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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



FEBRUARY 3, 1S9S. 



UTICA, N. Y. 



The old saying with reference to the 

 "early bird." etc., was exemplifiedwhen 

 1 happened at C. F. Baker's before he 

 had taken the jackets from off the red 

 fellows, or, in other words, had made 

 the morning's cut of that great carna- 

 tion Red Jacket, which with the blush- 

 ing Oneida bids fair this season to cause 

 commotion in the world of the Divine 

 flower. I noted in the first place the 

 disadvantages under which these are 

 being grown — houses built in shape of 

 an L and shaded considerably by sur- 

 rounding dwellings. The result is all 

 the more remarkable. 



Red Jacket is a bold fellow, stands 

 erect upon a stout stem, not a bursted 

 calyx, which is as solid as the acoru of 

 the oak. The plants have not been dis- 

 budded, so that the stock is limited, yet 

 'lis easy to propagate: but as the 

 blooms have brought $1 per dozen right 

 along the reason for not cutting the 

 plants so closely is evident. 



Oneida is a lovely shade of pink, that 

 intensifies under artificial light, highly 

 prolific, and produces a large flower. 

 The main stems had been taken for 

 purpose of propagating. Still from the 

 vigoroiK side shoots I measured many 

 blossoms that were over three inches 

 across. It is a great flower, particu- 

 larly for design or basket work. The 

 stock being sent out cannot fail to give 

 satisfaction — clean, with roots which 

 carry solid balls of soil. 



In yellows, Bouton d'Or stands 

 pre-eminent. 'Tis a grand thing, and 

 Mr. Baker is fortunate in possessing 

 such excellent stock. It requires to 

 be grown cold. His only complaint is 

 that it is such a shy rooter. 



In roses. Niphetos is indispensable 

 for design work. Bridesmaid is the 

 pink grown. 



Some 300 pans of Coelogyne cristata, 

 with healthy, plump bulbs, which be- 

 speak a heavy crop of flowers, were 

 seen; Cypripedium insigne also. I also 

 noted a noble plant of the so seldom 

 seen Arondoletia speciosa. a hardy 

 greenhouse plant that produces a per- 

 petual show in clusters of flaming 

 orange-scarlet flowers. The wood is 

 hard and not easy to propagate, growth 

 somewhat slow, but makes a shapely 

 plant and a most profuse bloomer. 



Charles F. Seltzer is much pleased 

 w'ith the results of his experiments 

 with Jadoo. Asparagus Sprengerii has 

 made tremendous growth, and other 

 stoclv is likewise thriving in it. His 

 violets are the envy of his neighbors, 

 who have lost the art and are con- 

 stantly around to see what secret there 

 is in being so successful. They are an- 

 nually thus. 'Tis the finest stock I 

 have seen this season, and now for the 

 first time fertilizer in the shape of 

 sheep manure liquid is being applied. 

 A fine lot of runners have been taken 

 off and potted up. W. M. 



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