Mai:cii 1, r.Mit;. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



987 



prohiibly has some speciosuiii l)lood in 

 it), ilaiisoni, Jifiteniaiiniae, ti-^rimnii. 

 tif>:rimiin llore plcuo, elegans, specio- 

 sum, album ami Melpomene, Cauadense, 

 Henryi ami siiperbum. He knows a 

 ijrowcr who i)iits some l',OUO Ia Harrisii 

 outdoors each sprinjr and has a grand 

 show of them. Jt is necessary to dig 

 the biill)s eaeh fall, as they start to 

 .grow too early. None of the Califor- 

 nian lilies, pretty as they are, may be 

 relied upon. 



Owing to the attacks by field mice, 

 he has been unable to keep digitalis, 

 or Canterbury bell, outdoors during win- 

 ter, and Avhile many people grow Anem- 

 one Japonica grandly, he has to depend 

 on pots for his llowers of each, as the 

 plants do not do well in the open, al- 

 ways being cut down by an early frost 

 ort! blooming. 



Among plants introduced in re- 

 cent years some of the best are Cam- 

 panula Moerlieimi, Astilhe Davidi, In- 

 carvillea Delavayi and iiehmannia an- 

 gulata. Many of the numerous recent 

 introductions by Veitch through E. 11. 

 AVilson from western China promise to 

 be valuable. The present day demand 

 is for planting in masses to secure tell- 

 ing effects. This method has its disad- 

 vantages, for it causes many gaps which 

 arc hard to iill Avith annuals. I'erson- 

 aily he prefers mixed hardy borders. 



In the discussion which followed, 

 James II. Uowditeh said if mass plant- 

 ing were well dov<^tailed no striking 

 gaps would show when the various per- 

 ennials are done llowering. Both mixed 

 borders and massed planting are desir- 

 able. All depends upon the size of the 

 beds and borders and effects nee(.'ed. 

 Duncan Finlaysou saitl a good way to 

 grow Anemom- Japonica is to lift ami 

 •store the roots each fall. In })lanting 

 lie dots Canterbury bells among them. 

 When the latter are done blooming the 

 aiu'mones co\t'r the ground nicelv. 

 (Jther beds may be treate<l in a similar 

 way to seeure a continuous mass dis- 

 play. 



.1. W. "Manning spoke of Polygonum 

 Baldsehuanicuui, saying it is hardy, 

 really a shrub and attains a height of 

 oightt>en feet. Lvt-oris s(p!amigera. also 

 ealled Amaryllis llalleana, is hardy and 

 a beautiful plant, witli junk flowers re- 

 send)liug lielladonna lilies. 15uibs se- 

 cured from ,(ai)an have not proved 

 hardy, how.'\cr. Kven the rankest 

 growing and (piickest spreading sorts, 

 such as Monarda didyma, P.oltonia as- 

 teroides, lleliauthus rigidus and P>oc- 

 <'onia cordata, have their pla<'«>s. liut 

 they must not ]to pl.-iiitrd wluTf tliev 

 might smother Avcaker growing sub- 

 jects. He saiil the number of \aiieties 

 of perennials is perplexing. There are 

 now 1,500 peonies listed, over 8(Ul d.d- 

 phiniums, 700 irises and l.dOO ])hlox. 



W. iX. Craig spoke of the culture of 

 eremurus. Anemone .laponica and other 

 -.uts. He recommends Lilium excelsum 

 and L. Prownii as desirable kinds to 

 grow. Pa paver orientale in masses 

 doffed quite thickly with (ialtonia ean- 

 dicans make an elTeclive continuous 

 display. J. W. Duncan thought it a mis- 

 take to leave Lilium candidum out of 

 any list of reliable hardy lilies. lie 

 also thinks L. tenuifolium a good sort 

 to grow. He has had trouble with 

 Anemone Japonica in southern Conneeti- 

 out, owing to hot summers, but has 

 found no difficulty with it near Bos- 

 ton. The grandest display of it he has 

 ev(>r seen, near Manchester, Mass., was 

 nndisturbeil f(tr years and merely se- 



House of Uncle John Rose at Peter Reinberg's, Chicago. 



