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HOETICULTUEE 



November 6, 1915 



LONG ISLAND PLANT GROWERS 



Twice In each year the New York 

 and New Jersey Plant Growers parti- 

 cipate in an inspection tour of the 

 various establishments where green- 

 house plants are grown for the New 

 York florist trade, spending a day 

 among the Long Island places and an- 

 other day one week later with tlie 

 New Jersey growers. The visit to 

 Long Island took place last Friday, 

 starting at Long Island City and fin- 

 ishing at Platbush. The party com- 

 prised A. L. Miller, J. H. Fieser, Julius 

 Roehrs, Harry Dreyer, George Scott, 

 Alfred Zeller, John Birnie, H. C. Stein- 

 hoff, L. Schmutz, Jr., Harry Schmutz, 

 W. H. Siebrecht, Jr., Henry Baumann, 

 Paul Fischer, Chas. Koch, Jos. Bau- 

 mann, H. A. Wagner, Jr., C. Madsen, 

 K. Christensen, Anton Schultheis, Jr., 

 Herman Schoelzel. T. B. De Forest 

 and W. J. Stewart. The growers visit- 

 ed were A. Schultheis, College Point; 

 Louis Dupuy, Dreyer Bros, and Keller 

 Company, all of Whitestone; H. D. 

 Darlington and Louis Enne, Flushing; 

 John Miesem, Elmhurst: A. L. Miller, 

 Jamaica; H. A, Wagner, John Scott, 

 Louis Schmutz. Chas. Koch and Chas. 

 Zeller & Son, all of Flatbush, BroSk- 

 lyn. After a glimpse of these thirteen 

 establishments — or rather, twelve, for 

 Miesem grows only lilies — one is 

 moved to marvel how or where this 

 prodigious stock of Boston ferns, 

 ericas, poinsettias, ardisias, cyclamen, 

 primulas, genistas, pot chrysanthe- 

 mums, azaleas, solanums. dracaenas, 

 oranges, begonias, pandaniises, ficuses, 

 g.nd the long list of less abundant 

 things is ever marketed. Even the 

 nsitsng growers themselves were 



razed at the stupendous aggregate 

 ericas and Boston ferns of all the 

 Ifppular forms that confronted them in 

 fills little trip around one limited sec- 

 fion of the great metropeflitan district, 

 azaleas have been coming in freely 

 and there will doubtless be enough of 

 them for both Christmas and Easter 

 for most of the plants were received 

 in good condition. Judging from the 

 number of young ardisias coming on in 

 several of the larger places there will 

 be no scarcity of this favorite next 

 year. 



One of the prettiest sights was 

 a house of Jerusalem cherries at 

 Schultheis' place that fairly sparkled 

 with the myriads of berries, and also 

 we cannot pass without mention of 

 one of several houses of chrysanthe- 

 mums in 6-inch pots — the best the 

 writer ever saw. Here and at Du- 

 puy's, Keller's and Darlington's, are 

 ericas — principally melanthera — that 

 must number high in the hundreds of 

 thousands, in all sizes from "finger- 

 lings" up to 6-year-old giants 4 to 5 

 feet high, of which Keller shows a 

 whole house. Darlington has exten- 



sive ranges of frames filled with count- 

 less ericas and heated by subterranean 

 boilers. Besides the extensive plant 

 houses filled w ith the highest-class 

 stock in the country, the Keller Com- 

 pany has quite an acreage of outside 

 nursery. At Louis Dupuy's, Mr. Dupuy 

 being absent at the funeral of .Mrs. 

 Dorval, Mrs. Dupuy did the honors. 

 At Dreyer's it is ferns, ferns, ferns. 

 and plenty of dwarf poinsettias and 

 heavily fruited oranges, among other 

 things. Louis Enne has an imposing 

 range of houses, including a large new 

 house just completed by Hitchings & 

 Co., for sweet peas. Good taste is dis- 

 idayed in the planting of the entrance 

 and driveway of Mr. Enne's place with 

 lilacs, rambler roses and other fine 

 hardy material. 



A. L. Jlille.r's establishment is a 

 never-resting hive of activity. Men 

 and wheelbarrows everywhere and the 

 houses and grounds are the picture of 

 neatness. There are four new houses 

 of Lord & Burnham construction and 

 heating. Mr. Miller is trying out the 

 new Salvia Greggii in all conceivable 

 ways as a future pot plant for the 

 Christmas holidays. C. H. Wagner 

 and John Scott have no end of ferns. 

