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The Florists' Review 



October 2, 1919. 



W. B. Jones, superintendent Highwood 

 cemetery, Pittsburgh, Pa. z-^"^- 



At the meetings papery fvere read by 

 leading members on pertinent and vital 

 subjects pertaining to cemetery man- 

 agement and decoration and later were 

 discussed. Illustrated lectures were 

 given on the construction and mainte- 

 nance of roads, on the preservation and 

 encouragement of useful birds and wild 

 animals and the most successful meth- 

 ods of destroying insect pests that are 

 injurious to trees and other vegetation. 



Local Cemeteries Visited. 



The local cemeteries of Cincinnati 

 and the neighboring ones of Kentucky 

 were-visited and much information in 

 practical details gleaned from them. It ■ 

 is in these visits that the members of 

 the association can see and compare 

 methods of procedure in the manage- 

 ment of cemeteries, obtain suggestions 

 of how to improve on present ways of 

 doing work at home, get hints on labor- 

 saving devices, find out what are the 

 best kinds of trees, shrubs, vines and 

 other plants to use and how to plant 

 and arrange them most appropriately 

 and effectively in their own grounds. 



It was late in the season to see trees 

 and shrubs in good condition, for they 

 had begun to defoliate. Besid,es, they 

 have passed through the ravages of the 

 17-year locusts^nd have suffered from 

 a severe drpuglit.' Among the best seen, 

 however, seemed to be the oaks, cucum- 

 ber tree, Norway maple, ginkgo, sweet 

 gum, white birch, linden, tulip tree, 

 Chinese varnish tree, native ash and 

 beech. 



Among shrubs in bloom Desmodium 

 penduliflorum was fine; so too were the 

 chaste shrub (vitex) and buddleias. In 

 the way of ornamental berried shrubs 

 a large number were in showy fruit; 

 namely, the white snowberry, high-bush 

 cranberry and its relative. Viburnum 

 dilatatum; rugosa roses, several haws 

 (Crataegus) and, brighter and fuller 

 than anything else, the common dog- 

 wood, laden with coral-red fruit — what 

 the birds had left. 



At Spring Grove Cemetery. 



Some rockery effects at Spring Grove 

 were beautiful. Over the rocks and 

 clinging to them were the creeping 

 evonymus, European ivy and the min- 

 iature form of the Boston ivy (ampe- 

 lopsis) ; between the stones were creep- 

 ing phlox, bushes of Japanese yew, 

 yuccas, dwarf junipers and the like, 

 with a host of hardy flowering plants^ 

 giving blossoms all the summer through. 

 European ivy, creeping evonymus, 

 Japanese spurge (i)achysandra) and 

 lily of the valley carpeted nooks planted 

 with evergreens; in fact, one of the 

 most beautiful tracts of this kind was 

 lined in front with a belt of the purple 

 drooping lantana (tender) in full bloom. 



Prostrate or spreading rose bushes, as 



Wichuariana, Crimson Rambler, Lady 



Gay and Dorothy Perkins, were freely 



yiised; of course, these were not then in 



' bloom, but in their mass of fresh, glossy 



foliage they were quite pretty. 



A long and wide border was bril- 

 liantly colored with a host of hardy 

 plants, such as small -flowered sunflow- 

 ers, crimson sedum, chelone, physos- 

 tegia, second-crop delphiniums, late 

 phloxes, white eupatorium, Japanese 

 anemones, the better goldenrods, pur- 

 ple and pink New England asters, and 

 others; and for brightness' sake, to 

 these was added a great amount of fill- 



ing in the way of scarlet salvia, celosias, 

 cosmos, petunias, marigolds, etc. 



William Falconer. 



MAYWOOD, ILL. 



Beady and Confident. 



Maywood, one of the chief growing 

 centers for the Chicago market — the 

 stock all is sold in the commission 

 houses there — is ready for winter, con- 

 fident that it will be one of the best 

 the growers ever have had. 



To one who has known Maywood, cer- 

 tain changes are of more than momen- 

 tary interest. In the first place, the 

 carnation has disappeared. There are 

 three or four smaller places which may 

 still grow a few carnations, but the big 

 ranges grow roses; there are two grow- 

 ers whose crops are mums and peas, but 

 the average visitor will get the impres- 

 sion that rose production must have 

 proved itself the really profitable end 

 of the business. 



The passing of certain old favorites 

 also is sure to strike those who knew 

 the place in other years. Maywood 

 once was famous for its Beauties, but 

 now there isn't a Beauty plant in the 

 town. Nor can one find Killarney or 

 Killarney Brilliant. Richmond, too, is 

 gone, and with it Ward and Sunburst. 

 There are only two places that have any 

 red and only one that has white, about 

 five per cent of its total planting. Not 

 only has Maywood become a rose cen- 

 ter, but its rose factories produce prac- 

 tically nothing but pink. It is worth 

 thinking about. 



Albert F. Amling Co. 



