

1610 



The Weekly Florists' Review 



November 8, 1906. 



won by John Heeremans, John Downing 

 second and H. B. Vyse, gardener to G. 

 E. Kessel third. Mr, Heeremans' group 

 was largely composed of Beatrice May 

 chrysanthemums in pots, with ferns and 

 palms intermingled. 



Three specimen plants, chrysanthe- 

 mums in flower, was won by Peter Duff, 

 who also was first for a single specimen. 

 . Mr. Duff was also successful for twelve 

 plants in 6-inch pots, grown to single 

 ^-stem, Mr. Vince being a good seconu. 

 For six plants in 6-inch pots Mr. Heere- 

 mans was first. 



The vegetable classes for some reason 

 were not nearly so well filled as usual, 

 Mr. Duckham capturing the Boddington 

 special, John Heeremans the Peter Hen- 

 derson special, and H. B. Vyse the Weeb- 

 er & Don special. 



Certificates of merit were , awarded to 

 Lager & Hurrell for a fine group of 

 orchids; to Charles H. Totty for new 

 chrysanthemums, white sport of Duck- 

 ham, Meriam Hankey, Mr. Henry Barnes, 

 Mrs. A. T. Miller, A. L. Stevens and a 

 collection of fifty varieties of new sin- 

 • gles. 



A vase of beautiful new cosmos, 

 named Lady Lenox, was set up by A. T. 

 Boddington, and richly deserved the cer- 

 tificate awarded. 



Certificates were also given F. R. Pier- 

 son for Winsor carnation; to H. Weber 

 & Sons for Mabelle carnation, and to 

 G. A. Lotze for Chrysanthemum Mrs. G. 

 A. Lotze, an incurving white. 



The weather was fine and the attend- 

 ance ran about as usual. Yidi. 



RED BANK, N. J. 



The tenth annual flower show of the 

 Monmouth County Horticultural Society, 

 which opened October 24, was a great 

 success in every sense of the word. The 

 exhibits, the attendance, and the awards 

 were such as easily to place this latest 

 demonstration of the societv as one of 



its best. The following is the list of 

 awards : 



Twenty-flve chryBantbemum blooms, distinct 

 varieties, first prize, William Turner, superin- 

 tendent of the M. C. D. Bord<en estate, with 

 Nellie Pockett, H. J. Jones, Mrs. WiUiam Knox, 

 Morton F. Plant, P. S. Vaaps, Beatrice May, 



F. A. Ctobbold. Ethel FItzroy, Mrs. Henry 

 I'artrldge, Loreliness, Ben WellB, Mrs. John E. 

 Dunne, William Duckham, Cheltonl, Mrs. George 

 Heaume, Col. D. Appleton, Mrs. D. WlUls 

 Jumes, Merza, Donald McLeod, Merstbam Red, 

 Mrs. William Duckham, Montigny, C. J. Sut- 

 ton, Henry Barnes, Mrs. T. Carrington; twelve 

 blooms, distinct varieties, first, George H. Hale, 

 superintendent at E. D. Adams' place; second, 

 Anthony Bauer; best group, first Anthony 

 Bauer, second N. Butterbacli, superintendent 

 at the C. N. Bliss estate. 



Specimen palm, first N. Butterbacb, second 

 H. A. Kettel; foliage gioup, first H. A. Ket- 

 tel, second N. Butterbacb; three bush* plants, 

 anemone, first George H. Hale; three bush 

 plants, three varieties, first George H. Hale; 

 specimen foliage plant, not a palm, first Wil- 

 liam Turner, second George H. Hale; eighteen 

 chrysanthemum blooms, three varieties, first 



G. H. Hale, second N. Butterbacb; six blooms 

 Carnot, three of each color, first William 

 Turner, second G. H. Hale; twenty-flve chrys- 

 anthemum blooms for eftect, first; G. H. Hale, 

 second William Turner; six blooms, any other 

 color, first William Turner, second G. H. Hale; 

 six blooms yellow, first William Turner, second 

 G. H. Hale; six blooms, pink, first William 

 Turner, second- .G. H. Hale; six blooms, white, 

 first William Turner, second G. H. Hale; six 

 blooms bronze, first William Turner, second 

 G. H. Hale; six blooms crimson, first William 

 Turner, second G. H. Hale. 



Twelve American Beauties, first Wellington 

 W. Kennedy, second G. H. Hale; twelve 

 Bridesmaids, first, N. Butterbarb; twelve 

 Brides, first, N. Butterbacb; twelve any other 

 variety, first, N. Butterbacb. 



Specimen bush plant, first O. II. Hale; six 

 specimen fernfr, distinct varieties, first N. But- 

 terbacb, second G. H. Hale. 



There also was a * large display of 

 vegetables. 



Charles H. Totty, Madison, N. J., ex- 

 hibited some chrysanthemums. White 

 Duckham, a sport of William Duck- 

 ham, which received the society's 

 certificate of merit. Lager & Hurrell, 

 Summit, N. J., had a fine exhibit of 

 orchids, which also received a certificate. 

 Mr. Kennedy showed a new seedling 

 chrysanthemum, which received the same 

 honor. 



