January 16, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



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])ress in the Windy City gave much space 

 to describing a new place tliat dovotes 

 its entire space to growing a single va- 

 riety of rose, Mrs. Charles Kussell. There 

 were 33,000 plants, all told. It was con- 

 sidered a bold venture and it was under- 

 stood to have been most successful. 



What a surprise, then, to find that 

 Victor Groshens has 60,000 Mrs. Charles 

 Russell growing on his place at Glenside! 

 Just think of it, 60,000 plants of this one 

 variety of rose, none too easily propa- 

 gated. Strangest of all, the three minors 

 had their accredited representatives 

 within a stone's throw of this great 

 sight on their famous peace tour, and 

 they never knew it. Do you wonder that 

 they are still the minor papers? 



It so chanced that Mr. Groshens was 

 absent from Glenside on that sunny 

 afternoon. The 60,000 Russells were 

 there, bearing silent but eloquent testi- 

 mony to Mr. Groshens' work. The 

 houses looked neat and clean, the plants 

 healthy; not a plant of any other va- 

 riety was in sight. 



Mr. Groshens' standard greenhouse is 

 an iron frame of perhaps 29x500 feet. 

 Each house contains three beds, each 

 six feet wide. The beds are solid, with 

 concrete sides. There are six rows of 

 plants in each bed. The rule of the place 

 appeared to be to give every respectable 

 shoot one pinch and to keep ahead of 

 the tying. The result was a large pro- 

 portion of fine flowers borne on stems of 

 good length and a total absence of 

 crooked stems. 



The impression given by Mr. 

 Groshens' place is that when a grower 

 grows a first-class variety really well, 

 he can do better with his whole place in 

 that one variety than he can with a 

 mixture, but he must know a first-class 

 variety and he must grow that variety 

 well. 



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The street has always said that Victor 

 Groshens made his work tell. Certainly 

 the large place and the excellent order 

 it displayed proved that this reputation 

 was deserved. 



The cultural point of especial interest 

 was the comparatively small portion of 

 the plants that have been flowered for 

 Christmas and for midwinter. Not one- 

 half, at a guess. This may have been 

 due to the fifty per cent fuel restriction. 

 It probably was, as several houses ap- 

 peared to have been cut back and 

 started up into active growth at the 

 end of November or at about the time 

 the embargo was lifted. The appear- 

 ance of things gave the impression that 

 Mr. Groshens felt absolutely confident 

 in Mrs. Russell 's ability to pay her board 

 in the summer or at any other season of 

 the year. This impression was strength- 

 ened by a large house not yet cut back, 

 which had evidently been producing 

 freely throughout the summer and fall. 



The place is the place of a man who 

 possesses skill, confidence and determina- 

 tion in a marked degree. 



Various Notes. 



Alfred M. Campbell has leased the 

 Ellenwood Greenhouses of E. F. Whit- 

 mer, at Dresher, Pa., from April 1. 



Edgar W. Bayley is manager for J. 

 Henry Bartram, of Lansdowne, Pa. 



W. E, Mills, of the State Nursery Co.,^ 

 Inc., Helena, Mont., was one of our 

 notable guests last week. 



Joseph G:. Neidinger believes that a 

 high tariff will make going abroad for 

 florists' supplies in future unnecessary. 

 Mr. Neidinger favors such a tariff to 

 protect the home industry, which haa 

 been steadily growing for the last four 

 years. 



It was pleasant to have W. E. Mc- 

 Kissick here again. 



George Aeugle entertained a party of 

 out-of-town florists at his home last 

 week. 



Edward Neville spoke before the Ger- 

 mantown Horticultural Society in the 

 Library building in Vernon park Janu- 

 ary 13. 



Henry F. Michell made his reappear- 



