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548 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



AuaosT 8, 1905. 



the spring and early summer knows how 

 extremely difficult is the task. 



To leave generalities, first came a strolj 

 through two or three dozen houses. 

 Imported Kentia Forsteriana in neat 

 little tubs were very attractive. They 

 are shipped from Europe in the tubs, 

 which are very light; the plants seemed 

 to thrive in them and, of course, car- 

 ried better. These were fine decorative 

 stock. 



Nephrolepis Scottii continues in great 

 favor. The stock is very large and in 

 excellent condition. It is an accepted 

 axiom that it does best in the full sun- 

 light, the growth being stockier and 

 more rapid. When the plants are fin- 

 ished a little shade seems beneficial to 

 color them. Unlike the Boston fern, they 

 appear to do well when potted from the 

 bench. 



Harry C. Sim, the clever grower of 

 hardy plants, gave the visitor a kindly 

 welcome and the pair went outside to 

 see the perennial phloxes. There were 

 enough in flower to give a very good idea 

 of the colors and shades of color of some 

 of the leading early varieties. The 

 great mass of young stock will not be 

 in bloom until August. It will make a 

 grand show during convention week and 

 this alone will be worth going miles to 

 see. Fancy two fields of perennial 

 phloxes, aggregating 125,000 plants, a 

 great majority of them in bloom, all 

 correctly labeled and the colors side by 



side, inviting comparison. Is not that 

 enough to stir the blood of a true gar- 

 dener? 



After looking at the delphiniums the 

 pair stroUed out to see the cannas, where 

 they were overtaken by J, D. Eisele. 

 Men are only grown-up boys and I must 

 confess to a boyish feeling that when I 

 met Mr. Eisele he would climb upon a 

 pedestal and say * ' see what I have 

 done," but Mr. Eisele never does this. 

 He just says how glad he is to see you 

 and makes you feel it is so. He never 

 seems to remember that he has forgot- 

 ten more about plants, which isn't very 

 much, than you are ever likely to know, 

 but meets you on a footing of equality, 

 very gratifying to one's amour propre. 



There was a great deal of interest to 

 talk about as we walked through the 

 acres and acres of hardy perennials, 

 looked over the long frames full of 

 thrifty young ferns and took a hasty 

 glance at the splendid assortment of 

 kentias in all sizes. I noticed especially 

 Mr. Eisele 's comment on Nephrolepis 

 Barrowsii, which he thinks will take the 

 place in crested ferns that N. Scottii is 

 taking among the plain-leaved varieties. 



I could go on indefinitely about the 

 beauties and the interests of this won- 

 drous place, but how much better it 

 would be for you to see it for yourself 

 and to meet and learn to esteem the men 

 who shape its destinies. 



Phil. 



NOTES ON THE NEWER KINDS. 



It is always interesting to see how 

 the new additions to the collection be- 

 have and a few brief notes as to the be- 

 havior of some of the current novelties 

 will not be amiss. 



Mrs. William Duckham was perhaps 

 the most widely disseminated of all the 

 new kinds and reports from everywhere 

 indicate that it is making a splendid 

 growth, a large batch that I noted on a 

 private estate last week in Connecticut 

 being, I think, the finest lot of plants 

 1 ever saw. It is kind and free-growing 

 everywhere I have seen it and 1 predict 

 that it will become a very popular vari- 

 ety. 



Another yellow that has been largely 

 planted by commercial growers and is 

 being watched with much interest is 

 MerStham Yellow. The chief merit of 

 this variety is its earliness and those 

 growers who want to get the benefit of 

 its earliness should not fail to remember 

 that the early bud should be secured. 

 The first bud that shows after about 

 August 8 should be taken, because it is 

 a physical impossibility, after waiting 

 for the last bud in September to expect 

 to cut flowers by October 1. The aver- 

 age bud needs at least eight weeks to 

 come to maturity, many crown buds 

 longer than that, so that the necessity for 

 taking the early bud is patent to the 

 veriest novice. 



Merstham Yellow I believe will fill a 

 large place in the market when it is 



generally distributed among the trade. 

 The habit is dwarf and ideal and, while 

 foliage and stem are ample, they arc not 

 so strong as not to permit of its being 

 planted fairly closely together, which 

 is quite an important point in commer- 

 cial culture. 



White Mrs. Coombes seems to be giv- 

 ing good satisfaction, as was to be ex- 



pected from its parentage, and so is also 

 Jeannie !Nonin. The latter variety 

 should be a serious rival to Eaton, for 

 it is apparently an equally strong grower 

 and, as shown before the committees last 

 year, is without Eaton's coarseness. 



Emily Mileham, a reflexing white, 13 

 also making a very fine growth and I 

 look to see some grand flowers staged 

 this fall of this variety. Mileham does 

 not come in conflict on the boards with 

 anj^^other variety, as Merza is in an- 

 other class and Mrs. D. V. West, another 

 novelty, is almost the only one that is 

 likely to be competing against it. 



J. H. Doyle has not done so well as it 

 might in some sections, but other grow- 

 ers are rounding it up in great shape. 

 Doyle evidently wants a long season of 

 growth, as it produces buds frequently 

 and keeps very dwarf on that account. 

 Doyle will never have a place beyond be- 

 ing an exhibition flower, but I look to 

 see it very prominent in the shows this 

 fall. 



Mrs. J. A. Miller is making fine growth 

 everywhere, so far as reported, and shows 

 ideal foliage and stem; in fact, none of 

 the new kinds this year show any sky- 

 scraping tendency, due somewhat to the 

 fact that any seedling that shows a pre- 

 dilection for running too high is de- 

 stroyed before it flowers by many of the 

 present day hybridists. 



Valerie Greenham I fear must be dis- 

 carded. A peculiar fungoid disease has 

 appeared on it, which is injuring the 

 young foliage and crippling the plant so 

 much as to make it almost worthless. 



Brighthurst and Mrs. H. A. Allen are 

 both growing nicely and should render a 

 good account of themselves. 



It is perhaps early to say definitely, 

 but from present indications there will 

 be lots of fun at the exhibitions later 

 Charles H. Totty. 



on 



PINCHING. 



Will you kindly tell me when is the 

 proper time to stop topping pot chrysan- 

 themum plants? T, H. 



Plants should not be topped again, the 

 last week in July being about as late 

 as pinching should be practiced. If 

 pinched too late the flowers are small 

 and the stem too short, particularly in 

 the case of Ivory, Pacific and other dwarf 



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