AcODST 27, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 





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E. J. McCallum, President. Karl Ellnke, Secretary. J. B. Woods, Treasurer. 



Officers of the McCallum G)., the New Pittsburg Wholesale Concern. 



as a relief from the blinding glare of 

 the sun on the snow. It is then that we 

 value the brown stemmed shrubs along 

 with the osiers and dogwoods. 



In order to secure exceedingly good 

 effects in stem coloration it is well to 

 remember that the highest color is pro- 

 duced in the growth of the current year, 

 and in order to secure this growth we 

 must not be afraid to prune heavily in 

 the spring, so as not to destroy the ef- 

 fect in winter. This is particularly true 

 of the willows, dogwoods and kerrias. 



Planting With a Definite Purpose. 



All planting should be done to a defi- 

 nite purpose. If it is for a place that 

 is to be occupied throughout the entire 

 year, we should not fail to make ample 

 provision for the effect which we can 

 produce in the winter. If successfully 

 planned, such a planting would be a 

 work of art, which would not only appeal 

 to every artistic eye, but would at the 

 same time serve as an education to the 

 people. 



The efforts of many landscape gar- 

 deners in ^the past have been to plan 

 for summer effects only and we are 

 often sated with the profusion of sum- 

 mer bloom. It is in the winter that 

 we more fully appreciate what we can 

 get by way of color and tone. 



Too often we see the home grounds 

 arrayed with bundles of straw, burlap, 

 and barnyard refuse, and the graceful 

 shrubs, which are absolutely hardy and 

 need no protection, tied up in an un- 

 speakable manner, suggestive of the hair 

 dressing of an African chief. 



The effective arrangement of plants 

 for winter effect can never be taught, as 

 it is more difficult than the more or less 

 stereotyped summer effects can possi- 

 bly be, yet it is worthy of careful study 

 and will repay every effort. Winter 

 travel and constant observation will en- 

 able us to add to our storehouse of 

 knowledge. 



The growing desire for outdoor exer- 

 cise, especially in winter, when indoor 

 ventilation is so often neglected, cannot 

 be too much emphasized, and if it can 

 be stimulated by the creation of better 

 winter gardens and by rendering more 

 beautiful the great out-of-doors, in the 

 winter season, the art of the landscape 

 profession will have taken a long stride 

 forward. 



PITTSBURG'S NEW FIRM. 



Beginning September 1, Pittsburg will 

 have a new wholesale cut flower commis- 

 sion house and dealer in florists' supplies. 

 The name of the new firm is the McCal- 

 lum Co., and its headquarters will be at 

 937 Liberty avenue. The officers of the 

 company are as follows: President, E. J. 

 McCallum; secretary, K. Klinke; treas- 

 urer, F. B. Woods; manager supply de- 

 partment, W. Q. Potter. Each of these 

 gentlemen has for a number of years 

 been connected with the older firms in 

 the trade in Pittsburg, so that there is 

 plenty of experience back of the new or- 

 ganization. It is stated that A. T. Lorch 

 & Co., F. H. Westhoff and 8. J. Hatch, of 

 De Haven; the South View Floral Co., 

 of Carrick; Charles Hoffmeyer, of Car- 

 negie; P. M. Maier, of Woodville, and 

 other growers of Lancaster county are 

 interested in the firm. 



Pittsburg is one of the best flower 

 towns in the country and with a return 

 to normal business conditions in the steel 

 and iron industry the business there is 

 sure of continued rapid development, with 

 room enough for everyone who produces 

 good stock or whose service in selling is 

 what it ought to be. 



GARDENERS' OPPO^UNITIES. 



A Philadelphian writing in the Journal 

 of the British Gardeners' Association 

 says in part: 



"One remedy, to a certain extent, for 

 the overcrowded condition of the horti- 

 cultural profession in Great Britain is 

 for the more enterprising of the younger 

 gardeners to emigrate to one of our colo- 

 nies or to the United States. Here, in 

 the Philadelphia district, most of the 

 good gardeners in private places are Brit- 

 ish born and trained. So far as I can 

 ascertain, there afe few gardens here 

 where apprentices or young gardeners 

 are trained, and, in fact, there are few 

 places where they could obtain so thor- 

 ough a training as do the young gar- 

 deners at home. 



"This is due to the fact that the gar- 

 dens are on a smaller scale than those 

 in Britain, and that the whole system 

 of gardening is what a British gardener 

 would call a slipshod system. Thus it 

 follows that it is quite easy for a gar- 

 dener trained under the more exacting 

 system in Britain to adapt himself to 



the methods in vogue here, and to im* 

 prove upon them in some cases. But he 

 must come prepared to adapt himself, 

 and not expect to be able to thrust Brit- 

 ish methods on the Yankees, for they 

 strongly object to this. 



"There are few, if any, private places 

 in this country where there is a bothy 

 for the gardeners. The staff in the gar- 

 den usually consists of a head gardener, 

 called the superintendent, who has charge 

 of the stock and farm. There are one 

 or more assistant gardeners inside and 

 outside who are trained men, and the 

 rest of the hands are usually Italian or 

 Irish laborers, who are paid about $1.50 

 per day. The head gardeners' wages 

 are from $75 to $100 per month, with 

 house and other privileges. The wages 

 of the assistant gardeners are from $25 

 to $45 per month, with board and lodg- 

 ing. 



' * Commercial rose, carnation and chry- 

 santhemum growing is an important in- 

 dustry in this district. Good wages are 

 paid for experienced rose growers. I 

 have seen In advertisements $100 per 

 month offered for really good men; but 

 for this work American experience is re- 

 quired. On the whole, I think that the 

 prospects of advancement for a young 

 gardener are much better than in Eng- 

 land. Life near Philadelphia is very 

 similar to that in the old country; we 

 have all modern improvements — in fact, 

 the natives firmly believe they are far in 

 advance of British methods in all things. 

 I tried Toronto, Canada, before I came 

 here, but found that the demand for gar- 

 deners was not so good; the wages are 

 about the same, but there is more de- 

 mand for commercial men than private 

 gardeners. However, Canada is growing 

 rapidly, and in a few years will compare 

 favorably with the United States for gar- 

 dens and gardeners." 



DOUBLE WHtTE MEADOW SWEET. 



Enclosed you will find leaves and 

 blooms of something which I think is 

 some kind of spiraea. Please let me know 

 just which kind it is. It is perfaetly 

 hardy and a fine shrub. A. C. T. 



Spiraea Ulmaria flore pleno, commonly 

 known as the double white Meadow 

 Sweet, or Queen of the Meadows. It is 

 a hardy and useful herbaceous peren- 

 nial. C.W. 



