. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. ted the sight of the greathouses filled to repletion with finehealthy plants is one to be by no means represents the totalnumber handled here, as over five acresof field plants are annually grown. Noless than 50,000 Enchantress alone wereplanted, and so keen is the demand forthis popular sort that every plant avail-able has been sold. In fact Mr. Rein-berg told the writer that he wishes hehad both planted and benched a greatmany more. Not only has the demandfor this kind been exceptional this year;it has been the same for
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. ted the sight of the greathouses filled to repletion with finehealthy plants is one to be by no means represents the totalnumber handled here, as over five acresof field plants are annually grown. Noless than 50,000 Enchantress alone wereplanted, and so keen is the demand forthis popular sort that every plant avail-able has been sold. In fact Mr. Rein-berg told the writer that he wishes hehad both planted and benched a greatmany more. Not only has the demandfor this kind been exceptional this year;it has been the same for all the popu-lar varieties, and has constituted a rec-ord even for this busy place. Besides the above nearly 13,000 chrys-anthemums are grown in all the lead-ing commercial sorts including amongothers Dr. Enguehard, Glory of the Pa-cific, Timothy Eaton (The CommercialTraveler), and the yellow Major Bon-naffon. The plants are typical commer-cial examples, every one a model ofhigh culture, reflecting great credit onall concerned. Three very large houses. SALES DEPARTMENT OF PETER REINBERG, CHICAGO. 738 The American Florist. Nov. JO, of Asparagus plumosus nanus are alsogrown, producing an immense numberof strings and fronds of the pale greencolor now so popular. These notes would not be completeunless we expressed our admiration ofthe excellent cultural condition of thewhole of the stock grown in this uniqueand immense establishment. Growers for the New York Market. Herman Schoeltzel, of New Durham,N. J., has his houses in order for falltrade, and has a grand lot of ferns, bothScottii and Boston, the former predomi-nating. In one house is to be seen a finebench of Whitmani, a variety which isbecoming deservedly popular with grow-ers. Araucarias, many of them of un-usually large size, take up the majorportion of a house, and cyclamen andprimula are being brought in for for-warding. Mr. Schoeltzel made some-thing of a specialty of hydrangeas lastseason, and his young stock at the p
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