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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



OCTOBEB 6, 1904. 



ent believer in grafting all Lis tea roses 

 and the beds of Maids and Brides and 

 some late introductions of grafted stock 

 compared with a few hundred of each 

 on their own roots showed a marked 

 strength of growth in tavor of the for- 

 mer. Whatever question there is about 

 the cut from these grafted roses the 

 whole season through, there can be no 

 mistake that up to January at least they 

 will give a bigger and a better crop 

 of flowers. 



Two large propagating houses pleased 

 me very much, because they are con- 

 structed on what we think is just the 

 right principle, not a steam pipe to be 

 seen, but when weather demands it, 

 hinged doors are opened along the sides 

 of the boarded up benches and that is 

 top heat enough. At present large quan- 

 tities of excellent valley were being cut 

 from these benches. 



Altogether this is a model place, run 

 by a strictly business man and everything 

 is produced to supply the firm's fine 

 store on King street. W. S. 



CANADIAN CUSTOMS. 



A new customs regulation took effect 

 October 1. A new form of invoice is re- 

 quired, of which two copies must be 

 filed. It states, besides the quantity and 

 kind of goods, the fair market price of 

 the goods when sold for consumption at 

 the place from which exported, and the 

 actual selling price to the purchaser in 

 Canada. Attached to the invoice must be 

 the following certificate: 



I, the undersigned, do hereby certify as lol- 

 lows: 



(1) That I am the exporter of the gooda in 

 the within Invoice mentioned or described. 



(2) That the said invoice la in all reapecta 

 correct and trne. 



(8) That the said invoice containa a trne and 

 foil statement showing the price actually paid 

 or to be paid for the said goods, the actual 

 qaantlty thereof, and all charges thereon. 



(4) That the said invoice also exhibits the 

 fair market value of the said goods at the 

 time and place of their direct exportation to 

 Canada, and as when sold at the same time 

 and place In lilce quantity and condition for 

 Itome consumption, in the principal markets 

 of the country whence exported directly to 

 Canada, without any discount or deduction for 

 cash, or on account of any drawback or bounty, 

 or on account of any royalty actually payable 

 thereon or payable thereon when sold for home 

 eonsumption, but not payable when exported. 

 or on account of the exportation thereof or for 

 any special consideration whatever. 



(5) That no dlfiferent invoice of the goods 

 mentioned in said Invoice has been or will be 

 furnished to any one. 



(6) That DO arrangement or understanding af- 

 fecting the purchase price of the said goods 

 has been or will be made or entered into be- 

 tween the said exporter and purchaser or by 

 any one on behalf of either of them, either by 

 way of discount, rebate, salary, compensation, 

 or in any manner whatsoever other than as 

 shown in the said invoice. 



It will be well for all shippers of 



goods into Canada to take notice of these 



new regulations in order to save their 



customers time and trouble in claiming 



their goods. J. Gammage & Sons. 



SHADING, 



Do the following need shading in 

 winter: All kinds of flowering bego- 

 nias, especially B. rubra ; kcntias, arecas, 

 chamaerops and crotons, three kinds. 



J. R. M. 



"What are the winter monthst We 

 sometimes have fine, mild weather un- 

 til the first of December and. then 

 again, too often "winter lingers in the 

 lap of spring." We will suppose the 

 inquirer means by winter the months 

 of November to March. If so, then the 

 question is easy to answer. 



No, bv no means do anv of those 



plants mentioned need any shade what- 

 ever during those months and you also 

 might safely include the month of 

 October, with the exception of the 

 arecas. All the palms mentioned can 

 be plunged outdoors during the hot- 

 test months of summer if not neglected 

 for water. Crotons make fine foliage 

 beds in the broad sun and too much 

 shade, even in summer, is the curse 

 of most all the flowering begonias. 



The writer has more than once ex- 

 pressed his opinion that many florists 

 are too late in removing shade in the 

 fall and too late in applying it in the 

 spring. We have not yet arrived at 

 an. inexpenrive means of a^djustable 

 shading that can be used on a large 

 scale. It will be a blessing when we 

 do. Many plants would be benefited by 

 a shading on bright days in March and 

 greatly impaired by the same shading 

 on wet, dull days in May. W. S. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The early days of October have 

 brought a decided improvement in 

 the tone of the cut flower market. Car- 

 nations are getting better. They are 

 firmer in price and in brisk demand, 

 the Flower Market reporting some 

 good shipping orders. Chrysanthemums 

 of excellent quality are coming in more 

 freely. S. S. Pennock received 400 

 fine blooms on Monday. The varieties 

 are Polly Rose and Glory of Pacific. 

 Edgar & Co. are receiving the former 

 variety, while Wm. Swayne, of Ken- 

 nett,, is sending Mrs. Kalb, white, and 

 Polly Rose to W. J. Baker. Beauties 

 are in demand, but tea roses and val- 

 ley lag a little. 



