A I ..t M 1, I'.MIT 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



the rctiiil flitrisf, slioiiM ho piirticular 

 about it is tliiit his sturo is scruimlously 

 dean. 



SCOTCH HEATHER BLOOM. 



Tlicro liavc liccii ;i iiimiln r (it' in- 

 stances wIr'ii cut liowors iiavc l)ccii 

 sl)i|i|M'(l from .New York to JiOiiilnn tor 

 various reasons, Ijwt tlu^ first attciiijit 

 to jmt transatlantic liiisincss in cut 

 liowcrs ujion a conMiicrcial liasis is he- 

 injr inadi! this season liy .lames Smith 

 & Sons, of the J)arle_v Dale Nurseries, 

 uoar Matlock. J-hiyhiml. 



This hrm is said to lie the l.irycst 

 grower of hanly heaths in tiie Cnited 

 Kingdom, havinfi^ u|i\vards of .')ii(),oi)(i 

 jdaiits in stock. They do a larye Ixisi- 

 ness in sujijdyinff quantities of cut white 

 In'ather Idooni to iMiylnnd aiiij conti- 

 nental florists duriny tlie months of An 

 tjust, September and October. Tiiis year 

 they |iroi)ose to extend tlie field of fheir 

 ojierafions to iiudude America, liotli Can- 

 ada and the I'nited States. Tlie heather 

 bloom carries well ami they feel that 

 there is no (luestioii that the sto.-k can 

 be slii|)|(ed to arrive in >;o(id order. Thev 

 will pack it in boxes coiitaiuiuy one to 

 three poumis and ship by parcels j)ost 

 to tile nearest port of entry. .\s ])rac- 

 lically eveiy city where there ;ire lead- 

 iiie retail florists is a port of cMlr\. ;id 

 mission thiouyh the custnuis houses 

 shoidd be ac<'omplished witlioul delay. 

 .\uyust is not the season of largest de 

 maud except in a few of the summer re- 

 s(Ut c-ommunities in this couhtry. but 

 there is always a demami for no\elties, 

 and file success of Smith iV Sons will be 

 watched with interest. 



In ;i recent issiu' <if :\ liritish trade 

 )iaper there is the fcdlowiti;^ account of 

 the Sndths" heatiier industry, \\hi(h will 

 lie of special interest on account of their 

 jiresent umlertakiny : 



•'There are. about a do/eu esiablish- 

 menls arouuil Matlock, the pidprietois 

 in ne:irly all cases belonyiny to the Smith 

 f.-imily. the prevalence of this surnaim- 

 lieiny somewhat bewildering to the 

 straiijrer, but our notes on the present 

 occasion r<d;ite only to tile liistoric nur- 

 series of Messrs. .lames Smith \' Sons, 

 at Dai ley Dale. As the yronnd actually 

 under nursery stock covers some i';{(l 

 acres, it is of i()urse impossible to y;i\e 

 a detaile(l clescri[ition of the enormous 

 stock, and we shall therefore mercdy 

 mention a few of the salient points 

 which »itruck us jiarticiilarly in the cuirse 

 of our tour around the various di'part- 

 ments. 



''First .and I'oi'cmosf of these is. with- 

 out doubt, the magnificent stocks of 

 h.arcly heaths whiidi flourish here in a 

 w:i\ wliiidi slows thai tlic soi! :ind 

 clim.ite suit them to perfection. The 

 white \;irieties now so ]iopular lor cut- 

 tin;; I'urposes ;ire seen in bioacl flats, 

 running into ten> ot' tlumsaiids. the 

 stock- ot the i:. albinos beiii^. we be- 

 lie\<'. utu>(|ualed in the kinediun. I'd 

 i-oloi- especially took oui' fancy, as if 

 i-:iriies white, purple and jiink llowers 

 on the same jdaiit. so that a flat had the 

 elVecl of a \ery h.armouious niixtuie of 

 be.ldiny plants. Tht> r;ire Krii-a Mawe 

 ana. with rich jiurple blooms, also made 

 I yood ilisiday, .as did the edMeii biny, 

 while Me.literraiiea and oilier \aricties 

 are only just in bud. and will, weather 

 permitting:, be making a luave >liow in 

 I >eci-lllbel . The collect iiUl i- a line one. 



an<l the iiro|iiietor- mav 1 Ncu-ed .1 



little p:ir.lonable luide in ihi- l)i:iucli. 



