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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



l)ixKMnt:i: 14, 1005. 



Wo lalkd first nl Mrs. ]u < '. Hooper's. 

 AVost .Aliincliostcr, wIkmc William Swan 

 is hfail <;ani('iu'i'. J^\ erytliiiiy iinioors 

 was in (wcclleiit onlor. A new addition 

 had just boon completed to tun' of the 

 ranges to give more room tor ondiid cid- 

 ture. A tiiii' liat<di of oalai'.tlies were in 

 bloom. A batih of S(Miie lifty |ihahenop- 

 sis were luisiling with spikes. Sehil- 

 leriaiia and .amaliilis are rliieliy orown. 

 Cattleya triaiue and ren-ivalliaiia were 

 just eomiiig into flower. The house of 

 cattleyas liMiked extremely well. Liberty. 

 Bride, Maid and Killarncy roses are 

 grown. Ilnchantress took the lead in 

 carnatiiHis. Wliitc Lawson, Lady lioun- 

 tiful and Fiaiieee are also giown. The 

 latter is growing freely, but has as yet 

 produced lew llowors. Siniie iiire stand- 

 ard geraniums of the J'higiish round 

 flowered type were noted, also batches in 

 gootl shajie of a geiiei'a! lim' of winter 

 flowering pot jilants. Mrlons air ^irown 

 liere the y<'ai' I'onnd. (hie <-ri>|i was /pist 

 linishing and another lot setting. 



At AV. 1',. Tliomas'. WC^t .Mam-hester, 

 where .Mi. •'onnojly jocsidcs. \\i' I'onnd a 

 nice liou-^o of idsc<. I'aniations also 

 looked Will. I- pfri;ill\- l.;i\\Mill. While 

 Ij.awson .'ind Liiriianti'ess. A nice de^'p 

 cidored sfnut nf the lalier was noteil. 

 Violets, a nt i rrliiniinis. ericn^. lilies. ;^ai- 

 denias, iiiigiMniet i e. ordiid^ ;iiid a \aj-iety 

 of otlief )ilant- A\erc sein in addil i' m.-i I 

 st riiciui'c<. 



Ainericau lleauty i'ov,.< ;it W. S. 

 Sjiaulding "s, I'ride^ ( ■r(i>siiiL;. !'. lnle. 

 gardener, were c.-iriyiiiL: |.leiiiy ni' l-fnui 



to j'-foiit '-teln-. (lolden li;ile. Ilride. 



Maid and Liberty .^Ue Innkcl well, t'ar- 



liatioll^. ev|i(ri;i My L ac li;i 1 1 1 re<>. \\el'e 



good. Ill the (iic!:id lii'ii^i' a ^ 1 batch 



of Zygepet;diiiii .Maid\;iyi was just jiass- 

 illg out of Idoiiin. A bench (d' L'IMI 

 cyclamen pioinised a nice ^Imw early in 

 the new ye;ir. A new hoii^e \\;is filletl 

 with single \ Illicit. A l;ir^e honsi' with 

 .artificial iiu-kw'ok and winding paths is 

 de\oted to palm-. We iinder><t;ind .addi- 

 tional glass for fruit culture is soon to 

 be erected. 



Ale.\;neler .^li.-iw. at .hide,. ^\ . ][. 

 Moore's fine new |ilac( in I'ride^ ( loss- 

 iiig. bail bitj u^ini:^ <'f men ;it wnik out- 

 side moving lar^e liei's, snddiiiL:. grad- 

 ing, etc. An immense amount fi blast- 

 ing is being done, a large jn'oportion <>]' 

 the hand lieing solid h'dj^e. Indoois wc 

 noted nice houses nf i-arnatioiis -.iwi] roses 

 and a good general assortment nt' winter 

 blooiiiing stock. The pretty white be- 

 gonia. .Moonlight, as seen here, -houhl 

 prove a desiralde lloiasts' ]d;m1. We ]U'e- 

 ferred ir to (lloiie de Lorraine. This 

 will be a fine pl;n-e when completed. 



At J)r. Henry Sear's ])lace at Ik'verley 

 <'o\e, whcie .\lr. .Mitcliell has charge, 

 di\isions are d(woted to jialins, roses, 

 carnations, neidarines and grapes and a 

 nice gener.al lot (d' stnlf was seen. Addi- 

 tional glass is to b(> l)uilt here. 



One id' the ncv\est and finest places, 

 still siuiiewliaf in the embryo state, is 

 th.at (d' llciiiy < '. I'rick in I'ritles Cross- 

 ing, (ieoige K. Wyness is in charge, 

 lie is a ])upil of David Frasor, the new 

 secretary of the ('. S. A. An immense 

 sum of money is being sjtent here on 

 buildings, aveMines and other necessary 

 work. Plans have been jirepared for a 

 s])lendid block of greenhouses. 



