. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Ri'l;;.l I,ih nf Ihr \.\\W\. AT THOS. ROCHFORD'S. BROXBOURNE, ENG. Az.'ilrn Mollis. CiiUk' Hiiiisi'. grower, very free, tlie flowers hanging loose; miles ahead of anything else, ac- cording to American visitors. There are 18 span-roofed houses, 160 feet long, <levoted to Easter lilies and a similar number 200 feet long filled with va- rieties of L. lancifolium. L. eximeum is spoken of as the best variety for re- tarding. There are other large houses ?devoted to Eucharis Amazonica Lilium auratum and o
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. Ri'l;;.l I,ih nf Ihr \.\\W\. AT THOS. ROCHFORD'S. BROXBOURNE, ENG. Az.'ilrn Mollis. CiiUk' Hiiiisi'. grower, very free, tlie flowers hanging loose; miles ahead of anything else, ac- cording to American visitors. There are 18 span-roofed houses, 160 feet long, <levoted to Easter lilies and a similar number 200 feet long filled with va- rieties of L. lancifolium. L. eximeum is spoken of as the best variety for re- tarding. There are other large houses ?devoted to Eucharis Amazonica Lilium auratum and other good market kinds, the eucharis being perfectly free of dis- ease and mites which are so trouble- some in some places. LILY OF THE VALLEY. Twelve span-roofed houses, each 14x 300 feet, are occupied during the entire year with lily of the valley, all retarded crowns being used. Much has been written on the forcing of this plant, but no forcing is done here. The crowns are grown quite cool from the start, frost only being excluded, and this ac- ?counts for the fine quality produced from the firm's own retarded stock. Be- fore going into the refrigerating cham- l)er each bundle of crowns is thoroughly examined and again after it comes out tefore the crowns are planted or de- livered to customers. The firm handles between 10,000,000 and 11,000,000 crowns every year and report their stock as never better than the present season. The export trade in this line is consid- erable and we saw a consignment of 23,000 being packed for Holland. The refrigerator chamber is very interesting and beautiful inside, the frost hanging thick on every part of the woodwork, walls, etc. Ivy is grown on the outside walls to keep it still cooler. The pack- ing sheds are built and fitted with every necessary convenience for expeditious handling and bunching of the stock. Fuchsias. Fuchsias are used very plentifully in Girard college, especially on Founder's day (Stephen Girard's birthday). May 20, wl
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