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Max 21, 1914. 



in the growing of roses, both plants 

 and blooms, and aimed to be in the 

 front rank not only in the quality of 

 the stock grown in the standard varie- 

 ties, but also in the introduction of 

 desirable new sorts. 



TEMPLIN'S PELABGOmUMS. 



The sight of 50,000 pelargoniums, all 

 potted up, covered with innumerable 

 blooms, is one not to be met with every 

 day, and is, therefore, the more strik- 

 ing. These pelargoniums, shown in the 

 accompanying illustration, in one of 

 the greenhouses of S. C. Templin, at 

 Garrettsville, O., are not the old-fash- 

 ioned kind, whose blooms were con- 

 spicuous by their absence, but the new 

 ever-blooming Easter Greeting, which 

 he holds in high esteem. The photo- 

 graph, taken by the H. J. Alford Co., 

 wholesale florists, of Garrettsville, Jioes 

 not indicate how striking was the ef- 

 fect; nor can it give any idea of the 

 beauty and symmetry of the individual 

 plants. The value of the plant to flo- 

 rists, however, lies in the fact that it 

 is easy to grow and in its ever-bloom- 

 ing qualities, for it does not cease after 

 it has come into full bloom for Easter, 

 but continues on through the summer. 

 It is as good for Memorial day as for 

 Easter. Mr. Templin has great confi- 

 dence in this new pelargonium, and has 

 gone to the extent of erecting a large 

 house especially for it. 



LLEWELLYN OF OLEAN. 



Eegardless of occasional references in 

 the masculine gender to Llewellyn, 

 Florist, at Olean, N, Y., the man behind 

 the guns in this concern is a woman, 

 Mrs. E. A. Llewellyn. This, true to the 

 doctrines promulgated by present-day 

 suffragettes, militant and otherwise, has 

 been no bar to her success in the green- 

 house business. In 1899 she started with 

 one house, 21x110 feet, and added an- 

 other, 23x110, in 1902. There have since 

 been many additions and improvements, 

 until now Mrs. Llewellyn has a good- 

 sized range, which, for appearance and 

 quality of stock turned out, would not 

 be easy to beat. 



Mrs. Llewellyn gives as the prime rea- 

 son for her success in the selling end 

 the fact that she does not attempt to 

 work her customers, but tries to work 



for them. This, she found, induced her 

 patrons to work for her by bringing her 

 new customers. 



The foreman and grower at the range 

 has been for the last two years William 

 Tenney, and to him is due some of the 

 credit for the good condition of the es- 

 tablishment and of the stock. Some of 

 the stock may be seen in the illustra- 

 tions on page 37, one of which shows the 

 house of geraniums and another a house 

 of carnations as they appeared this 

 spring. The carnation house has in it 

 at present 2,600 plants, from which have 

 been cut so far 15,800 blooms, and there 

 are prospects for as many more. 



FIELD PLANTING. 



Runners of Princess of Wales or any 

 other single violets, if well rooted in 

 flats or benches, can go outdoors at any 

 time now. Choose, if possible, a cool, 

 moist day in which to set them out. Al- 

 low twelve inches between the plants in 

 the rows and twenty-four inches be- 

 tween the rows, for hand cultivation. 

 The ground in which these violets are 

 planted should be well manured and 

 deeply spaded. Given these conditions 

 and proper cultivation, the plants should 

 be of ample size in the fall. Of course, 

 most of their growth is made after the 

 cool nights of August arrive. 



Double violets are a little more deli- 

 cate than singles and possess less vigor. 

 Delay planting them out until a few 

 days after the singles. They can be 

 planted nine inches apart in the rows 

 and the rows themselves can be eighteen 

 inches apart. Some growers prefer to 

 grow their doubles under glass all sum- 



mer. This answers well where no other 

 crop is grown and where the houses 

 have movable sashes. Most growers, 

 however, cannot aflEord to depend on 

 violets alone, but grow a crop of vege- 

 tables for the summer, or sweet peas 

 or even early mums before replanting. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Everybody is optimistic and the gen- 

 eral opinion is that "the worst is over." 

 There have been seven lean weeks, and 

 according to tradition there should now 

 be seven fat ones, including Memorial 

 day and the month of roses and wed- 

 dings. The outlook is surely brighter, 

 and there should be a steady market 

 until July. 



American Beauties last Saturday were 

 firm and sold at better prices than a 

 week before. Some fine selected stock 

 sold at $30 per hundred. There was a 

 scarcity of this quality and, in fact, 

 of nearly all kinds, with the possible 

 exception of Killarney. Larger ship- 

 ments are; expected before the close of 

 the presSit week if the sky continues 

 clear an^;the warmer weather prevails. 



There oould not be finer carnations* 

 than those now reaching the New York 

 market. Mrs. Ward is especially bril- 

 liant and commands the highest prices. 

 Three dollars per hundred, however, was 

 top for the best of them, and for any- 

 thing ordinary half and less of this 

 quotation was gladly accepted. Valley 

 continues fairly steady, and lilies are 

 scarce and higher. Nothing worth at- 

 tention sold under $4 per hundred, and 

 some long-stemmed stock rose as high 

 as $8 per hundred. Outdoor valley is 

 arriving, and some lilies from Florida. 



In orchids, gigas alone commands a 

 satisfactory figure, good blooms selling 

 Saturday at $60 per hundred. Of Mos- 

 siae there is an abnormal supply, and 

 prices are down to $25 per hundred and 

 under. There are few gardenias arriv- 

 ing and prices have doubled. The same 

 may be said of callas. There is a great 

 abundance of lilac, the south no longer 

 being the only source of supply. 



Summer is now advancing with rapid 

 strides. In two weeks or less the ram- 

 blers will be in flower. The supply of 

 tulips and daffodils is rapidly decreas- 

 ing. Plenty of iris, gladioli, daisies, 



PeUrgonium Easter Greeting in the Greenhouse of S. C. Templin, Garrettsville, O. 



