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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Fbbbuabt 13, 1908. 



smilax. Two houses are in carnations, in- 

 cluding two benches of Lawson, • two 

 benches of Bountiful, two of Queen, two 

 of Enchantress, one of red varieties and 

 one of assorted varieties, such as White 

 Perfection, Aristocrat and Daybreak 

 Lawson. Two large houses are in let- 

 tuce and will next season be used for 

 carnations also. The two smaller houses, 

 or lean-to's, are for ferns and propagat- 

 ing. 



Steam is furnished by two forty horse- 

 power boilers. The work-room is 14x93, 

 with a concrete floor. All walks are 

 macadamized with fine crushed stone. 

 The coal is unloaded from cars into the 

 bins. 



A fine business is done in funeral work 

 and cut flowers. Part of the flowers go 

 to Chicago and the rest are used for the 

 local trade or shipped to various towns. 

 The establishment is strictly up-to-date 

 in equipment and in methods of doing 

 business, and visiting florists say that the 

 plant is one of the most complete of its 

 size they ever inspected. The quality of 

 the stock is fine and, with a doubled car- 

 nation capacity next season, there will 

 be about 14,000 carnation plants in the 

 benches, including Lawson-Enchantress, 

 Enchantress, White Perfection, Victory, 

 Pink Lawson and Aristocrat. In roses 

 the varieties grown are Killarney, Rich- 

 mond, Perle, Bride, Maid and Chatenay. 



have a big stock of bedding plants and 

 are anticipating a bumper season. 



We are in the carnation belt, and what 

 is needed most in our valley is a carna- 

 tion with the color of Joost but with bet- 

 ter habits; not a fancy, but a good gen- 

 eral purpose pink. We have no doubt 

 there are a number of seedlings of this 

 scarce color grown by the originators 

 that would fill this long-felt want, if in- 

 troduced. RoNEY Bros. 



SOIL FOR CARNATIONS. 



Would soil out of new land be suit- 

 able for carnations? I have solid benches 

 in my greenhouse. They are on the 

 ground. F. J. 



You do not say whether your soil is 

 heavy or light; I presume the latter. If 

 mixed with rotted manure, with some bone 

 meal added in the early spring, it should 

 grow good carnations. If it has some fiber 

 to it to give it body, it will be preferable 

 to soil lacking it. I have seen carna- 

 tions grown well in sandy soil, meadow 

 muck and a retentive clayey loam, and 

 no doubt your soil is not one of the 

 poorest types. C. W. 



EISELE'S NEW CANNAS. 



At the Jamestown Exposition last sea- 

 son W. G. Eisele, of West End, N. J., 

 exhibited a seedling canna, a cross be- 



J. B. Heiss. 



A PINK CARNATION WANTED. 



In this favored section of Chester 

 county, Pennsylvania, each year with us 

 has been a little better than the pre- 

 ceding one. Our houses are fast filling 

 up with tomato plants, of which we sell 

 thousands for forcing annually. We also 



twccn Queen Charlotte and Italia, bright 

 crimson in color, with a wide, irregular 

 border of yellow. The flowers resemble 

 a Queen Charlotte in the orchid-flowering 

 class. The variety was given a diploma 

 and a gold medal. 



Mr. Eisele also has another new canna. 



stock of which he is distributing in the 

 trade this season. It is named Neil 

 Campbell and is deep orange yellow. The 

 flowers are of good size and said to be 

 freely produced. It belongs in the pur- 

 ple-leaved section and Mr. Eisele con- 

 siders it a variety of special merit be- 

 cause of the combination of color in 

 flower and foliage. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



Charles Foreman. 



Charles Foreman, of Louisiana, Mo., 

 was killed in the early morning of Feb- 

 ruary 8 by the falling of a chimney dur- 

 ing the burning of his greenhouses. At 

 the same time his brother, George Fore- 

 man, was severely injured and seems 

 likely to lose the sight of both eyes if he 

 recovers. Several members of the local 

 fire department were also hurt. 



Mr. Foreman's establishment was at 

 221 North Ninth street and the fire ap- 

 pears to have originated from a defect 

 in the boiler-room, for the structure was 

 in flames when the fire was discovered. 

 The greenhouses were pretty much de- 

 stroyed. 



Charles R. Was:ner. 



Charles R. Wagner died at his home 

 in Portsmouth, O., February 2, at an ad- 

 vanced age. He had been ill for a long 

 time and his death was not unexpected. 



Mr. Wagner was born in Germany. He 

 had made flowers his life's study and 

 was the pioneer of the florists' business 

 in Portsmouth. At one time he con- 

 ducted a greenhouse in Tracy park. The 

 beautiful display of flowers around the 

 soldiers' monument in Greenlawn is a 

 testimony to his skill. He was a wid- 

 ower, but is survived by two sons and 

 one daughter. 



Wm* J. Landers. 



Telegraphic reports from Santa Bar- 

 bara, Cal., tell of the death of Wm. J. 

 Landers, of San Leandro, Cal. Mr. Lan- 

 ders was one of the owners of the Cali- 

 fornia Nursery Co., at Niles, Cal., and 

 for years had been prominently con- 

 nected with many large Pacific coast en- 

 terprises. He is survived by a widow 

 and four children. G. 



J. B. Heiss. 



The trade at Dayton, O., turned out to 

 a man February 3 for the funeral of 

 J. B. Heiss, who dropped dead Janu- 

 ary 31. The Dayton Florists' Club sent 

 a large cross and many of its members 

 sent personal tokens of sympathy. 



Mr. Heiss was 51 years of age, coming 

 to this country from Frankfort, Germany, 

 about twenty-five years ago. For many 

 years he was widely known as a grower 

 of palms for the wholesale trade, but 

 the local demand at Dayton developed 

 so fast that he found it profitable to 

 turn his glass into stock for retailing. 

 When the Society of American Florists 

 was to be entertained at Dayton, the 

 trade there turned to Mr. Heiss for lead- 

 ership and he became the first president 

 of the Dayton Florists' Club. It was 

 largely due to his indefatigable energy 

 that the Dayton convention went on 

 record as one of the most successful in 

 the history of the society. 



Numa R. Cook. 



Numa Reid Cook, who had lately 

 been employed by the Green Floral & 

 Nursery Co., at Dallas, Tex., died at 

 the home of his sister, Mrs. G. S. Boren, 

 at Pomona, N. C, January 20, 1908. 



