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OCTOBBB 19, 1905. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



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Carnation Range of Wm. Scott Co^ at Corfu, N. Y. 



sometimes tempt one to run the plants 

 another season. 



Between the seasons a rank growth is 

 made, the hot weather kills out a plant 

 here and there, red spider gets a hold, 

 because on account of the dense growth 

 syringing could not be done properly, 

 and, in fact, a hundred and one things 

 come up which one does not encounter 

 with the young plants. We have tried 

 cutting them back and planting in the 

 field during summer, the same as young 

 plants, but they get hard and do not 

 transplant as well as young stock. 



However, if you have them in good 

 condition at this time on the benches, 

 so that you wish to carry them another 

 season, it is possible that you may have 

 good success with them. With us the 

 damage is usually done before this time. 

 Your climate may favor this method 

 more than our climate does. 



If you carry them another season you 

 will find that they will need a good deal 

 more feeding than they did last sesuson. 

 Not only is 5ie soil pretty well exhausted 

 but the plants are larger and need more 

 nourishment to keep them going. I can- 

 not say that any special varieties will 

 lend themselves more readily to this 

 treatment than others. It is simply a 

 question of whether the plants happen 

 to be in good condition for it. Unless 

 you are thoroughly versed in chemical 

 manures I would advise you to stick to 

 the great natural manure which we get 

 from the dairy, using in addition some 

 bone and wood ashes. The manure can 

 be applied both as a mulch and in liquid 

 form, while the bone may be mixed with 

 soil, a 5-inch pot of bone to a bushel of 

 soil, and spread on the benches a scant 

 half -inch thick. The wood ashes should 

 be scattered on the soil and scratched 

 in, after which a good watering should 

 be given. The plants will want about 

 the same temperature as last season. 



A. F. J. Baur. 



Chilton, Wis. — W. C. Schucht had an 

 opening October 2 to which he invited 

 the people by means of a handbill larger 

 than two pages of the Beview. Ice cream 

 was served and each visitor received a 

 flower as a souvenir. It was a great 

 success. 



THE SCOTT OUTING. 



The employees of the Wm. Scott Co., of 

 Buffalo, had an outing August 25 at 

 the firm's greenhouses in Corfu. They 

 made the trip from the city in style, 

 using an automobile large enough to pro- 

 vide seats for the entire party. It is a 

 two hours* ride to Corfu, where dinner 

 was provided at the hotel. After an 

 inspection of the greenhouses there was 

 a baseball game between the visitors 

 and the home team, which was followed 

 by more refreshments and then the start 

 was made for home. One of the employ- 

 ees, who is an expert with the camera, 

 took the photographs reproduced in this 

 issue. The outing was so successful that 

 it wiU be repeated each year. 



MR. PETTIGEEW IN EUROPE. 



[A portion of a lecture on "Park and Garden 

 Work In Europe," dellverM before the Gar- 

 deners' and Ftorists' Club of Boston, October 17, 

 by J. A. Pettlgrew.] 



It may seem an easy task to relate 

 what one has seen on a trip across the 

 waters. So it appeared to me when I 

 started for Europe early in July of this 

 year. Tour strenuous president took an 

 advantage of my error when he extracted 

 a promise from me that I would talk to 

 you on mj return about what I had seen 

 during my rambles abroad. 



After a delightful passage of seven 

 days we entered Queenstown harbor, 

 with its quaintly-pretty town situated on 

 the sloping hillside. The hills enclosing 

 the harbor are mostly owned by the 

 British government, and are used for 

 military purposes. Centranthus ruber, 

 however, by right of prior occupation 

 and nature's adaptation, greeted us with 

 sheets of purple bloom, which many of 

 the passengers on the tender were fain 

 to believe was heather. Of heather ther6 

 was an abundance, but its softer, hazy 

 color was overpowered by the decided 

 color of the centranthus. 



A stroll, after dinner in the evening, 

 revealed the mild nature of the climate 

 in this part of Ireland. Fuchsias (Kic- 

 cartoni), wallflowers, antirrhinums, 

 sedums, ferns, etc., clothed cliffs, stone 

 walls and slopes alike, while the cottage 

 gardens were, as is usual in the British 

 Isles, bowers of bloom. 



At Fota, a few miles from Queens- 

 town, is the seat of Lojd Barrymore. 

 Roughly speaking, the gardens and or- 

 namental grounds contain about 100 

 acres. The entire plan of arrangement 

 has been carefully studied. Excepting, 

 possibly, the terrace gardens, everything 

 speaks of nature and simplicity. The 

 ornamental grounds abound in good 

 things. Beautiful vistas of foliage and 

 turf greet the eye at every turn. An 

 island in a small lake is devoted to a 

 collection of bamboos, the borders of 

 the lake being planted with semi-aquatic 

 plants. The effect is very good and the 

 getting of the picture harmonious. 



The mild and moist temperatiire of 

 Fota admits of a much wider range in 

 the selection of material for outdoor 

 planting than obtains with us in New 

 England. Coniferous trees do very well. 

 A very fine plant of Pinus insignia meas- 

 ured four feet in diameter. Sequoia 

 gigantea is represented by several prom- 

 ising specimens about thirty or forty 

 feet high. The broad-leaved evergreens, 

 such as laurels and hollies, simply revel 

 in the climate of Fota. In a shady hol- 

 low a rookery has been introduced, which 

 is planted with ferns; many of the 

 choicest variations from the British spe- 

 cies are to be seen. Many ferns from 

 even more temperate climes also have 

 been planted, among which may be noted 

 Dicksonia antarctica, of which there 

 were several specimens doing well. 



The terrace gardens near the mansion 

 were very gorgeous in their summer 

 plumage of scarlets, blues, purples, yel- 

 lows and whites, a very good example 

 of the florid style of summer bedding. 



Group at Outing of Wm. Scott Co. Employees, Corfu, N. Y., August 25, 1905. 



