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NOVKMBEU 16, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



33 



Looking >Q at the Window of the Saogster Store at Buffalo. 



for the occasion, to show its beauty 

 when full blown. As Mr. Totty would 

 say it: "Believe me, there will be a 

 big sale on this variety duripg the next 

 few years. ' ' 



In mums there were both exhibition 

 and commercial blooms in great va- 

 riety and quantity. To mention all 

 would be an endless task, so we wiH be 

 content with noting only the two long 

 benches of T. Eaton and Yellow Eaton, 

 and the hundreds of varieties of pom- 

 pons and singles. 



The next place visited was that 

 owned by George E. Gause. Being just 

 opposite bejiutiful Earlham cemetery, 

 Mr. Gause enjoys a splendid plant and 

 cut flower business, both for the ceme- 

 tery and in the city. All' the stock here 

 is in tiptop shape. A large variety is 

 grown, from roses to bedding plants, 

 and all were in good shape. Mrs. Gause 

 is considered one of the ablest artists 

 in making up work in eastern Indiana, 

 and her work is always one of the fea- 

 tures at the Richmond flower shows. 



Next we visited the Oljas. Knopf 

 Floral Co., and here we found things in 

 apple-pie order, as usual. Carnations 

 are the principal crop grown here. 

 Again we found Pink Delight outnum- 

 bering all others, and in quality it 

 lacked nothing. WhUe Enchantress 

 seems to be the favorite white, though 

 White Wonder bids fair to divide hon- 

 ors with it in future seasons. A house 

 of Killarneys is in fine shape. We no- 

 ticed on one find- of. » bencl^ about 100 

 plants of a seedlings" which Ipoks pretty 

 fine; of Killarney blood, ypu may be 

 sure, but a better color fi^d a rank 

 grower. A house of early; mums was 

 all cut and goae. 



The next stop was made at Fred H. 

 Lemon's place. After moving away 

 many of the houses to the west side, 

 the Hill company left Mr. Lemon a fine 

 lot of glass. He uses the houses for 



growing for the retail trade, which Mr. 

 Lemon has taken up. A high grade 

 of stock is grown here and in great 

 variety. A 400-foot house of carna- 

 tions and another, the same size, of 

 roses, are in fine condition. Mr. Lemon 

 conducts a retail store downtown and 

 finds it both profitable and convenient. 



Just across from Lemon's place is lo- 

 cated E. C. Ruch, with about 15,000 

 feet of glass. Here, too, is grown stock 

 for retailing. A fine house of single 

 violets was seen and carnations are 

 looking good. 



A splendid dinner was served at the 

 Hill place, and automobiles were used 

 in going from place to place. 



A. F. .J. B. 



GLADIOLUS TOPICS. 



In The Eeview for October 5 I notice 

 what Mrs. A. H. Austin has to say 

 about gladioli with variegated leaves. 

 I have noticed the same thing, but 

 never have found these striped sorts to 

 run from one season to another. I 

 should judge it is an indication of some 

 infirmity in the stock; possibly a lack 

 of suitable nourishment in the portion 

 of the leaf where the white or light- 

 colored division exists. I hardly think 

 we need a permanently fixed variegated 

 gladiolus; we grow them for their flow- 

 ers and not for any ornamentation their 

 foliage aflfords. 



If this fine flower were planted more 

 extensively than it is, then a varie- 

 gatdd or other colored-leaved sort might 

 be worked into beds of this flower to 

 advantage. There are several varieties 

 having more or less red showing on the 

 siems; but none, so far as I have been 

 able to And, are of any advantage to 

 the gardener or florist. One sort, said 

 to be colored-stemmed, sent me by the 

 originator last spring for trial, proved 

 to be only ordinary with me; there was 

 not sufficient color to attract attention 



to it over the general run of such flow- 

 ers. I believe that with proper selec- 

 tion and breeding some desirable sorts 

 in this line may be produced. Usually 

 many of the deep red varieties show a 

 reddish stem, but they are not a bit 

 more ornamental on that account than 

 if they were just everyday, plain, ordi- 

 nary green. 



Mentioning red gladioli reminds me 

 that while the trade in the east seems 

 to prefer light-colored varieties, out 

 here on the Pacific coast it is almost the 

 reverse. With the exception of such a 

 fine light sort as America, there seems 

 to be little demand for lights here in 

 the autumn. I believe this is owing 

 largely to the fact that during this 

 time of the year there is a dearth of 

 red flowers; we have yellows, pinks, 

 whites and blues galore in an abundance 

 of fall flowers. The gladiolus is the 

 best flower we have that stands cutting 

 in the hot weather, yet it is not so popu 

 lar as it should be. To some extent this 

 is owing to the high price at which it 

 is held by the general run of florists. 



Another reason why red is called for 

 so much is,- I believe, because a large 

 portion of our homes are finished o^ in 

 a natural state in our native redwood. 

 With this finish almost any of the 

 shades of red, as well as red itself, 

 harmonizes. The stately appearance of 

 gladiolus flowers of the shades nien- 

 tioned lends an enchantment to homes 

 finished in the way mentioned. ; 



I had a letter from' an eastern gladi- 

 olus grower last week in which ' he 

 spoke well of Gladiolus Mrs. Francis 

 King, but lamented the fact that it, too 

 often came with crooked stems with 

 him. This it does here, too, when it has 

 not been liberally supplied iwith water. 

 It should also be planted deeply. But 

 with me the crooked stems have been 

 a decided advantage. Flower dealers 

 will soon come to want a fair propor- 



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