 There are veritable forests of them, 

 and the "Home of Scottii" bids fair to 

 hold its prestige for a long time yet. 

 C. H. Wagner. Jr., is a shining light in 

 the Wagner place, where cement walls 

 and other improvements are being in- 

 stalled. Louis Schmutz has two places 

 in Flatbush and both were visited. 

 One is the old Meisner place and it is 

 a pleasure to go through an establish- 

 ment where artistic arrangement of 

 the stock is so much in evidence. Zel- 

 ler's is another place where one is im- 

 pressed with the neatness and scrupu- 

 lous care which count for so much. 

 Young ferns and promiscuous plant 

 stock are the specialties. At Chas. 

 Koch's callas are a special crop and 

 are blooming well already. 



It was quite a privilege to see 

 all these lucrative • establishments 

 in the short space of a late October 

 day. Separated as they are, a trip of 

 such extent would be impossible were 

 it not for the now indispensable auto- 

 mobile, a luxury that is no burden to 

 the prosperous Long Island grower. 

 A sumptuous mid-day repast, presided 

 over by that master of the art of mas- 

 terful diplomacy, A. L. Miller, presi- 

 dent of the association and frank and 

 ingenuous friend to all who come, w-as 

 enjoyed at Middle Village. 



THE SEVEN BEST CARNATIONS. 



Will you kindly publisli iu HORTICt'L- 

 TURE seven of tlie very best carnations 

 grown for tlie marl^et, iu order according 

 to value, iucluding size, prolific growing, 

 and value on tile market? 



Tliauking you, Verv truly. 



M. B. 



Ijong Island, N. Y. 



WHITE. — 1st, White Perfection. 2nd, 

 Matchless will take its place after we 

 get on to its little trick. 



White Wonder with some people 

 pays better than White Perfection. 



LIGHT pi.xK. — 1st. Enchantress Su- 

 preme or Gloriosa. 2nd, Alice looks 

 good to me but have not had it long 

 enough. 



u.\RK pi.NK. — 1st Winsor or Good 

 Cheer. 2nd, Ward is very good every 

 way except prolificacy; makes not 

 enough flowers and splits sometimes. 



SCARLET. — 1st, Beacon. 2nd, Herald 

 does well, but in winter Beacon is 

 better. 



CRIMSON. — 1st, Harry Fenn. 2nd, 

 Pocahontas. 



v.\RiEG ATEii. — 1st, Benora. 



The above have so far always paid 

 their board and mine when properly 

 handled. They are my favorites; other 

 growers liave theirs. 



G. Thommen. 



Billerica, Mass. 



The Providence Journal for Sunday, 

 October 24, devoted the greater part 

 of an entire page to an illustrated 

 story about George L. Stillman, the 

 noted dahlia grower of Westerly, and 

 his products. Mr. Stillman is looked 

 upon by most of the dahlia specialists 

 as invincible in the shows. 



The value of horticultural merchan- 

 dize arriving at the Port of New York 

 for the week ending October 23. is 

 given as follows: Clover seed, $14,78.3; 

 grass seed, $1,187; fertilizer, $665. 



Our records would show the follow- 

 ing varieties to be the best seven in 

 the order named: Beacon; Enchan- 

 tress Supreme; White Wonder; Beno- 

 ra; White Enchantress; Pink Delight; 

 Gloriosa. 



This refers only to the return per 

 plant in dollars and cents as the mat- 

 ter of size, number of flowers pro- 

 duced, value in the market all con- 

 tribute to this same end. 



The variety Matchless has not been 

 taken into consideration in making up 

 this list nor has the old variety En- 

 chantress. We question if the variety 

 Enchantress would make a place, but 

 Matchless might, depending on the 

 locality where it is grown. 



L. J. Reutek. 

 Westerly, R. I. 



Answering your inquiry, my experi- 

 ence has been that the following are' 

 the best paying carnations in the mar- 

 ket: White Wonder, White Enchant- 

 ress. Enchantress Supreme, Pink De- 

 light, Mrs. C. W. Ward. Dorothy Gor- 

 don, Beacon. 



Yours. 



E. W. Fexg.\r. 

 Irvington, N. J. 



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