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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JuLi 2S 191( 



best of the genus. T. Express is the 

 earliest variety of llowor. T. uvaria 

 grandiflora is a avcII known, strong 

 growing, reliable sort. A few other 

 extra good sorts are: T. uvaria nobilis, 

 E. Wilson Kerr and Sanndersii. With 

 many the tritomas are not hardy. To 

 winter outside, they must be on well 

 drained land and covered with a thick 

 bed of leaves. It will pay. however, 

 to store a number thickly hi a cold- 

 frame. 



Lobelia cardinalis is generally looked 

 upon as a i)lant only for the water 

 garden or extra moist places. It does 

 well, however, in any well enriched her- 

 baceous border and its brilliant scarlet 

 flowers are now opening. To jiropagate 

 this lobelia, it pays to save one's own 

 seed. Sow these in February and strong 

 plants, manj' of which will tlower the 

 same season, will be had. L. syphilitica, 

 with its blue flowers, is a useful border 

 plant, succeeding well under quite dry 

 conditions. 



Campanulas and Coreopsis. 



Of the campanulas, the charming lit- 

 tle Carpatica or Carpathian bell flower 

 is one of the finest of edging plants, 

 blooming practically all summer. The 

 Canterbury bells, C. Medium, are all 

 gone. Seedlings are now transplanted 



ful perennial. The variety racemosa is 

 a handsome one, growing five to six 

 feet high and carrying spikes of pure 

 white flowers at present. This is good 

 for the edge of woodlands, as well as 

 for the back of the flower border. 



Coreopsis grandiflora has been bloom- 

 ing for some weeks. It needs to have 

 the seed pods removed every week to 

 prolong its season. C. verticillata, with 

 its finely divided foliage and masses 

 of small golden yellow flowers, is a 

 neat jtlaut for the front portion of the 

 border. Anchusa Italica Dropmorc, 

 with its beautiful, intensely blue flow- 

 ers, is the finest perennial of its color 

 now in season. It is easily raised from( 

 seed. No florist can afford to be with- 

 out a row or a few clumps of Achillea 

 Ptarmica The Pearl. It flowers over a 

 long season and few hardy flowers are 

 so valuable for cutting. 



Inearvillea Delavayi is not reliably 

 hardy. It is, however, a noble peren- 

 nial, ])roducing strong spikes of rose- 

 colored, gloxinia-like flowers. An oc- 

 casional pure white plant is found. An 

 excellent one is to be seen in the gar- 

 dons of N. T. Kidder, Milton, Mass. 



Asters, Llllums and Others. 



The real aster season does not come 

 until August or September, but some 



Gladioli in a Stone Jar. 



in nursery rows for next year's display. 

 C. persieifolia Moerheimi is still flower- 

 ing. It is a beautiful double white va- 

 riety. C. pyramidalis will soon be in 

 fuir flower. The severe drought affected 

 it more than some other sorts. To see 

 this at its best, it should be grown in 

 large pots outdoors. 



Cimicifuga, or snake root, is a use- 



early members of the family, including 

 A. subcccruleus, violet blue; Amellus 

 Beaute Parfait, royal purple, and one or 

 two others, are already passing. The 

 noble Astilbe Davidii succeeds best in 

 damp ground, where it grows five to six 

 feet high. Its handsome plumes of 

 deep rose-purple flowers are now open. 

 Yellow flowered perennials are less 



abundant than they will be a m t; 

 later. Helenium Hoopesii, orange n 

 low. is one; and Helenium gran. ,. 

 phalum striatum, orange blotched v u. 

 son, is also now in season. Heuc ii' 

 sanguinea, with its loose, gra( ;'ui 

 spikes of red flowers, is opening. ' i^ 

 one of the most charming of pc 'i! 

 nials. Heuchera alba is a good gro , i 

 but is of a dirty white color and ,t 

 worth growing. Oenothera Youngii ;,, 

 O. Missouriensis are tvv-o golden ye: h 

 varieties of the evening primrose, wi ,i 

 have been flowering for the last 1 ; 

 night. There are always some of ,. 

 lychnis in bloom in summer. L. C ii 

 eedonica is still brilliant; vespertin il 

 pi. is a persistent bloomer. Pentstee i: 

 barbatus Torreyi has been in bloom ,i 

 a few days and the charming Stokr -i,i 

 cyanea is just opening. 



No hardy flower garden is complii 

 without liliums. The varieties canii 

 dum, Hansoni and the several forms ■<] 

 elegaus are gone, but auratum is nnw 

 quite good. Brownii and excelsum \\'\] 

 soon open their flowers. The robi-r 

 Henryi, with stems six to eight feet 

 high, and masses of tigrinum will soon 

 make a goodly showing. The specie 

 sums are also showing their buds, ;ii= 

 are Wallacei, pardalinum superbum an., 

 Batemanniaj. All the lilies are much 

 better well mulched in summer, and if 

 they can be watered, so much the bettor 

 C. 



ROCHESTER A FLOWER CENTER 



George B. Hart, who was Eochester's 

 first wholesale commission florist, and 

 still its only one, has written an article 

 for the Souvenir, by means of wbicli 

 the local club is meeting a part of tlie 

 convention expenses, in which he sets 

 forth some interesting facts, as follows: 



"The growing of flowers as a com- 

 mercial venture dates back almost to 

 the incorporation of the village <'f 

 Eochester, but not until about 1840 diil 

 the business assume any degree of im- 

 portance. The first noted florists auJ 

 horticulturists were William Ellwangor 

 and Patrick Barry, who began businc-s 

 in 1840. 



"In 1870 .Tames Vick opened the fii>t 

 flower store in connection with his Sf . 1 

 business, at that time located on Sta o 

 street, in the building now occupi ^ 

 by H. B. Graves. This department w s 

 continued until the seed business w. s 

 removed to a new warehouse on E ■ t 

 avenue, in 1880; then it was assuni i 

 by E. G. Salter. Several years la ■■ 

 the firm of Salter Bros, was formed 



"Among the pioneers of the busin - 

 none stood higher than J. B. Keller a 

 Fred Schlegel. both of whom were a'- 

 ciated with Ellwanger & Barry. 1 

 early training of these men and th ' 

 continued study made their stateme- 

 regarding perennials, as well as gre 

 house plants, accepted as author 

 among florists and nurserymen gen 

 ally. 



' ' About twenty years ago Jai^ - 

 Bishop, at his houses on St. Paul stre . 

 showed the first benched chrysant" 

 mums. So far as can be learned, t" s 

 was the first exhibit of chrysanthemu- ^ 

 grown in this manner. 



"While Eochester is a large consuu"- '' 

 of flowers and plants, the business '^ 

 not by any means in the hands of tt^ ' 

 or three large dealers — it is rather ^ 

 city in which many small florists fi-j 

 business profitable. From 1880 to 18- > 

 about 3,500 square feet of glass 'W^'' 

 devoted to growing flowers. Today * 



