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August 16, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



765 



convention, and a really good conven- 

 tion at that. Our last meeting was held 

 at Atlantic City in 1593. We hope those 

 who came there enjoyed themselves and 

 will want to come here next summer, and 

 we hope those who have never been here 

 will come and see what we have to show 

 them. We have Independence hall, the 

 Liberty Bell, Betsy Eoss's house, a mag- 

 nificent natural park, Memorial and Hor- 

 ticultural halls, with their gardens; Gi- 

 rard college with its beautiful grounds; 

 the magnificent greenhouses and grounds 

 at Kiverton, the perfect trial grounds at 

 Doylestown, unequaled supply houses, 

 splendidly equipped seed and commission 

 houses, and a progressive lot of palm, 

 fern, rose, carnation, violet and Easter 

 plant growers. 



Better come to Philadelphia in 1907. 



Wtssinoming. 



"I could not buy plants like these," 

 said Lemuel Ball, as he displayed house 

 after house of nicely grown stock that 

 it did one's heart good to see. Kentias 

 were the staple crop, a house being de- 

 voted to this or that size of Belmoreana 

 or Forsteriana, either in single or made- 

 up plants. The larger sizes of both 

 these varieties are particularly fine. ^^ie. 

 6-inch and the 5-inch sizes also showed 

 the effect of skilful culture. Areca lu- 



sary in growing good plants as proper 

 soil, maybe more so. Plants don't like 

 too much fire heat." 



Vyncote. 



Joseph Heacock evidently believes that 

 the kentia is still the palm and that the 

 American Beauty is still the rose. A 

 glance at his place shows this to be true, 

 also that he knows how to grow ken- 

 tias and Beauties to perfection. Among 

 the kentias some pretty specimens are 

 made up, a Forsteriana in the center and 

 Belmoreanas around it. The palms closely 

 sold in the spring are now grown into 

 fine, salable plants in all the sizes. The 

 Beauties are full of vigor, breaking 

 strongly from the base. Other foliage 

 plants there are Dracaena terminalis, Co- 

 cos Weddelliana, Nephrolepis Whitmani, 

 etc.; other roses, too: Liberty, strong 

 two and three-year-old, cut back and re- 

 planted in bed and bench ; Killarney, only 

 as lesser lights, set along around the 

 stars; carnations also, and cypripediums ; 

 a place full of good stock. Cleanliness 

 and system are in evidence everywhere. 

 A new shed and cellai are the latest im- 

 provements. 



Various Notes. 



Tlirough an error the fare to Dayton 

 was published last week as $26.07. It 



The New Toocware Vases of Bayersdorfer & Q). 



tescens is grown in limited numbers. 

 Latania Borbonica and Livistona rotundi- 

 folia are important side lines, well done. 

 A feature of the place is Dracaena ter- 

 minalis, which Mr. Ball has learned to 

 color beautifully. The plants in all 

 sizes were very thrifty. Cocos Weddell- 

 iana, Pandanus Veitchii, an assortment 

 of crotons, FicuB pandurata and two of 

 the fancy-leaved Bostons, N. Barrowsii 

 and Piersoni (the former is preferred) 

 are also grown. 



A bed outside in front of Mr. Ball's 

 home, and surrounded by a neatly 

 trimmed lawn of velvet, was of more 

 than usual beauty. It was a circle of 

 perhaps six feet, planted with the best 

 bedding varieties of crotons and edged 

 with well-colored Pandanus Veitchii. 

 Mr. Ball is a plant lover with ideas 

 worth considering. Here is one: 



"Proper atmosphere is just as neces- 



should be $20.67. For single fare to 

 Dayton $15.50 is paid at this end. A 

 certificate from the secretary of the S. A. 

 F. entitles you to a one-third rate of 

 $5.17 for return ticket, bought in Day- 

 ton. 



John Westcott, chairman of the trans- 

 portation committee, Eidge and Lehigh 

 avenues, announces that the Philadel- 

 phia party will leave via the Pennsyl- 

 vania at 4:30 p. m. Monday, August 20, 

 arriving at Dayton at 9 a. m. August 21. 



