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The Florists' Review 



Sepxembke 9, 1915. 



Train Operators at End of Run on the Myers & Samtman Short Line. 



field alongside the track. What is 

 not removed from the cars by tip- 

 ping is easily taken out with the 

 hoe. It is not much, more of a job 

 to refill the houses. When the cars are 

 on the tracks on the benches, they can 

 be shifted on the trucks so that the soil 

 can be distributed where it is wanted. 

 The watch showed that ten cubic yards 

 of soil was distributed and leveled in fif- 

 teen minutes by thirteen men. 



"A wonderful energy -saver " is the 

 description of the road by the officers. 

 "The dread in looking forward to re- 

 planting is, at Myers & Samtman, a thing 

 of the past. The wheelbarrow has been 

 discarded except in the smallest houses. 

 When replanting is finished, the men are 

 all ready for the fall campaign instead of 

 being fagged. The matter of economy, 

 while it is important, is of secondary con- 

 sideration compared to the energy that is 

 conserved in the force." 



BOCHESTEB FLOWER SHOW. 



Draws Large Attendance. 



The Rochester exposition and flower 

 show, formally opened by the mayor 

 August 30, has attracted large crowds. 

 September 2, over 22,000 people were 

 present, a record-breaking attendance. 

 September 11 will be closing day. 



The flower show is a new attraction. 

 No efforts were spared on the part of 

 the committee to make it a success. 

 The building in which the show is be- 

 ing held is elaborately decorated with 

 nearly 100 cases of southern smilax. 

 Hanging from the girders are eleven 

 large baskets of smilax and wistaria 

 blooms. The floor space of over 20,000 

 square feet is well filled by the ex- 

 hibitors. Thousands of spikes of 

 gladioli and large quantities of an- 



nuals and perennials are shown. Con- 

 sidering the time of year, the displays 

 of roses were exceptionally fine on ar- 

 rival, but the warm weather soon 

 spoiled them. There are no prizes of- 

 fered for any exhibit, but the amount 

 of good advertising obtained amply re- 

 pays the exhibitors. There are twenty- 

 four exhibitors, each of whom has 

 ^Tiade a fine showing. 



Dreer's Lily Pond. 



Probably the center of attraction is 

 the lily pond, which measures thirty- 

 six feet in diameter, surrounded by a 

 rockery, filled with ferns, fancy-leaved 

 caladiums, etc. The fountain is 

 fringed with Cyperus Papyrus, the 

 Egyptian paper plant; Thalia dealbata 

 and Acorus Japonicus variegatus. Bor- 

 dering these are nelumbiums, Egyp- 

 tian lotus, in a variety of colors. The 

 pond is filled with the greatest assort- 

 ment 6f water plants ever assembled in 

 this section. Prominent are the blue 

 nymphfieas of Zanzibar. This beautiful 

 pond is mainly the work of Henry A. 

 Dreer, Inc., of Philadelphia, and is in 

 the charge of their representative, 

 John S. Hay. 



This same firm is responsible for an 

 excellent exhibit of decorative plants, 

 which includes araucarias of various 

 sizes, Adiantum gloriosum, Cocos Wed- 

 delliana, Cibotium Schiedei, crotons of 

 numerous varieties, Pandanus Vietchii 

 and utilis. Phoenix Roebelenii, Poly- 

 podium Mandaianum. A half-dozen 

 well colored pineapples have attracted 

 much attention. This display is in the 

 personal charge of James J. Karins. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co., of Boston, 

 have a good exhibit of gladioli, lilies 

 and heather, with water color paintings 

 of their special lilies. Wm. Bersher, of 

 Boston, is in charge. 



Pierson's Boses. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell, 

 Conn., have a good showing of palms 

 and ferns, as well as an elegant dis- 

 play of cut roses, which are received 

 daily, of such new varieties as Hoosier 

 Beauty, Lady Alice Stanley, Wm. Ran- 

 dolph Hearst and Red Radiance. The 

 firm also shows fine Golden Glow mums 



BETABDINO PAPEB WHITES. 



How should the bulbs of Paper White 

 narcissi be kept in order to have a suc- 

 cession of three or four crops during 

 the late fall and winter? I have been 

 storing the bulbs in a cool, dark cellar, 

 intending to make different plantings, 

 but I have been obliged to plant them 

 in two or three weeks, because the 

 growth was too strong and I feared 

 that if I did not plant them they would 

 become worthless. W. B. — Mich. 



Nothing is gained by unduly delay- 

 ing the planting of Paper Whites. 

 Plant them in flats and store them in 

 as cold a cellar as you have. The 

 plants can be kept back just as well 

 in this way as by attempting to keep 

 them out of the soil, and the longer 

 they are out of the soil the poorer their 

 quality will be. I have no trouble in 

 keeping Paper Whites until the end of 

 February in a cold cellar. These are 

 potted as soon as received and are 

 brought along in batches, the first flow- 

 ering early in November. C. W. 



The Fast Freight on the Myers & Samtman Short Line. 