■• \ t, .■lime whirl, ^tfike- ;ill -traiieeis 



The Retailer's Display Case. 



is the ^raucl stock of (ieiitiana .acaulis, 

 but this must be seen earlier in the year, 

 when b.-inds of blue running up the hill 

 side remind one of Alpine glories. .\ 

 nice b.atcli has now bi'eii woi-ked up of 

 the new white variety, wliicdi. though it 

 did not appeal to us like the ^lorio\is 

 blue of the type, will no doubt find ;i 

 deimind with the specialist. Two otiiei- 

 plants not often seen in first-rate condi 

 tioii are liithospermum prostratum, a 

 riv.al to the y;entians in color, iind Daphne 

 eneorum, with its unrivaled ]ierfiimi'; 

 both looked perfectly at home .'iml 

 happy, vvitli a|>|(;irent ly no special care 

 or trouble. .\iiotlier flowerin;; pl.ant 

 yrown in immense (puintity is the ordi- 

 n.-iry tritom:i, or torcdi-flower, as it is 

 sometimes i-allei]."' 



l'airo|iean hybrids, we fiml extreme dif- 

 ficulty ill keejiiii^ them lonyci' tiian threo 

 111 four years. It is otherwise with home 

 s.'ived seedlines, \v iiicli seem to possess 

 far yre.-iii'i- vieo]-. | jiave tried spraying 

 with I'.ordeaiix mixture for the disi^ase, 

 with only pjirtial siucess. I do not 

 know lit' any collection where these liv - 

 bri'U are successfully oinwn for more 

 th.in four or five years before they run 

 oiii, Tr.ansplantiny into fresh soil I'Verv 

 ihii'l season is eeod for .all delphiiiium> 

 and careful division of the roots in Sep 

 teiiilier may liidji to keep them (dean, but 

 We li.ave li:id but ilidi fVereiit success in 

 retaillille the clinice double sorts. 



\V. \. ' . 



BLIGHT ON DELPHINIUMS. 



Does iinyoiie know a cure for ii bliylil 

 that .attacks the blooms of the hybrid 

 delpiiiniiims .' Th(> jiet.als become black 

 .and somewhat curled. Sunietimes the 

 entire spike is atVected, crippling it eii 

 tiiely. .'iiid in other instances only a por 

 lion seems troubled. W. ( . ]•;. 



rile choice named hybrid delphiniums 

 sent nut by such noted hvluidists as Kel 

 way .-ind l.emoiue seem to lie |ieculiaily 



SUSceJifilile to the attacks of the Iiliaht 



spoken iif. With American r.iised s(>ed 

 lin;is there is little iroiildi'. unless the 

 jdants have lieeii .allowed til I'em.ain in 

 one loc.-iTiiiu vvithoiit iraiispla lit iiii; tor ;i 

 iiiimlier iif veais. Iteaiil i ful a- are tlie-e 



DRACAENAS. 



iMacaiia ( rodsetliaiia i- at fir.-t. ur 

 when it is youiiy. a rather sluw 



;;|i.wer. but when it ^ets l.aiye eluui^li 



for a fi-inch pot it jjoes .'iliead v\itli 

 am.i/.ine rapidity, cmisiderine its pie 

 villus st iilibornness. This dracan.i make.- 



.1 -|ilel|ilid specimen for the deciiiatiol: 

 111' .oli-eiv atories ol- even fur dwellings, 



Its spotted oreeii fidiaye is in stiikini: 

 colli r.ast to ;ill other driicjrn.as, 



Diaca'iia Samleriami is another va- 

 riety with ch.-iracieristics so distinct a- 

 to mark it fioiii all oilier dr.oiiua- 

 This variety is much used by flmisl- ii. 



made up pans I'ui- <| native wmk. 1' 



is easilv roofeil from cllttill^< lii;o|e fit 

 the tiijis lit' iihl or useless p|;i||ts. I mean 



useless fur aiiv oilier piirp.ise. I'aii- of 

 this diac.-eiia sell leadilv at anv time. 



I'. M. 



