His shop was noted for its window displays, which one year featured a painting of "the most beautiful tulips, as Bonaparte, Washington and the Duke of Wirtenberg". He later sold a bybloemen tulip named "Davey's Trafalgar""Davey's Trafalgar Tulip", The Florist's Guide, and Cultivator's Directory, Vol. 2 (1829-32), pp. 145-146. (now considered extinct). He gave exhibitions of tulips in May and carnations in July. The tulips were described as "supposed to be the finest in Europe".
