Mat 18, 1911. 



ThcWeckly Florists' Review. 



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PEONIES 



FOR MEMORIAL DAY 



^iV week ago the prospects for a good supply of Peonies looked 

 dubious, but with a few warm days there has been a wonderful 

 change, assuring us of a good supply, which will be of the better 

 qualities. $8.00 to $10.00 per 100. 



BOXWOOD, SO-lb. crates, $7.50 

 THREE SPLENDID NEW ROSES 



•'MELODY," the best yellow rose today, awarded silver medal at 

 the National Flower Show, Boston, 1911. 



"DOUBLE PINK KILLARNEY," the Killarney that will super- 

 sede the Killarney now grown. 



"PRINCE DB BULQARIE," entirely difterent from any rose 

 grown. 



RIBBONS 



Some of the choicest novelties, exclusive patterns— an endless 

 variety from -which to choose. Supplies of all kinds. 



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the other toward law. A visit was im- 

 mediately planned and promptly car- 

 ried out. 



Mrs. Sarah I. Smith has about 15,000 

 square feet of glass at Secane, devoted 

 to violets, carnations, sweet peas and, 

 as a summer crop, to asters. She em- 

 barked in business as a florist eight 

 years ago. Her first effort, in Atlantic 

 City, N. J., was in a small way. A 

 few frames devoted to violets, cared for 

 by a true lover of the modest little 

 flower, produced an abundance of 

 blooms of such fine quality that Mrs. 

 Smith decided to test their value in 

 the wholesale market, sending them to 

 this city. 



The encouragement brought by the 

 sale of those violets from the frames 

 resulted in the purchase of a half dozen 

 acres of ground at Secane. Here Mrs. 

 Smith built a modern residence, for 

 which she drew her own plans, and 

 erected two greenhouses, 10x75; the 

 others have been built since. Violets, 

 her first love, were planted and grown 

 with the knowledge acquired from her 

 experience with the coldframes. Mrs. 

 Smith's single violets, fancy varieties 

 in large bunches, have been a feature in 

 the wholesale market. Carnations have 

 since been added and, to judge by 

 the wealth of bud now on the plants, 

 they have done well. Enchantress, 

 White Enchantress, White Perfection, 

 Winsor, Mrs. C. W. Ward, Alma Ward 

 and Beacon are the principal varieties. 

 Sweet peas are grown as a side crop, 

 many of them in boxes about 6x12 

 inches, placed next the supports of the 

 house, on which the vines twine. Asters 

 will follow as soon as the crops now 

 in the houses are over. 



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Mrs. Smith has recently added more 

 ground, strong evidence of prosperity. 

 She attributes the success of her flowers 

 to the excellent soil, but the combina- 

 tion of Mrs. Smith's care and the soil 

 is unquestionably the potent factor. 

 Experience, Mrs. Smith thinks, is the 

 best teacher. She attends to all the 

 practical details, overseeing the green- 

 houses and working in them all day. 

 She is an enthusiastic lover of flowers, 

 deriving health and pleasure, as well as 

 profit, from her chosen work. 



Various Notes. 



H. Bayersdorfer and Mrs. Bayers- 

 dorfer sailed on the Amerika from Ho- 

 boken May 11 in search of novelties 

 and staple supplies for next season. 



Charles E. Lehman, formerly with 

 S. B. Vrooman, is now a director in 

 Stokes Bros. Co. Mr. Lehman has done 

 much to bring cypress bench boards 

 into use among our flower and mush- 

 room growers. 



E. C. Strackerman has just returned 

 to the city from the most successful 