The departemnt stores are now open- 

 ing a new set of departments prop- 

 erly decorated. Foliage plants, wild 

 smilax and other greenery, dahlias, 

 cosmos and the last of the hydrangeas, 

 many colored, including the bronze of 

 decay, are the principal materials used. 

 Saturday saw great political activity. 

 The Wm. Graham Co. had a handsome 

 dinner at the Union League at which 

 Beauties, Liberties and other choice 

 flowers were used. Then there were 

 decorations at the Academy of Music, 

 Academy of Fine Arts, the Manufact- 

 urers' Club and other places. This 

 week Pennock Bros, decorated Van 

 Sciver's furniture store opening in 

 Camden with wheat, com, greens and 

 foliage plants, a typical harvest-home 

 decoration. Hugh Graham had deco- 

 rations at Blum Bros.', the Bingham 

 House and several weddings. J. J. 

 Habermehl's Sons had another deco- 

 ration at Wanamaker's. 



West Grove. 



After a short drive, during which the 

 question whether or no Patrick's fidelity 

 to the hitching post should be rewarded 

 by a dinner of oats was finally 

 flecided in the affirmative — these cor- 

 poration men yield so gracefully — the 

 Inn was reached. Here a substantial 

 dinner was fully enjoyed, mine host of- 

 fering his best cigar by way of cash 

 discount — gladly accepted by Mr. Con- 

 ner but declined by the pipe-loving Phil 

 — coupled with a cordial invitation to 

 come down in the summer and spend a 

 week. 



The rejuvenated Patrick soon brought 



the buggy to the famous place of the 

 Dingee & Conard Co., where in a sub- 

 stantial oflice building the visitors found 

 Joseph Lynch, the secretary and mana- 

 ger, who received them most kindly. 



The prompt interference of Mr. Con- 

 ner prevented Phil from seating himself 

 in a capacious scrap basket supposed to 

 be an easy chair and after a short chat 

 the two proceeded to tour the place. 



There are seventy houses devoted to 

 roses planted out in benches, grown for 

 propagating exclusively. A fine shed 

 runs the length of the place, the houses 

 opening on it from both sides. Four 

 Ericsson hot air engines keep up a 

 strong pressure of rain water in the 

 pipes. The party were joined by the 

 foreman, Edward Parker, an old ac- 

 quaintance of the Penrose Nurseries, 

 later with Samuel S. Pennock, who point- 

 ed out with pride a shed running at 

 right angles to the main one. It was 

 filled with a few million pots, dizzy num- 

 bers, neatly stacked ready for the young 

 rose plants. This shed, but a few years 

 old, has already paid for itself in 

 breakage saved. 



The rose plants were in good growing 

 condition, full of breaks, promise of 

 good cuttings in plenty. The method of 

 handling is very interesting. The plants 

 from 2-inch pots are planted out in 

 benches, containing about four inches 

 of soil, at a distance of about twelve 

 inches. From each of these plants an 

 average of one dozen young plants is 

 produced. At the end of six months the 

 parent plants are potted up into 4-inch 

 pots. The benches are cleaned, refilled 

 and another lot of 2-inch roses planted 

 out. So on every six months. The soil 

 in the benches is never used for potting 

 up stock but always thrown out. Some 

 samples of young stock struck this 

 spring were thrifty and full of vigor. 



A theory advanced by Mr. Lynch and 

 supported by Mr. Parker, that a single 

 plant of one variety in a bench of some 

 other sort always outgrows the rest, no 

 matter what the varieties may be, was 

 vigorously combatted by Phil. They 

 said it was a fact. The reasons could 

 be surmised but not easily explained. 

 Phil thought these wanderers gained 

 strength by the passing of the cutting 

 knife. No small rose likes to be chop- 

 ped up. Who can give the true reason? 



Outside were great rows of frames 

 with muslin or cheese-cloth covers look- 

 ing like soldiers' tents at an encamp- 

 ment. These frames were full of young 

 rose cuttings which, though they would 

 be ready for potting before these notes 

 are in the hands of the Review readers, 

 were considered a good risk. The frames 

 appeared to have manure under the sand 

 to give bottom heat, the shading cloth 

 being two or three feet above the glass. 



On the way out another trip was taken 

 back to the houses to see the baby 

 rambler. Mme. Norbert Levavasseur, a 

 cross between Crimson Rambler and 

 Glorie de Polyantha. A diminutive plant 

 fit for a .3-inoh pot and fifteen blooms. 

 It gives promise of being a dwarf Eas- 

 ter plant of merit. The company is pre- 

 paring to work up a large stock of it. 



After a cordial farewell from their 

 hosts the Philadelphians turned Pat- 

 rick's head toward Avondale, out over 

 the new macadam road which Mr. Lynch 

 has done so much to secure under the 

 new road law. One dollar for six hours 

 antl a half of Patrick's time seemed so 

 good that Mr. Conner added a quarter 

 for a cigar — these Lord & Burnham peo- 



