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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JUNE 16, 1904. 



about 150 Primula obconica grandiflora 

 which is a fine thing and ought to be 

 more grown for cut flowers. The sten\s 

 are about fifteen inches long and blooms 

 all winter, seeds to be sown in March. 

 Mr. Hale thinks they would do even bet- 

 ter in benches. A good deal of bulbous 

 stock is used. Mr. Hale showed us ever- 

 greens twenty feet high which he move<.l 

 three years ago and not a single tree 

 was lost. They showed a" growth of 

 twenty inches from the same year. He 

 believes in moving evergreens in winter 

 with a frozen ball. Ilex crenata is 

 planted as a hedge in an irregular shape 

 from the residence to the road and kept 

 very low. This looks better for fancy 

 hedge than anything we know of. 



Our next visit was to James Loeb's 

 and Jacob H. Shiff's place, and we met 

 the superintendent, Mr. Kettel. This is 

 quite a new place. There is a fine Italian 

 garden and in one of the greenhouses 

 are some Brides and Maids which are 

 three years old on raised benches and bet- 

 ter biooms were never grown around 

 here. About 25,000 bulbs are forced here. 

 A house 60x60 full of bedding stuff is 

 used later for chrysanthemums. 



Bordering on this place is the exten- 

 sive estate of W. F. Havemeyer, Hugh 

 McCarren, gardener. This also is a new 

 place and beautifully laid out. There is 

 not much glass here except for bedding 

 stock and a palm house. 



There are about forty-five private es- 

 tates along the Rumson, adjoining each 

 other, beautifully laid out and well taken 

 care of, which make these surroundings 

 one of the finest in New Jersey. 



B. 



AMERICAN PEONY SOCIETY. 



Tlie attendance was disappointingly 

 small at the meeting of thci American 

 Peony Society at New York June 8 and 

 y. Among those present were C. J. Mal- 

 loy, of Ellwanger & Barry, Rochester; 

 Wm. A. Peterson, of Chicago; E. A. 

 Beeves, of Cleveland, and J. U. Humph- 

 reys, Philadelphia, but most of the rest 

 of the attendance was local. C. W. 

 Ward presided. The discussion liad al- 

 most wholly to do with the disentangle- 

 ment of peony nomejiclature. The com- 

 mittee reported that it had compiled a 

 descriptive list of some ],100 distinct 

 varieties and several promises of addi- 

 tional descriptions were made.' It was 

 proposed to plant a trial ground under 

 the supervision of Prof. John Craig, at 

 Cornell University. 



There was some discussion on time of 

 planting, blight, the use of lime and other 

 questions. It was thought that holding 

 the meeting in conjunction with that of 

 the NurserjTnen 's Association would .it- 

 Iract a largen- attendance next year. Th^ 

 matter was left with the directors. C. 

 W. Ward was re-elected president and 

 all the other members of the board of of- 

 ficers were returnf<d save that T. E. Smith, 

 of Gemeva, N. Y., succeeds C. S. Harri- 

 son as a director. Prof. Craig was ap- 

 pointed chairman of the nomenclature 

 committee and J. H. Humphreys of the 

 press committee. 



The exhibition was not what had been 

 anticipated, but Mr. Ward staged a 

 splendid collection of 200 varieties and 

 was awarded the $50 gold medal. C. 

 Betscher, of Canal Dover, sent a large 

 exhibit and Siebrecht & Son were well 

 represented. Other exhibitors were tlio 

 Andorra Nurseries, Frank Gould and 

 Sunnyside Greenhouses. The exhibition 



was in conjunction with that of the 

 Horticultural Society of New York, 

 which included many seasonable things 

 of interest. • 



NEBRASKA PEONIES. 



We are in receipt of blooms of fifty 

 varieties of seedling peonies from J. F. 

 Rosenfield, the peony specialist, of West 

 Point, Neb. The colors range from 

 lightest pinks to the darkest reds, with 

 some of exceptionally bright color in 

 which the size and form of flower is ex- 

 cellent. A number of Mr. Rosenfield 's 

 seedlings have been under test for some 

 time and will shortly be put on the mar- 

 ket. The size of bloom, foliage and 

 robust growth show that he certainly has 

 good soil and is this season enjoying the 

 same favorable conditions in which 



Photographs. 



CEND a picture of your place 

 to the Review for publica- 

 tion* 



CEND a picture of any well 

 executed floral desigfn or 

 decoration. 



CEND a picture of any well- 

 2rown specimen plant or 

 house of plants. 