Our last call timing a iiurried four 

 hours' visit w.as on (u'orge E. Ward in 

 Prides Crossing. Mr. AVar<l has run a 

 commcridal itlant for a gooil many years. 

 In addition to a general line of carna- 

 tiiuis, violets and pot plants he grows a 

 large ])i'e;idtii of str.aw lici'i'ies, many 

 frames of lettuc(^ and about l'o.oihi toiiia- 

 to(^s in the fields, .also other fruits ;nnl 

 \'egeiald(s. lie does a large bnsines-- 

 anions the siiinaier residents. 



W. X. ('. 



AT RHINEBECK. 



Extent of the Industry, 



The little city (d' b'li i lie) leck. ill the 

 norl hei n end ot' l'nt<-lM>ss county. New 

 N'liik. on the Hudson, ojijiosite iviiigstoii 

 ;iiid ei;;lity-t wii milc'^ troin ,\cwv Y'ork 

 lily, is known throughout the length .and 

 breadth of lloricu It U I'c as the center (d' 

 the \ iolet industry, which h;i- here 

 leachc'l -^licli )iid]iort imis that it is almost 



the snle dependence o t' t lie t oW n. 1 11- 

 deeil. it is often said that the A\hole 

 of b'hillebeck lives li\- the violet .aild, 



while this is iiiit strictly tiin'. it is a fact 

 that \ iidet ^rowing is tin' occn|iati(Ui (d' 

 a lai'Lje p.art id' the population .and that 

 nowhele else h.as the violet .attained the 

 iiiipoilance it holds in this coaimunity. 



■j'he -nil :ilid idimate nt' lihinelil^ck 



veeiii part icMl.ai ly suited ti^ violet ;^rnvv- 

 in^;. and the success which .•iiteiided the 

 wmk (d' the idnneer e|.,i\vers led all 



sorts and conditicuis of men to buihl 

 greenhouses, until there are now eighty- 

 live establishments in the vicinity, al- 

 most entirely devoted to the violet. A 

 great many of the growers are young 

 men ; indeed, it is sai<l with many evi- 

 dences of truth that it is only au ex- 

 ceptional man who can continue to be 

 successful year after year, and so whim- 

 sical is the fragrant flower that often 

 the green and totally inexperienced 

 grower will be Idessed with a splendid 

 crop, while the best efforts of the vet- 

 eran grower next door will be crowned 

 only by failure. 



The Money Reward. 



Oiu'tting one or two larger places. 

 the average establishment consists of a 

 coupde of' houses and shelters perhaps 

 ;i.(Mi() ])lants. The plants yield from 

 thirty to fifty salable flowers in a suc- 

 cessful seasiu'i. It is estimated that the 

 total output of the Khinelieck community 

 for the seastui of llld,")-G will approxi- 

 mate fifty million Idooms. antl for the 

 district, "imduding Poughkoepsie, about 

 eiolny-flve million. Of course the bulk 

 nt' these gn to New York, l.nit they are 

 ;dso shiiijxd to commission houses and 

 let.ail florists as far west as St. Louis. 

 l.-ir-e (piantities to Chica;:o and to inter- 

 medi.-ite cities, also to t'anada. In the 

 -e.asnii iwn larui' expres- vv.agons are re- 



.jlliled tn tnke the biiXe- tn 1 Ihi uccliff P. 

 ;i cnuplc 111' miles away, where they arc' 

 |iut on the New York Central. 



in interviewing a number ot' growers. 

 ii v\;is the gener.al opinion that it cost- 



■ibnut 'S.'< cents ]iel- s,|ii;ile font of bcd 



In ni-,,vv violets. .Marie Lnni-e is grown 

 almost exclusively. It is the unanimous 

 verdict that the returns have f.allen away 

 hecause of overprodu(di(ui until they are 

 no moi'e tlian half wiiat they were three 

 cr fnur years agn. when violet growing 

 had its n'reatest bonin. The growers say 

 that the average returns for the entire 

 season's oiitiMit will not exceed 40 cents 

 per hundred. Thi^. with idaiits in the 

 best of cf.nditinii, free from insects and 

 .liseiise, ]irnducing hi'ty l)lo(uns each, 

 wiiiild net the sii.-ressful arnwer about 12 

 reiii- per plant. 



The Future. 

 The nener.al n|pininn among tlie older 

 i^inweis is ih.at it is a <|Uestiou if this 

 vcai'- receipts will not show that the 

 violet bu-iiiess h.as seen its day as a 

 pavinn investment. L.arly as the season 

 new i-. iiu'i with a general slnu't crop, 

 the iiKiiket- are overstocked, prices at 

 Pe-t are not v\hat they have been and 

 tliere ;iie ui.any nbits. with consequent 

 wa-te ni' tlnwers. which teiids to makc 



Establishment of J. Vender Linden, Rhinebeck, N. Y. 



