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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



November 4, 1909. 



A TRIP TO ADRIAN. 



Wlini tlic west ImiuiiiI W'aha.sli train 

 jiiilleil (lilt ut' tilt' riiinii |)c]((it of JJt'troit, 

 .Mich., at 1* a. ni. Satiinlay iiioniiiiji, Octo 

 Ijcr oO, tiicrt' wiM'c ou iniaiil tlircf (lnzcii 

 ,j(illy iiK'iiilicis (if tiic l)('tr(iit l'"l(irists' 

 < 'liib, l)()iiii(l I'd! the cstalilisiiiiii'iil (if 

 J'llincr I). Siiiilli \ I'd., at Ailiiau, Mic-li. 



rpdii airival at the city iiolcd fur its 

 chrysant hcinunis and wire fence facteries, 

 we lieaided a special car f(jr Sinitii's. 

 'I'ii(> warm iccept ieii recei\(>(l iiere made? 

 ns fovl at iiiiiiie at (ince. Dividinjr up into 

 sniailei' (di(]nes. we were soon .scattered 

 aiound ill the \arioiis lioiisow, liiit the 

 same tiiiii;^' was on everyone's mind— - 

 iiiums. Some Uo.unO feet are liere (h'- 

 votcd to the <;rand lh)\\('r of Japan. .Many 

 fine \arieties were seen, in(dn(lin<.f some 

 jjjddd old standliys, such as Appletuu and 

 l\(iiy, others of this year's introduction, 

 and still otiiers which will not make their 

 delmt until JlUl. 



A yellow which attracted much atten- 

 tion was (Jolden l-;ayl(\ The color is in- 

 tense, the stem yood. and the foliage u 

 fine dai'k green. 



Madame Wt. ]\*omnie, a French variety, 

 the shade of which is (|uite like onr oM 

 Daybreak carnation. Avas imich com- 

 mented upon. 



A seedling which Mr. Smith spoke e.\- 

 ceptionally well of is a pure white, solid, 

 well-shaped ilower. It had a splendid, 

 long stem and line foliage. One of the 

 ])arents of this variety is Merza. 



Mr. Smith has iiiuch faith in the fu- 

 ture of the jiomjioiis and the anemones, 

 and therefore has gone e.xtensively into 

 these kinds. 



One of the most jiroiiiising looking of 

 all the jionipons was a pink seedling of a 

 shade about as )iear th(> Knchantresg 

 color as a chrysanthemum will attain. Jt 

 is a free bloomer, with a good, wiry stem. 

 The jiarents are Lulu and Alena. 



One of the prettiest flowers seen on the 



seen was Tajiis ile Neige; it Js a pure 

 white, with Hat llowi'is, and was well 

 thought (d'. 



-Mrs. John Sligli was one of the finest 

 singles seen. 'J'liis \ariety, wo were also 

 told, is tine as a pot iilant, being dwarf 

 in its habit. 



So many liundrtMl vai'ieties of mums 

 were to be seen that, shduld I try to 

 mention just the best ones, it Avould till 

 ;i newspajicr. 



In the house of seedlings, stems were 

 to b(! seen that were all of ten to twelve 

 feet long, and not weak, either. 



One thing we could not fail to notice 

 was tlu^ lack of foliage on many of the 

 steins. This no one seemed to be able to 

 account for. Jt surely was not from 

 o\-erci'owding, as most of the jilants were 

 planted aliout ten inches apart each way. 



Some beautiful flowers in the hairy 

 types caused many to wonder why jiiore 

 are n(jt grown. 



All the stock plants are kept in paper- 

 covered houses, jilanted right ou the 

 gnnind, surrounded by a board to keep 

 them out of the walks. After the bars 

 are in jilace, the whole house is covered 

 with jioultry wire; over this is laid a 

 well oiled paper, and over the whole is 

 another layer of jioultry wire, to jireveut 

 the wind from carrying oft' or tearing 

 the paper. 



Mr. Smith is a strong advocate of 

 Hammond's greenhouse jiaint. Instead 

 of using the white paint, he uses the blue 

 ill all the houses, claiming it has the ad- 

 vantage of not showing the soot marks 

 so soon. 



Mr. Smith's houses are all well pre- 

 served, one house being one of the orig- 

 inal ones built in ]87(), and still doing 

 business. 



Cement benches are used tliroughout 

 the place. The benches are Mr. Smith's 

 own idea, and many of the florists made 

 minute notes of the style of construction, 



Detroit and Toledo Florists at Adrian, Mich. 



place was Little P>ailiee. a yellow anem- 

 one. The color is a fine sliaile of yellow, 

 and the plants were one mass of flowers. 

 jiid\ing its free blooming (jnalities. 



