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HORTICULTURE 



July 3, 1909 



AFTER ADJOURNMENT. 



Our Philadelphia office was favored 

 on the 30th ulto., with a goodby visit 

 from J. D. Eisele, general manager of 

 the plant department of the H. A. 

 Dreer Corporation, who sails July 3rd. 

 on the S. S. Minnetonlca. Irom New 

 York, for his annual business and 

 pleasure trip to Eurol^e. He is ac- 

 companied this time by his wife and 

 daughter. 



BACK TO PURE TYPE. 



As we go to press the New York 

 Florists' Club members are indulging 

 in the closing festivities of their great- 

 est day in the year — the outing for 

 which the industi'ious and indefatig- 

 able managers have been working al- 

 most continuously for months. To 

 make a popular, social and financial 

 success of such an affair is no light 

 responsibility and we often think thai 

 the hard work which must be put into 

 it by those selected to perform the 

 duty is very inadequately app.eciated 

 by those whose enjoyment they labor 

 to promote. Next weelv we shall give 

 a full account of the New York club's 

 event and we hope to be able to re- 

 cord it as the greatest success in the 

 line of picnics, up to date. 



Amidst all the vicissitudes which the 

 bedding plant has experienced, one 

 member of the group — the zonal ger- 

 anium — has held its own, without any 

 abatement of popularity and today 

 stands as high in favor with the gar- 

 dening public as it ever did. In tact, 

 the present season has seen an actual 

 famine for the most desirable varieties 

 in many places and prices have been 

 maintained throughout. In the mean- 

 time specialists have continued to hy- 

 bridize and improve, and each year 

 sees some notable advancement in de- 

 sirable qualities. "When geraniums are 

 mentioned one thinks of Vincent." for 

 there is nothing promising in gerani- 

 ums produced which does not get a 

 trial at the big Vincent geranium 

 ranch. Their new advertisement in 

 this issue should not be overlooked. 



The assertion by Mr. Danzer in his 

 talk on the development of the florist 

 business, which we refer to briefly in 

 this issue, that the retail trade are 

 anxious to back up the growers in 

 popularizing new varieties is most re- 

 assuring to the well-wishers of the 

 florist trade, if generally true. It has 

 been usually represented that the re- 

 tail trade as a whole was opposed to 

 any further diversifying of the com- 

 mercial cut flower product because it 

 entailed their carrying a larger daily 

 stock on hand. Mr. Danzer's experi- 

 ence is in Detroit, a city that has al- 

 ways enjoyed an excellent and dis- 

 criminating flower demand. He makes 

 a good point when he intimates that 

 the indulgence in a greater variety of 

 material would emjihasize the diver- 

 gence between the legitimate flower 

 store and the street dealer, the latter 

 thriving mainly on the surplus of the 

 standard product. 



Indianapolis. The plantsmen are 

 all through and well satisfied with the 

 spring trade. The heavy rains that we 

 have had in this section have been bad 

 for young carnation stock and if they 

 keep up will do considerable damage. 



The acompanying picture shows a 

 field of typical Bermuda lilies, the early 

 blooming long trumpet form which 

 originally gave this lily its great 

 preeminence. The plants shown in this 

 picture are from large bulbs, those 

 seen in the cover illustration being 

 one year younger. Theodore Outer- 

 bridge, the owner, states that he start- 



ed the stock four years ago with but 

 five hundred, bulbs. The very gratify- 

 ing result is evident in the photo- 

 graphs. Another season he hopes to 

 have some to offer to the trade and 

 the outcome of this effort to regain the 

 purity and health which the Bermuda 

 Harrisii originally possessed will be 

 noted with interest by the bulb-forcing 

 trade generally. 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Most of the wholesale flower :nar- 

 kets have announced that they will be 

 closed all day, July 5th. 



Lilly & Upton, wholesale fldrists, 

 Sansom above 1.5th street, have dis- 

 solved. Samuel Lilly, the senior part- 

 ner, will continue the business. 



David and Jonathan are in town this 

 week. That's the only way to describe 

 the affectionate reunion of Jno. West- 

 cctt of Philadelphia, and H. B. Beatty 

 of Pittsburg. 



Thomas Roberts, gardener for Col. 

 Morrell. Torresdale, Philadelphia, and 

 Mrs. Roberts sailed on the Lusitania. 

 June 30th. They will visit their old 

 home in Wales and the noted country 

 seats nearby, as well as Kew, Veitch's 

 and other celebrated public and com- 

 mercial institutions. 



A HARDY YELLOW CARNATION. 



We are advised by Hjalmar Hart- 

 mann & Co., of Copenhagen. Denmark, 

 that they have sent six plants of the 

 sensational new hardy carnation Count- 

 esse Knuth to Yokohama Nursery, New 

 York, and two to R. & J. Parquhar & 

 Co., Boston, for trial so that Ameri- 

 can carnation groweis may have an op- 

 portunity to see the flower of this nov- 

 elty which has been so favorably com- 

 mented on by European writers. Count- 

 esse Knuth is a yellow carnation, un- 

 like any other in existence, flowering 

 wilh stiff stems from July to Novem- 

 ber in the open border in great pro- 

 fusion and pi'onounced absolutely 

 hardy. Messrs. Hartmann & Co. will 

 begin disseminalion of this novelty 

 next September. 



WASHINGTON NOTES. 



Washington has been sweltering un- 

 der the most torrid wave that has 

 visited the city in years. Business is 

 quite dull, commencements are over 

 and even Cupid is enervated by the 

 heat. All the city is agog, though, 

 over the forthcoming automobile and 

 flower parade that will take place on 

 the 5th of July. Autos will be decor- 

 ated with flags and flowers. The 

 Washington Post offers a first prize o£ 

 $100 for the handsomest decorated 

 auto. It is to be hoped that this flow- 

 er parade, at least, will become an 

 annual custom. It will be of inestim- 

 able value to the florists, as well as to 

 the flower-loving public. 



Personal. 



John Robertson, of 1108 Cincinnati 

 avenue. Washington, D. C, has closed 

 his store pro tem, till he can find new 

 cpiarters. 



W^m. R. Smith of the Botanical 

 Oarden, Washington, has been serious- 

 ly sick at his home, but at the present 

 writing is somewhat improved. 



John A. Clark of the Botanical Gar- 

 den, Washington, sailed for Scotland 

 on the 2Sth ulto. He will make a 

 short visit to his native country and 

 it is thought will bring back some 

 fresh ideas. 



New York, N. Y. — The American 

 Nursery Co. secured the contract for 

 furnishing and delivering stock for 

 the Mi'tropolitan and City hospital 

 districts, Blackwell's Island Dept. of 

 rhariliHS. 



