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AMONG THE FLOEISTS. 
at floral. 
Mr. John Lewis Childs was very happy in 
the choice of the name, Floral, which he in¬ 
duced Uncle Sam to give his post ollicc, and 
happily successful in getting the post ollice es¬ 
tablished, in spite of considerable opposition. 
He is doing a thriving business, and his 
large mail trade demauded this coiivcuicticc. 
Nowhere have we seen a more complete and 
business-like system for packing and ship¬ 
ping plants and seeds. Uuder it, error seems 
hardly possible, and labor and time are re¬ 
duced to a minimum. Mr. Childs believes 
in having large stocks of a few of the 
best and most popular varieties and a few 
novelties. Hy this means his attention is not 
divided, and he is enabled to devote his time 
largely to pushing the sales, which he has 
so far done with marked success. 
AT QUEENS. 
Messrs. Hallock & Thorpe were in the 
msh of spring trade when I stepped into 
their ollice last yiareh, and their faces 
showed the satistiod and expectant look of 
men reaping the results of a year of hard 
preparatory work. Mr. Thorpe escorteil me 
among his pets with all the pi’ide of a true 
lover of his work. He lingered lovingly 
among his Carnations, than which there are 
few if any liner collections, and which 
Mr. Thorpe has done so much to improve. 
He predicted that they will run the Hose 
hard for popul.'U'ity within two years. Some 
of the new sorts, not yet introduced, will 
have only to show their healthy, Ijeautirul 
faces to win favor in the sight of the fair. 
Messrs. H. & T. have had great success witli 
the Swauley White Violet, having sold 2,000 
blossoms a week through the season. Their 
collection of Chrysanthemums is one of tlie 
first in the world, both in size and rpiality, 
and includes 09 new, and 179 old sorts. They 
sold 1.5,000 plants during the season. 
The new jizalcAi umoina is hybrid in the. 
species and very showy. .1. imbrimla is 
quite new and distinct, and desirable. niong 
the new Prirnro.ses was seen the Gilbert’s 
Harbinger, of the Polyantha or “fancy" type. 
Their new Geraniums seem as ])opular as 
ever, and are having a decided i-un. .Since 
our previous visit in I8.S8, their liouses had 
increased in number b^' three oi' four, and 
their facilities for trade in like jiroportion. 
Fortune smiles upon these genthanen for 
the good work tliey ai-e doing. 
AT BKATTLEEOliO, VT. 
Mr. C. K. Allen began business in I80«, a 
lad of 17, borrowing a little land of his 
father as a beginning. This land was paid 
for long ago, and above 20 acres besiiles, 
and recently he has added 17 acri;s moi’e. 
Seven acres are in Strawberries, and several 
acres in nursery for small fruits and hardy 
plants. He has seven or eight good hoii.ses, 
where he grows a large as.sortment of tint: 
plants. His Pelargoniums in .May made a 
fine show and were a large colb’ction. His 
Geraniums were a fine lot of most of the 
best sorts. In one house was a penmnial 
bank of Heliotrope (tfiiieftain and I’eruvia- 
nuni) against a wall. The plants made a ma.ss 
three and a half to four feet high, were 
healthy and full of flowers, and furnished a 
constant supply for cutting. '1,'he stocks 
throughout were in line condition, and showed 
the reason for Mr. A.’s growing trade. 
answers to oorbespoheentb. 
Grass PlnU. G. /!.. « 
Garden I'lnk is perfectly liiudy, winter 
Climate it will -‘“I' ’^“’“nom^tlon they 
lunleh. To keep them In g or lay- 
si,ould be renewed every year by 
ers. The latter mode is the ^.^r 
wa.v, and the best time lor “I” i„ive 
the bloom is over. Wlion rooted, ^ j 
tole detael.ed and transplanted. A ^ 
wellenriohed with decomposed stable mam 
the best soli for tlicm. 
Ltly of the valley. /J. H- W., MvUm, .mVo- 
Somotlmes a bud of Lilies of the Valley " ‘ ’ 
forever, but .noslly the plants become so 
that after about si.x years they lose their t Uoi 
and sliould bo thinned out. This is best lionc . 
liigghig out alternate strii.s of about one loot 
wide through the bed, and lilling in llio siiace 
with soil and manure. 