As Mohammed would not come to the 

 mountain, the mountain went to Mo- 

 hammed — and the A. F. Amling Co., 

 this summer, went to the railroad. It 

 was accomplished by buying the land 

 between the greenhouses and the Soo 

 Line and the construction of a spur 

 nearly half a mile in length. It was 

 finished in time to make possible the 

 unloading of this season 's fuel from 

 the cars direct to the boiler room. The 

 improvement cost $20,000, but the cart- 

 age bill has been several times $1,200 

 a year. 



Albert Amling, founder and presi- 

 dent, gives most of his time nowadays 

 to the affairs of the Maywood and Mel- 

 rose Park banks, of which he is vice- 

 president, leaving the greenhouse man- 

 agement to his second son. Otto Amling. 

 The latter gives this as the season's 

 planting list: 



Mrs. Kusspll 70.000 plants 



Oi>)i«-lin .5(»,OnO plants 



Columbia 35,000 plants 



Premier 20.000 plants 



White Killarney 13.000 plants 



Milad.v 11.000 plants 



Misoellaneous 15,000 plants 



Total 214,000 plants 



Consider, please, that the records 

 show eighteen flowers per plant for 

 Russell, twenty-s«ven flowers average 

 for the other old favorites and thirty- 

 five for white because not pinched. 

 Thus it can be figured that, if Premier 

 does only as well as the others, here are 

 in sight '.5,306,000 roses for the Chicago 

 market this year! 



A new Randall cooling room was put 

 in this summer, also a Kroeschell ice 

 machine. There are a number of other 

 new things on the place. One of them 

 is a visitors' register; the first name in 

 it is that. of A. L. Vaughan. Another 

 novelty is six mallard ducks, said to be 



fond of sow bugs and adept at catching 

 grasshoppers. Also, out in front Otto 

 Amling is remodeling the old family 

 residence, built in 1889, making of its 

 sturdy timbers a handsome modern 

 home. 



Weiss & Meyer Co. 



The only Maywood grower to add new 

 glass this season was the Weiss & Meyer 

 Co. A pipe-frame house was built, 

 36x375, containing seven 42-inch 

 benches, a new idea. The new house 

 caHed for a new brick stack, 5x125, 

 which is something of a landmark. The 

 glass exposure at this place is almost 

 exactly 101,000 square feet. The space 

 is given to the four roses most popular 

 in the Chicago market. "What are 

 they?" Why, everybody ought to 

 know that by now. They are Columbia, 

 Russell, Premier and Ophelia, although 

 it still is unsettled as to the sequence 

 of the first three. There are 20,000 

 Premier here and of course you will 

 note that two of these roses are of Hill 

 raising, while a third was brought from 

 England by Mr. Hill. The stock, ex- 

 cept for Premier, is all from one to 

 four years on the benches. It is in 

 fine shape and a large part of it is 

 being timed for Christmas. One point 

 is worth noting: Henry Meyer does not 

 care for tankage, used in large quanti- 

 ties by other Maywood growers; he 

 hustles to get cow manure, 



Weiss-Spandlkow Co. 



Maywood boasts one new concern this 

 season, the Weiss-Spandikow Co., or- 

 ganized by the interests associated with 

 the Weiss & Meyer Co. and the E. C. 

 Amling Co. The first rose was cut 

 September 26. The new range is on the 

 north edge of the Maywood greenhouse 

 colony, adjoining the Soo Line tracks. 

 There is a big brick service building, 

 four iron-frame houses each 36x400 

 and, off to the south, open ground in- 

 viting the early addition of about eight 

 more such houses. They are costing 

 now about $10,000 apiece. In the serv- 

 ice building are two Sterling water- 

 tube boilers and a double set of vacuum 

 and water pumps. The water is raised 

 from 265 feet under ground, a 4-inch 

 stream, by compressed air. In the 

 houses are two roses only. Premier and 

 Milady. Wm. Spandikow made a rec- 

 ord with Milady while grower for 

 Frank Schramm, at Crystal Lake, tak- 

 ing over $3 per plant in the ten 

 months, July 1, 1918, to May 1, 1919, 

 and, when he took charge for the com- 

 pany in which his name appears he 

 benched as many Milady as he could 

 find plants. Both varieties have made 

 good progress, in spite of being benched 

 before the houses were finished, and 

 some splendid roses are expected from 

 this place this season and especially 

 next year, after the plants attain size 

 and strength. 



W. H. Amling 's Sons. 



Walter Amling, oldest son of the late 

 Wm. H. Amling, is a comparatively 

 joung man, but one of many interests, 

 .^specially since he started the big proj- 

 ect at Pana, 111. Consequently he has 

 turned his place over to the active 

 management of his younger brother, 

 Martin, and occupies his time with gen- 

 eral supervision of the family affairs. 

 Martin Amling was in Ohio last week, 

 on a vacation made possible by the re- 

 turn of August Frega from his errand 



