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HORTICULTURE 



June 12, 1920 



Among other things we saw at the 

 Wanamaker residence at Jenkintown, 

 June 2nd, was a nice lot of L<os An- 

 geles rose in bloom in the open border. 

 This beats Lansdowne by three or four 

 days — and Lansdowne is further South 

 — sixteen miles as the crow flies at 

 least. Can't understand that. It ought 

 to have been the other way about. We 

 will have to let John Dodds and Sam 

 Pennock thrash out the why and 

 wherefore. Something needs explain- 

 ing. Is it soil, exposure, or what? 



Percy B. Rigby, manager of the Pen- 

 nock wholesale market in New York, 

 paid us a visit June 3rd. We notice a 

 change in him in the last fifteen years. 

 He is a world traveled man, of wide 

 experience and we've always looked up 

 to him. Europe, Asia, Africa and 

 America — he has seen them all. But 

 still the good old AVilliam Penn, Phil- 

 adelphia Quaker, at least, so we 

 thought, until we heard him say damn 

 about some of the doings in New York. 

 I said gosh Percy you better not let 

 your president hear you talk that way. 

 Pooh, says he. what do I care, these 

 ginks in New York wouldn't under- 

 stand you unless you talk their lan- 

 guage. It's a story and I hate to tell it. 

 Hope the president does not see this. 

 He is such an ardent enthusiast in 

 carrying Philadelphia refinement of 

 manners into all his business dealings 

 the world over — New York included. 

 More power to him. They all need it 



The Joseph Heacock Co. have been 

 having a great run on palms recently 

 and their staff at Wyncote is being 

 kept on the jump filling orders from 

 far and near. Mr. Gould the manager 

 here, told us on a recent visit that the 

 demand had been particularly brisk 

 lately on the specimen sizes of Bel- 

 moreano and Forsteriana from twenty 

 to fifty each. The smaller sizes are 

 also going off well. 



The Rodman Wanamaker and John 

 Wanamaker estates at Jenkintown are 

 in the pink of condition just now 

 and their display of Rhododendrons, 

 Peonies and other seasonable flowers 

 are worth going a long way to see. 

 John H. Dodds, the superintendent of 

 both estates, deserves credit for the 

 clean cut perfection of everything and 

 the visitor is agreeably surprised and 



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delighted more especially in these days 

 when many of our wealthy men have 

 been sadly pinching their country es- 

 tates. The past winter has been a 

 hard one here on many things espec- 

 ially on Arbor Vitaes, Thuyas and 

 other evergreens. The Blue Spruces 

 glisten like an icefield in the sun. Old 

 Boreas gets the merry ha ha from the 

 Blue Spruce. Nothing can touch it. 

 Azaleas have suffered a good deal and 



the Rhododendrons here and there. 



Frank Ross and Mark Mills with 

 their families started for the Poconos 

 on the 5th inst. They expect to be 

 gone about three weeks. They will 

 make their headquarters at Hotel Cart- 

 wright, Mt. Cresco, Pa., during their 

 stay. We wish them all a good time 

 and hope the trout fishing will he up 

 to all expectations. 



