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DiSCEMBER 15, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



J 99b 



Dicotyledon— (dI-kot-i-l6'don) . 

 Dictamnua— (dik-tam'nus) . 

 Dieflenbachia — (de-fen-bak'i-a) . 

 . 1 JMelytxa— (di-el'i-tr&) . 

 Diervilla— (di-er-vil'a). 

 Digitalis— (dij-i-ta'lis) . 

 Dioecious — (di-g'shus). 

 Dionsea — (dl-6-n6'&) . 

 Dioscorea— (dI-os-k5're-S,). 

 Diosma — (di-oe'mfi,) . 

 Diospjnrus- (di-os'pi-ros) . 

 Discolor — (dis'kO-lor) . 

 Distichous — (dis'ti-kus) . 

 Dodecatheon — (do-de-kath'e-on). 

 Dolichos — (dol'i-kos). 

 Donax — (do'naks). 

 Doodia— (dd'di-&)^ 

 Doroniciun — (do-ron'i-kum). 

 Dracsena — (dra-sg'nfl,). 

 Draco — (dra'ko). 



Dracocephalum — (dra-ko-sef'a-luin). 

 Dracunculus — (dra-kun'ku-lus) . 

 Drosera — (dros'e-ri) . 

 Dulcamara— (dul-ka-ma'rii). 

 (To be continued, 



VANDA SANDERIANA. 



The accompanying illustration of 

 Vanda Sanderiana is reproduced from a 

 photograph made in the greenhouses of 

 Harry G. Selfridge, at Lake Geneva, 

 "Wis., and the following note is supplied 

 by C. H. Gebhardt, the head gardener 

 there : 



"The leaves are twelve to fifteen 

 inches long, one inch broad; seven to ten 

 flowers on the spike. The flowers are 

 three and one-half to four an one-half 

 inches in diameter, pale brown at the 

 base, the upper portion light purple, 

 bracts pale yellow green; sepals broadly 

 obovate, the dorsal delicate rose color 

 with white, the lateral tawny yellow with 

 red, petals colored like the dorsal sepal, 

 •with a tawny blotch, spotted red, lip 

 variable in color, dull tawny yellow, 

 streaked with red on the inner side. It 

 is from Davao, on the southeast coast of 

 Mindanao, Philippine Islands, and was 

 discovered by M. Roebelin in 1882 and 

 sent to Messrs. Sander & Co. It is a 

 very rare orchid. Some say that it is 

 extinct. 



"Vanda Sanderiana produces the larg- 

 est flowers of any plant of the vanda 

 tribe. "We keep the vanda (or as it is 

 rightly named now, Esmaralda Sander- 

 iana), in the hottest part of the East 

 Indian house and give liberal water to 

 the roots. We always keep them suffi- 

 ciently moist to preserve the leaves from 

 turning yellow or shriveling. We give 

 them an equal mixture of osmunda roots 

 and live sphagnum moss and mix in a 

 few pieces of charcoal and pot shreds. 

 We grow them in baskets suspended 

 from the roof and give them rather little 

 shade. The less they have the better 

 they will flower." 



AMONG THE GROWERS. 



In the Boston EMstrict. 



A considerable number of florists' es- 

 tablishments are to be found in the Dor- 

 chester district of Boston. Chances for 

 their expansion are lessening each year, 

 as the rapid spread of the city is en- 

 closing some of them to such an extent 

 that they must soon go farther afield. 

 Some of the growers sell practically all 

 their output at retail, while others whole- 

 sale everything. While none of the 

 plants are as extensive as some a little 

 further away from the city, in the ag- 

 gregate they cover a large area of glass. 



Vanda Sanderiana* 



More than one short day is needed to 

 visit these places and those omitted will 

 be looked up at a later date. The Dor- 

 chester florists seem to be a happy, con- 

 tented, industrious, and in most cases a 

 prosperous class. They seem to get a 

 good measure of enjoyment out of life 

 and verv naturally class their section as 

 on« of the best in the United States. 



Samuel NieK 



Our first call was at Samuel Kiel's, 

 on Washington street. Sam seems as 

 young and athletic as when we first met 

 him, some years ago. Two of his sons 

 are with him in the business and are 

 bright, hard workin*? young men. While 

 a variety of stock is grown here, carna- 

 tions are given the most space. Varie- 

 ties succeeding particularly well are 

 Ijawson, Fair Maid, Queen and Boston 

 Market. Some fine poinsettias were no- 

 ted in benches. Quite a number of aza- 

 leas are grown for retailing, including 

 a fine batch of that bright little variety. 

 Firefly, which is counted the best seller. 

 Roses, violets, palms and bedding stock 

 are handled, nearly everything being sold 

 at retail. 



C E. Dickerman. 



C. E. Dickerman, at Harrison Square, 

 has a carnation house 59x160 feet con- 

 taining over 10,000 plants, in charge of 

 Charles Matthews. "VMiite Lawson was 

 the best of its color. The Queen and 

 Boston Market are also grown. Maeeo 

 and Roosevelt are grown as crimsons. 

 Flamingo as a scarlet would need to sell 

 at $10 per hundred to be profitable in 

 winter, as it was giving very few flow- 

 ers. Fair Maid, Enchantress, ^Irs. Pat- 

 ten and Lawson are other sorts grown. 

 One house is devoted to Princess of 

 Wales violets. 



F. W. Holbrow. 



F. W. Holbrow, on Harvard street, 

 brother to E. E. Holbrow, of Brighton, 

 has a nice, steam-heated plant. A house 

 of Brides and Bridesmaids 17x166 looked 

 well, as did a similar-sized^ one of car- 

 nations. Fair Maid, Wolcott, Lawson 

 and Queen were very good. In another 

 house, mostly planted with double vio- 

 lets and grown very cool, a bench of 

 Fair Maid carnations planted late were 

 noticeable for their large flowers, fine 

 color and stiff stems. 



Patrick Boyle. 



Patrick Boyle rents the C. V. Whitten 

 plant, at one time managed by Law- 

 rence Cotter. In the old range two 

 houses each of Carnot and Kaiserin 

 looked first-class. Two houses were de- 

 voted to Easter lilies and one to Car- 

 nation Boston Market. In the new ranges 

 two large houses each are filled with 

 Bride and Bridesmaid. All these were 

 in very fine condition. Several houses 

 are also devoted to carnations, prin- 

 cipally Lawson, Maeeo and Boston Mar- 

 ket. A house of Lawson grown inside 

 all summer was a mass of bloom and 

 the stems were double the length of those 

 grown outdoors during summer. Quite 

 a lot of bedding stock is raised here, also 

 Boston ferns and Asparagus plumosiis. 

 Mr. Boyle certainly has everything in 

 excellent shape here. 



L. H. Foster Estate. 



At the Lucius H. Foster place we 

 found Daniel E. Sullivan, who, with 

 Phili[) .1. McGrath, his partner, manages 

 this and the Thos. H. Meade place, 

 which they hire. They have about 35,- 

 000 s<]uare feet of glass in all. These 

 two obliging and hard working young 

 men seem to be doing well and their 



