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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



.luxi: 17, I'JOy. 



yolldw varietios aloiio uuiuljeriiig over 

 iliirty. .Some day we may i\\])Oct to see 

 tlicsi' ;;i'o\vii by tlio houseful for market, 

 hul ill tliL' meantiiiie wc can alVurd 1i> 

 liniiy on to tlie i)areiit typr. 



Its Culture. 



< '(•niiiii;' from a warm inuiitry, lliis 

 ryiiripediuiii doi-s well urowii in citlier a 

 warm or cool house. In siinimcr a cool 

 norlh house, or even a culdfianii' where 

 ihf |ilants can he close to tlie liyht. suits 

 them t(i a nicety. We ha\c seen sjiiendid 

 s|i('ciuiens kejjt outihxos under over- 

 hauling branches of trees. I'nlike cat- 

 lieyas, the cyjjripediums. like most of 

 the other terrestrial orchitis, ueeil an 

 ;iliuiidaut water supply, -ill the iii-owin^ 

 reason, and iu hot weather tliey will need 

 ;i tiiorouyh soaking eacii day if tiu' jiots 

 ai-e iille<l witli I'ools. When well estab 

 Ijxhed. \\;iter once in ten ilays with weak 

 i-ow UKiuure water, but do not use any 

 i-hemicals. The plants will enjoy a 

 sxiinoinu fvcry warm afternoon. 



It is dtuditful if any other orchid p.'iys 

 nuicli better f<u' space on-upied and care 

 bestowed ou it lh;in t '. insigne. Allow 

 ing onl\- t\\el\e bloduis to cai-li (i inidi 

 |,(ii, at 'the late of lo cents |ier bloom 

 tlicv vi(dd a ;^oo(| pi'olit. ;ind as they 

 increase in size lajiiilly their \,-ilue <-an- 

 iiol be estimated merely by (lowers S(dd. 

 This lady's slipper does wi'll iu either 

 liiir(Kis hiani or a mixtnie ot h.am and 

 I',. Ill liber. It oniws o]\\\ moderately in 

 iiiiic IVrn liber. Some moss can Ije useij 

 among the loam in i>otting. 'I'his work 

 .■aiiuot be done now, but in I'ebruary or 

 March. As ;i giuieral thing, a uiglil 

 teiujierature of ."),") to bo degrees will be 

 fouiiil to suit < . iiisigne well. The yel- 

 low forms seem to like a slightly higher 

 lem[terature. 



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ADIANTUMS. 



This is the timi' of r.-ipid growth with 

 all ferns, aihl with a cessation of the 

 rush incidental to bcd(.iing out. [danting 

 mums and similar seasnuable duties, it 

 is well to i;i\c the feins a little atleliliiUl. 

 The adiantinns ilo not siicci'i'd well in a 

 bright house. The fronds when so grown 

 air pale in fiAxV ,-ind nndesir.ablc If a 

 house Well -hadecl can I'e set .apart for 

 their tadtuie diiring the warm mouths, 

 wheri' lliey can be f.aillv .-losi' to the 

 gla^s. tliev will |iroduci' a wealth of line 

 fronds. i'ots x.i'll Idled with roots will 

 lu'cil sonic lii|nid manure once a week. 

 I,,t the doses be rather we.ik. ami if 

 some SIC. I is used in the water it will as 

 sist iu keeping the Ironds a line dark 

 ciihir. 



It' ;^recuhousc s|,;icc is liudteij and a 

 >uil;ible- |ilace cannot be given them, cold- 

 Iraiiies c,au be called into iciiuisition. 

 (jive the >a-hes a good coating of while- 

 wasli (keinseiie and white lead is suit- 

 alile), dig out till' loam so as to give the 



plants snlbcieiit head r , spread a 



|;iver of coal asjies to stand the pots oil 

 :iiid. if su.-iils are in evidence, give a 

 dusting of air slaked lime in addition. 

 You will liud that your f.'iiis will grow- 

 faster ami stockier than in a dark green- 

 house, :nid be line jdaiits by the iniildh- 

 of Soptend)er, if carefully tended. 



Not only Jidiantuins. Init many other 

 ferns can bo similarly grown in summer, 

 rt is surprising that more frames are not 

 utilized in this way in suinnuT, instead 

 of being alh>wcd to lie idle :iud grow up 

 with weeds. The successful commercial 

 man never wtints to see any houses or 

 frames tinoccupied .any hmgei- than bare 

 necessity rcipiires. 



I)(t\i;n. N. II. Chailes I.. Howe had a 

 barge extia force of men em]doyed at his 

 (i.nris(Ui Hill greenhouses |ire|iai'at(uy to 

 I he Mrinoia.al day rush. 



h'(i( iiKsiKi;, A. V. — The Florists' (Tub, 

 ill a letter signed by its secretary, II. B. 

 Stringer, has accepted Mayor Edgerton 's 

 imitation to hold its llower show in Con- 

 vent iiui hall. November l.' to 4. 



DovKii. Mk. -At the Park Street (.ireen 

 houses Air. (ienthner had the tinest crop 

 of cainatiiuis he evtu' has been able to 

 cut. just right i'ov Memorial diiy. lie is 

 doing an excellent business this spring. 



.1(11 IKT. In,. -The Joliet Eepiddican 

 printed a Memorial day section iu red 

 anil bine, and Albert C Kott and Jo- 

 seph I, alio took advantage of the oppor- 

 tunity to publish attractive advertise- 

 ments in colors. 



I'rioui.o, <'(i].o. — (I. Fleisedier, not cmi- 

 teiit with the business at store and 

 greenhouses. Just bel'ori' J)e(!oration day 

 put a full assortment of beikling i)lants 

 •at b'oselawu cemetery, where a barge 

 t raile w ,as tloiu'. 