Visitors in town, reported by M. Bice 

 & Co., C. Young, St. Louis; Henry Pfis- 

 ter, Washington. 



Alphonse Pericat, of Collingdale, or- 

 chid specialist, is building a new green- 

 house for cattleyas. 



Louis A. Couch6, of Seventy-second and 

 Haverford avenue, West Philadelphia, 

 has 150,000 feet of sashes devoted to 

 violets. He grows four varieties, La 



France, Princess of Wales, California, 

 and Luxonne, and is exceptionally suc- 

 cessful. 



E. J. Ludvdg, Allegheny, was a visitor 

 reported by H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



H. E. McDermott, of The Fernery, Bal- 

 timore, was in this city recently. 



A. Farenwald, of Eoslyn, has this week 

 completed planting hiis new trussed 

 houses with Bichmond roses. 



Israel Eosnowsky, with H. F. Michell 

 Co., will go to the convention and take 

 a business trip through Ohio and Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Leo Niessen is going to the conven- 

 tion. 



Charles E. Meehan will be in Dayton 

 next week. 



Fred J. Michell will meet you in the 

 exhibition hall. 



Edward J. Fancourt, right-hand man 

 at S. S. Pennock's, will be at the con- 

 vention. 



Paul Berkowitz is going to the con- 

 vention. 



Charles D. Ball, W. H. Taplin and 

 Charles D. Ball, Jr., are going to the 

 convention. 



William P. Craig is going to the con- 

 vention. 



You will see John Westcott at the con- 

 vention. 



Be sure to go to the convention and 

 vote for Philadelphia in 1907. 



Edward Beid is extending the hand of 

 fellowship to his friends in the south. 



GUbert Baker is enjoying his vacation, 

 fishing off the Maryland coast. 



The Heiixy A. Dreer Co. will be rep- 

 resented at Dayton by some of its bright-' 

 est stars. 



George F. Christie, of Clifton Heights, 

 is sending fine asters to W. J. Baker. 



W. E. McKissick has wonderfully im- 

 proved the interior of his store, the 

 changes giving additional space. 



J. G. Whilldin has been enjoying the 

 breezes at Ocean Grove. 



Charles D. Ball has added Ficus elas- 

 tica once more to his list. Palm orders 

 with him are ahead of last season. 



Bowlin;. 



The final games in the bowling tourney 

 have been rolled; Dame Fortune has 

 smiled on her favorites. F. Adelberger, 

 D. T. Connor, W. Falck, William Gra- 

 ham and William Eobertson, with Sam- 

 uel Dunlap substitute, make a good team 

 and one that will battle manfuUy for the 

 honor of the Quaker City at Dayton next 

 week. 



Answers to Gxrespondents. 



EeTlew readers are invited to send any qnea- 

 tlonB relating to cnltare or marketing of plants 

 and flowers In Pblladelpbla, to Pbll, In care of 

 tbe leading aeed or commission bouses or the 

 Flower Market. Eacb question will be submitted 

 to a competent person and answered under nnm- 

 ber. Correct name and address must always 

 accompany inquiry, but wUl not be publlsbed. 



55. — My yearly pay roll amounts to 

 twenty-two per cent of my gross re- 

 ceipts. How does that compare with 

 other growers? 



A.— -One of our most successful grow- 

 ers of bulbous stock, asters, ferns, Easter 

 lilies, etc., states that his yearly pay roll 

 does not exceed fifteen per cent of his 

 gross receipts. A carnation grower of 

 high repute writes that his yearly pay 

 roll does not exceed eighteen per cent of 

 his gross receipts. A rose grower, whose 

 standard is high, considers thirty per cent 

 as about righ^ while a grower of miscel- 

 laneous pot plants, flowering and foliage, 

 believes that twenty-two per cent is low, 

 stating that his own figures are much 

 higher. Phil. 



