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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Apbil 7, 1910. 



their montbretia bulbs each fall. A bet- 

 ter plan is to lift and replant them thinly 

 in rows two to three feet apart about the 

 end of October, in well -drained land 

 with a slope. I have never known them 

 to winter-kill, and from fall planting 

 much earlier and finer spikes are secured 

 than from dry bulbs in spring. The 

 bulbs should have a good coating of Ut- 

 ter or leaves after the ground freezes, 

 removing this as soon as the land thaws 

 out. 



Aconitum Napellus. 



All the monk's-hoods are' splendid 

 hardy perennials. The forms of Aconitum 

 Napellus are the most desirable for bor- 

 der plants. They are perfectly hardy 

 and make a splendid show in August and 

 September. They seem to do particu- 

 larly well near the seacoast. I once 

 saw rows and masses of them six to eight 

 feet high in a number of gardens in Bar 

 Harbor, Me., and at the Mount Desert 

 Nurseries a large collection was nated, 

 varying from pure white in color to the 

 deepest blue. In a cut state the spikes 

 of this ■ handsome perennial are superb 

 and cannot fail to rivet attention. Prop- 

 agation may be effected by either seeds 

 or by division, the latter method being 

 the more satisfactory. 



Chrytanthemum Maximum Kin^ Edward 



Of the newer hybrids of Chrysanthe- 

 mum maximum, C. maximum Bang Edward 

 is undoubtedly the best. The flowers are 

 pure white, three to four inches in diam- 

 eter, and are produced io July and August. 

 For cutting they are unexcelled at that 

 season by anything in the line of hardy 

 perennials. For, massing effects nothing 

 can be finer thian this chrysanthemum, 

 and it makes a useful forerunner to the 

 better known and useful C. uliginosum. 

 King Edward grows two and a half to 

 five feet in height. It can be propagated 

 either from seed or from root division, 

 in common with other members of the 

 family. It will flower in five to six 

 months from seed and is well worthy a 



5 lace in every retail grower's hardy bor- 

 er. 



Heuchera Sanguinea Graadiflora. 



Heuchera sanguiiiea is a well known 

 and popular hardy perennial. The va- 

 riety grandiflora has much greater vigor, 

 the spikes being longer and flowers 

 larger. The flowers are of a lovely coral 

 scarlet color and are valuable for cut- 

 ting. It is easy to raise a good batch of 

 these heucheras from seed, ' which, if 

 sown under glass in February and March, 

 will produce strong plants in the fall. 

 The so-called white form, H. sanguinea 

 alba, is an even freer grower than the 

 scarlet one. The flowers are, however, 

 of a dirty white color and it is much less 

 desirable in every way than H. sanguinea. 



W. N. Craio. 



HOLLYHOCK PLANTS. 



la there much demand by the trade for 

 hollyhock plants! B. F. 



There is, usually a fair demand for 

 hollyhock plants and if you can produce 

 plants clean of rust, they should sell read- 

 ily. C. W. 



Media, Pa. — Eugene A. Perrey has 

 purchased the greenhouses of L. J, Per- 

 rey & Son and has removed them to 

 Dorsey, Md., where he has purchased a 

 farm and will continue the business of 

 growing violets. His favorite varieties 

 are California and Princess of Wales. 



Newbukgh, N. Y. — The Yuess Gardens 

 Co. furnished the decorations for the 

 Pfister-Gardner wedding, at the bride's 

 home on Bridge street. 



OsHKOSH, Wis. — The Oshkosh Floral 

 Co. has been incorporated, with a capital 

 of $3,000, by E. P. Barnett, Janette J. 

 Barnett and Clement MacMahon. 



St, Joseph, Mo. — Lou Hardrnan says 

 he believes most of the privet hedges and 

 many hybrid perpetual roses went to the 

 bad in this section during the winter. 



PouGHKEEPsiE, N. Y. — The Haggerty 

 Floral Co. furnished the decorations for 

 the Albert-Friedman wedding, March 17, 

 iu the Jewish synagogue at Mill and Vas- 

 sar streets. 



Chatham, N. Y. — R. E. Shuphelt, of 

 the Chatham Floral Co., who has been 

 spending the winter, as usual, at Fruit- 

 land Park, Fla., expects to sail for the 

 north April 16. 



Kankakee, III. — The water tank at 

 the greenhouses of Charles Schafer re- 

 cently fell from its 30-foot tower, crush- 

 ing in one corner of a house. The loss 

 was about $150. 



Geand Rapids, Mich. — William Cun- 

 ningham had the best Easter trade in 

 all bis experience. The weather was 

 summer-like, with a temperature at 

 times as high as 80 degrees. 