The photographs need not be any- 

 thing more than good* **sharp" pictures* 

 that is clear in detaiL Be sure to write 

 your name and address on each one. 



peonies are luxuriating in many sectionn 

 this year, but with him the blooming sea- 

 son was fully two weeks late. 



Vegetable Forcing. 



Market gardening has reached the cor- 

 porate stage at Chicago, the Craig Vege- 

 table Co. having been incorporated bv 

 Asa H. Craig, M. A. .Afergentheim and 

 Wm. A. Chadwick. 



NEW YORK, June 11. — Receipts for the week 

 at New York pier, 3,892 crts. cabbages, 16.890 

 beans. 3,547 peas, 34,946 cucumbers, 22,235 to- 

 matoes and 3.759 various. lAt Jersey City, 1,834 

 asparaKUS, 13,310 bskts. peas, and 345 Tarlous. 

 Ky Old Dominion steamer. 23,354 cabbages, 

 21,898 beans. 3,405 peas. 2.093 New Orleans 

 onions, and 866 various. By Sayannab steamer, 

 4.672 pkgrs. Asparagus was very scare at tbe 

 close, and prices advanced sharply. Beets 

 were easier and lower. Musbrooms were quiet. 

 Fancy peas Arm. Wax beans dull and weak. 

 Tomatoes of fancy quality were firmer. Hot- 

 house cucumbers are selling at 45@56c per 

 dozen. Lettuce l3 plentiful and weak. 



HOTBED AND HOUSE. 



In trying to economize time and ma- 

 terial, I have been endeavoring to con- 

 struct a plan of a vegetable forcing 

 house that I wish to use as a hot-bed 

 for the first year and would like some 

 information as to its advisability. I am 

 able to get glass at a very reasonable 

 rate, but have not the time nor the means 

 to erect a completely equipped forcing 



house this year, but am in need of hot- 

 beds for starting early vegetable plants 

 for outdoor planting. As I expect to 

 put up a vegetable house next year, 

 would it be economy to use the glass in 

 temporary sash for one season and then 

 transfer it to the new house next year? 

 Could I build a forcing house and use it 

 as a regular hot-bed with horse manuro 

 for heating, and would such a plan be ad- 

 visable? W. K. 



I must say that a combination hotbed 

 and forcing house does not altogether 

 strike my fancy and I would advise the 

 subscriber to try and complete his house 

 if possible. But, of course, one has to 

 go according to his means. As the old 

 saying goes, "No one knows where the 

 shoe pinches, but the one who wears it." 

 Of course the plan he suggests could 

 be tried and might serve the purpose all 

 right. If the soil were excavated deep 

 enough to allow of three feet of manure, 

 and if this were well packed, I should 

 think it would retain enough heat to pull 

 through early vegetable plants, providing 

 it was not stafted before the beginning 

 of March. 



I do not think it would be economy to 

 use the glass in temporary sash for the 

 first season and then transfer it to the 

 new house next year; I would rather be 

 in favor of procuring the sash and keep- 

 ing them as such ; they are very convenient 

 to have around, as they can be used 

 for the raising and protection of numer- 

 ous subjects and if the subscriber means 

 to go into the raising of vegetable plants 

 they would be almost a necessity for the 

 hardening off of those plants, which hard- 

 ening off is very essential before the 

 plants are transferred to the open air. 



W. L. Cboydon. 



RECEIPTS FROM CUCUMBERS. 



Based on Boston wholesale prices for 

 cucumbers, about what should the gross 

 receipts for a season or a year be for 

 an even-span house 24x120 and twelve 

 feet to ridge if properly handled? ■ 



W. B. S. 



Such a house ought to produce in the 

 neighborhood of 15,000 cucumbers in the 

 .season. Prices fluctuate so in Boston, as 

 in other places, that it is hard to give 

 an exact estimate, but a fair average, 

 taking the season all through would be 

 about 7 cents per fruit, which would give 

 gross receipts of $1,050. 



W. S. Croydon. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



The market has settled early into its 

 usual summer quiet. The excessive heat 

 and enormous shipments of flowers last 

 week to the wholesalers simply hastened 

 the inevitable. From now until after 

 the S. A. F. convention there can be but 

 little improvement. 



Peonies are everywhere, at the exhi- 

 bitions, in the streets, on the counters 

 and worse than all else, in the ice boxes 

 unsold. Even at 50 cents a hundred on 

 Saturday there was no demand. The 

 stock was superb, but even a New York 

 market cannot withstand the cyclone of 

 oversupply. A good deal of the rose 

 stock is inferior. Water lilies are ar- 

 riving from Lecakes' Connecticut pond 

 and are of fine quality. 



The extreme high temperature of the 



