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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Mabch 16, 190B. 



Sansamon, 184,240; McLean, 150,263; Will, 110,- 

 46B; Morguu, U6.0()0; St. Clair, U5,330; Peoria, 

 86,600; Lake, 73,487, etc. With few excep- 

 tions there la in every county of the state aome 

 glass devoted to floriculture, and If we Include 

 the elass used in market gardening, the In- 

 dustry is practically universal, so far as the 

 state is concerned. Indeed, no other state has 

 so universal an Interest in floriculture as Illi- 

 DOls. The Industry is common to the whole 

 state, and if we remember that a portion of 

 the appropriation asked for should be used for 

 experimentation on the home grounds of the 

 state, the fact is established that floriculture 1* 

 an interest that affects every person who pos- 

 sesses even a few feet of land. From the fore- 

 going It will be seen that the results of investi- 

 gations will be far reaching. 



New York, the only state which equals or 

 surpasses Illinois in commercial floriculture, 

 has provided greenhouses at its two experi- 

 ment stations at Geneva and Cornell. Many ex- 

 periments have been carried on for the l>enefit 

 of this industry, particularly with vegetables 

 under glass. In Illinois, with her great flori- 

 cultural interests, not a dollar has been specifi- 

 cally appropriated for experimental work along 

 this particular line, while other agricultural in- 

 terests have been cared for and florists have 

 paid their part of the state taxes without any 

 direct benefit in return. 



In Rhode Island an asking has been made of 

 the legislature for the sum of $15,000 for green- 

 houses. They will get it because the florists 

 and gardeners are supporting it. In Illinois 

 there are single eatabllshmeuts with a greater 

 glass area than there was in the whole state of 

 Rhode Island in the census year. 



The state of New Hampshire has today per- 

 haps the most compact and serviceable little 

 range of glass of any state agricultural college 

 and exjwrlment station, costing $7,000 and built 

 under a state appropriation. Compared with the 

 florlcultural industry in Illinois, New Hampshire 

 has not as much glass as Du Page county, to 

 say nothing of C^ok county, which surpasses 

 every state in glass area except New York, 

 Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massachusetts. 

 Is $10,000 too great a sum for Illinois to put 

 Into glass structures? 



The lines of work under glass which most 

 likely will be taken up are methods of com- 

 bating insect and fungous diseases and investi- 

 gations in the use of commercial fertilizers. 

 Whatever Is undertaken will be determined by 

 an advisory committee appointed or elected by 

 the Illinois State Florists' Association, and this 

 committee will certainly see to it that only 

 such problems are investigated as are of the 

 most vital interest to the whole state. The law 

 contemplates a fund of $10,0<X) a year to pay 

 all operating expenses, labor, coal, supplies, 

 printing, etc., as well as co-operative experi- 

 ments carried on away from the experiment 

 station. If an Insect or fungous pest appears 

 on ornamental plants anywhere in the state 

 which cannot be readily determined, an investi- 

 gator should be put to work at it to the end 



state should co-operate, and this can best be 

 done by urging your representatives an4 sena- 

 tors to vote for the bill. Interview them when 

 they are at home, if possible, otherwise write 

 them a strong letter. 

 J. C. Vaughan, President Society of American 



Florists, Chicago. 

 James Hartshorne, President of the American 



Carnation Society, Joliet, 111. 

 P. J. Hauswirth, State Vice-President (north) 



Society of American Florists, Chicago. 

 John WiUlus, State Vice-President (south) 



Society of American Florists, Danville, 111. 

 The Chicago Florists' Club, by resolution; attest, 



Robert Johnstone, Secretary. 

 The Illinois State Florists' Association, W. N. 



Rudd, chairman pro. tem. 

 George Kuhl, Pekln, 111.; J. F. Ammann, Bd- 



wardsviUe, 111.; A. C. Canfleld, Springfield, 



111., and many others. 



MASSACHUSETTS GARDENERS. 



Prof. C S. Sargent, Brookline. 



The Sargent estate in Brookline cov- 

 ers over 200 acres and is the largest in 

 area of any of the numerous estates in 

 Greater Boston. The grounds here are 

 lacking in that formality which charac- 

 terizes so many of our newer places, be- 

 ing of a park-like nature and planted 

 very tastefully and containing splendid 

 collecrions of trees and shrubs, compris- 

 ing many choice and rare varieties. While 

 the glass department is less extensive 

 than on' some estates, Charles Sander 

 can always show visitors something 

 good. The conservatory attached to the 

 mansion is especially attractive at this 

 season, with large groups of finely 

 grown azaleas, imantophyllums, amaryl- 

 lises, acacias, ericas, bulbous stock and 

 Primula obconica. These are very taste- 

 fully arranged on the ground with palms 

 and other foliage plants as a back- 

 Ijroiind. 



