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J01.Y 27, 1906. 



Th« Weekly Florists' Review. 



505 



the (nia% rayft to tlM soil and gives oppor* 

 tunity for s free dyeqiation of air among 

 the fdliage, keejW the leaves hard ana 

 crisp and of gOdd texture. 



IMsbuddiiig should also be attended to 

 regnlwrly and carefully, not merely nip- 

 ping eiF tiM bad, as is still practiced by 

 some growers, but by carefully selecting 

 the eye which is likely to produce a 

 good cane, thus securing good, robust 

 wood with eyes fit to develop future flow- 

 ering stoaa. 



Onr inaeet enemies also must be looked 

 after, as they reproduce so rapidly at 

 this season that carelessness on this mat- 

 ter, even for one week, may cost weeks 

 of labor and worry to overccnne them. 

 Mildew should be carefully kept in 

 check. A frequent use of the sulphur 

 blower will effect this and by using the 

 preventives of fresh air and a moderately 

 dry atmosphere this pest should give us 

 little trouble. Bibes. 



A DOUBLE CATTLEYA. 



The accompanying engraving is re- 

 produced from a photograph of a double 

 flower of Cattleya labiata produced by 

 a plant in the collection of J. P. Parker, 

 Santa Cruz, Cal. Even the rostellum and 

 pollen mass were doubled in thi'; flower. 

 It seems to have been almost a complete 

 merging of two flowers into one. 



CHRISTMAS BELLS. 



Last season it was predicted that the 

 sale of Christmas bells, particularly of 

 the folding variety, was at its helgnt 

 and that another year would see a ae- 

 cline in the business done with this 

 popular specialty, but B. Eschner, of 

 M. Eice & Co., says the prediction is a 

 long way from coming true. He reports 

 everybody buying Christmas bells in 

 fully as large, if not greater, quantities 

 as a year ago. In some towns he finds 

 the retail florists reluctant to handle the 

 folding paper bell because last year the 

 department stores cut into the trade 

 with a cheaper article than is required 

 for a first-class flower store. In such 

 places the florists buy the immortelle 

 bell. This is of red immortelles glued 

 upon a papier mache frame and is sell- 

 ing in good quantities, particularly to 

 the better grade of flower stores. It is 

 not handled by department or other 

 stores. 



STEAMER SAILINGS. 



Those who wish to post steamer sail- 

 iugs in the show window as a means 'of 

 securing orders for telegraphic transfer 

 to a New York correspondent, or one of 

 the firms represented on the Kevievf's 

 F>age of Leading Retail Florists, will find 

 here the principal sailings for the next 

 two weeks: 



•'illy 29 — Zeeland Antwerp. 



•Inly 29 — Caledonia Glasgow. 



■Inly 29 — CHnipiinia Liverpool. 



Aug. 1 — Kroiiprlnz Wllhelin. Bremen. 



•Vug. 2 — Rotterdam Rotterdam. 



•\ug. 2— Teutonic Liverpool. 



•\ug. 3 — La Touralric Havre. 



•\ug. 4_celtlc Liverpool. 



■\ug. 5— St. Paul .Southampton. 



Aug. n — Finland .\ntwerp. 



Aug. 5 — Konigin I»ulse Naples. 



•>iig. 5— Patrlria Hamburg. 



•^ug. 5 — Umbria Liverpool. 



^ug. 8— Kaittet W. dor Gross Bremen. 



•'iig. n — Potsdum Rotterdam. 



• iig. ft — Oceanic Liverpool. 



iig. 10 — La Gasodgne Havre. 



'ig. ]2 — New York Southampton. 



'ig. 12 — Vaderland .\utwerp. 



Omaha, Neb. — Paul Kossack, a grow- 

 i", has been missing since June 27. 



Double Flower of Gtttleya Labiata. 



MASSACHUSETTS GARDENERS. 



Lenox* 



If any evidence were needed of the 

 steady increase in the number of private 

 gardening establishments in Massachu- 

 setts, it is only necessary to visit one of 

 the recognized horticultural centers, such 

 as Brookline, the North Shore, or Lenox, 

 and it will become at once apparent that 

 there has been a truly wonderful devel- 

 opment of late years. A . large propor- 

 tion of the newer estates are of greater 

 acreage and. contain more greenhouses 

 than the older ones. Some have devel- 

 oped the Italian gardening fad to the 

 best point it has yet reached, but by far 

 the largest proportion favor a more 

 natural style, which allows of the use of 

 large masses of hardy herbaceous plants 

 and annuals for color effects. Little of 

 the old time bedding is seen; carpet 

 beds are practically gone, and cannas, 

 geraniums, etc., are hardly seen in beds 

 at all. Geraniums are largely used in 

 window boxes, however, as are a miscel- 

 laneous assortment of other plants. Large 

 and well kept lawns are perhaps the best 

 feature on the newer estates, motor 

 lawn mowers displacing horse mowers in 

 .some instances, being, it is claimed, more 

 economical. Better care is taken each suc- 

 ceeding year of trees and shrubs, as tree 

 surgery becomes understood more, and 

 insect pests are combated at every turn. 

 The old-time plan of crowding trees, 

 shrubs and beds all over the lawns is giv- 

 ing place to more rational ideas, which 

 seem to increase the size of the estates 

 by opening up pretty vistas which were 

 j)reviously hidden by a miscellaneous 

 mixture of trees and shrubs, which were 

 usually too thickly planted, never 

 trimmed or, often trimmed with topiary 



precision to give room for pedestrians. ' 

 Lenox is one of the most interesting 

 horticultural centers to visit in summer 

 or fall. Of course it is not devoid of at- 

 traction in winter, but to be seen at its 

 best July or October are good months to 

 visit it. The tints on the forest trees 

 at the later date make it the Mecca for 

 many visitors. Located, as the various 

 estates are, on high hills, with large 

 stretches of lawns, running up to 100 

 acres each in area, and commanding ex- 

 tensive views of mountain, lake and for- 

 est scenery on all sides, the outlooks are 

 magnificent and one tears himself away 

 with regret from many of tbem. 



Time did not permit of us visiting all 

 the estates. With a temperature of over 

 90 degrees in the shade, such as we ex-. 

 perienced in mid-July, some of the stam- 

 ina is naturally taken from one, so we 

 were unable to call on E. J. Norman, 

 on the extensive Westinghouse estate, 

 S. Carlquist, P. J. Donahue and some 

 others whom we hope to see in the near 

 future. 



G. H. Morgan. 

 Our first call was on the veteran John 

 Dallas, at the G. H. Morgan estate. We 

 found him busy haymaking with a gang 

 of men, but he gave us a cordial wel- 

 come. This is a fine old estate. Some 

 seventeen acres are laid out and planted 

 with great taste. Numerous fine speci- 

 men trees were noted, both deciduous 

 and conifera?. Cordon trained apples, 

 pears, plums, gooseberries and currants 

 were growing in the kitchen garden. Two 

 peach houses were carrying fine crops of 

 handsome fruit, Alexander Noblesse be- 

 ing especially good. Chrysanthemums 

 were in fine shape, being four to five 

 feet high and very sturdy. Some good 

 seedling i-arnations were seen in bloom. 



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