September 27, 1919 



H O IIT [CULTURE 



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George Watson's 

 Corner 



"You in .your little corner uiuj 1 in mine." 



Following up my notes of last week 

 on noteworthy early flowering dahlias 

 to be seen now at the Dreer Nurseries 

 at Riverton, N. J. make special star 

 marks on a few more. These are not 

 yet in commerce to any extent but are 

 all in the front ranks and look like 

 winners for popular esteem: 



Henry R. Wirth: Bright red cactus. 



Mme. Eschenauer: Refined white 

 and pink cactus. 



Fernand Olivet. Mahogany-red cac- 

 tus. 



Mme. A. Lumier: Decorative, white 

 and pink. 



George Walker: Immense giant 

 cactus, salmon-fawn and pink. 



Frau Geheimrath Scheiff: Extra 

 fine bronze hybrid-cactus. 



Epoch: Large deep carmine giant 

 cactus. 



Fantasie: Unique salmon-pink cac- 

 tus. 



Kaiserin Augusta: White decora- 

 tive. 



Joseph Roches'. Crimson-carmine 

 cactus. 



Marquis de Pomsck. Bronze foliage, 

 deep mahogany cactus. 



Nerissa: Clean rose pompon. 



Mr. E. H. Michel, the Dreer dahlia 

 enthusiast and the writer, have had 

 many friendly bouts over Finnan 

 Haddies and St. Louie Sculpins and 

 things like that but I deny ever hav- 

 ing spelled his name with a "k." That 

 unforgivable insult was perpetuated 

 by an insect in Boston called a printer, 

 and that he was not promptly swatted 

 and annihilated by the proof-reader 

 brings the latter also before the bat of 

 judgment. The sentence is that the 

 printer be hung but that the other be 

 let off this time as he was doubtless 

 not himself on account of the police 

 strike and the doings around Scollay 

 Square. But if he sin again — "Faugh 

 a Ballagh." 



I asked Edwin J. Fancourt for his 

 picture the other day. Said he hadn't 

 had one "took" for at least 20 years. 

 That's just like lots of our live busi- 

 ness men — they are so ultra modest. 

 But he was quite willing to hand us 

 a picture of two of his youngsters; 

 Helen, aged seven, and Edwin, aged 

 three. Evidently he considers them 

 of far more importance than their 

 papa. Maybe we would also if we had 



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walked the parlor with them nights 

 as often as he has. Anyhow, they are 

 nice looking youngsters and I pass 

 them along to the lime light. When 

 they grow old enough they'll realize 

 they have high ideals to live up to to 

 make good on all the fond hopes of 

 their parents. 



No AVomler Mr. Fancourt is Proud of 

 Them 



Among the roses now coming to the 

 cut flower market the Columbia is 

 holding front rank. The growers have 

 been very successful with it and are 

 sending in some splendid cuts. Pre- 

 mier and Russell are a bit off crop for 

 the time being, but American Beauty 

 is beginning to show up again in bet- 

 ter shape. The dahlia market has 

 opened up in good form and there are 

 ample supplies of fine flowers. Asters 

 are not so plentiful and really fine 

 flowers may be put on the scarce side 

 and bring good money. Carnations 

 are beginning to show up again but 

 are not yet much of a feature. The 

 earlier flowering chrysanthemums 

 have made their appearance and add 

 variety to the daily offerings. Tri- 

 tomas are plentiful and are popular in 

 decorative work where autumn effects 



are desired. The same may be said 

 of hydrangea heads which have now 

 assumed their deep and pleasing fall 

 shadings. Cosmos, eupatorium, statice 

 and delphinium are in good supply and 

 there are also plenty of such items as 

 tuberoses, rubrum lilies, cockscombs 

 and snapdragons. 



Prank M. Gaul of the Ross Flower 

 Store is receiving congratulations as 

 the originator of the happy idea of 

 presenting General Pershing with an 

 armful of Columbia roses from the 

 florists of Philadelphia on the day of 

 the Pershing parade, Sept. 12th. With 

 the Philadelphia boys Gaul and Grake- 

 low and Habermehl and Pennock and 

 Fancourt and many others working on 

 that and other features of "Say it with 

 Flowers" that day, the Parkway was 

 a gay scene and the applause over the 

 event came from a hundred thousand 

 spectators. Marie Auegle and Hazel 

 Matthews, the youngsters who pre- 

 sented the roses to the general, will 

 cherish the Pershing kiss fragrant in 

 their memories as the morning dew, 

 as long as memory lasts. They will 

 probably be bragging about it fifty 

 years from now — like a celebrated 

 Mayor of Philadelphia of fifty years 

 ago used to preen himself of having 

 danced with Queen Victoria when he 

 was a member of the American Lega- 

 tion in London. That was Mayor 

 Vaux, and he was a familiar figure on 

 Chestnut street when I came to Phil- 

 adelphia thirty-one years ago. And he 

 was some Beau Brummel — believe me. 

 William Burns Smith, who came later, 

 may have been a "Dandy Mayor," but 

 he wasn't in it for "get up" with Mayor 

 Vaux. 



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