Ai'un. 5, 1900. 



TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



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Croydon's Latest Crop of LoriUard Tomatoes. 



become thin and drawn from being kept 

 so dark throughout the winter. The 

 shading would also become more dense 

 after a time from the gradual accumula- 

 tion of dirt on the glass and would 

 therefore be decidedly unsatisfactory. 



If inside shading should be decided 

 upon, it would be much better to tack 

 up cheese-cloth or thin muslin, such as 

 may be had from the seedsmen for three 

 or four cents per yard. 



One of the most satisfactory shading 

 paints for outside use is composed as 

 follows: Whiting, six pounds; white 

 lead, three pounds; boiled linseed oil, 

 one quart, and kerosene, two gallons. 

 This may be applied with a whitewash 

 brush, and may need renewing twice dur- 

 ing the season, or three coats altogether. 

 Some seasons two coats may be enough, 

 this depending largely upon the number 

 of heavy storms during the summer. 

 Whatever may remain until winter will 

 be removed by the action of frost and 

 snow, thus giving light during the latter 

 season. 



A mixture of white lead and naphtha 

 is also much used for this purpose. 



W. H. Taplin. 



BOSTON CLUB'S HELD DAY. 



About sixty members of the Boston 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club attended 

 the field day on March 31 at the estab- 

 lishments of W. W. Edgar and Peirce 

 Bros. A special car left Park square 

 with the party at 12:30, returning at 

 5:30 p. m. Mr. Edgar's place at Wav- 

 erly was first visited. 



W. V. Edgar's, Waverly. 



Potted plants are chiefly handled here 

 and are in all cases remarkably well 

 grown. Lilies were in prime condition 

 for Easter, some 8,000 being in flower 

 or ready to open. A small percentage 

 only had shown disease this season, 

 which is better than some growers can 

 report. 



Azaleas are grown in large numbers. 

 • Over 10,000 are handled during the sea- 

 son, the majority being for Easter. A 

 few sorts noted in quantity were Flam- 

 beau, Empereur Du Bresil, Mme. Van 

 der Cruyssen, Dr. Moore, Empress of 

 India, Bernard Andre alba and quite a 

 few of the bright little Firefly were also 

 seen. Crimson Rambler and Baby Eam- 

 bler roses are grown in large numbers. 



Some beautiful little plants of the lat- 

 ter were seen. The color is very much 

 paler than the Crimson Rambler, but as 

 a dwarf pot plant it is excellent. Quite 

 a number of hybrid perpetuals were also 

 coming into flower. 



Acacia armata, lilacs. Spiraea com- 

 pacta and S. astilboides and hydrangeas 

 were all coming in nicely. Large num- 

 bers of genistas, heavily bloomed from 

 specimen size downward, should sell well. 

 Thousands of geraniums and other bed- 

 ding plants are grown. Many of the 

 former were well bloomed, especially 

 the scarlet shades. 



Eclipse tomato trained up the posts in 

 some of the warmer houses was yielding 

 a fine lot of marketable fruit. Ferns 

 are grown in large numbers. Adiantums 

 for cutting are grown in beds. Such 

 sorts as Cyrtomium falcatum, Pteris 

 cretica and other useful varieties for 

 fern dishes are heavily grown. Some 

 Dendrobium Phalsenopsis Schroederiana 

 evidenced a possible start in orchid cul- 

 ture. Some excellent mignonette, quan- 

 tities of narcissi in pans and other stock 

 was also seen. 



Refreshments were served by Mrs. Etl- 

 gar and family, and three rousing cheers 

 given to Mr. Edgar. A photograph of 

 the members was taken by David Lums- 

 den, the manager, before a move was 

 made to Mr. Edgar's new establishment, 

 a few minutes' walk distant. 



Here two houses have been built. One 

 40x200 is filled with cucumbers in full 

 crop, eight rows of plants being grown. 

 Another, just completed by Lord & 

 Burnham, is also planted with cucumbers. 

 Instead of wires and twine, as is gen- 

 erally employed, wide-meshed netting 

 six inches square is used to tie the plants 

 to. This is inexpensive and is found to 

 answer admirably. Burnham boilers are 

 used for heating, the Holly-Castle cir- 

 culator being also found of great ben- 

 efit. 



There is an abundant water supply 

 here, excellent facilities for warming 

 water before using it, also liquid ma- 

 nure and excellent soil on the estate. 

 The situation also is ideal for a com- 

 mercial plant. Here, no doubt, at nu 

 distant date Mr. Edgar will center his 

 whole plant. Some nursery stock is 

 grown. A large shed is filled with bay 

 trees and a cellar of mushrooms from 

 milltrack spawn in the rear of the bay 

 tree shed carried as fine a crop as we 

 have ever seen. The Edgar establish- 

 ment is up-to-date in every way. Father 

 and sons are all wide awake, and with so 

 good a manager as Mr. Lumsden there 

 is no likelihood of its holding anything 

 but a front position in the future as it 

 has in the past. 



Peirce Bros., Waltham. 



Messrs. Allan and Herbert W. Peirce 

 conducted the members to their big plant 

 in Waltham after leaving Mr. Edgar's. 

 The first houses inspected were new ones 

 built last season, each 36x3U0 and filled 

 with carnations. These have the ever- 

 lasting tile benches, and each hold some 

 12,000 plants. Several other houses are 

 also devoted to carnations, over G0,000 

 being grown altogether. The principal 

 sorts handled are Lawson, Enchantress, 

 Mrs. Patten and Gov. Guild. The latter 

 is a very promising scarlet seedling 

 raised here and filled one large house. 

 Red Lawson, Prosperity, Nelson Fisher, 



New Cucumber House 40x200 at W. W. Edgar's, Waverly, Mass. 