Celoriac. /.Vm/cr, O/dn.-This was deseribed in 
a reeent numlier. It is a variety of Celery with 
enlarged root. Tlie eidtivation is the same as 
that of the ordinary Celery, e.xeept lhal it is not 
liilicd up. Tile root, whicli is of irregular, globu- 
lar shape, and of t he size of garden Iteets, is useil 
in soups ami prineipaily as salad. 
rlanting Strawberries in .lime.—A subscriber 
residing in New York says; "On aeeount of build¬ 
ing an addition to iny house, the ground wliere I 
intendto makea Strawberry bed will not be ready 
before .Inne; will it do to iilanl so late in the sua- 
son'r” If the plants are in the same garden they 
may be transplanted at any time by taking up 
sullieient soil witli them, but if they have to be 
proenred from a ilistanec, planting in .Inne is not 
to be reeoininended. Itetler tiring tlie gronmi in 
as good a condition as iiossible, and proenre iiot- 
ted plants in .July or August; they will given bet¬ 
ter yield ne-\t year than old jilants .set out now. 
Srareehal Niel Kose again. .S'. C. fjipniirie, 
C'nnndn.—The article referred to treats on Hose¬ 
growing in Hiiijlttml, which lias .so ilillcrent a 
climate from our own that English methods can¬ 
not always be followed here- iVe have never 
seen a thrifty, biooming .Mareehal Niel Hose grown 
hi a living-room, yet if the conditions which prove 
snceessfiil in the greenhouse can be provided in a 
window as well, there is no reason why .similar 
results should not be prodneed. The prineiiial 
points to be observed are to keep the Jilants in 
good growing condition till about .Sejilember, 
then withhold water .so as not to iminee new 
growth, blit not so nineli as to make the Jihinl 
wilt. After the first sharj) frost the jiots are lo be 
taken np,a few inches of the top-soil removed and 
rejilaeed with deeomjmsed eow manure and loam. 
.VII branches should then be elo.sely jirnned and 
the plants Jilaced in a lemiieratnre of ■l.'i” to 'lO'’ by 
night, and kV to 7(P by day, ami if demanded foi' 
foreing, gradually raising the temjieratiire from 
75“ lo SU“ by day and 50° by night. 
of this report Is tbo frtiit list of the State, 
ure x^ovett. With It one may learn 
“^“rf incc the degree of adaptation and value of 
aU tS leading varieties of frulte grown in each 
and Fruit CiUture, by Charles V. Mapes, 
voTS -^l- widely varying effects of differ. 
ma fertUizersupou the rptallty of Grapes, Straw, 
b rries and various tree fruits, as wellas upon the 
igo Mtnd health of the plants futd trees, are weU 
jfown to careful observers. The Orange, how- 
, ver has only so recently come under c.xtenstve 
eultlvatloi. ill our country, that comparative^ly 
fitllo study has been given to its .special needs. 
Lr, C V ilapes, wlio has probably given more uL 
tention to this sub,ieot than any other chemist or 
iniit grower, lias .some time since collected and 
sifted all the information about the Orange enl. 
lure obtainable, and tliis, together witli the re¬ 
sults of his own e.M)erimentsandconcIu.sions, is 
embodied in this interesting pamphlet, it would 
be dilllcnlt to crowil more solid, practical inlor- 
mation into an eijual number ol pages, aithougli 
the antlior modestly 8tate.i in his introductory re- 
marks Unit, •‘They are intended more to invite 
further investigarions and dLscussion tlian lo af¬ 
ford a definite solution of the question,” ahd lie 
cordially invites cooperation and corresj)ondenee 
with e.viierimenters ami others interested in 
solving special jiroblenis in Orange and Fruit 
Fertilization. 
OUR BOOK TABLE, 
Siiiiiiiiit County, Ohio, Ilortieiilliiral Society. 
Hejiort of meelings. I’resident, tir. iM. .Jewett; 
Secretary, JI. Crawford. 
Tlie Tobacco Jtemedy, by Gen. T. L. Clingman. 
Orange .Jmid Company, .New York, Imblishers. 
A large array of eases showing the ellleaey of Hie 
e.xlenial ajiplieallon of'I'obaecoan antispiismodie 
ami 1.any eases of local inllammatlon. 
