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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



NoVKMliKK 21', V.tOO. 



C. H. RONEY. 



C. II. ln'iiiifv, su|ifiint('iHl('iit ol' tlic 

 Lakeview Ji'osf (ianlriis, Jariicstowii, N. 

 Y., has Ih'cii iu tii<,' trade since lie was 

 u boy, IJe is a native of Kugland, liav- 

 ing been born in the village of Bigrigy, 

 near Wliiteliaven, April l", JS()5. At the 

 age of 1 } years lie broan liis career as 

 a florist, beiny an a|iprentice for three 

 years on the estate of J)avid Ainsworth, 

 iM. P., under the tutelage of William 

 Fox, gardener. After going to the es- 

 tate of Lord Lonsdale, Lowther Castle, 

 Whitehaven, and remaining for some 

 tin)e, he went to James Dickson & Sous, 

 Newton Nurseries, Chester, England, and 

 worked through all the (lepartments of 

 their business, botli inside and outside 

 the greenhouses. 



Coming to the I'nited States in 1885, 

 Mr. liioney "s tirst jiosition was with Al- 

 iiurger JJros.. of rjiiladeljihia. He Mas 

 also with Ji'obert Craig tJc Son for 

 siMue lime. J^rom I'iiiiadelphia he went 

 to Wilkesliarrt', Pa., and was manager 

 of thr Wilkesbarre Floral Co. JIo 

 stayed with this liriii until real estate 

 became too valuable for gretnihouse pur- 

 jiosf's in that jiart of town, and the 

 place was turn down. After four years 

 spent Avith Jienjamin Dorrance, of Dor- 

 rance, Pa., he accepted the office of head 

 giirdener to .lames Boyd, of Harrisburg, 

 Pa., and for live years had charge of one 

 of the finest and best equipped private 

 greenhouses in southeastern Pennsylva- 

 nia. While in this position, Mr. Roney 

 did considerable work iu landscaping, 

 laying our new grounds, drives, golf 

 links and artilicial lakes. 



In ]8!>8 Mr. Koney wont to James- 

 town, N. Y., as manager of the Lake- 

 view Eoso Gardens, where he has con- 

 tinued until the present time. He has 

 developed tlie business of this firm until 

 the houses now cover eight acres, solidly 

 liuilt up in greenhouse glass. He has 

 developed a trade that compasses a 

 radius of ."(Mj miles from Jamestown. 

 The Lakeview Rose Gardens has become 

 om^ of the leading eastern estal)lish- 

 ments. 



UTICA, N. Y. 



New Seedling Raisers. 



This city has become quite a rose cen- 

 f(>r, following in the footsteps of Peter 

 <'r()we; but our spe<-ial journey to Utica 

 was to visit the carnation sjiecialists, 

 H. H. Nicholson and A. O. drassl, at the 

 Wa-no-ka (ireeidiouses. This Indian 

 name must be lyronouui-ed with the em- 

 jihasis on the "no." and means, in In- 

 di;in lin};o, wigwam or tepee alone or iso- 

 latc<l. As the ehlir Mr. Nicholson was 

 the first of the I'tica citizens to build a 

 beautiful suninin- lesidence in the vil- 

 la}j;e of Barnevcld lie thought the name 

 appropriate, and when he built his first 

 three carnation liouses the same eujihoni- 

 nus I'awnee di'viount inn was given them. 

 This \ illage foiiiicily \\;is known ;is 

 Trenton, but is now known as Barneveld. 

 and is a jiretty village nestling in the 

 foothills of the Adimndack mountains 

 and thirty minutes by rail north of 

 Utica. There is no Mohawk or Seneca 

 Indian left to scalp the white man, but 

 there is black bear iind deer in abun- 

 dance within a few miles. 



Mr. Nicliolson for two years had no I 

 expert grower, and then secured the serv- 

 ices of A. O. Crass], who now is an ccjual 

 jiaifner. Mr. (irassl. if will be reaiem- 

 bereil. v,as the carnation specialist for 

 .several years with li. i;. .Marquisee, of 



Syr.'iiuse. and to him must be given the 

 cre<lit nt raising that fine old pink, so 

 hapjiiiy nameil The islaniuis, and later 

 the fine scarlet. Flamingo, and several 

 others less widely grown. 



If ever the prospects of a firm looked 

 rosy it i.s tliis one. I had the pleasure 

 of visiting these houses three years ago, 

 and I then said, as can be I'epeated, that 

 for health, \ie(u- and cjuantity of bloom 

 and buds I never had seen their carna- 

 tions efpialed, and I have seen some in 

 my travels. At that time the houses 

 were fille<l with the standard varieties, 

 and Mr. Crassl had too recently taken 

 hold to show any re.sult iu crossing varie- 

 ties, but now it is a different story. 

 Well-grown bem-hes of Lawsou. Fnchan- 

 tress and Tlie (^Jueeii are jiassed without 



C. H. Roney. 



comment because 'Sir. Grassl 1ms seed- 

 lings of his own that make these good 

 varieties look small anil commonplace. 

