Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1885-03-16
Spring and Flowers
PARADISE Of FLOWERS
GEKANIUMs, VERBNEAs.
ROSES BY THOUSANDS.

month oil March there DeHln 10 De
stirring movement Unfair Flora's realm.
The Gala and the Harrissi must have
their beautiful white trumpet lilies
ready for Easter, and they are gathering
all their energies to send an avalanche
OF tirecy flowers, fragrant with the aro.
ma OF opt ming spring, into every church,
aud hall and dwelling that opens their
doors and bids them enter.
The roots OF the geraDium, the verbe
MIA, the peteuuia, the fuchsia, the
allyssum, the beautiful little pansy,
and thegreatfamily OF roses are quicken
ing into life and will shower their tro-
phies into the public market place the
first cheering sunshiny day of spring,
when those horrid snow squalls and
cyclones of wind cease to be 80 violent.
Times are IA little hard this spring,
but H. il wonderful what flowers will
do to make things look cheerful. As they
look up into our faces they some how
bid us be cheerful, and then We are
reminded that He who gives the lily its
blush exercises more general care
over his creatures that He has endow-
et with reason and Intelligence, IL il
wonderful what demand has sprang
mp Tor flowers within a few years past.
Nearly every body wants flowers, not
only the o~n' RS OF beautiful mansions
and broad and spacious lawns W AM
them, but the humble workman if he has
hut the smallest yard wants flowers In
II, aud If there IL no room in the yard
for them they are raised in potsinside.
There in something 80 innocent and
cheerful about them that they are often
the most valued furniture OF house
and they look SO lovely and pure thai
they instinctiv4ly direct our mindt
through nature up 70 natures God.
just look around our city and see thu
nun ber OF florists We have now, com
pared with a few years ago. Then, there
were Brown, Bush and Tatnall. Ther'
may have been others, hut we canno
| call them to mind. but now look a
! them. There are Brown and Bush still
At it. Tatnall has dropped out, bu
following him are Bay lis, Hayden
Peters, Landers, Rogers, Humphrey
DouHherty, and a number of others, u
the advertiser says, too numerous d
| mention.
| 1t in of MIR. LeoBZo T.. Baylis' flora
enterprise that we would more parttcu
| larly speak at the present time. He
one OF our leading fiorlsts, and Ia
pressed his way to the front by his owl
energy, his own industry, and by hi
| own money, what little he had TO star
with. Everybody who travelled bacl
and forth on the Concord pike, vii
recoiiect the solitary greenhouse tina
stood on the top OF the hill north OF 81
Johns church.
| After awhile there were two greer
houses and other signs of prosperit.
marking the onward progress of tn
| young florist Industry and homes
dealing brought him hosts of friends
and soon he began 10 look around 70
enlarged quarters. These he found
couple OF years ago out the Philadel
lphia pike, close by the Rivervie,
cemetery, a location that suggested I
lhim tho name Of" " Riverview Garden.
His flower, farm comprises 5 acrei
and his beautiful dwelling nestlcs in
lpretty grove of pines and naturs
forest trees. His green houses hav
increased from two TO five in numbeI
and anything in flower kingdom thi
Mr. Baylis has not got is hardly wort
hunting after and must be IA rara-avis {
doubtful utility.
a representative of the RKPUBLICA
had tho pleasure on Saturday of beiu
taken through Mr.. Bayiis' green hons'
ny that gentleman himself. Like IA
other florists Mr.. Baylis Is payin
especial attention 10 the rose cultui
wirh the greatest o success.
We were particularly str uck wit
.he forward and healthy ch aracter
his small roses that will all be in bloo
this coming summer. One OF u
principal req. ons for this hrarty an
healthy appear hnce IL that Mr.. Bayl
uses hard " ood Gu tines that stand mo
exposure to either extreme of heat
!culd. Though he could have a coup
Of hundred varieties Of every bloomiI
roses, he confines himself 10 about
, varieties, and they Include all tn
may bs called the choice varictie
r Amongst them il the beautiful Perle d
Y Jardins, the same color OF the Maresch
( Neil and second To n only Ia siza al
, fragrance; also the pure white Mar
: Guilloti, that no lover Of roses shou
lie without; the Bon Silene, the Con
lpesse RIA du Pare, ,Cremoise Superit
IsahelI Sprunt, Sofrano, La Pactol
Louis Philippe, Nephetos, Sombreu
, Mad, Camille ami all the leadii
j everbloominR roses.
These roses are more tender than u
. .lhybrids, but they can I've protect
!. D through the coolest winter by plen
~ full supply of coal cinders and ash
laround the roots.
These roses Mr.. Baylis will send
any address this spring at one dollar
dozen, and will guarantee the grow
Of them with fair treatment. 10 ll0'
al purchasers he will even do bett
a than this. He has between five al
six thousand of this class of roses.
has also several thousand bybrids I'll
have their fullest bloom in June u
= will bloom occasionally from that til
/. until the heavy f"osts of Novemt
overtake them. Amongst these are
General Jacqueminot, the grandest
crimson roses; the General WashiI
. ton, Jules Margotten, Belle de Norms
dy, Prince Albert, and other beautli
ro<es. The hybrids are 30 hardy tt
sr the extreme cold has but little effect l
on them.
l6 But roses are but one of the ma
varieties that Mr.. Baylis has. He pn
OIL equal attention to the culture of go
X NUNS, as numerous In varieties
roses. They are also sold at a dolla
to dozen. Amongst them are double a
single, the large and the dwarf,and of
- varieties of color, from the deepest red
n the purest white. Verbenas are aim
" as popular as geraniums, and co
to handy for working up into bouQue
no They ara only sixty cents dozen, l
OF to liberal purchasers.
ns 1t is on the culture of carnatio
va more commonly called "pinks," t
'er MIR. Baylis is remarkably SUGGEST
ew One green house is devoted entirely
oie this fragrant and beautiful flower. c
ali al, nations do better when near the 81
a roof, and having discovered this, J
- Bay lis has constructed a green ho
b, exclusively adapted to, the raising
Ap- them. His beds of carnations are W