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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



February 2, 1905. 



WHITELAWSON 



Which -we introduced last seaaon has sriv^en gfreat satiafaction, and haa proved to be 



THE FINEST WHITE CARNATION EVER SENT OIT 



Remember that we are headquarters for it. The demand will undoubtedly exceed the 

 supply this season, and in order to secure early delivery, no time should be lost in placing^ order. W^ are 

 now booking: orders for early January delivery. Orders will be filled strictly in rotation, as received, so the 

 earlier orders are booked, the earlier deliveries can be made. We can supply 



First-class strong rooted cuttings, $7.00 per 100; $60.00 per tOOO. 



Also all the other novelties of the season, FIANCEE, CARDINAL, FRED BURKI, etc. 



Also the cream of the older sorts, Mrs. M. A. Patten, Daheim, Enchantress, Flamingo, 

 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson, etc. 



F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarfytown-on-Hndson, IN. Y. 



used until the next year. It is found 

 that an occasional rest is beneficial to 

 the soil, dahlias proving as exhausting 

 as other crops when continued year after 

 year without change. It is also found that 

 wire worms and other pests are apt to 

 infest soil that has remained idle, caus- 

 ing great damage to the dahlia. To pre- 

 vent this a season of working and then 

 a good freezing is very beneficial. 



The second important change since 

 last September is the addition of a very 

 fine storage cellar and packing shea 102 

 feet long and thirty feet wide. This 

 structure, which, though in use, is not 

 quite finished, is admirably adapted to 

 its purpose. The cellar, which is about 

 eight feet deep, is filled with slat bins 

 mostly six feet square that reach nearly 

 to the joists above. Each bin contains 

 one variety of dahlia roots in nice plump 

 condition, air being admitted through the 

 slat sides of the bins and frost being 

 kept out by a single steam pipe that runs 

 around the stone walls forming the sides. 

 The bins are filled by means of large 

 trap-doors in the shed above. The wag- 

 ons drive from the dahlia fields in the 

 fall to the shed. The baskets filled with 

 dahlia roots correctly labeled are handed 

 in through the windows or door of the 

 shed, passed through the trap-door and 

 the contents deposited in the proper bin 

 in the cellar below. The shed is fitted 

 up with long packing tables and is also 

 heated by steam. Above is a storage 

 room, in which it is proposed to store 

 more dahlias. 



The shed and cellar have been built 

 and piped by the employees of the place. 

 It will be seen at a glance from the 

 above description that a great saving in 

 labor will be effected, as well as an 

 improvement in the condition of the 

 roots when shipped. Some orders were 

 ready, carefully packed. It is proposed 

 another season that all orders received 

 before the roots are dug in the field will 

 be packed in baskets in the shed direct- 

 ly the stock is received from the wagons 

 and then stored away until needed in the 

 spring. Mr. Peacock said that half a 

 million roots went out last spring, in 

 addition to 400,000 growing plants, 

 chiefly in 2-inch pots. 



The houses are filled with dahlia roots 



started about January 1 in four or five 

 inches of soil, very close together. Some 

 were not yet started. Some had eyes 

 just swelling, while some, among them 

 Mrs. Roosevelt, had shoots ready for 

 propagating. The propagating houses 

 are kept about 62 degrees both in the 

 sand and in the air and shaded with 

 muslin on bright days. The first crop 

 of cuttings are softer and more difficult 

 to root than the later cuttings. 



The new arrangement will give Mr. 

 Peacock the opportunity to devote him- 

 self to hybridizing and growing dahlias, 

 of which he has made so marked a suc- 



cess. 



Various Notes. 



The fakirs were ordered off the streets 

 by the city authorities last week. It 

 probably saved them from severe colds, 

 but like the buds they are expected back 

 in the spring. 



J. S. Prell will open a nice flower store 

 at 109 North Fifteenth street next Mon- 

 day. A. Kremburg will be his chief 

 assistant. 



M. Rice & Co. are offering special aid 

 to the wedding decorators, wedding 

 gates, cords, kneeling stools and screens 

 being features. 



Robert Scott & Son will erect a new 

 house of great size, 54x180 feet, during 

 the coming season. 



L. R. Hancock, of Burlington, N. J., 

 is sending very fine freesia to the Leo 

 Niessen Co. 



The Flower Market is handling W. K. 

 Harris* fine white lilac. 



The Phils^delphia Cut Flower Co. is 

 handling fide callas, mignonette and 

 white lilac. 



Edward Eeid is receiving his usual 

 high grade carnations.. Mignonette and 

 white lilacs are also choice here. 



E. Bernheimer is getting fine Golden 

 Gates, mignonette and white lilacs. 



Berger Brothers have a great variety 

 of showy single tulips. 



Pretty pale blue myosotis with long 

 stems will be S. S. Pennock's specialty 

 for St. Valentine's day. 



Wm. J. Baker's fine freesia comes 

 from M. J. Brinton, of Christiana, Pa. 



S. S. Pennock and E. A. Stroud re- 

 turned on Sunday from a two days ' visit 



to Chicago. Mr. Pennock says that the 

 carnation show was very fine. He espe- 

 cially admired My Maryland, H. Weber 

 & Sons ' new white, and was pleased with 

 Fiancee and Robert Craig. The visitors 

 saw all the Chicago wholesale houses. 



Harlowarden is one of the Leo Nies- 

 sen Co. 's new crimson carnations. 



The Leo Niessen Co. has been receiv- 

 ing heavy shipments of daffodils and 

 tulips. Mr. Niessen reported business 

 brisk on all lines. 



The Henry F. Michell Co. reports an 

 excellent out of town demand for flower 

 seeds. 



Berger Brothers have postponed re- 

 moving their business to the Flower 

 Market for a couple of weeks. 



Edwin Lonsdale has undergone an op- 

 eration. His many friends will be gla<l 

 to know that he is doing nicely. 



Answers to Correspondents. 



Review readers are invited to send 

 any questions relating to culture and 

 marketing of plants and flowers in Phil- 

 adelphia to Phil, in care of any of the 

 leading seed or commission houses or the 

 Flower Market. Each question will be 

 submitted to a competent person and 

 answered under number. Correct name 

 and address mpst always accompany in- 

 quiry, but will not be published. 



27. — I enclose a clipping that may in- 

 terest you. Please tell me why the writer 

 (G. C. W.) hits you so hard? I do not 

 understand why he started a discussion 

 on getting rid of fakirs when he is for 

 them. 



Neither do I. 



28. — I see in your notes that daffodils 

 are good stock this season. I gave them 

 up because they didn't pay. Do you ad- 

 vise trying them again f 



I would not waste time with anything 

 that did not pay. Phil. 



It will be carnation night at the Flor- 

 ists' Club of Philadelphia on Tuesday, 

 February 7, when it is hoped and ex- 

 pected that all the meritorious varieties, 

 whether new or old, will be on exhibi- 

 tion. If they cannot be brought to the 

 meeting, they may be sent prepaid by 

 express in care of David Rust, Horticul- 

 tural Hall, Broad street, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. EtowiN Lonsdale, Sec'y. 



