Aloist 1G, 11)00. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



765 



fonvt'iitioii, and n roally {^ood i-onvcn- 

 tioii at that. Our last iiHMMiiijr was hold 

 at Atlantic City in ^S'■^^^. We hopi' those 

 who oainfi there enjoyed theniscKi's and 

 wilUwant 1o come here next siimnK r, and 

 wo li()^o thosf! who have ncNcr licru here 

 will come an<l se(> wiiat we haxc to show 

 tlioin. We have Imh'pemlence Imll. tlie 

 Liberty ]>ell, ]k'tsy Ross's house, ,1 maji- 

 nificent natural park, Memorial ami llor- 

 tii'nlfural halls, with their <iardi'iis; (!i- 

 lard c()ll<>ii;e with its IjoantiCul grounds; 

 Iho magnificent greenhouses and grounds 

 at ]\ivortoii, the jierfect trial grounds at 

 Doylestown, uiie(|uaKMl su|i|ily houses, 

 splendidly equipped seed and conunission 

 houses, and a progressive lot nf palm, 

 foru, rose, carnation, \ioIet and Ivistor 

 plant growers. 



Bettor come to rhiladi'l]iliia m 19(i7. 



Wissinoming, 



"I could not buy plants like these," 

 said Lemuel Ball, as he displayed house 

 after house of nicely grown stuck that 

 it did one's heart good to see. Kintias 

 were the staple crop, a house being de- 

 voted to this or that size of Belnioreana 

 or Forsteriana. either in single or made- 

 up plants. The larger sizes id' both 

 these varieties are particularly fine. The 

 6-inch and the .l-inch sizes also showed 

 the effect of skilful culture. Areca lu- 



sary in growing good plants as j)roper 

 soil, nuiybe more so. Plants don't like 

 too mucli fire heat. ' ' 



Wyncote. 



.Joseph lleacock evidently bi'lieves that 

 the kentia is still the palm and that the 

 American lioauty is still the rose. A 

 glance at his place shows this to be true, 

 also that he knows how to grow ken- 

 tias and Ik>auties to perfection. Among 

 the kcmtias some prett,y specinjons are 

 made uj), a Forsteriana in the center and 

 l^elmoreanas around it. The palms closely 

 sold in the spring are now grown into 

 fini', salaljle jdants in all the sizes. The 

 P>eauties are full of vigor, breaking 

 strongly from the liase. Other foliage 

 plants there are Dracaena terminalis, <Jo 

 cos Weddolliaua, Xephrolopis Whitmani, 

 etc.; other roses, too: I>ibertv, strong 

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

 planted ill bed and bench; Killarney, only 

 as lesser lights, set along around the 

 stars; carnations also, and cypripediums; 

 a place full of good stock, ('loanliness 

 and systc^m are in e\idence everywhere. 

 .\ new sIhmI and cellai are the latest im 

 pro\ I'lneiits. 



Through an 

 was publisli(}d 



Various Notes. 



error the tai 

 last week as 



I' to I )ayton 

 .■f;L't).(i7. ' It 



^^U^l^i'Qf 



The New Toneware Vases of Bayersdorfer & Co. 



tesceus is grown in limited numbers. 

 I^atania P.orboiiica and Livistona nitumli- 

 folia ar(> important side lines, well done. 

 A feature of the place is Draca'tia ter- 

 minalis, which Mr. liall has learned to 

 color beautifully. The plants in all 

 sizes were very thrifty. Coeos Weddell- 

 iaua, Pandanus Veitchii, an jissortment 

 of crotons, Ficus pandurata and two of 

 the fancy-leaved Bostons, X. Barrowsii 

 and J^iersoni (the former is jircterred ) 

 are also grown. 



A bed outside in front of Mr. Ball's 

 home, and surrounded by ;i neatly 

 trimmed lawn of \<dvet. was of more 

 than usual beauty. It was a cir<le of 

 perhaps six feet, planted with the bc^st 

 bedding varieties of crotons and edged 

 with well-colored Pandanus \'eit(diii. 

 Mr. r?all is a plant lover with ideas 

 %\orth cfmsidering. Here is one: 



"Proper atmosphere is just as noces- 



should be .'f"jn.(i7. per single tare to 

 Dayton ^l.').."0 is paid at tliis end. .\ 

 <ertincate from the secretary of the S. .\. 

 P. entitles you to a one third rati' et 

 *.".17 for return ticket, bouijht in Day- 

 ton. 



