An Up-to-Date Nursery 
brought over first by the early Dutch settlers. It is claimed that it was introduced in 
some way from Japan into Europe centuries ago. Of twenty-five varieties in stock, 
only three have been so perfected as to be practical for commercial purposes. These 
are planted in imported wicker baskets, that when dug up encase and protect the roots- 
But here let us take a glance at the cooper shop, from which are turned out annu¬ 
ally many thousand strong wooden tubs. Every fine plant, especially of the bay 
tree variety, that is sent away to grace the vestibules and dining-rooms of great 
city hotels, or the approaches or salons of a beautiful residence, is carefully potted 
in an iron-bound tub of plain or ornamental shape, and made from the heart 
of cypress. These are then painted a dark green or red. The management 
here believe that it is as essential to have a shrub properly potted as to procure 
an appropriate frame for a good picture. They decry what they claim is very com¬ 
monly done, even where the surroundings are costly and luxurious, the utilization 
for this purpose of butter tubs and cut-down whiskey barrels. The boxwood is not 
only a factor employed here in the decorative scheme of a formal garden, but is used by 
landscape gardeners in the reproductions of old-fashioned gardens for which they 
find a const^ antly increasing demand. The different species vary in size from low 
, _ bushes to medium sized trees. All boxwoods are long lived and 
' ■* may be used for grouping, edging walks, planting against house 
foundations, for hedges, and in tubs to be placed on terraces and 
porches. Like the bay tree, we find them in the stand¬ 
ard, pyramid and bush form, as well as globe-shaped, 
and they may be purchased from twenty-five cents to 
fifteen dollars apiece, according to size and condition. Dwarf Orange Tree 
Close at hand are several acres devoted to 
old-fashioned flowers. One may see here just such a scene as one’s 
memory holds of childhood days on some old farm or estate. A strag- 
s 1 x gling patch of phlox, next, tall hollyhocks, tiger lilies, white lilies, clove 
pinks, then a bed of peonies, rows of geraniums, asters, pansies, lilies-of- 
the-valley and many other old and new varieties of the hardy perennials. With a 
slight knowledge of plants and their requirements, here is material for the hum¬ 
blest plot of land. 
Elow often we see in the arrangement of flower beds in the cottage garden a 
total disregard for color harmony, an assemblage of plants placed together haphazard, or if there is any 
apparent intention, it is the arrangement of the most violent contrasts! And yet competent, helpful 
advice may be had for the mere asking. 
Undoubtedly, the most beautiful sight that meets one’s vision here is an immense stretch of white 
lilies in full bloom, a dazzling field of white, offset by the dense green of the woodland background. 
Certainly, Bermuda could never have offered a greater inducement to the seeker of natural beauty than her 
fields of lilies. Since the great scourge that has practically destroyed this pride of the Western isles, 
these nurseries send out from their hothouses for the Easter trade countless numbers of this exquisite 
plant. Other varieties there are here of many sorts and colors, and sold in bulb form or potted plant 
to be used as a shrub border, for a wild garden, or for interior decoration. 
But what shall we say about the great section devoted to roses ? At every short turn we have 
come upon new storehouses, new hothouses, new sections planted with almost every plant that is grown. 
Roses, in hybrid perpetuals, hybrid teas, Bengal, Polyantha and climbing varieties are seen by the 
tens of thousands. During the spring season, more than 100,000 bushes of every known variety are sent 
out. Each year 100 new species, or hybrids, are produced here or are received from sources the world over. 
Ninety-five per cent of these roses are handled in a dormant condition, but for the accommodation 
of those who have waited until too late to set out dormant plants, several thousand are potted and 
placed in the hothouses as early as the middle of January. These will be disposed of to retail cus¬ 
tomers principally after the first or middle of May. The rose gardeners claim that large quantities of 
the roses shipped away in a perfectly healthy condition are destroyed through unintentional negli¬ 
gence of course, but the blame falls on the nurserymen. The trouble comes from the fact that the 
roots which are extremely sensitive to exposure to the air, have been allowed to become dry and 
shriveled at the stem. 
The packing moss should be retained about the roots, and kept moist until such time as one is pre¬ 
pared to plant, and then one plant exposed at a time and dipped in water just before it is put in the 
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