I'liri'il -I .•(i;iliny ot' lc;i\cs r;icll t'all. lie 



I'eail a lisi lit' biillious plauts rei-ciitU 

 rei'iiniiurMilciJ liy ;i Xi'W .jersey urilcr 

 ioi" llowi'iiuy uiitilimrs trorii \d\eitdii r 

 to l-'clu nary, and saiij his cxiMTiiMice 

 lias Ix'cii tli.it sui-li viiMv <|,> II, it lliiwiT 

 before .\|.ril ;iii.| M:r.-. W. v. (', 



. PRICE COMPETITION. 



I II .1 s:aa II low ii in ( thin t Ihti- ;iir \\\<< 



llolist'-. ( )||r is til.' oil] i-;t;iiiii<l|rii i|r;i| 



I'l'. ;iiiil till' otlii'f .-I tiiiii 111' \iiuii^ iiM'ii 

 Just stjirting ill liu-.iiii's-. 'I'lii'ii' ;iir s,.\ 



el-;il lit';u'-ii\ towns i-o|i m ,-1 n I li\ tlnlliV 

 ami «-OUl[ii't il iou is Ivnii. Si'\i|;i| cnUl 



municalions Iium- rimiinl tin- l>'i;\ii-.\\ 

 i-ommenting on tlir fart iIimi the oMir 

 llorist is defending hiiusrit' I'inm roiu- 

 petition oidy liy rntiiiiM |,ii,-,.^. i'luui 

 several soun-es |||v ( In i.st ma^ aiKi'it is.- 

 UM'Ut lias been r.'i i-i\,-.|. It ir;i,i ;iv t',i|- 

 lows: 



■'I'cr ( ■liri>t iii.-i~ uiw >"iii uii.v <ui-iili,-.ii I ,,|- 



fl-il'llll a llllIM ll 1.1" ,.l||- .•\.|l||vjl.. ,111 ll.iUcT- ..!■ 

 "lit' "f "111' iStr.loi i|iii;ii\ Mil,. |,.,|I,',| lil.ilil-: 

 ■S'OII colli,! not ^.'.'l li,.|- .nn IIMI,. ;,,,-,.|,|,-|l,|,. -in 



Our llouiTs :iic .ill fr.-h, lioiii.. -roun. K..-.-. 

 SI piT .|.iz,-ii. ('irnat ioi,^ ." ,.|ii^ pi-r ,|.,/,.|i, 



•'lie of tho iio\v linn uiiti^s ;is f,ii!civ\-: 

 ' ■ .\ o ijoiiiil voiir ;it ii'i.t i,iii i> .'it nil,-,. 

