September 25, 1909 



HORTlCULTURi: 



441 



BY WIRELESS FROM CONNECTI- 

 CUT. 

 E. J. Taylor. 



Famous up to within a few yeare 

 ago as an onion-growing centre, tlie 

 district around Southport and Greens 

 Farms. Conn., is now a summer i-esi- 

 dence section of high degree, and beau- 

 tiful estates with well-liept lawns and 

 charming vistas over the waters of 

 Long Island Sound fringe the elm- 

 shaded drives. Southport is a part of 

 Fairfield and Greens Farms is the 

 money end of Westport. Turkey Hill 

 is the most sightly section ot Greens 

 Farms and here three generations of 

 Tajlors have held sway and a fourth 

 is well on the way to follow in their 

 footsteps. 



E. J. Taylor is pretty generally 

 known to the wholesale trade of New 

 York City, where the product of his 

 thfi'ty-two houses finds a market 

 through John I. Raynor. The place 

 is well worth a visit by any grower 

 looking to improve his output through 

 inspecting and making comparisons 

 with the methods of other successful 

 growers. There is a house of two- 

 year-old Richmond roses, tied down 

 and well started along, which is a 

 model in its regularity and finish. 

 Carnations are a leading crop. En- 

 chantress is selected for the largest 

 crop. Victory is the scarlet which has 

 made the best record. White Perfec- 

 tion leads in white. There is some- 

 thing very appetizing for carnations in 

 the soil and pure air of Turkey Hill, 

 no doubt, but there's every evidence 

 of close attention to minute details and 

 that counts for much in the making of 

 such plants as are to be seen there. 

 Chrysanthemums fill the liouses which, 

 later on, will be devoted to lilies, also 

 the JTanetti grafting house. A side 

 issue with Mr. Tayloi- is a patch of 

 hardy perennials, four acres in ex- 

 tent. There is a big and rapidly grow- 

 ing call for this class of material for 

 the adornment of the gardens and 

 borders which stretch for many miles 

 along the shores of Long Island Sound. 



R. G. Hanford. 



"Croweaniuu doesn't like to be di»- 

 turbed. It is very slow to move after 

 dividing and re-potting, and stimulant 

 should not be given until it gets to 

 growing. Then it needs it in liberal 

 quantity." That's the word of R. G. 

 Hanford, of Norwalk, Conn., one of the 

 cleverest plantsmen engaged in the 

 florist business. Like all successful 

 gardeners, Jlr. Hanford Is as ready to 

 learn as he is to impart advice and 

 now he'd like to get a tew practical 

 pointers on propagating Ficus pandur- 

 ata of which he has a quantity of 

 single-eye cuttings which have been 

 -well-i'ooted for a year but refuse to 

 make a sprout. One ot the handsom- 

 est carnations houses imaginable is to 

 be seen Iiere. It is of Lord & Burn- 

 ham construction, cement benches, 

 with tile bottoms, planted with carna- 

 tions .Tuly 31, which have not been 

 permitted to form a bud, so far. The 

 adaptability of the house and efiicacy 

 of the treatment are well in evidence. 

 Here is also a house of crotons that 

 even Robert Craig would doff his hat 

 to — up-to-date varieties and grown to 

 perfection. A series of frames filled 

 with jardiniere ferns supplements the 

 range of gi-eenhouses and a fine garden 

 invites attention from the passer-by. 



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This is one of the best kept retail 

 establishments in Connecticut and we 

 think its owner is making money. 



Fillow Cut Flower Company. 



This Urm, successors to Fillow & 

 Banks, at Westport, Conn., are re- 

 erecting a rose house 29 x 160, which 

 has been moved from another location. 

 My Maryland appears to be very hap- 

 py in the soil of Westport and Killarn- 

 ey is also looking luscious. Stanley 

 Fillow, who is the active ingredient in 

 the company, is very enthusiastic 

 about his scarlet carnation Juanita, 

 which after six years of testing, he 

 will send out this season. They will 

 plant 10,000 of this vari-ety for their 

 own use. Carnations are grown here 

 principally on shallow benches. One 

 house. 35 x 200, locks particularly well. 

 A somewhat unusual crop planted in 

 this place to succeed chrysanthemums 

 is pansies. They are grown and mar- 

 keted in straight colors and Mr. Fillow 

 asserts that they are a good paying 

 crop. 



which are capable of taking care of 

 150.000 cut roses, and a reserve main 

 sieam pipe has been put through the 

 houses to use in case of emergency. 

 John Pritchard is still at the helm 

 in charge of the rose-growing depart- 

 ment of this big place and it appears 

 in even finer condition than at a corre- 

 sponding date last year. The daily 

 shipments are from 15,000 to 25,000 

 roses. This represents only about half 

 the capacity of the place as Mr. Pritch- 

 ard's system is to start the season with 

 the houses cut back at varying dates 

 so as to bring them into crop in rota- 

 tion. 



ROSES AT AUBURN, R. I. 



The Budlung establishment at Au- 

 burn, R. I., has been enlarged this sea- 

 son by the addition of about 40,000 sq. 

 ft. ot glass devoted to roses My Mary- 

 land and Richmond. My Maryland has 

 been looking extra good up to the pres-. 

 ent time. Stock planted the 10th of 

 May has yielded up to the present time 

 to, 000 flowers from 5,000 plants, and 

 these have run extra good quality. Mr. 

 Pritchard says that if this house will 

 keep going at the rate it has been it 

 will not owe anything after the 1st ot 

 January. Kaiserins have also done ex- 

 tra well and are still looking fine. A 

 house that they planted out of pots last 

 year gave so good results that they are 

 trying the same this year. They have 

 dropped some Brides and Bridesmaids 

 and have increased Killarney half as 

 much more, including White Killarney. 

 Three new ice boxes have been built 



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