Wvo.Mjs.sixc. I'a. |{. II. Farr, of the 

 W'yomissiiig .Nursery, invited the juiblic, 

 .lune s. to view his peony garden, and 

 he and his emjdoyees devoteil the day to 

 showing the visitors about the plae-e. The 

 garden lovers live acres. 



.N):i:.\ All. Wis. — Louis (Jlto says that 

 liade for Decoration day vviis fine, though 

 the i|uality of the stock was somewhat 

 poor. Some exe(dlent peonies were 

 shi]i|ied ill. Cape jasmine could not be 

 had. (Ml ;iccount of its Lateness. 



r.KLiA.ST, Mi;. — W. K. Hamilton has 

 lately passed through one of tin; liusiost 

 periods that he has known in his twenty- 

 live years of business. In additi(Ui to 

 Decoration day work .and general trade, 

 he has handled an unusual number of 

 funeral orders. 



I'uEKl'din', Ili,.— Lmiis Hauscdier has 

 turned his business into ;i cor]»oratiou. 

 .application for a certitic.ate having been 

 filed at .Sju in<ifi,.l,l .)une !•. The capital 

 stock is to be .'f^-'.'i.DiKi. Three new houses 

 •are to be erected, using (iarlami gutter 

 and truss constructiitu with Miuiingir 

 mill work. 



Di;s M(ii.m;s, I.\.--The .1. S. Wilson 

 I'lmal Co. s.ays tli.at trade for Decoration 

 day w;is diuible the record of the estab- 

 lishment for last year, and Mr. Wilson 

 states that from what he can learn 

 among the other florists of the town 

 the busine.ss everywhere was far ahead 

 of ;uiy jirevious yi'ar. Trade in general 

 .all through the month of .May was away 

 .ahejul of last year. 



WoKCKSTKi;, MAS.S.— The local florists 

 say their plants and flowers have grown 

 better this spring than last, and that 

 they had a larger stock on hand with 

 which to meet the Decoration day de- 

 mand. But they say the demand was 

 larger than that of last year; hence there 

 was mor(> of a shortage at the last min- 

 ute than had been expected. Many or- 

 ders were only taken conditionally and 

 it was necessary to have much of the 

 stock shipped in from Boston. 



Rhixebeck, N. Y. — Frank Marquet in 

 building a greenhouse on Chestnut street. 



New Ca.stIjE, Ixd. — The illness of Her 

 bert Heller has taken a turn for the 

 worse, and his recovery is despaired of, 



H.VK 1I,\RB0K, -Me. — The Main street 

 lloW(>r store of the Mount Desert Nurs 

 cries was opened for the summer on 

 .Monday, May 31. 



Eliot, Me. — W. L. Fernald, the luir 

 seryman. liad a lively business during the 

 last week or two of May, shipping his 

 stock by the carload. 



• Ikkskv City, N. .1. -,lohn T. Withers 

 is (diairmaii of the (auiimittee ou arrange 

 meiits tor the dedication of the Zabriskie 

 playground June lii. 



Tii.i.soxHi K(;. ()\T.-Mrs. Win. Rus 

 ling announces that the marriage of her 

 daughter. Nellie May. and William L. 

 I.iiidsay will t.ake plaia' .Inne ;!n. 



IIaN((i' K. .Mi( II. .\t the greenhouses 

 and stole of the A. .M. York estate, e.x- 

 tensivc and systematic jireparations were 

 made for the Decoration d.ay tr-ade and !i 

 most .sat isfactiu'y business was done. 



At.iiioN, .Mi( II.- - :\I. & S. jj. Dysiuger's 

 stock of blooming jdants was iu uiiusu 

 ally good condition this season, and their 

 Decoraticui day sales were the best in 

 their exjierience. Trade has also con- 

 tinued good since then. 



LuD.v, 111. — Addems, Morgan & Co. 

 had a heavy business last month, dispos- 

 ing of thirty per cent more bedding 

 plants than in May, 190S. They have 

 also had a large increase in cut flower 

 trade as compared with last year. 



Hartkoru, Coxn. — ,1. F. IIu-ss presided 

 at .'i meeting of the (Jmmecticut Ilorti 

 cultural Society, June 11. The .society 

 has secured Unity hall for a dahlia show 

 September 23, and contemplates securing 

 I'litiiam Phalanx htill for a chrysanthe 

 mum show November 3 .and 4. 



X.vpeuville, III. — Charles F. Eohr 

 says there li.as been an unusually heavy 

 business here in bedding plants. Every- 

 thing salable in that line was gone a 

 week befort! Memorial day. He estimates 

 that his trade in .May was about thirt.v 

 |ier cent gre;it(>r than in the same month 

 of ISKis. 



Ha.miltox. (Jax. — Trade has been 

 brisk in bedding plants. Store and fu 

 iieral work have been (piiet for the last 

 few weeks. The Cannon Floral Co. dis 

 |iosed of all its beilding stiifl' at wh(de 

 sale. The Vossen Floral Co. sold about 

 S.OOO geranium.s retail. McLeod Bros, 

 ri'jiort a good spring business, and find 

 demand for pot plants increasing. 



Reading, Pa. — In the market hero 

 immy of the stallholders sell flowers at 

 su<di times as Memorial day. Outdoor 

 flowers were scarce this year and all 

 sellers did big business. Calvin Angstadt, 

 of Friedensburg, .sold fifty-two bouquets 

 at from 3.") cents to 50 cents each and 

 seven dozen peonies at SO cents a dozen. 

 Few peonies were in bloom and they 

 were in great demand, bringing better 

 [irices than usual. 



