and W. Butcher will furnish the deco- 

 rations under the direction of Wm. Ap- 

 pleton. W. H. Mason, the retiring sec- 

 retary, still takes a lively interest in 

 the welfare of the club, which has done 

 so much toward promoting unity 

 amongst the members. W. M, 



BALTIMORE. 



Resume of the Market. 



Judging from the number of wedding 

 decorations, etc., which took place in 

 the Monumental city this week, one 

 would suppose the florists stood right in 

 with that capricious little individual 

 called "Cupid" and allowed him a lib- 

 eral commission for his prompt action 

 in facilitating these welcome events. 



Business is now greatly improved 

 and is once more moving along at the 

 average pace. As stated above, wed- 

 dings have been numerous, while a 

 number of teas, the usual Monday ger- 

 man and a general improvement all 

 around, have given an increased veloc- 

 ity to the wheel. 



The commission houses have had a 

 hungry look, as flowers have been 

 barely equal to the demand. Roses are 



especially scarce, particularly Maids 

 and La France, which, owing to the 

 bad weather, have suffered very much. 

 Violets are plentiful and have a steady 

 sale, while with carnations the supply, 

 though heavy, is just about equal to the 

 demand. The balance of the list are of 

 about the same proportions as last quo- 

 tation, with little or no change in price. 

 Very few novelties are now seen. 

 Jacques have now put in appearance, 

 with the indications of being a heavy 

 crop. 



Gardeners' Club. 



There was a fairly good attendance 

 at the meeting of the Gardeners' Club, 

 Monday, January 25, President Pent- 

 land presiding. After the general rou- 

 tine of business the subject of an an- 

 nual supper was discussed, and the 

 matter then placed in the hands of the 

 executive committee for development. 



Question Box. 



"Is there any advantage in budded 

 roses over those grown on their own 

 roots, supposedly out-of-door plant- 

 ing?" 



Regarding this question there seemed 

 to be a diversity of opinion, yet the ma- 

 jority thought the method unsatisfac- 

 tory on account of the strength being 

 sapped from the plant by wild suckers. 

 Mr. Pentland then gave a method 

 which would eliminate this evil. He 

 said, in part, that care should be taken 

 to bud in the early spring before the 

 sap begins to flow, and that the bud be 

 placed very low on the manetti stock, 

 which in a measure would prevent the 

 plant from making shoots below the 

 bud. 



"Has any one used Jadoo fibre and 

 with what results?" As this article is 

 yet a stranger in our state, the ques- 

 non was not answered. Mr. B. N. 

 Lehman, secretary of the American Ja- 

 doo Company. Philadelphia, happened 

 to be among the guests of the evening, 

 and was prevailed upon to give a talk 

 upon the subject, which not only 

 proved interesting but instructive. 



Mr. William B. Sands spoke of the 

 advisability, to keep up interest in club 

 affairs, to inaugurate a "good of the 

 club" feature in the order of business. 

 Among other suggestions was to have 

 a co-operative plan by which members 

 in good standing could club together 

 and buy their yearly supply of coal, 

 etc., in bulk, at greatly reduced rates. 

 The above suggestion is food for 

 thought, and the writer would like to 

 see such a scheme take tangible form. 

 He would also like to see the said co- 

 operation extended toward making a 

 more uniform price, both wholesale 

 and retail. 



Mr. I. H. Moss, of Govanstown, ex- 

 hibited two very pretty Seedling car- 

 nations, one pinli, on the order of 

 Scott, but extra fine and large, the 

 other a peculiarly mottled pink, which 

 had a perfect form and stem. This will 

 no doubt have a place. C. F. F. 



