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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



May 30, 1907. 



at the right of the picture of the green- 

 house plant. Mr. Aniling was one of the 

 first in the west to build special houses 

 and go extensively into the production of 

 greens. He has made a pronounced suc- 

 cess of it. It is due as much to his en- 

 terprise as to that of any other grower 

 in the west that the Chicago market can 

 supply green goods any day in the year. 

 He has made it a studied policy to have 

 stock at all times, but he does not sell 

 direct, all his crop being sold on con- 

 signment by his brother in Chicago. 



Next to the high houses for greens in 

 the picture are two wide houses in which 

 Brides and Maids were grown up to last 

 season, but these now are planted to 

 Kaiserins, which had been a summer 

 specialty with Mr. Amling, the three 

 houses next on the left having been de- 

 voted to them for a number of seasons. 

 The house on the left is a chrysanthe- 

 mum house, used for miscellaneous pur- 

 poses after the chrysanthemums are cut. 

 Sweet peas are grown for an early crop 

 and with these Mr. Amling has been 

 notably successful. Lilies also are grown 

 in considerable quantity. 



Albert F. Amling is the eldest of four 

 brothers. He was born at Maywood, De- 

 cember 17, forty-two years ago. It was 

 in 1888 that the start was made in the 

 greenhouse business, the firm being Al- 

 bert F, Amling and E. C. Amling. Their 

 father loaned them the money with which 

 to start. They built three houses 22x100, 

 planting two of them with roses and one 

 with carnations. The next season three 

 more similar houses were built and the 

 place fixed up in first-class shape. The 

 result of their efforts was that in six 

 years they had made, besides a living for 

 the two families, enough money to re- 

 imburse their father for his loan and to 

 have the place, including the real estate, 

 entirely free from debt. 



In the next year the brothers sepa- 

 rated, Albert F. Amling continuing the 

 growing end and E. C. Amling starting 

 in the commission business in Chicago. 

 Since that time Albert Amling has en- 

 tirely rebuilt the place and added to it. 

 He is a careful grower and a student of 

 his business, with the result that he has 

 had uninterrupted success and has be- 

 come a leading citizen of Maywood, with 

 a number of outside interests. He is now 

 vice-president of the Maywood State 

 Bank. 



It is reported that another of the 

 Amling brothers is to build a range of 

 greenhouses next spring, on property re- 

 cently acquired at Maywood. 



WINDOW-BOXES. 



Window-boxes need drainage boxes 

 only when there is fear of damage by 

 drippings. The best soil for window 

 gardens, and, in fact, the best in gen- 

 eral, consists of three parts good gar- 

 den soil and old barn fertilizer with 

 some sharp sand for the fourth part. 

 The boxes may be made of pine, some- 

 times lined with zinc, galvanized iron, or 

 most durable of all, cypress. Paint the 

 boxes the same color as the house, or a 

 dark green. Erect plants should be useu 

 for the back and center rows, with 

 drooping or trailing plants falling over 

 the front — the greatest beauty of this 

 style of gardening. For the back and 

 center rows, where not shaded too much, 

 the geranium is the most showy and pop- 

 ular of flowering plant?, the doubles be- 

 ing preferred, as they stand the weather 

 best. Dwarf cannas, petunias, dwarf 



palms, abutilons, and others that any 

 florist will know, are part of the many 

 that may be named for that purpose. 

 For the outer row, or border, use varie- 

 gated vincas, Boston fern, trailing 

 abutilon, nasturtiums, English ivy, and 

 so forth. In filling the wider veranda- 

 boxes there may be three rows of plants, 

 the tallesit in the center and vines and 

 shorter plants at each side. When there 

 is much shade, fuchsias, begonias, and 

 others of like habit may be used, also 

 in any box place lemon verbenas and 

 mignonette for their fragrance. 



W. A. Harkett. 



A PERENNIAL BOEDER. 



F. J. Rea, in his talk before the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club of Boston, 

 May 21, said that his idea of a proper 

 herbaceous garden was a broad, winding 

 path, with wide borders on each side, 

 having shrubs in the background, with 

 occasional ones brought forward. For 

 a back row some of the most desirable 



tuberosa, sweet williams. Spiraea Fili- 

 pendula, Campanula persicifolia Moor- 

 heimeri. Coreopsis grandiflora, lychnis, 

 Ginothera Youngii, polemonium, and Del- 

 phinium Chinensis. 



For a front row the following are 

 good: Dianthus or moss pinks in quan- 

 tity, Heuchera sanguinea, Iberis semper- 

 virens, amieria, alyssum. Campanula 

 Carpatica, Lychnis viscaria, Veronica 

 gentianoides, Viola cornuta and Iris 

 pumila. 



The speaker preferred planting ten to 

 twenty plants in a mass, rather than in- 

 dividual plants. He did not approve of 

 the use of annuals in the herbaceous 

 garden. 



MONTREAL. 



The Market. 



The weather man continues to send us 

 cool days. We had quite a heavy frost 

 on Victoria day. May 24. Only a few 

 Montrealers have left for their summer 



Houie of Asparagut at Albert F. Amliog's, Maywood, IlL 



plants to use are: Helianthus in va- 

 riety, except H. rigidus, which spreads 

 too fast ; Boltonia latisquama, Pyreth- 

 rum uliginosum, Helenium autumnale 

 superbum and H. autumnale rubrum, 

 asters in variety, hibiscus, dephiniums in 

 quantity, Anemone Japonica, thermopsis, 

 Centaurea macrocephala, Galtonia can- 

 dicans and the taller lilies. 



For the next row, some of the best 

 subiects would be: Iris Kaempferi, Iris 

 Germanica, aconitums, aquilegias, platy- 

 codons, hardy chrysanthemums, Cam- 

 panula persicifolia, peonies in quantity, 

 Clematis recta and C. Mongolica, Ver- 

 onica longifolia subsessilis, Gypsophila 

 paniculata plena. Lobelia cardinalis, 

 phloxes, Pyrethruni roseum, Dictamnus 

 Fraxinella and Hemerocaliis Thnnbcrgii. 



The next row might contain: Dicentra 

 spectabilis. Anthemis tinctoria, Asclepias 



resorts. Therefore business is quite 

 brisk, with the addition of funerals and 

 weddings. 



Carnations and roses are scarce all 

 around. Sweet peas are coming in more 

 plentifully. There is some splendid mig- 

 nonette in many of the stores. 



Friday is a busy day for the florists. 

 A number of ocean liners sail from here 

 that day and there is always a good de- 

 mand for flowers, especially American 

 Beauties. 



Various Notes. 



Miss Campbell now runs the business 

 formerly managed by her father. She is 

 pleased with results and has always plen- 

 ty of work to do. 



J. Bennett has some fine tomatoes at 

 proFent, and will have a heavy crop in a 

 week or so. 



Miss Cairns reports business to be 