.Another anemone wliich made a de- 

 cided hit with the experts was a pretty 

 bronze calle(l (iayety. This variety. Mr. 

 Smith told us, is also well adapted for a 

 ])0t plant. 



Oodfr(\v (lem is another anemone which 

 will 7nake a splendid pot ]ilant. 



The earliest of all the white anemones 



being so well jileased. Kverything is 

 grow 11 on raised benches. 



.\ clever little idea was noticed on the 

 ventilators. Some houses lieing rather 

 long, it was found hard to lift tlie sashes 

 at the farther eiul of the houses without 

 straining the ventilator apparatus, so Mr. 

 Smith (-(jnceived the idea of hanging 

 weights, about e\<'ry ten or fifteen feet 

 apart, from arms fastened to the ventil- 

 ator ])ipe, thus offsetting the weight of 

 the sashes. Weights amount iuij to about 



;iL'0 jiounds in all were found suliici, , 

 for one house. 



About 4,U()U s(M'tllings were grown 

 litOS, and of these only a few were .: 

 seminated, giving you some concept 

 of the amount of work retpiired in c 

 ting out new \arieties. 



Mr. Smith is at present working oi: 

 strain of chrysanthemums which he hni 

 in the course of the next five or 

 years to have a good stock of. lie 

 aiming to get away from the variei i 

 having no foliage just below the llowi 

 He showed us several kinds which I. 

 could guarantee would have fine folia. 

 right up to the flower, thus getting aw: 

 from the long, barren stem, so often sei 

 for from eight to ten inches below \\, 

 flowers. 



One of Mr. Smith 's great pleasures ■ 

 making all his own photographs for ii 

 catalogues and trade paper cuts. He h.-i 

 made quite a study of photography, an. 

 lias a well-e(|uipped dark room and gai 

 lery. The gallery is a short greenhousi 

 in which there are no benches. 



It was in this pleasant place that our 

 whole Detroit party was treated to a fiiu 

 dinner. The way those boys ate wa- 

 good to look upon. For a while tliei. 

 was not a sountl but the munching oi 

 pork and beans and pumpkin pie. 



When we had about eaten everything 

 in sight, a bunch of nine Toledo florists 

 entered upon the scene. They had stir 

 mised that as we were the first on the 

 ground, they had better get a lunch down- 

 town, so they did not have to go hungry. 



President Plumb, of the Detroit Flo 

 rists' Club, called on Mr. Scribner for a 

 few words, and this gentleman thanked 

 Mr. Smith for his hospitality. Mr. Scrib 

 ner s|)oke of the kind feeling \\lii(di pre 

 vails among, florists toward each other, 

 saying that the only time one will not 

 respond if another is in trouble is when 

 it comes to ])aying his bills. 



Vice-president George E. Brown also 

 referred to the fraternal spirit among 

 the florists. Mr. Bayer, of Toledo, then 

 made a few remarks. 



The Toledo florists were invited to join 

 us on our annual pilgrimage to IMount 

 Clemens, November 4, which invitation 

 was accepted. 



In the Detroit jiarty were: .1. F. Sul 

 livan, Wni. Dilger, Herman Knope, 

 Robert Eahaley. Wm. Hielscher, W. L. 

 Brown, Thos. Browne. Geo. E. Browne. 

 Chas. W^arncke, Chas. Plumb, .\. E. Dock 

 sey. E. A. Scribner, O. A. Stoll, .L De 

 Carteret, C. H. :\Iaynard, J. H. David 

 son, H. Pickworth, H. ]\Iachbeit, ('< 

 Taepke, IT. Kolbe, A. Von Beversluys, b' 

 Flowerdav, .Tr.. A. Stahelin, E. lieard, 1! 

 Schroeter, A. H. Summers, 11. H. Ellis 

 E. Pedrick, F. Cg(diion. .1. E. Smith, F. 

 Pautke, F. Walling, F. Becker and Hug' 

 Schroeter. 



The Toledo jiarty consisted of E. II 

 ('ushmaii, George Bayer, .Tolin Barrow, S 

 X. Peck. Wm. Krueger. Otto Krueger 

 Wm. Phillips, :\lr. Hall, of CIvde, o 

 .-ind K. A. Kuiike. 'H. S. 



NAME OF FLOWER. 



Will you please tell me the name e' 

 the enclos(^'l flower.' Tli(> ]ilant grow 

 about two feet high and is hardv. 



IT. W. 



Achillea Ptarmica The Pearl. 



C. 



Mt. Vernon, N. Y. — J. Meerkam; 

 Van Emden, who is American agent for 

 a number of European houses, spent ■' 

 largo part of the summer on the Pfi 

 cifi(; coast. His head(juartcrs are here 



