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HORTICULTURE 



May 14, 1910 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Wm. J. Miitli has severed his con- 

 nection with the Philadelphia Cut 

 Flower Co. 



Cattleya Schroederae offered last 

 week by Alphonse Pericat should have 

 read 55, not 35 dollars per case. 



Alphonse Pericat will build a 21x72 

 lean to facing the south, for Dendro- 

 bium Palaenopsis, etc. Lord & Burn- 

 ham have the contract. 



The date for the peony show of the 

 Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has 

 not yet been fixed. It will proBably 

 be either Saturday, the 21st, or Tues- 

 day, the 24th inst. 



Gladiolus America and May are 

 especially fine at present and meet 

 with ready sale. These and the shrub- 

 by calceolaria are prominent features 

 in many of the big stores at present. 



Among those from Philadelphia who 

 will attend the big orchid show in 

 Boston, the following are reported at 

 this writing: Robert Craig, G. C. Wat- 

 son, Joseph Heacock, James Griffin, 

 and Alphonse Pericat. 



The amateurs of the main line will 

 hold a flower show at the Merlon 

 Cricket Club, Haverford, Pa., May 28th. 

 David Rust, secretary of the Pennsylva- 

 nia Horticultural Society has been ap- 

 pointed one of the judges. 



A. L. Jones, of the Pennock-Meehau 

 Co., has just returned from a sojourn 

 in Washington, where he has been 

 superintending the branch establish- 

 ment of the firm during the illness of 

 Mr. Moore. The latter is happily 

 quite recovered again and back in har- 

 ness in good shape. 



The new pot hanger illustrated in 

 the Rice adv. in our present issue, is 

 revolutionizing the art of economically 

 and artistically displaying pot plants 

 in windows, porches, conservatories, 

 etc. Costs next to nothing, is adaptable, 

 effective, lasting and cheap and is be- 

 ing used by the thousands in the up- 

 to-date centers. 



Samuel J, Irvine returned to his 

 old position on the 8th inst. as super- 

 intendent of the Grovedale green- 

 houses of Louis Burk, at Fisher's lane 

 and Wyoming avenue. This is a com- 

 mercial place growing a general stock 

 but making a specialty of orchids, 

 Mr, Burk is an enthusiast in the latter 

 flower and owns a fine collection as an 

 amateur, as well as marketing his sur- 

 plus, 



J. Liddon Pennock argues that the 

 growers, through their agents, the 

 wholesalers, make a mistake when 

 they try to get a bigger price for any- 

 thing on special occasions like 

 Mothers' Day, Easter, Christmas, etc. 

 That any profit coming from such be- 

 longs legitimately to the retailers. 

 That the retailer has the whip hand 

 and can make or break the popularity 

 of any flower. That when they ad- 

 vertise a thing and boost it, the profit 

 and expense are both theirs — so what 

 right has the grower to share? 



Alphonse Pericat says that his part- 

 ner Mr, De Buck has had a very suc- 

 cessful collecting season in South 

 America the past six months and has 

 sent already several fine consignments 

 of Schroederae and Tiianae which have 

 arrived at Collingdale, Phila,, in fine 

 condition. An offering of a part of 



these will be found in this issue, A 

 nice lot of Dendrobium formosum has 

 also arrived, Mr, De Buck is expected 

 to arrive in this country in a few 

 weeks, 



Raymond Kester, an old and experi- 

 enced employee of the big retail busi- 

 ness of Pennock Bros,, gives valuable 

 advice as to keeping peony blooms 

 from drooping. He says to plunge 

 them up to the neck in water in a 

 deep vase. The trollius or globe flow- 

 er is another trying subject. But it 

 generally comes up the second day all 

 right. Lilacs and peonies keep best 

 if partly stripped of the foliage. Keep 

 the foliage fresh in a vase separate 

 from the blooms and use as required. 



PERENNIALS FOR SPRING PLANT- 

 ING. 



Replying to a query taken from the 

 "Question Box" at the last meeting of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club of 

 Boston Frederic J, Rea named the fol- 

 lowing varieties of herbaceous peren- 

 nials which do better if planted in the 

 spring. 



Anemone japonica varieties, hardy 

 chrysanthemums, doronicums, eula- 

 lias, gaillardias, gerbera, heucheras. 

 Iris germanica. Iris Kaempferi, Iris 

 pumila, Papaver orientalis, pents- 

 temons, potentillas, Pyrethrum rose- 

 um hybrids, stokesia, tritomas, Can- 

 terbury bells, foxgloves and holly- 

 hocks. 



Of the above list the following can 

 be safely planted in August: Doroni- 

 cums, Iris germanica. Iris pumila, pa- 

 pavers, potentillas. pyrethrum, Can- 

 terbury bells and foxgloves. 



