

APRIL 15, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Field of Lilium Harriiii in Bermuda^ P^hotographed Shortly Before Easter. 



vessel waa driven ashore and wrecked. 

 The party remained on the islands five 

 months, during which time they built a 

 large boat of native cedar, in which they 

 set sail for the mainland. Storms seem 

 to have been responsible for our early 

 knowledge of these beautiful islands, for 

 in 1609, sixteen years after May's unfor- 

 tunate experience, another Englishman, 

 Sir George Somers, was wrecked on the 

 second largest island of the group. At 

 this time he took formal possession of the 

 islands in the name of England, and, 

 again, like his predecessor May, he and 

 his crew built boats of native cedar. In 

 these boats they sailed westward to Vir- 

 ginia. On St. George's Island a me- 

 morial tablet has been erected bearing 

 the following inscription : ' ' Near this 

 spot was interred in the year 1610 the 

 heart of the heroic Admiral, Sir George 

 Somers, Kt., who nobly sacrificed his life 

 to carry succor to the infant and suffer- 

 ing plantation, now the State of Vir- 

 ginia. To preserve his fame to future 

 ages, near the scene of his memorable 

 shipwreck of 1609, the Governor and 

 Commander-in-Chief of this Colony, for 

 the time being, caused this tablet to be 

 erected, 1876." 



For many years the islands were used 

 by England as a penal colony, but as the 

 misuse of such a beautiful spot became 

 apparent, the idea was abandoned, and 

 the convicts who chose to remain were 

 granted a pardon, and a portion of land 

 allotted to each on which to make a fresh 

 start in life. Many of their descendants 

 still own and cultivate extensive lily and 

 onion farms. The hog having failed to 

 gain a foothold, the plebeian onion be- 

 came the staple industry and for genera- 

 tions millions of bushels of Bermuda 

 onions were exported to England and 

 America. Between 1870 and 1880, the 

 onion encountered an opponent in the 

 Easter lily, and now one can ride for 

 miles over beautiful natural roads of soft 

 coral formation, through frequent fields 

 of the pure white flowers, growing in 



such profusion that the ground is not 

 visible — nothing but masses of white and 

 green. 



There are over 200 farms devoted ex- 

 clusively to the Uly, some being thirty to 

 forty acres in extent," says A. D. Dart 

 in the Kural New Yorker. "Travelers, 

 as well as natives, become very tired of 

 the heavy perfume, which can be dis- 

 cerned a mile or more away, the odor of 

 the onion, which is still raised to some 

 extent, being a welcome change. The 

 natives, however, are quite resigned to 

 the heavy perfume, knowing that acre 

 for acre, the growing of the lily is three 

 or four times as profitable as if planted 

 in onions, potatoes, or fruits. 



EASTER TRADE REPORTS. 



Lebanon, Pa. — C. C. Yost opened two 

 branch stores for Easter and did a big 

 business. 



Portsmouth, O. — The Herms Floral 

 Co. got into its new store, at Sixth and 

 Chillicothe streets, for Easter. 



South Bend, Ind. — August F. Beyer 

 & Sons say the Easter business was bet- 

 ter all around than it was in 1908. 



Lincoln, III. — Gullett & Sons had a 

 downtown salesroom for the Easter trade 

 and did a big business, W. H. Gullett 

 being in charge. 



Allentown, Pa. — J. F. Horn & Bro. 

 had an extra store at 612 Hamilton street 

 for Easter. They had 1,800 splendid lily 

 plants, among other stock, and did a big 

 business. 



Louisville, Ky. — The Easter display 

 at Jacob Schulz's Fourth avenue store 

 was so handsome as to be worthy of spe- 

 cial note. The lilies, which were grown 

 in his own houses, were particularly fine. 



Alliance, O. — The Lamborn Floral 

 Co. shipped two carloads of Easter plants 

 from the greenhouses here to the store at 



Canton and did a big business at each 

 place. 



EiCHMOND, Ky. — Albert Eichfar says 

 Easter business was grand this year. The 

 blooming plants were in strong demand 

 and cut flowers sold well. Good stock 

 was wanted fnore than cheap stuff. 



Wellington, 0. — T. G. Yale says: "I 

 would report the Easter trade a little 

 better than ever before. Everything that 

 looked like an Easter plant or cut flower 

 went and we had nothing left. ' ' 



Clarksburg, W. Va. — I. Nusbaum ft 

 Son did a fine Easter trade at its store 

 on Main street, and in the Waldo build- 

 ing Chas. Dudley had a large business. 

 It seemed that plants and cut flowers sold 

 equally well. 



Hamilton, Ont. — Easter business was 

 excellent. The Vossen Co. had a large 

 display of lilies and violets, which sold at 

 good prices. The Connon Floral Co. had 

 a fine display of pot plants in consider- 

 able variety and cleaned them all out. 



Annville, Pa. — D. A. Whiskeymaa 

 furnished the Easter decorations for the 

 First Evangelical and Christ Reformed 

 churches. He also had charge of the 

 decorations for the anniversary of the 

 Kalozetean Literary Society, April 9. 



ARE PLANTS TAXABLE ? 



Are plants and flowers which grow in 

 greenhouses real estate, or are they per- 

 sonal property? This is the question 

 which the Hennepin county courts (Min- 

 neapolis) may be called upon to answer 

 and upon the answer depends the right 

 of the coanty to receive $185.17 in per- 

 sonal property taxes. 



Assessors and the county authorities 

 say that greenhouse plants are not real 

 estate. As a result they placed a valua- 

 tion of $6,385 on the plants and flowers 

 in the greenhouses at Park avenue and 



