December 14, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



45 



Greenhouses and Grounds of the Sw^an Floral G>.> Lima, O. 



erect spikes, and grows taller than the 

 others. 



The following varieties may be men- 

 tioned: Jeannette, Froken Scheltema, 

 Progression and NuUi Secundus, all hav- 

 ing a more or less creamy color, the 

 last named with a dark brown eye, 

 which gives the spikes a striking ap- 

 pearance. Nulli Secundus was intro- 

 duced by K. Wallace & Co., and received 

 an award of merit from the Eoyal Hor- 

 ticultural Society in July, 1909. 



For about twenty years I have been 

 interested in white delphiniums and 

 have purchased all the light-colored 

 novelties which I could obtain, with a 

 view to crossing them with large-flow- 

 ered, light blue varieties of strong con- 

 stitution. Thousands of seedlings 

 proved worthless, but at last I was suc- 

 cessful. Some years ago, in the month 

 of July, I found in a bunch of seed- 

 lings one plant with six spikes. Of 

 these, thr'ee spikes bore pure white 

 flowers, two bore blue flowers and the 

 remaining spike bore some light blue 

 and some parti-colored — half blue, half 

 white — flowers. Next year, when the 

 five divided plants flowered, I noticed 

 that two only had white flowers, two 

 only blue flowers, and one plant had 

 some flowers white and others blue, 

 while still others were half white and 

 half blue. I succeeded in almost fixing 

 the pure white variety, not more than 

 one or one and one-half per cent com- 

 ing blue. 



- Delphinium Moerheimi has a healthy 

 growth, which is not subject to mildew. 

 The dark green leaves are finely cut, 

 and the stems attain to a height of 

 five feet, producing many side spikes, 

 which prolong the plant's flowering 

 throughout the whole summer. The 

 large, single blossoms are of the purest 

 white, and the spikes have a loose and 

 elegant appearance. The first flowers 

 appeared this year June 20, and a field 

 in full flower could be seen at Dedems- 

 vaart on July 24. 



The blue variety, which may be re- 

 garded as the companion of Moerhemii, 

 I have named Capri. It is in every 

 respect a counterpart of the white sort, 

 having the same habit, size of flowers 

 and freeness of flowering. The color is 

 sky-blue, of a finer shade than Persim- 

 mon and others of the Belladonna type. 



B. Euys. 



IN MOUNTAIN'S SHADOW. 



Charles F. Fawcett is a young florist 

 with an eastern training who is enjoy- 

 ing life in Colorado, where, at Boulder, 

 he has pitched his camp veritably in 

 the shadow of the Rockies — in taking 

 the picture on this page the mountain 

 was in view over the greenhouses. 



Mr. Fawcett attributes a large 

 part of the undoubted success he has 

 made since locating at Boulder to the 

 fact that he has kept his place looking 

 well — a sort of pattern for his neiglr- 

 bors. The picture shows the bedding 

 on the lawn between the sidewalk and 

 the south end of the greenhouses. The 

 large office building, the west side of 

 which appears in the illustration, runs 

 out to the corner, and a part of the 

 equipment is as handsome a delivery 

 outfit as one can find in town. 



NAME OF VIOLET. ^ 



I am sending to you by separate mail 

 a package of violets and leaves. Please 

 tell me the name of this variety. I 

 have bought 1.000 of them under the 

 name of Princess of Wales, but they 

 seem to be some other variety. Also 

 tell me the proper day and night tem- 

 perature for this variety. J. G. 



Both foliage and flowers were so 



completely withered that identification 

 was impossible. The leaves do not, 

 however, look like those of Princess of 

 Wales. Probably it is Governor Her- 

 rick. If you will send flowers and foli- 

 age with the stems packed in damp 

 moss or cotton-wool, they will arrive 

 in good condition. Princess of Wales 

 succeeds best in a night temperature 

 of 40 degrees in winter, with a rise of 5 

 to 8 degrees on cloudy days and 10 to 

 15 degrees on clear days. Governor 

 Herrick I have not grown in sufficient 

 numbers to test it properly, but some 

 growers find it does better if grown 5 

 degrees or more warmer than Princess. 

 The latter is a vastly snnerior violet. 

 ^__ C. W. 



SWAN'S PLACE. 



The accompanying illustration gives 

 a street view of the greenhouses and 

 grounds of the Swan Floral Co., Lima, 

 O. The Swan concern has a downtown 

 store at 115 West Market street, with 

 greenhouses on Bellefontaine avenue, 

 opposite the Lima Driving Park and on 

 a well traveled car line, where so many 

 people pass that it is worth while set- 

 ting an example in the matter of well 

 kept grounds. 



Montreal, Can. — At the annual meet- 

 ings of the Montreal and Provincial 

 branches of the Lord's Day Alliance of 

 Canada, a complaint from local florists 

 was received to the efi'ect that certain 

 druggists were taking advantage of 

 their Sunday privileges to sell flowers 

 as well as drugs and surgical appli- 

 ances. The secretary, the R«v. George 

 W. Mingie said he had already taken 

 the matter up with the chief of police. 



EsUblishment of Charles F. Fawcett, Boulder, Colo. 