In the various greenhouses we noted 

 some good forms of Cattleya Trian89 

 and batches of phaius, coelgyne and oth- 

 er seasonable orchids. Imantophyllums 

 are grown in large quantities, big speci- 

 mens in large pots or tubs of many 

 choice named varieties, and make a gor- 



Cyclamens Given Continuous Greenhouse Culture. 



that It may be brought under control for the 

 common good of all the trade. Under the law 

 for orchard investigations almost all the work 

 has been carried on away from the university. 

 No one knows at the present time what this 

 co-operative work will be, but there will neces- 

 sarily be some such work done and the appro- 

 priation must cover all possible contingencies, 

 especially since there can be no profit In main- 

 taining a range of glass for experimental work. 

 as the work will belargel£__Kith — disaas 



.jtlants. "^ ■ 



He movement fer appropriations Is favored 

 by the Illinois State Florists' Association, the 

 Chicago Florist Club, and many other prominent 

 florists of the state, but every florist in the 



geous show. Nerines are grown in hun- 

 dreds and are great favorites. Quanti- 

 ties of seedlings from the best crosses 

 obtainable were noted in various stages. 

 Crinum Macowani was blooming freely, 

 as were gardenias. The Tunford Hall 

 f orm of^egoniajGilDiEe-4©^ liOPraine w as 

 "Sfiinioweringfinely and is a favorite 

 here. Batches of quite a variety of 

 plants, some of by no means easy culture, 

 ('enoted Mr. Sander's skill as a culti- 



vator. Specimen azaleas are grown in 

 quantities and are a great feature in 

 their season, as are standard wistarias 

 and Trachelospermum jasminoides. A 

 large number of the latter were being 

 placed on new frames at the time of 

 our visit. 



WITH THE GROWERS. 



Schneider & Noe, Congers, N. Y. 



The establishment of Schneider & 

 Noe, of Congers, N. Y., is one of the 

 modem plants for producing high grade 

 carnation blooms. The houses are new 

 and of the best construction. There 

 are three houses each 200 feet long. One 

 is twenty-five feet wide and two are each 

 fifteen feet wide. A fourth house is 

 9x100. The heating is by hot water, 

 but a new house 30x200, which is to bo 

 built this season, will be heated by steam. 

 The Lord & Burnham Co., the builders of 

 the present houses, has bhe order for the 

 new structure. 



There is an admirable water supply 

 at this place, as shown by the tower and 

 tank which are a conspicuous feature of 

 the accompanying illustration. It is a 

 Caldwell outfit, the iron tower being 

 fifty-one feet high, carrying a tank of 

 5,000 gallons capacity. A well and pump- 

 ing engine keep the tank filled at all 

 times and give a splendid pressure. 



The entire crop is carnation blooms 

 for the New York wholesale market. 

 Mrs. Lawson is the favorite and they 

 have at present about 10,000 plants of 

 it. Next in order come Enchantress, 

 Prosperity, White Lawson, Flamingo, 

 Lorna, and Queen Louise. The two lat- 

 ter will be dropped next season and the 

 space given to White Lawson, which is 

 doing exceptionally well with them. They 

 will also plant some Fiancee next sea- 

 son. 



Schneider & Noe say that they have 

 been much interested in the opinions ex- 

 pressed as to Lawson "running out." It 

 has done so well with them that they 

 will plant more of it next year. 



CYCLAMENS INDOORS. 



The seeds of the cyclamen plants 

 shown in the accompanying illustration 

 were sown in November, 1903. After " 

 making the second leaf they were potted 

 into 2-inch pots. The soil was the same 

 as we use for growing roses, but some 

 leaf-mold was added. After becoming 

 rooted through thev were replanted into 

 2%-inch pots, and so on until they are 

 now in 5-inch pots. We used leaf-mold in 

 very small quantities, about half a 

 bushel to six bushels of soil. As cycla- 

 mens make a more compact and robust 

 growth in a stiffer soil, manure was also 

 used sparingly and then only well-rotted 

 horse manure. Cyclamens should never 

 be allowed to become pot-bound. They 

 should be repotted as soon as the roots 

 begin to form a net around the ball. We 

 had our plants all summer in our propa- 

 gating bouse, slightly shaded, and pre- 

 fer this way to outdoor culture, as to 

 handiness in watering, etc. The photo- 

 graph reproduced was taken December 21 

 and gives a fair view of the quality and 

 success of cyclamens grown indoors. 



H. M. 



TTiXMiSBURG, O. — Mr. Shellhans has 

 three houses 20x100 in course of con- 

 struction which upon completion, about 

 May 1, will be taken charge of by Jo- 

 seph Ferst, of Dayton. 



