Sbptembeb 22, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



849 



pointed ends downwards through the 

 sphagnum near the edge of the thumb 

 hole, and they will hold themselves in 

 place. 



Arrange a loose spray of Golden Gate 

 rosea according to the rule for making 

 clusters and trail the same along among 

 the brushes, the tip at the top of the 

 group of brushes, and the stem end 

 drawn through the thumb hole. Tie the 

 stem end under the palette to the frame. 

 Let a few of the roses in the stem «nd 

 fall downward toward the edge of the 

 piece. Add a long spray of delicate 

 green toward the tip of the cluster. 



Trimming the Easel. 



Bunch some purple, light pink and 

 white asters with wood ferns, in a loose, 

 round cluster and tie with heavy wire 

 around the base of the right upright of 

 the easel, as shown in the illustration. 

 Continue the line of decoration with 

 smaller groups of asters up the right 

 side of the easel, allowing the flowers to 

 stand out away from the edge of the 

 frame. Let them have an- independent 

 swing all the way up. Only wire them 

 securely, so that nobody can say that 

 your art is impracticable. Do the same 

 with the fern leaves. A bunch of long- 

 stemmed Shasta daisies is tied over the 

 right end of the cross bar of the easel. 

 These could be just as well stemmed in 

 groups of two or three and inserted on 

 the edge of the palette frame, with the 

 same airy freedom allowed the asters. 

 The group of wood ferns on the top of 

 the right upright are merely set in the 

 hollow bamboo, as in a vase. 



This piece well illustrates the principle 

 that a design itself should represent 

 some object or idea, and must be made 

 distinct, and then can be trimmed lav- 

 ishly. This design is appropriate for an 

 «xhibition piece, or foT the funeral of an 

 artist, or one who is a patron of art in 

 any line. Gertrude Blair. 



FLOWERS BY TELEGRAPH. 



Put a neat sign in your window : * ' Fu- 

 neral or gift flowers delivered by tele- 

 graph anywhere in the United States." 

 When you have taken an order refer to 

 the page of "Leading Betail Florists" 

 in the Beview and select a man to whom 

 to telegraph the order. You will find it 

 a very satisfactory source of new busi- 

 ness. 



WITH B OSTON G ROWERS. 



John McFarland, North Easton, Mass. 



John McFarland, of North Easton, has 

 two nice houses of Cainot roses from 

 which he is cutting good quality blooms. 

 He has over 12,000 single-stemmed 

 chrysanthemums which look well. One 

 of his special favorites is Mrs. E. D. 

 Adams, which he considers an ideal yel- 

 low for the trade. A batch of 2,500 

 Mrs. Thirkell is grown for late yellow 

 blooms. A bench of 400 Cypripedium in- 

 signe looked well. Some 1,500 poinset- 

 tias are grown in benches for Christmas 

 trade. Lilies, sweet peas and lily of the 

 valley are other specialties, 75,000 of the 

 latter being grown. 



Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass. 



The name of Peter Fisher, of Ellis, 

 Mass., is known to every florist in the 

 United States and Canada as that of the 

 originator of Lawson, Enchantress, Mrs. 

 Patten, Governor Wolcott, Nelson Fisher 

 and other choice carnations. The end of 

 August is not the best time to visit 

 Ellis, but an inteiesting specialist like 



An Artist's Palette on an Easel. 



Mr. Fisher, who has achieved such signal 

 success in late years, is always worth 

 calling on. We found the carnation 

 houses all filled with thrifty stock, a 

 good deal of which had been grown in- 

 doors all summer. Flamingo looked very 

 well and Mr. Fisher thinks highly of it. 

 His stock had all been grown indoors. 

 He stated that another prominent grower 

 had not succeeded at all with it grown 

 under glass. Lady Bountiful, White 

 Lawson, Boston Market and Wolcott are 

 grown as whites. The first named and, 

 indeed, all other sorts where grown in- 

 side, were immensely superior to plants 

 from the field. Nelson IMsher, Mrs. Pat- 

 ten and Enchantress are grown in quan- 

 tity. Some fine flowers of the last named 

 were being picked. 



A batch of 500 Gibson Beauty looked 

 very promising. Another bench of a 

 new white claimed our attention. This 

 Mr. Fisher assured us was a great im- 

 provement over Wolcott, a superior 

 flower in every way, which should stamp 

 it as a winner. A fine new house 33x300 

 has just been completed, with all mod- 

 ern improvements. It is an even-span, 

 which Mr. Fisher considers much the 

 best. 



A house of seedlings, mostly on trial 

 for the second year, will shortly be very 

 interesting. We noted dozens of labels 

 with mysterious hieroglyphics denoting 

 the numerous crosses. They include about 

 every conceivable color. One especially 



fine one is in the way of Enchantress, 

 but two or three shades deeper in color. 

 Asparagus Sprengeri and tomatoes are 

 also grown here, but carnations outweigh 

 all else in importance. Wp observed 

 signs of horticultural progress in Mr. 

 Fisher's youngest son, who was experi- 

 menting with a bench of watermelons in 

 one house. May he prove a valued aid 

 to his worthy father. 



Thomas Roland, Nahant. 



One of the best all around plantsmen 

 supplying the Boston market is Thomas 

 Eoland. While perhaps best known for 

 his striking success with Begonia Gloire 

 de Lorraine, he grows a large assortment 

 of other plants and grows them all well. 



Mr. Roland 's compact greenhouse plant 

 comprises some 40,000 feet of glass, every 

 foot of which is made to count. Pot 

 plants are being grown more extensively 

 here each year and will no doubt event- 

 ually displace bench stock altogether. The 

 first house to attract our attention on a 

 recent visit, was one containing 1,200 

 cyclamen, beautiful stock grown in deep 

 pans in lieu of pots and intended for 

 Christmas trade. Poinsettias are grown 

 in quantity and pans were being filled 

 with several stocky little plants each, in 

 which way they sell the best. Euphorbia 

 jacquiniffiflora is also well liked, but is 

 found less easy to root.' Erica hyemalis, 

 E. persoluta alba and E. Mediterranea are 