.Inlin Westcdtt, cliairnian of the trans- 

 jiortation <-oinmittee, Uidge ami Lehigh 

 .avenues, announces that the IMiiladel- 

 jihia party will leave \ia the Pennsyl- 

 vania at -4:30 ji. m. M(uiday, .Vugust I'd, 

 .•uriving at Dayton at i> a. m. .\ugust I'l. 



Visitors in town, reported by M. Rice 

 & Co., ('. Young, St. Louis; Henry Pfis- 

 ter. Washington. 



.Mlihonse Pericat. of ('(dlingdale. or- 

 • diid specialist, is building a new green- 

 house for cattleyas. 



Louis A. CoiK'he, of Seventy-second and 

 llavorford avenue, West Philadelphia, 

 has J.'iO.OdO feet of sashes devoted to 

 violets. He grows four varieties, La 



l'ranc(>. Princess of Wales, (,'alifornia, 

 .iikI Lu.xoune, and is exceptionally suc- 

 ci'ssful. 



1']. .1. Ludwig, Allegheny, was a visitor 

 rejiorted by H. Bayersdorfer & Co. 



H. L. Mi'Dermott, of The Fernery, Bal- 

 Minore, was in this city recently. 



A. Faronwald, of K'uslyii, has this week 

 comjdeted planting his new trussed 

 houses with Kichmoiid roses. 



Israel Rosnowsky, with if. P. Michell 

 < (J., will go to the coiiveiitioii ami take 

 a business trip thrinigh 0\uo and Penn- 

 sylvania. 



Leo Niessen is going to the cduveit- 

 I ion. 



Charles E. Meehan will lie in Dayton 

 next week. 



Fred J. Michell will meet you in tlie 

 exhibition hall. 



E<lward J. P^ancdurt, right-hand man 

 at S. S, Pennock "s, will bi: 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 

 ciinvontion. 



William P. Craig is going to the con- 

 vention. 



You will see John Westcott at the con- 

 vention. 



Be sure to go to the conventl(ju and 

 vote for Philadelphia in 1907. 



Edward Reid is extending the hand of 

 fidlowship to his friends in the south. 



C.ilbert Baker is enjoying his vacation, 

 tishing off the Maryland coast. 



The Henry A. Dreer Co. will bo rep- 

 resented at Dayton by some of its bright- 

 est stars. 



George F, Christie, of Clifton Heights, 

 is sending fine asters to W. ,1. Baker. 



W, E. McKissick has wonderfully im- 

 proved the interior of his store, the 

 changes giving additional space. 



.T. (L Whilldin has Ixmmi enjoying the 

 breezes at Ocean (Irovo. 



Cluirles D. Ball has added Ficus olas- 

 tica once more to his list. Palm orders 

 with him are ahead of last season. 



Bowling. 



The final games in the bowling tourney 

 have been rolleil; Dame Fortune has 

 -mi led on her favorites. F. .•\delberger, 

 I), T. Connor, W. Palck. William Gra- 

 h.iiii and William Robertson, with Sam- 

 uel Dunlap sulistitute, make a good team 

 ind one th.at will battle manfully for the 

 honor oi' the Quaker City at Dayton next 

 week, 



Answ^crs to Correspondents. 



IJcviow readers are invitod [o soiid oiy que.s- 

 ^"^s rclatiiij; t<> I'ulturc or iri:(rkctiii;; et phmts 



iii.i llowcrs in riiiladcliiliiii, to I'lill. iti ciire of 

 III.' li'.-idln^r sood or corninissioii lioiiscs or tlie 

 I lower .Markot. Kacli iiiiestion wlU lie sutiuiltted 

 10 :i coiiipctciit |]i'r>'n ajid aiwwtTi'il iitidiT tiurn- 

 ).i. Correct naiiif and addre<.s must always 



o i<ini|paiiv ini|nir.v, Viiit will not be I'Utdlsliod. 



•"5. — My yearly pay roll a-nounts to 

 lueiity-^twi) per cent of my gross re- 

 ceipts. How does that compare with 

 ether growers? 



.\. — 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 

 r.dl does not exceed eighteen per cent of 

 his gross receipts, A rose grower, whose 

 standard is high, considers thirty per cent 

 as about right, while a grower of miscel- 

 laneous pot plants, flowering an<l foliage, 

 believes that twenty-two per cent is low, 

 stating that his own figures are much 

 higher. Pmi,. 



