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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Bedding at Cedar Court, Morristown, N. J., Requiring 40,000 Plants. 



iii^' thoin seocis to jjrow nt liomc nnd 

 pii/cs for tlie best results of their fulti- 

 vation. 



Arbor day plantiiiw is a most lauiiable 

 feature in our scliool work, it is a gala 

 (lay for tlie childroii. and earnest I v do 

 they enter into its spirit and heart ily en- 

 joy it. It familiarizes them with trees 

 and the importance of forestry. 



There should be a village improvement 

 society in every town to encourage and 

 advise in the beautifying of the iMnne 

 grounds and the systematic jdaiiting of 

 street trees. Many practical men, for tlie 

 asking, would most gladly advise them in 

 this matter. In fact the.se practical talks 

 by practical horticulturists should lie 

 sought and encouraged by soci.al clubs, 

 lioards of trade and village societies, and 

 tl'ey should be free to everybody. .\nd a 

 Oiost educating influence are village or 

 town flower shows and exhibits ot win- 

 dow plants. And my experience ir. tiiis 

 line is emphatically in favor ot fliese 

 shows and exhibits being gotten up at the 

 expense of the town, and free to e'.ery- 

 bedy, and no jtrizes given. .Make it a 

 S(,'cial affair and have good music. 



Our <-hurches can do mncli good Mork. 

 A Sunday in June is children's day and 

 it is a [)erfect flower feast. In many of 

 oui churches every (hild in the Sunday 

 school is presented with a jiotted plant 

 to take home and grow. And thus the 

 seeds of floriculture are being sown. 



Our daily press and too our local coun- 

 try weekly newspapers can do a great 

 'le;il in disseminating useful horticul- 

 tural knowledge and reaeh pe<iple that 

 neither agricultui'al nor hmticultural 

 I'eiiddicals ever get to, but it is right 

 hi'ic where the eyes of y<pnr .assoriatioii 

 uiiist be th(> shai'pest. Vnu should pre- 

 I'lU'e the matter for tiiese papers, (ir ii;i\e 

 ■I gotten ufi by <-iiia|ieteiit men. so limt it 

 •^I'all be the concise, plain, helpful truth. 



-\nd our seedsmen, florists and uuvsery- 

 nieii can hel|) most mightily. If they pre- 

 ['■ire leaflets giving the proiiei- cultural 

 'leatnnMit of th(^ several plants or .seeds 

 •j'ey sell, and enchise oi' pack these with 

 'he goods, uhat an aid it wnnld be to 

 il.eii' cnstomersi 



I'l: Soto, Mo.— The llibbert Floral 

 ' o has recently renuived its jihiee of 

 ■'•'siness fo Main and Fletcher streets, 

 "lie of the best locations in tlie citv, 

 !'i'd added G,000 feet of glass. 



A JERSEY ESTATE, 



<'edar Court, ]\I(u-i-istown, X. J., is 

 one ot the most beautiful estates in 

 .Vnierica. It is the properly of (Jtto II. 

 Kaim, of the firm of Kuhn. l.oeli ^ < 'o., 

 the bankers who financeil the late 

 Japanese Avar hjan, and snni<^ idea ot its 

 value may be idealized when it is known 

 that ]\li'. Kalin has refused a million 

 dollars for the projierty. It consists of 

 L'OO acres of rolling lani!, of which 

 fifty acres are ntilizo<l , eiitii(dy as a 

 lawn, its natural l)eauty in hill and 

 dale faithfully preserved. One hundrecl 

 acres of natural forest remain. The 



James Eraser. 



fSiiperiiiteiuionl ;a Cedar Cimrt. Morrisiuu n, N .1. 



mansion is one of the finest in the coun- 

 try and from it-- portals the \ ista 

 stretches for forty miles. An Italian 

 gardin is in |iiocess ot' const iiu't ion that 

 will not be completed until llto.". An 

 eigliteen hole golf course is a ]>art of 

 the uni(jue addenda to the iawii and a 

 piit'ectly e(|ui|iped modern f;irm with 

 dairy and ail con\"eniences adds to the 

 interest cd' tiie whole. 



.Ml this ha~ lieen acr-ouipllshed witliiri 

 six vi'ars, with ;ni unculti\ated farm 



a> the liasis. A range .d.' orchid, rose, 

 Carnation and 'mum houses was erected 

 in lS)o;i and the stock in them is in 

 splendid c(.ndition. The ehrvsan- 

 themums were espe,i;illy good and" cap- 

 tured many ])remiiims 'at Hio recent 

 exhibitions. The illustrations accom- 

 panying this Itrief note show the sunk- 

 en flower garden with 40,(li)(i jdants and 

 the courtyard and lily pond. 



dames Fraser has beiMi sujierinteudent 

 of the e.stato since 19(10 and un. ler his 

 tlirecfion the work has iieen successfully 

 eompleted. Mr. Fraser has ha. I a horti- 

 cultural experience of many years with 

 some of the nobility of Scotland and 

 Kngland and comes 'of a race of Scot- 

 ti.-h gardeners dating Ij.-ick to the time 

 et the Fren?h revolution, lie has four 

 Sims in the loofession and is still n 

 young and vigorous man. in iove with 



llis work, devoted to its de\-elopiilejit 



and known among his > freres an 



"I'aier ^.ardeniensis. " the father of 

 gardeners. J. At;.STiy SllAW. 



CYCLAMEN. 



I'leasc outline the liesi treatment ]'..r 

 c\(lanien in bud. (\ ]>_ ^ 



arc throwing u[i 



1 f your cyclanii'i 

 healthy buds, there is iiotliiiio- to do buV 

 keep ijiem }-r(.c of apliis by frequent 

 li,i:ht fuiuigatini: and in:,,orii --tciiis 

 among the pots, (ii\,. H,,.,,, ■,, id^i,, tem- 

 perature of on to .".." deorees, a light 

 s|U-aying on every bright morning ami 

 the fullest light. If your plants are in 

 •" imdi or ti-iiudi pots and tlie buds are 

 forward enough to be in bloom in a 

 month or so. then ,|oii "t atiiMiipt to shift 

 'hem. If in \ inch pois ;i|id the buds 

 only jnst appearing, voii can ^Idfi into 

 o imdi or (i inidi pot- it' tli,.v h,.,.,! a 

 larger pot. \v. S, 



.\i.i.i;xTo\vx. r.\.— .\. 1;. lilNwoith lias 

 hiid a cement sidewalk all about hin 

 place, which has a froniagi' of SDI feet. 



F.I KiAi.o, \. ^". AVni. Scott, ^\ho has 

 been ill f,,r sonu- days. ||,is liecn i-onfined 

 to his bed this week but hopes to be up 

 ag;iiu within a few ijays. 



F.i;.\TOX 1I.\i;r(ii;, .Mich.— -F. L. Torn- 

 i|uist has moved to his mnv jdaco at 10.'j 

 nden street, where he will grow ]dants, 

 including stock for the spriio-f trade. 