The judges were Peter Duff, Orange, 

 N. J.; Charles Totty, Madison, N. J., 

 and James Blair. 6. 



Look Out for Winter. 



This is rather a busy time, handling 

 our imports of azaleas, rhododendrons 

 and other shrubs and roots. I mentioned 

 a few weeks ago that it was better to 

 put off the planting of tulips and hya- 

 cynths as late as possible; that they 

 would have finer flowers in the spring, 

 and the flowers would last longer. The 

 question is, how late will it be wise to 

 wait? If we knew when it were going to 

 freeze up it would be easy to mention the 

 date when planting should be done. 1 

 will remind you that two years ago on 

 November 15 hard frosts occurred. Nur- 

 serymen said, "Oh! This is not winter; 

 goodness, no! I have thousands of trees 

 yet to dig." But it was winter, and no 

 spade or fork entered the ground again 

 until the following April. So it is neces- 

 sary to be on the safe side, and we are 

 filling all orders for bulb planting. In 

 fact, we don't hesitate because the soil 

 in the beds is wet, so that working on it 

 will puddle it. Working soil when wet 



in the spring when no more frost is to 

 be expected would be great folly, but 

 when tramped into a sticky, muddy state 

 in the fall, no harm is done, because the 

 hard frosts of winter will mellow it as 

 no other agency can. 



Bulb PUntin^. 



Planting these bulbs is a simple opera- 

 tion. Some will recommend an expensive 

 plan of excavating the soil to a depth of 

 four or five inches, then sprinkling a 

 thin layer of sand to set the bulbs on, 

 and next restoring the soil that was re- 

 moved. All that labor is useless. Use 

 a blunt, thick dibble amply large enough 

 to drop the bulb into and see that you 

 get the bulb six inches below the surface. 

 This is important, for if planted shal- 

 low the bulbs will be exposed to the sur- 

 face before flowering time. Any cover- 

 ing with leaves or stable litter is unneces- 

 sary before the end of February, as 

 tulips and hyacinths are as hardy as an 

 oak. Covering the beds after February is 

 done to prevent the alternate freezing and 



thawing which in many seasons occurs 

 in our fickle month of March. 



While on the subject of wintering bulbs 

 I will remind you of what was to me 

 a surprise when told by Mr. Beerhorst, 

 one of the best posted growers of bulbs 

 in Holland, that while the tulip is as 

 hardy as a rhubarb root, the trumpet 

 narcissi are not, and he had seen thou- 

 sands of the well-known Von Sion nar- 

 cissus .killed in the ground with 12 de- 

 grees of frost. 



Rhododendrons. 



Just now you will be receiving rho- 

 dodendrons, which for the past two sea- 

 sons have sold well, especially at Easter. 

 For size of plant and number of buds 

 the first cost of the plants is a trifle and 

 their worth must be estimated on the 

 oench room they occupy and not on first 

 cost. The rhodoaendrons, remember, are 

 hardy even in our semi-arctic winters, 

 and it is not the cold but the soil that 

 makes these, the most beautiful of hardy 

 shrubs, a failure in this locality. Wet 

 tne roots of the rhododendron as you did 

 the azaleas and place them in the coldest 

 house you have. A cool shed would do 

 just as well. The ideal place would be 

 a deep coldframe covered with sashes, 

 where they could remain till the middle 

 of next February. Thus little bench 

 room is used when valuable. 



In my humble opinion the principal 

 part of making money in our business 

 is not in how finely you can grow a plant, 

 but in how quickly you can turn out a 

 crop and occupy the space with another. 

 Every square foot of bench room under 

 glass must yield a profit or you are going 

 backward. 



Deutzias and Lilacs. 



Deutzias and lilacs are arriving. As 

 these are both hardy shrubs they should 

 not be introduced to the greenhouse at 

 all. When first unpacked don't expose 

 them to a hard frost, for their buds have 

 been loosened and very slightly started 

 by the warm and close ocean voyage and 

 are in no condition to endure a hard 

 frost. If their roots are .dry, soak them 

 a few moments and then heel them in in 

 a coldframe. The term heel in is a tech- 

 nical phrase and means to put the roots 

 of shrubs or trees in a trench and well 

 covered with earth to protect the roots. 

 It would be well also to keep the tops 

 from too much frost by covering with 

 sash or boards. 



These hardy plants can be brought in 

 and forced with success without being 

 potted now. 



Spiraea. 



Spiraeas, or astilbe, will soon be here. 

 Don't leave them in the original cases. 

 They may be very dry, and when packed 

 closely, have often heated in the journey 

 and made roots. If the clumps of roots 

 are dry dip them in water and place in 

 boxes with a little earth between the 

 clumps and a little over the crowns and 

 place outside. This herbaceous spiraea is 

 the hardiest of all plants, yet it can 

 be abused. 



Valley. ' 



A far more important plant to all of 

 us is the lily of the valley, which soon 

 will be arriving. These aJso should be 

 unpacked at once, and what I believe is 

 very important, if the roots are dry they 

 should be thoroughly wet. I am not writ- 

 ing for the large growers, but for the 

 man who forces perhaps 500 to 1,000 a 

 week from New Year's, up to the middle 

 of April, after which we must depend on 



