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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decdmbbb 12, 190T. 



in a 6-inch pot is a worthy rival to either 

 of these two. With its dark green, shiny 

 fronds it makes a graceful and durable 

 plant, and, indeed, Pteris major of the 

 Drinkwaterii type, when grown nearly 

 a yard through, besides being clean and 

 of dense foliage, always proves a choice 

 subject. 



I might go on ad infinitum, but the 

 subject is too comprehensive to be dealt 

 with in all its phases. From the com- 



mercial point of view the ferns men- 

 tioned are all well tried and are profit- 

 able to grow when done properly. The 

 culture is not diflScult except in a few 

 cases. Keep the foliage dry over night, 

 give plenty of room and light, with an 

 occasional pinch of manure when well 

 rooted, and attention to the watering, 

 and one cannot go far wrong. And va- 

 riety in the stock is desirable. 



V. T. Sherwood. 



THE WYNDMOOR ROSE. 



With all the excitement about the new 

 roses which are to be disseminated next 

 spring, it is worth while to keep in mind 

 that there are candidates already in sight 

 for 1909. One of these is the cheerful 

 pink rose, Wyndmoor, a house of which 

 is shown in the accompanying illustra- 

 tion. This is from a photograph taken 

 September 22, at the establishment of 

 Myers & Samtman, Wyndmoor, Chestnut 

 Hill, Philadelphia. After being cut off 

 entirely August 22, the cut from Sep- 

 tember 11 to September 30 was 6,630 

 salable buds from 1,560 plants and the 

 house was in full crop again October 1. 

 At the meeting of the American Rose So- 

 ^ ciety at Washington last March the rose 

 scored 83 points and was granted a cer- 

 tificate of merit. Growers visiting the 

 establishment of the E. G. Hill Co., Rich- 

 mond, Ind., will find Wyndmoor blooming 

 there this winter. 



MANCHESTER, MASS. 



December 6 the North Shore Horticul- 

 tural Society had the pleasure of listen- 

 ing to a lecture on the subject of * ' Land- 

 scape Architecture" by J. Woodward 

 Manning, of Beading. Mr. Manning 

 covered the subject as fully as was pos- 

 sible in the time, commencing with the 

 landscape architect and classing some of 

 the requirements necessary for success 

 as being "some college education or 

 training, extensive travel, knowledge of 

 building architecture, engineering, soil 

 and soil requirements, plants and plant 

 requirements; he must be well read, a 

 good d»aughtsman and above all he must 

 possess good taste. ' ' The formal and 

 informal style of landscape architecture 

 have each enjoyed alternate periods of 

 popular favor. The speaker, not being 

 a faddist, did not advocate either to the 

 exclusion of the other, but rather that 

 natural existing conditions must be taken 

 advantage of and improved upon, re- 

 taining everything of beauty, broaden- 

 ing or creating vistas and bringing the 

 whole estate into complete harmony and 



restfulness to the vision and the senses. 

 Mr. Manning referred to the great 

 achievements of the late Frederic Law 

 Olmsted, and how much the present gen- 

 eration owes to his genius and skill. 

 Continuing, the speaker briefiy touched 

 on road, or drive-making to suit differ- 

 ent conditions, bridges, catch-basins, gut- 

 ters, the making of lawns, the various 

 styles of gardens; formal, herbaceous, 

 rock and wild flower gardens with refer- 

 ence to plants suitable for each; the 

 fruit and vegetable garden, shrub beds, 

 plantations to cover unsightly objects, 

 hedges for boundaries, and trees for in- 

 dividual planting for shade or orna- 

 mental purposes. 



In the discussion which followed Mr. 

 Manning deplored the needless friction 

 which has too often occurred between 

 the landscape architect and the gardener. 

 He stated that the ultimate success of 

 the architect's efforts rested with the 

 gardener. His position on that matter 

 was that after the engineering problems 

 were overcome and the final plans were 

 accepted, they should be turned over 

 to the gardener and that he should 

 complete the work or at least he should 

 be consulted on all matters, especially 

 the selection of shrubs and flowering 

 plants, as he knows the requirements of 



the place and is the one looked to for 

 after results. 



A vote of thanks was extended to Mr. 

 Manning by a large and appreciative 

 audience, after which the refreshment 

 committee took charge and provided their 

 share of the evening's entertainment. 

 W. T. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



Trade was quiet last week, there being 

 no particular rush for aily kind of stock. 

 Carnations continue short in supply, but 

 there are enough to fill all orders. 

 Violets and valley have moved slowly, 

 having to be forced on the buyer, which 

 means low prices. Romans, Paper 

 Whites and lilies have been coming i^ 

 quite heavily, but the scarcity of funeral 

 work has made them a drug, also. 



Various Notes. 



The James Eadie Co. has been cutting 

 a fine lot of late mums since Thanksgiv- 

 ing. 



W. A. .Calhoun has completed his new 

 houses at East Cleveland and now has a 

 strictly up-to-dafe retail establishment. 



The Cleveland Cut Flower Co. is in its 

 new quarters at 231-235 High street, 

 where it has double the space formerly 

 occupied. The firm now has 5,000 square 

 feet of floor space, in a new concrete 

 building constructed especially for the 

 wholesale trade. 



Smith & Fetters had a beautiful win- 

 dow decoration December 7, composed 

 of novelties in decorated boxes. 



C. A. Bramley has been busy with 

 large orders for Christmas wreaths. 



Geo. W. Mercer, of the west side, has 

 twenty-five girls making Christmas 

 greens, etc., selling large quantities at 

 wholesale. 



Visitor: J. Salmon, of Akron, 0. 

 B. 



Springfield, III. — Albert T. Hey 

 looks for a fine Christmas. 



Charlotte, N. C. — Edward Scholtz is 

 now able to fumigate in style, for he 

 won a pipe worth $5 in a recent contest. 



Malta, O. — W, C. Scovell says he has 

 had unusual success with mums this sea- 

 son. He is getting his customers edu- 

 cated to the place where they are willing 

 to pay good prices for first-class stock, 

 and he has had it this season as he never 

 before had it. 



House of Wyndmoor Rose at Myers &Samtinan'8. 



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