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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Ai>!iST 22, l'.»()7. 



SIMMER FLOWERS 



IN QUANTITY 



Easter Lilies, Asters, 



Valley, Gladioli, 



Carriations 



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W. E. McKISSICK, 



1221 FILBERT STREET, 

 PHIUDELPHIA, - • PA. 



t:iti' is naniod. is planted exclusively with 

 liiinly plants, nativ(> ones l)oin<; very 

 lai<if!y used. Mverv advantage has lje<'n 

 taken ef tlie numerous line roeks and 

 oti'.er natural features, plants suitable 

 to the various locations being jilanted 

 in some cases, while in others, many of 

 the tuitivc plants and shrubs have been 

 retained. \Vindin<^ jiatlis runninjj arouinl 

 the rocky hillsides distdose some fresh 

 interestinj; objects at every turn. it is 

 an estate naturally planteil and therein 

 lies its greatest chariu. It is far more 

 satisfying to any real lover of nature 

 than estates which have u](on them tin- 

 imprint of the landsca])e architect's art. 

 Siudi liiiums as auratum, speciosum, 

 supi'rbuin and Caiuidense were very nuudi 

 at home in locations where they had 

 been growing for y<'ars. ( )n the higher 

 ground, beds id' many of the best hybrid 

 tea roses were growing and llowering 

 finely. There are no greeidiouses or 

 even e(ddl'rames on the plaee. everything, 

 ontside of a few annuals, being thor- 

 out;hly iroMidail. 



Mrs. Ileiiiy 1]. I'oote, of Marbleheatl. 

 has rume into prominence of late years 

 as a \ei'y successful commercial grower 

 .•lud exhibitor of hybrid tea ami other 

 roses. Her (-(dlection coni]irises over 4iMl 

 varieties, the major jiortion being hybrid 

 teas. We Were nundi pleased on the im- 

 easioii (d' a late brief call to note tlu' 

 extreme \igor of this latter class ;ind the 

 freedom witli which they were blooming. 

 All the newi'st l-'uropean \arieties were 

 iiMdu<le(| ami old stand bys seemecl (juite 

 at lioirie. That (dd [lojinlar \ariety. ( iloire 

 de Dijon, makes shoots fourteen feet in 

 length li<'re. (Iiiiss an Teplitz stood some 

 six feet high, earrying immense heads 

 (d' its brilliaid crimson flowers. Among 

 tlo' newer rugosas. ('oiir.ad l"erc|in;ind 



Meyer held shoots ten feet in length. 

 Mrs. Foote has made a si»ecialty of plant- 

 ing rosu gardens and this season laid 

 out ami jdanteil one of ;^,O0(l ]>lants for 

 \V. S. Spaulding, at I'ride's Crossing, 

 ami another large one for 10. ('. Swift, 

 of J'ride's Crossing, these Iteing mostly 

 hylu'iil teas. We are jileased to note 

 a continued growth in the culture of this 

 (dass of roses in .Massa(dniselts, their 

 |iei'sistent blooming (lualities beino the 

 greatest point in their favor. 



Various Notes. 



The IJoston party, which hd't on Mon- 

 day night for the l'hilad(d|phia conven- 

 tion, was <|uite a substantial one, al- 

 though some who had liojied to make 

 the tri[i were unable to go. K. L. I'ierce, 

 of the .\. II. Ileus <'o., worked hard to 

 secure a gooil attend.ance, but the pres- 

 surt> (d" business at Noith ( 'ainbridge pre- 

 vented him from attending personally. 

 The I'oston deleg.-tt iiui ;ire iiiteresteil in 

 the propos.al to ( hanyi' the name of the 

 S. .\. V, and it will receive their support, 

 we believe 



The annual ;niction sale of st.alls at 

 the I'ark Strec't I'louei' .Market will oc- 

 cur on Septc'inber 7. 



Thoiiuis b'oland .•ind ,1. K. K'cithwidI 

 were among those icfurning on .\ugust 

 ].") from Liverpool on thc> Ivcriiia. 



'I he next evc'ut at I lortic-ull nral h.all 

 will be- tlu' anini.al dahli:i show, which 

 takes ]plac-e cui Septendier 1 and ."i. 



Mendcers of tic- (iaich'uers ' nrul |'|,, 

 rists' Club will leave llo^ton on Saturdnv 

 ,\ugirst ."tl, for North .\bington on the 

 V1:V.\ train, for the licdd c|;iy at the 

 I lav State Nurseric's. 



One of the wcisl droughts in late 

 vc'ars is Jiow being fcdt in ^Massacduisetts 

 nnci other N'c-w llnyland states. The' 



country has .a very burnt up appear 

 ance. 



The telegraphers' strike has had lit- 

 tle efl'ect on trade at the wholesale 

 houses ancl markets. The long distance 

 jdiono has been more called into requi- 

 sition. 



William Nicholson is spending his va 

 cation in shark lishing at Nantucket and 

 has assisted in some phenomenal catches, 

 some weighing over 4.50 pounds and 

 measuring nine feet in length. lie and 

 some friends lancled 407 silver fish in 

 four hours on (Jreat Pond, on the island. 



The Massacduisetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will hold i>n exhibition of products 

 of children's gardens on Sef)tembcr 7, 

 when a big clis|)lay is exjiected. 



We are jdeaseil to re|iort Mrs. W. II. 

 I'dliott's recovery from her late accideid, 

 .•ind her ability to go to the convention. 



K. (J. Leavitt will })e the speaker at 

 the n<>xt meeting of the Gardeners' and 

 I'lorists' Club. His subject will be 

 " Ilvbridizafion." \V. N. Ck.mi;. 



SCALE ON ASPARAGUS PLUMOSUS. 



In looking over our Asparagus plumo 

 sus we notice ;i kind of scale on the 

 m;iin stc-ms cd' p.arl of the jdants and 

 would like to know the cause. What can 

 wc- do to stoj) it .' T. P. C. 



If the scale is large and ])rc)wn in 

 color, it will be- ditlicult to kill. Th. 

 oidy method is to pick or brush it oil. 

 The younger aiicl lightc-r ccdorecl ones 

 can be clestroyecl by syringing with ker 

 osene eiindsion or lir tree oil, neither oi' 

 whicdi will injure the fcdiage. Ilse a 

 ijood forc-e of water on your asparagus, 

 through a spray no//.le, and you can 

 blow olf niucli lit the smaller sizecl scale. 



C. V\ 