 at f r;ii-te(l to til.' -nic' ■■niMmh slaughter 

 "• prii-es. I ,•1111 ;i yoiinii "i;in pist 

 ^'ai'iiiL' ill bii^iiii's^. Jia\ iti;^r ||;|,| nil,, lit 

 nine yo;irs' e\|i.Ti,iii-.-. o;iii,,.,( i,y ii;,|-,| 



work with some ot' the host wllol.sale 



growers nmr 'hi, -ago lict'orc (■oniin^ 

 here. I s;iv(d a little money from uiy 

 wages an<l, with a partner wiio had .also 

 saved his money, we Imilt iwn small 

 greenhous(>s. Tlie Last yoar before build- 

 ing 1 was \\ith tiie man who is now 

 fighting us by cutting prices. His busi- 

 ness was begun a few years ago with :i 

 house 1!Ox;jO and now he h.as Id.oiid feet 

 of glass. At the time we hegan building 

 he was retailing carnations at ^o cents 

 a dozen and roses from .*! per dozen up 

 and doing a nice business. When we 



v>i'ri' ready In lnoin. ,,1' ,-,Mir^i' ha\ing tO 

 •'ii.v .'iiosi ,if ,,iir llowers in wholesale 

 Mi.arkiis, hi' i-iit fjiii-rs down to one-third, 

 -■elliiie i-a riia I ii in>- at ilii rents and roses 

 al Ihe same prire. H,' is , -lilting the life 

 'lilt nt the l.nsiiii'vv ||,.r,. t,i jiiit us out 

 • il liiisiness. So far we ha\e not gone 

 'i''low .'po nails |„a- do/, Ml for rarnations 

 ind .* 1 I'm io>ev, liiit III, |iri,-i. rutting 

 1^ heojiiiiiiio 1,1 i,.|| ,,|| ||.,_ w,. ||,.|ve lit- 

 'I' raiiital and mil o|i[ii iii,ail lias cmi- 

 M.l. ral'ile. •• 



I I'liii :i iieio|||i,irino tnwn roiues a 

 ■li|'|iiiiu 'if the ( ■|iri>-tiiiav aihertisemeut 

 'jii'ilei I .a 111 i\ e a ii'l 1 he folliiw iiio : 



' ■ I ■'' iiie explain I he ^it aai ion : This 

 '"^^11 1^ our roiiniy ve;it : [ ir.ar I ir a 1 ly both 

 '"^\ii- ■■II'' olio; ,aiv ,\iiy lifieeii miii- 

 lii'^; :ii'kil tare. ( ine ,it' uiv 'bovs' 

 ''i;i' li\'- ill ll'iai town, after working 

 i' a nninlier ,,r |,io pjac's. .•atrie back 

 Ic'ii'' aiiii wmke.l will, thjv man until 

 'II' 'I'ly '•mirlii'le'l he wmil'l viart in for 

 lii:ii-''il. II.' teuk a liiu -In,' ,,( the liusi- 

 iir-- v\ Il h him in a -li'.rt t ime, .hiing his 

 iiiiii'i-t to li.iM luii's to a reasonably 

 j'l'ilitanle ii.'isi>. th,. ,ii||,.,- s.'lling ctirna- 

 ""i'~ 'I' '-'■"' '-I'lits. o,'raniiini- at .* 1 for 

 *!'■■'•■'' 'i'l'-. \\''llyi"wii plants with three 

 '" ^'^ ''iu growths ;in.l well bloomed, 

 \i"i'h >!.' "1 .in\mi'''>. inmie\ : m.aking 

 'I"- lhl''::l al ih,' tin,,, tli.'il' he would 

 I'i'-.'ik up hiv ''..inpeiii.irs i|- it reijiiiretl 

 .1 .var or \w, t,, ,|,i it. Th.' funny thiug 

 I- 'liat the eih.r fi'lhiwx ^rnt ail their 

 'ii'ii'l^ tli.'it rar.'ly buy ibiwers to go 

 '■iii'l u'et th.' ,'l,,;ip M,i,-k' I'.ir them. Tlds 

 li.-is liiirt .'ill ,,r i|v i,iit as most of our 

 work iv wliole-.'il,.' w, ,1,1 not t'eel it much, 

 "iif.\' 1 'I'l not lik'' to s,.,- if, i„,f ns a' 

 '■'""'^ ^tii'l'Mit ,,f e,',,ii,imi,.s I smile 

 ''"'""U'' all. kiiewiiig the iiilirn.ate out- 

 come. ' ' 



'I lie sati,.' m:iii,.r ha- e,,iii.' tn the af- 

 tcnliiui <if Win. S.'iiti. wh.i wril.'s .as Ad- 

 lows : 



".\n enl''rpri-iiii.r yoiiiio il,,risf. lut of 

 vears ,.f exp,.ri.'nr,. fj-.'K^ .'i sm,.||| town 



