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134 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Afbil 6, 1911. 



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The Gardeners' Chronicle, published 

 in London, England, recently printed a 

 lengthy account of a visit to the Dale 

 estate, from which the following notes 

 are culled: 



"From the Dale greenhouses go out 

 the roses and carnations which supply 

 the whole Dominion, or at all events 

 reach to the uttermost parts of it. Con- 

 signments of these and other flowers are 

 sent regularly as far as Newfoundland 

 on the one side and Vancouver on the 

 other. In times of glut the flowers of 

 the Dale nurseries invade New York it- 

 self, though for tariff and other reasons 

 that market is not favored at other 

 times. The distribution of cut flowers 

 over such great distances has compelled 

 the adoption of the most careful meth- 

 ods for preparing the flowers for trans- 

 port. The method found most successful 

 is to bring the carnations, roses, etc., 

 into a cool room and to keep them for 

 one to two days in a temperature of 

 about 52 degrees or as much below 60 

 degrees as can be managed conveniently. 



"Though carnations and roses loom 

 largest in the • Dale nurseries, other 

 plants are grown on an extensive scale, 

 and a considerable trade is done in the 

 distribution of plants (Ampelopsis Veit- 

 chii, which is hardy in that part of 

 Canada) and cuttings of carnations, 

 which are sent out in thin paper 'pots,' 

 five per pot, as far afield as the Eock- 

 ies. Adiantum is grown largely and 

 also lily of the valley. Orchids, which 

 are comparatively a new venture, are 

 now being cultivated on a large scale. 

 They are accommodated in four houses, 

 each 25x115 feet, and four more houses 

 are about to be built. The cultivation 

 in this department is under the charge 

 of W. J. Jones. The orchid cultivation 

 was started eight years ago by a Dutch- 

 man, who was originally engaged to 

 grow lily of the valley on a commercial 

 scale. The orchids grown include Cat- 

 tleya Mendellii, Lselia purpurata and L. 

 majus. At the time of our visit, a large 

 collection of South American orchids 

 had just been received, including 1,500 

 plants of Cattleya Schroederae, C. gigas 

 and C. Skinneri, 1,000 lycastes and 

 2,000 Cattleya Trianse. 



(OonUnued on page 138.) 



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