 There are a few of these seedlings that 

 will cause a sensation in the carnation 

 world. It is a c(j;nmou failing to be too 

 nuich enainore<l with one 's own off- 

 spring, to be blind to their faults, but 

 both members of the firm reiterated the 

 statement that no seedlings of theirs 

 evei\will be sent out that they have not 

 ])r(jven To be superior in habit, stem, 

 size and color to any existing variety, 

 an<l they mean to keep to this laudable 

 pidicy. We could not remember the 

 many good things, so nnule notes on the 

 spot, and here they are: 



No. 3l', AjipK' Blossom, seedling 1904. 

 They now have a large stock extremely 

 free, fifteen to twenty ('hristmas bmls 

 now showing, last year yielded thirty-six 

 flowers to the plant, largest size and 

 perfect form, in bright weather almost 

 pure white, in cloudy we.atluM- lightly 

 sjil.ashcd with ]iiiik. Nexcr lia\e we seen 

 such a mass of tlowers and buds. 



No. .") — Lawsun type, but a yreat im 

 [idxenuMit on that faiiums variety, both 

 in form ami color. Docs not show the 

 blue shade as iu Lawson. 



No. Ill) — This wonderful seedling will 

 easily displace I'liudianf ress. It is a sal- 

 mon jiink, will average three and one- 

 half- inches, and twice as heavy, and a 

 great stem. 



No. 2') — Larue and free white an im- 



j.rovement over Lady Bountiful and 

 much freer. 



No. 103 — Another large, pure Avhite of 

 great freedom. 



No. 8^ — Medium sized white of Law- 

 son habit. Thi.s is extremely free, and 

 although we call it medium size it will 

 make The Queen and Market look small. 



No. 11 — Large and prolific crimson. 



There is one seedling grown here, 

 named Snowball, ]ihenomenal for size 

 aiul freedom. The flowers will average 

 four inches and resemble a small flower 

 of Ivory chrysanthemum. 



There are a number of other seedlings 

 growing here, crimson, light and dark 

 pink, varieg.ated, etc., but the above are 

 the ])ick. Although Mr. Grassl believes 

 truly that he has a phenomenal flower in 

 Snowball and the improvement on Fn- 

 chantress. No. 110, yet I was greatly 

 impressed with the beautiful Apple Blos- 

 som. Mr. Grassl is such an expert in 

 the art of crossing and selecting varie- 

 ties that I soberly say from this seques- 

 tered village is likely to emanate for 

 many years successive wonders of the 

 dianthus family. I hope you will all 

 see Apjile Blossom at Toronto, and oth- 

 ers from this young firm. 



Crowe and Brant Bros. 



We took advantage of the hospitality 

 of our old friend Peter Crowe, at the 

 homo of Adiantum Croweanum. At his 

 fern-houses there are l!."3.000 feet of glass 

 devoted to the adiantum which bears his 

 name, and yet he tells me he cannot fill 

 his orders. 



The Brant Bros, have rented fifteen 

 largo modern rose houses of Mr. Crowe's 

 and have been so successful that last 

 spring they purchased two acres of land 

 and built a raufje of six houses, each 

 LllixloO. Both this range and the houses 

 rented are in fine order. We had a 

 pleasant visit with Harry lirant, who 

 later in the day started on a visit to his 

 brother in ^ladison, N. J. W'. S. 



MILWAUKEE. 



Fred W. Mueller, who has been iu the 

 newsj)aper business at Watertown, Wis., 

 will put up a range of 15,000 feet of 

 glass close to ^Milwaukee in the spring, 

 to grow carnations for the wholesale 

 market. 



Mr. Mueller came to this country from 

 (iermany when 19 years of age, with 

 but 3.J cents in his pocket. He could not 

 s|ieak a word of Fnglisli, and went to 

 wxirk in a brickyard and in the timber 

 camps of Miiiiigan. During his spare 

 hours he educated himself in English. 

 Subse(|uo!itly he came to Milwaukee and 

 worked at whatever honorable employ- 

 ment he could obtain, until he became a 

 r(>porter on a Gcrnuin newspaper in Mil- 

 waukee, in time becoming the editor of 

 a daily jiaper. After a while the paper 

 upoTi A\hich he Avas einjdoyed Avas con- 

 s(didated with .'inothei'. and he became 

 manatii'r. Aftei'wards he became adver- 

 tising agent of the Milwaukee Herald. 



^OSAGE, I A. 



The annual chrysanthemum show and 

 floral exhibit at Walter Hall's green- 

 houses, Novemnor 12-14, was quite a suc- 

 cess, with a gooil attendance each even- 

 ing. The chrysanthemums made a gor- 

 geous display, and the houses were deco- 

 rated with .lapanese lanterns, flags and 

 festoons. On Thursday evening a recep- 

 tion Avas given by Mr. and Mrs. Walter 

 S. Hall to 250 invited guests. The office 



