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August 2, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



641 



The Field of Phloxes at the Henry A. Drccr Establishment^ Rhrerton, N. J. 



graceful foliage that will appeal to the 

 artists who make such exquisite effects 

 with green of varied form and hue. The 

 Dreer company has secured the entire 

 stock of this novelty. 



Outside in the frames is a bed of the 

 white stokesia, 8. cyanea alba. It is a 

 sport from Stokesia cyanea, coming with 

 such persistence that there will be a 

 large stock to draw upon when it is sent 

 out next spring. One of the enterpris- 

 ing salesmen has already turned in one 

 order for 1,000 white stokesias. 



A field of hardy phloxes in their 

 second year is a sight long to be re- 

 membered. These plants were selected 

 from the immense Dreer stock early in 

 March, before the shipping season 

 opened. Each variety is planted in a 

 solid block, all the best; not a poor sort 

 is here. The effect is dazzlingly bril- 

 liant. E. P, Struthers is Mr. Eisele's 

 favorite variety. A valuable lesson of 

 this field is the chance it affords to com- 

 pare the shade, color, habit and time 

 of blooming of each variety. Nearby in 

 a frame the native Lobelia cardinalis is 

 planted out for seed. 



The twin houses completed last Janu- 

 ary for dahlias are now the home of 

 Adiantum Farleyense. The conditions 

 possible in these houses will, Mr. Eisele 

 feels confident, just suit this coquette. 

 We may look for some fine stock from 

 here before the new year, when the 

 dahlias will return. Much of the Adian- 

 tum Farleyense is now in li^-inch pots, 

 a size rarely used in most places. Good 

 plants of Cibotium Schiedei marked sold 

 are also in one of these houses. 



Ferns of the Boston type are still very 

 prominent. Nephrolepis Whitmani is be- 

 lieved to be a great acquisition. It is 

 dwarf and does not revert. Large num- 

 bers are ready to send out in pots. 

 Another large block is planted out on 

 the tables for stock. The old Boston 



fern still commands a good following 

 among buyers. 



Fully fifty varieties of marantas are 

 grown. They present a beautiful ap- 

 pearance, their deep, regular markings 

 contrasting strongly with the ground- 

 work of their broad foliage. The ken- 

 tias also are a grand sight, an immense 

 range of glass being entirely filled with 

 specimens in from 6-inch pots to 15-inch 

 tubs. Three whole houses of them are 

 picked out for orders for delivery at spe- 

 cified times in the fall. These tubs, by the 

 way, are becoming a staple article at 

 Riverton. Many decorators prefer them 

 because they do not break or dry out 

 easily. They are from ten inches to 

 fifteen inches in size. 



Various Notes. 



The palm growers are discussing San- 

 der's raid on the Lord Howe Islands. 

 To have the total output of kentia seed 

 locked in one man 's hands for the next 

 seven years is a serious matter. 



The Whilldin Pottery Co. has pur- 

 chased the property on the east side of 

 Whilldin street fronting on Latona street. 

 They will close the former street (a pri- 

 vate street not in the city plan) gaining 

 an additional thirty-four feet on Latona 

 street and squaring their property, which 

 fronts on Wharton street. 



W. E. McKissick is receiving fine 

 Ostrich Plume, a variety of white aster, 

 with which he made a hit last September, 

 when he started in business for himself. 



Frank Ely, with H. F. Michell Co., has 

 returned from his vacation spent in the 

 country. 



John L. North, of Sewell, N. J., is 

 sending fine Scott carnations, outdoor- 

 grown, to the Flower Market. 



Miss Evans, who presides over Edward 

 Reid's books, has returned from her 

 vacation and once more smiles on callers 

 at 1526 Ranstead street. 



Miss Leedom, who sells for J. Henry 

 Bartram, of Lansdowne, challenges the 

 admiration of the cleverest of our whole- 

 salers. 



Alfred Burton made his last shipment 

 of Liberties to the Flower Market on 

 Saturday. This week he is sending nice 

 Beauties. 



William J. Moore is receiving fine 

 blooms of Gladiolus America. 



Robert H. Glass commenced work last 

 Monday with Samuel S. Pennock. 



John Wilson has returned to J. J. 

 Habermehl's Sons at Twenty-second and 

 Diamond streets. 



D. T. Connor is sending out cards to 

 his constituents asking what be can do 

 for their heating apparatus to put them 

 in good shape for next winter. This 

 week he contracted with E. H. Bauer, of 

 Chesilhurst, N. J., for a Burnham boiler. 



George Samtman, who withdrew from 

 the firm of Myers & Samtman on July 

 1, is considering accepting a position on 

 a private place. 



The William Graham Co. had an effec- 

 tive window this week, arranged with 

 Queen Alexandra daisies on a purple 

 ground. 



The Highland Rose Co. has completed 

 five houses, one range, of 17,000 square 

 feet of glass, at Morton, Pa. The entire 

 place is planted with Brides and Brides- 

 maids. W. E. Fowler is the resident 

 partner. 



The street is much pleased with the 

 trade-mark of the $tokes $eed $tore. 



James Heacock, of Wyncote, is off on 

 his vacation. 



David Herbert & Son, of Atco, N. J., 

 will send the product of about seventy 

 acres of dahlias to Samuel S. Pennock. 



Phil. 



Teams representing the Thorn Hedge 

 Nurseries and John Burton 's place played 

 a great game of ball at the Thorn Hedge 