Rutland, Vt.— T, M. Barrett, for- 

 merly of this city, has bought a florist's 

 business in Portland, Ore., and will re- 

 main there, Mrs. Barrett expects to 

 leave for Portland about May 1, 



Hammonton, N. J. — The greenhouses 

 of Watkins & Nicholson were consider- 

 ably damaged by fire on Monday even- 

 ing, March 21. As the vreather was 

 mild, the stock was not greatly injured 

 by exposure. 

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Benton Harbor, Mich. — A flower 

 store has been opened at the rooms oc- 

 cupied Vy.A. J. Youngs, at 143 Pipestone 

 street. ( Mrs. Younep recently visited 

 Grand Rapids for toe purpose of secur- 

 ing a supply of the latest designs. 



Waterbury, Conn. — A store, to be 

 known as the Flower Shop, has been 

 opened in the Waterbury Bank building 

 by Miss Nella B. Smith and Miss Helen 

 G, Bangs, Miss Edith Henderson will 

 act as their assistant. The store is said 

 to be unusually pretty and artistic. 



Jamestown, N. D. — The Wheeler Flo- 

 ral Co. did a surprisingly good shipping 

 business for Easter, filling orders from 

 all over the state and from western Mon- 

 tana. The warm weather hurried the 

 garden and truck vegetables so that they 

 were almost ready for salfi in the last 

 week of Jilarch. 



New Haven, Conn. — Previous to Eas- 

 ter there had been rumors here that 

 Easter lilies would be extremely scarce, 

 but John N. Champion, when interviewed 

 on the subject, stated that the lilies were 

 apparently as plentiful as in other years 

 and also as much in demand as ever, 

 Charles Munro also stated that the sup- 

 ply seemed to be abundant. 



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WoODSTOWN, N. J. — I. B. Coles says 

 it was the best Easter he ever has en- 

 joyed. 



Dayton, 0, — The five new houses be- 

 ing built by the Miami Floral Co, are 

 33x240 feet each. 



ScRANTON, Pa. — Work has been begun 

 on the foundations of the new green- 

 house for the city park system. 



Allison Park, Pa, — John L, Wyland, 

 the veteran and successful carnation 

 grower, announces his intention of sell- 

 ing out and removing to the west. 



Alma, III, — W. S, Ross has been ship- 

 ping quantities of narcissi that are quite 

 a different article from the small, short- 

 stemmed jonquils that are commonly sent 

 north from southern Illinois. 



. Alvin, Tex,— T. W. Carlton says the 

 crop of cape jasmines does not give 

 promise of being earlier than usual. He 

 has about 1,000 bushes and expects to 

 cut about May 15, Mr. Carlton says the 

 Alvin crop in general will be about the 

 same size as last year. 



Lancaster, O. — M. M. Miesse, the 

 vegetable grower, says that the unusually 

 warm weather in March brought out the 

 lettuce quickly and he had a fine crop 

 for Easter. He sold a large quantity 

 at good prices. His tomatoes and cu- 

 cumbers have made a good start. 



Kearney, Neb.— Harry L. Hunt, fore- 

 man of the Kearney Floral Co., reports 

 that the Easter trade was far in advance 

 of last year, with plenty of Easter lilies, 

 and sales about evenly divided between 

 pot plants and cut flowers. He says that 

 the excessively warm weather was hard 

 on tulips and azaleas, but that prospects 

 are bright for a good spring business. 



St. John, N. B.— Herbert E, Goold 

 had a flne display of Easter stock in his 

 store at 90 Germain street, in the Ma- 

 sonic building, and was well pleased with 

 the amount of business, Mr, Goold han- 

 dles a good many Superbissima ferns 

 and handles them so well that they at- 

 tract much attention and sell readily. 

 The Easter trade was also highly satis- 

 factory to most of the other florists, in- 

 cluding W. & K. Pederson, in their va- 

 rious stores; Mrs. H, S. Gruikshank, at 

 159 Union street; Adam Shand, opposite 

 the Royal hotel; Campbell's Flower 

 Store, 193 Charlotte street, and J. E. 

 Quinn, in the country market, 



Augusta, Ga, — In the last part of 

 March there was ideal spring weather here 

 and flowers were plentiful, both indoors 

 and outdoors. The woods were full of 

 dogwood and jasmines, and the town was 

 full of tourists, all delighted with Au- 

 gusta, The florists all report better Eas- 

 ter trade than ever. Balk's Nursery was 

 kept extremely busy all the week and 

 was in full crop with Bride, Killarney, 

 Beauty and Richmond roses. This firm's 

 Easter flowers were on time and of a 

 superior quality. Spiraeas, azaleas, hya- 

 cinths and Easter lilies all sold well; 800 

 Easter lilies were sold on Saturday. Prices 

 on lilies were from 50 cents to $2 per 

 plant. 



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