. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. HYERES. FRANCE, A TOWN OF HOTELS, PALM TREES AND VIOLETS. WITH THE GROWERS them. ^ssary winter H. A. Dreer, RIvertOD, N. J. Everything about covers it when one is asl\ecl what is to be seen at this immense establishment. As probably with tlie exception of fruit, shade and ornamental trees, everything else for in or out of the greenhouse can be purchased here. In the last year or two a department devoted to flower- ing shrubs for lawn decoration has been added and ? twenty acres are given up to their culture. Forty
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. HYERES. FRANCE, A TOWN OF HOTELS, PALM TREES AND VIOLETS. WITH THE GROWERS them. ^ssary winter H. A. Dreer, RIvertOD, N. J. Everything about covers it when one is asl\ecl what is to be seen at this immense establishment. As probably with tlie exception of fruit, shade and ornamental trees, everything else for in or out of the greenhouse can be purchased here. In the last year or two a department devoted to flower- ing shrubs for lawn decoration has been added and ? twenty acres are given up to their culture. Forty-five acres are planted with dahlias, and a special catalogue, handsomely illus- trated, has been issued to describe Large storage sheds are nec- to carry the stock over the where the tubers are seen ar- ranged on shelves so as to be con- venient for the selection of orders. Herbaceous stock, much the largest in this country, is potted and stored in ?cold frames, being ready for ship- ment throughout the winter. At this time the indoor stock is es- pecially attractive, the immense ranges being filled with the greatest variety of palms and other foliage plants and ferns, such a stock which for excellence and variety cannot be duplicated elsewhere in this country. Special features in the palms are Co- cos Wedelliana and Phoenix Roebe- lenii. The cocos are grown into larger sizes that make beautiful spec- imens. As seen here they show a lux- urious green foliage and strength and vigor that makes the finished speci- mens and one is made to wonder if. Violet She'ter at Hyeres, France that is really a cocos. as in vigorous growth it resembles somewhat a nar- row leaved kentia. The cocos is now grown here by the hundred thousand and the demand for the larger sizes is rapidly increasing. Phoenix Roebe- lenii is also seen in quantity and ia sure to become one of the standard sort. This is the home of the kentia and very .large blocks are seen from the seedbed in the various sizes up to
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