New .Jersey Slate llorticiiltiiral .Society. Pro. 
ceedlngsof I he animal meel leg lield at’l’i enlon 
llee.vil ami liO, IHsl. This society, which eonnis 
among Us members many of the most promlneni 
hop lleidtiirisls in the land, is doing a vast amonni 
of good In developing and promoting the liorll 
enitnral Interesls of lls .Slate. Ils meetings are 
always well attended and the reports ... 
of permanent value. The. jire-sent voinme eon 
lalns, in addlllon to the ollleer's aildresses ami re 
liorls, nniny highly .. ; 
lheni ;.Strawbe,rrles, by -L It. lingers, mention of 
whieh is made on another page of this nninher- 
Peach Cnlti,re, by Halph Ege,.!. I,.,;. , 
Cole; lilorlcnllnre, by .lames Taplln and Tlieo' 
Erlwards; Adornment of Pnlille ... py 
hleJI; 'I'he Pleasure of Flowers, by .John 'Ph„r, ' 
Peach Yellows, by Prof. .S.'P. Maynard; rep. .-Is 
on the Comparative Earllnessaml ... ,, , 
toes, by J'i. Williams, T. F. Itarker, .1. || Ho., 
and N.W.l'arceJl. An especially val.iabKtc 
TRADE NOTES. 
ITH.MS OF OH.NintAb INTHllHST FIIO.M THE SEBU, 
.NUItSBItV ANO FLOWBIt TKAOB AKE SOMCITEU. 
.Josejih lireek .N .Sons report a large trade in 
Strawberry jilanls. 
C. E. -Vilen of Hrallleboro, VI., is well pleased 
itii his season's ira.le, wjiieli is fully a third 
greater lhan last year. 
V. II. Hallock, .Son .t Thorjie liavc laid so large 
plant trade, that tliey were far beliind tlieir or¬ 
ders through most of the short sliijiiiing season. 
A. Itraekenridge, Govanstown, Md., is having a 
goo.l trade. lie believes in advierlising judi¬ 
ciously, and thinks Tub A.mekican Gakuen has 
paid him. 
The seeil trade has undoubteilly been very 
large in the aggregate, but comjietilion has cut 
down the business of many of the large houses in 
tliis line. 
We notice that the weakness for “novelties” in 
name only, still holds many seedsmen by their 
pockets. Is a vigorous eanipaign uecessary to 
stop this re-naming of oid varieties? 
The Cabbage jihint trade is littiejnished this year 
by the large seed houses. Comiietition by farm¬ 
ers amt gardeners tlirongliout tile country has 
destroyed its profitableness. 
.J.A. tie Veer has eonnected wilii himself his 
energetic and gentlemanly associate, lilr. llooui- 
kamp. Do Veer & Hoomkamp wiil now push 
the llnteli bulb trade from hi Uroadway, New 
I ork, where tliey luive very pleasant (juartei-s. 
The jilanl trade is reported as having been very 
large in Boston, New York, Hoehesler, ami Queens. 
Probably iho same is true of Philadelphia and 
other cenlersof tills inlore.st, as well as among 
the ilorlsts and nurserymen ai. local jiolnts. 
Prices liavo been low, and jirobably satisfactory 
to buyers. 
'I'he Bennett Hose sujiply inis lieen eiuTailed by 
lalinreof the eonlraetorslopnt the heating aiipara- 
tns into a |iortlon of Mr. Evans’ liouses in proper 
season. Wliat wm-e saved In these houses were 
lirobably tlio har.llest mid best of the lot, so that 
those wlio gel any will get some very strong 
plants. 
t )ne of i.lie worst, eanses of I lie imor eoiuUt ion ot 
the seed tra.Ie seems to be tile growing disposi¬ 
tion of seed growers lo sell direct lo eonsiiniers, 
"Stead of tlirongli the regular liouses. The re.sult 
has been ruin to many reimtable deiilors, and no 
gloat gain lo either tlie growers or oonsuniurs. 
Always an e.vpeiislve Imslness lo eondnot, great 
sales are neeessary to its sueeoss. .Soeil growing 
Islalrly profitable In lliu liamlsof men who under- 
stand It tlioronglily, and wilt take pains to sell 
only No. 1 stocks; Initio add to llio risks of the 
InisliiesH by taking on tlie o-ypenso of a volali 
'•■fide, is poor polley. Tljo writer speaks ft’om 
experioneo. 
