April 0, 1914. 



The Florists' Review 



29 



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Roses, Carnations,Valley, Daisies, Peas 

 Snapdragons and all seasonable flowers 



See our Classified ad for Chrysanthemum Cuttinflfs 



THE rmLADELPIlIA CUT FLOWER CO., 



1517 

 Sansom St., 



PHILADELPHIA^rA. 



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are interesting. In construction they 

 resemble the houses of twenty years 

 ago more than those of today. The 

 chief idea is that the light shall all 

 come from above, none from the sides, 

 so that the lilies will have sufficient 

 stem at all seasons of the year. The 

 \ last of the tulips, all doubles, and the 

 first of the spring vegetable plants 

 show how closely the seasons follow 

 each other in a well managed establish- 

 ment. 



Fifty-fifth and Springfield Avenue. 



The features of William K. Harris' 

 fine Easter assortment are the azaleas 

 and the roses. In each of these ope va- 

 riety stands preeminent. In azaleas it 

 is Prof. Wolters, esteemed for its soft 

 rich color and, best of all, for its dura- 

 bility. In roses it is Tausendschon ; 

 Thousand Beauties is the German trans- 

 lation, a translation borne out by the 

 charm of this gf ea » Eas***- -forcing 

 rose." There are lots "of ofKer things 

 and some novelties of more or leas 

 merit, but it was' these two varieties 

 that made the deepest impression. 



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The Michell Farm. 



There are times when tho lot of the 

 newspaper man, so full of work and de- 

 tail, becomes delightful. He is lifted 

 out of his every-day routine; lifted 



bodily, as it were, into an atmosphere 

 quite new and full of interest. He is 

 not obliged to do a certain number of 

 things in a limited space of time, nor 

 must he put ideas into readable form 

 after he has worked hard for a much 

 longer time than is usual with his flo- 

 rist friends. One of these pleasant oc- 

 casions was foreshadowed in an invi- 

 tation to Andalusia last week to see 

 some new things. There were three in 

 the party that went out that cloudy, 

 sunshiny April afternoon, when nature 

 was just preparing to burst into bud 

 and leaf. There was Henry F. Michell, 

 whom everybody knows, likes and ad- 

 mires for his wonderful constructive 

 ability. With him was Paul F. Kich- 

 ter, whose boyish appearance and dis- 

 position are combined with a brain 

 that has marvelous grasp of detail and 

 an extraordinary capacity for hard 

 work. 



Andalusia reached, the farm is seen 

 in all its glory. The 672 feet of lawn, 

 relieved by what will be canna beds 

 and beds of evergreens, has just been 

 dotibli'ed; a ten-acre tract, giving 672 

 additional feet aloag the railroad, has 

 been purchased and will immediately 

 be laid out in turf, and beds to be filled 

 with cannas and evergreens like the 

 others — to show progress, Mr. Michell 

 says. 



The new greenhouses face the older 

 ones in a way to suggest a broad shed 

 or corridor house as part of the plan. 

 These greenhouses are used partly for 

 seed and plant tests, partly for prop- 

 agation and partly for growing bed- 

 ding and vegetable plants. The plant 

 tests were particularly interesting. 

 There were a number of lilies on triid. 

 All looked well, but best of all, far 

 and away, was the good old Bermuia 

 Easter lily, Lilium Harrisii, rejuve- 

 nated, looking as though it had never 

 known disease. It was particularly 

 pleasing in these days of short-stemmed 

 lilies. The height was excellent, nei- 

 ther too tall nor too short. 



Then there were the French hydran- 

 geas. A number of these were on trial, 

 in full bloom, affording opportunity for 

 comparison. The new pink spiraea, As- 

 tilbe rubens, is promising. While it is 

 too early to be positive, it looks as 

 though this new variety is strong 

 where Queen Alexandra is w^ak. Ge- 

 ranium Helen Michell was the best of 

 the plant novelties in bloom; beauti- 

 ful it was, with its great trusses of 

 showy flowers borne proudly erect on 

 small plants. There were many seeds, 

 bulbs and tubers starting into life — 

 salvias, cannas, dahlias and many more. 

 Hardy roses and vegetable plants each 

 had their section. 



