March 15, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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sen is a member of the Chicago llonsts 

 Club, the American Carnation Society, 

 the Society of American Florists, is a 

 Mason and an Elk. 



John S. Dekema is a Hollander, born 

 rit Amsterdam, June 2H, 1879. After 

 serving an apprenticeship of two years 

 and a half in his native city he went to 

 the Koval Botanic Garden at Leiden, to 

 spend a vear, going thence to Germany, 

 where lie "was employed at Senary 's and 

 in other leading horticultural establish- 

 ments. After a couple of years in Eng- 

 land he came to America in 1900. Prior 

 to entering into partnership with Mr. 

 Jensen he was employed at Bobbink & 

 Atkins, Hutherford, N. J.; Wm. Scott, 

 Huflfalo, N. Y.; Peter Fisher, Ellis, 

 i .Mass.; Thompson Carnation Co., and tor 

 two years was in charge of the plant ot 

 Matsoii ^: Kron, which he and Mr. Jen- 

 Kcu bouglit on February 17, 190."). Mr. 

 Dckoma is also a member of the Chicago 

 Florists' Club, and it is worthy of com- 

 ment that each of the partners is single. 



J. E. Jensen. 



J. S. Dekema. 



Menihers of the youutr linn of Jensen & D.-kenia, CMowo 



receive $100, $75, $50 and $25. The 

 best arrangements of cut chrysanthe- 

 mums will receive similar sums. 



On the closing day there will be ex- 

 hibits of carnations arranged for effect. 

 For five vases of 100 blooms each premi- 

 ums of $40, $30, $20 and $10 are offered 

 and for best vase of 100 blooms one 

 variety, $20, $15, $10 and $5. There 

 are a number of silver cups. The sweep- 

 stake features have been retained. 



Those wishing to receive copies of 

 the list will be supplied if they address 

 E. A. Kanst, 5700 Cottage Grove ave- 

 nue, Chicago. 



WITH THE GROWERS. 



Jensen & Dekema, Chicago. 



The firm of Jensen & Dekema is one 

 which has in a very brief period made 

 its mark in the trade and which may be 

 looked upon as likely to attain a leading 

 place. The senior member of the firm, 

 J. E. Jensen, is only 27 years of age, 

 and his partner is one year his junior. 

 They are skilled growers, conservative in 

 all their dealings and the owners of a 

 very well kept establishment of approxi- 

 mately 50,000 feet of glass. There are j 

 six houses, five of them 25x266 feet; the i 

 other 30x266. As shown in the accom- [ 

 panying illustration only half of the 

 houses appear, the view being shut oft" 

 by the boiler shed. The plant is new, 

 the houses having been built within the 

 past two or three years. All the space 

 is given to carnations, the bulk of the 

 product being shipped directly to re- 

 tailers, not only at Chicago, but through 

 the country. The quality of the stock 

 is of the very best, but there is a small 

 surplus, consigned to the J. B. Deamud 

 Co. A large business is done in rooted 

 cuttings, very much more than the firm 

 hoped for when a start was made, a little 

 over a year ago. 



Lawson, Lady Bountiful, Enchantress, 

 Xelson Fisher and Boston Market are 

 the varieties most heavily grown. Next 

 year Victory will be added to the list, 

 about the only novelty to be grown in 

 quantity, it being the evident opinion 

 that this is the best red in sight. Mr. 

 Jensen gives it as his opinion that in a 

 short time the big four among carna- 



tions will be Aristocrat, Winsor, White 

 Enchantress and Beacon. He says that 

 it looks to him as though with these 

 varieties the carnation growers should 

 have about all they need wish for except 

 a good yellow. 



J. E. Jensen was born in Viborg, Den- 

 mark, August 23, 1878. At 14 he en- 

 tered upon a four years' apprenticeship 

 embracing all branches of horticulture, 

 after which he started out to see a little 

 of the world. After a short experience 

 in Germany he landed in liOndon and 

 spent a few months each in a number 

 of t!ie leading establishments, arriving 

 at New York March 17, 1899. His first 

 employment in this country was with 

 Hugo Book, Worcester, Mass. 



After a brief time he decided to make 

 carnation growing a specialty, and se- 

 cured a position with Peter Fisher, Ellis, 

 Mass., where he remained for nearly two 

 years and a half, making such good prog- 

 ress in the art that tiie last year and a 

 half was spent in the capacity of fore- 

 man. This was at the time Enchantress 

 was disseminated, and Mr. Jensen went 

 west to enter the employ of the Thomp- 

 son Carnation Co., Joliet, of which es- 

 tablishment he was in full charge for 

 almost three years, leaving there Feb- 

 ruary ], 1905. After a trip to the Pa- 

 cific coast Mr. Jensen formed his present 

 partnership with Mr. Dekema. ^Ir. Jen- 



BOSTON FERNS. 



Louis Wittbold, secretary of the 

 George Wittbold Co., Chicago, states 

 that his firm has been obliged to buy 

 from Review advertisers in the present 

 season over $4,000 worth of Boston ferns 

 to supply the demand after their own 

 large 'stock of this old favorite variety 

 was exhausted. There is usually a time 

 in the autumn when Bostons are pushing 

 for a market, because of crowded houses, 

 but before spring a stock of Bostons 

 becomes excellent property. The Witt- 



: bold Co. says that the introduction of 

 the several new varieties of nephrolepis 



I which have appeared in recent years has 



! not in the least affected the sale of 

 Bostons; that on the contrary the old 



i variety continues to grow in popularity 

 and in the past year the call for it has 

 been heavier than ever before. The 

 Wittbold Co. will devote more space to 

 Bostons this season than ever before 

 and hopes to have stock enough for next 



! year to supply all demands made upon 



! them. They say the call is principally 



i for plants of medium size. 



VALUE OF SLAKED LIME. 



Are there any fertilizing properties 



I in slaked lime? [ have been adding 



: some slaked lime to my soil pile when 



i stacking it. I was of the opinion that 



))v adding lime it would keep same 



.weet and thereby facilitate the action 



of fertilizers, but did not think there 



was iiiiv fertilizing properties in lime 



Establishment of Jensen & Dekema, Chicago. 



