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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Maech 7, 1901. 



"We feel confident that the exhibit 

 will do much good for Missouri. The 

 space is next to California and as select 

 as we could ask for. The only fruits 

 which Missouri need feel any fear of los- 

 ing medals and diplomas on are pears 

 and quinces. These New York will win, 

 but on apples Missouri will carry off 

 more medals and diplomas than any 

 other two states that will make exhibi- 

 tions. Owing to the fact that the legis- 

 lature has provided no fund for the prep- 

 aration of the exhibit I furnish the 

 money." 



Don't forget the club meeting next 

 Thursday, March 14. There will be 

 plenty of mixed ilowers on hand and 

 those who fail to come will miss an in- 

 teresting afternoon. 



Richard Frow is now cutting some of 

 the very best carnations that come to 

 this market. 



Riessen Floral Company, on Broadway, 

 reports an excellent business since Lent 

 began, and have a few good orders ahead 

 during Lent. 



Bowling. 



The February series of games ended 

 last Monday night. Kuehn won both 

 medals. The scores were as follows: 



N. G. Total. At. H. S. 



C. A. Kuehn 10 1,756 .175 .210 



J. J. Beneke 10 1,575 .158 .192 



C. C. Sanders 6 985 .147 .175 



J. W. Kunz 13 1,802 .139 .1S7 



Win Adels 14 1,921 .137 .179 



F. C. Weber H 1,869 .135 .156 



John Young 13 1,562 .120 .165 



F. M. Ellis 12 1,390 .116 .145 



Theo. Miller 6 620 .103 .137 



The Florists' Bowling Club passed a veiy 

 enjoyable evening Monday night and the 

 seemed to enjoy the sport very 



much. The members rolled 

 the ladies as spectators, aftei 

 joined In the sport, rolling a game of duck 

 -'-- Refreshments were served and every- 



which they 



body seemed to ; 

 Those present 

 Young. Mr. and Mrs. 



Mr. 

 F. C. 



John 





John Kunz, Mr. and Mrs. Guy of Belle- 

 ville, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Benilng, Mr. and 

 Mrs. Frank Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Beneke. 

 Miss Dora Weber. Miss Gusokv, Charlie 

 Kuehn. Arthur Ellison and Will Adels. 

 The scores of the two games rolleJ by the 



J. J. Beneke 



Will Adels 



C. A. Kuehn 



F. C. Weber 



J. W. Kunz.: 



A. Y. Ellison 



John Young 



E. W. Guy 



F. M. Ellis 



H. G. Berning 



The scores rolled by 



THE REVIEWS. 



John Young 58 



Mrs. Weber 52 



J. J. Beneke 68 



Mrs. Kunz 38 



Will Adels 48 



Mrs. Beming 32 



Frank Ellis 60 



Miss Weber 34 



F. C. Weber 74 



Total. 



162 149 311 

 166 122 288 

 161 119 280 



128 125 253 



THE FLORISTS. 



Pan-American Exposition. 



In a little less than eight weeks the 

 gates of the Pan-American Exposition will 

 be thrown open to the public. The ques- 

 tion is asked repeatedly, "Will it be 

 ready?" The writer has never seen other 

 expositions till the season was well ad- 

 vanced and all was neatness and order, 

 but from what visitors and those connect- 

 ed with other expositions say we are 

 much in advance, and, with the exception 

 of the finishing touch of grass immediate- 

 ly surrounding the large buildings, all will 



be complete. The buildings are practical- 

 ly all finished. Nearly all of them have 

 their last coat of paint, and the shades 

 iuid tints of color that adorn the ilachin- 

 ery Building, the Liii.i.il An-. i:ir,tricity, 

 Horticulture and oIIhi imiI,!, iMiildings 

 cannot be deswibcd, unlr-- li\ .ni artist 

 second only to the iiia.-u-i whu l.iid them 

 on. The coloring of the buildings is one 

 of the ehanns of the exposition, and when 

 lighted by thousands of electric lights, as 

 was the Agriculture Building a few nights 

 ago, the effect is entrancing beyond my 

 feeble powers of description. 



The great bridge between the approach 

 and the Graaid Esplanade, beneath which 

 is the marvelous Grotto covering about 

 two acres and connecting the east and 

 west Mirror Lakes, is near completion. 

 From each corner there arises a tower 100 

 feet high elaborately adorned with statu- 

 ary and from which at night a thousand 

 electric lights will shine. 



The statuary on the exterior of the 

 buildings is another feature which was 

 never before attempted on such an elabo- 

 rate scale, and not only on the buildings 

 but in the many courts and fountain 

 basins the groups of statuary give the 

 grounds a magnificent appearance. Some 

 five hundred vases, most of them tliree 

 feet in diameter, are being made on the 

 grounds from the material known as 

 "staff." These will be used near many of 

 the buildings and the Court of Fountains. 

 They will be filled by the Landscape De- 

 partment, some with specimen palms and 

 othea-s with flowering plants and droop- 

 ing vines. The two large aquatic basins, 

 each 125 feet in diameter, one just south 

 of the Machinery Building and the other 

 in a coiTesponding position in front of the 

 Liberal Arts Building, are not only grand- 

 ly situated as an adornment to the gen- 

 eral plan, but are in a warm and sheltered 

 spot. The Victoria Regia and tender 

 nymphaeas are being raised in one of the 

 conservatories so that strong plants can 

 be ready for the basins by the middle of 

 May. 



The Department of Works is at this 

 moment receiving carloads of trees, which 

 are being put in place and everything that 

 can possibly be done now is lieing done. 

 We have seen seasons (notably that of 

 two years ago) when winter was gone by 

 the 10th of March. If we should be so 



blessed this spring then the Pan-American 

 will be most assuredly complete in every 

 detail on the opening day. If spring is a 

 month later, as it often is here, then you 

 must give us ten days' extra time to cover 

 every necessai-y spot with the pleasing 

 grass which soothes the eye and covers 

 such a multitiidi- of sin>. 



The viiil.T li.ir li,i> been the most 

 favorable hii ur.-. jii.l -hrults and hardy 

 plants ami Inilli- ili.ii we can remembei-. 

 Scarcely a night below zero, but moder- 

 ately steady cold and with an overcoat of 

 snow of about eighteen inches that has 

 kept everything well protected. W. S. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The second annual exhibition of the 

 American Rose Societj- will be held in 

 the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York 

 City, March 19, 20 and 21. Full details, 

 including copies of the premium list and 

 a plan of the exhibition hall, may be had 

 by addressing the secretary, Mr. Leonard 

 Barron, 136 Liberty street. New Y'ork. 



A report seems to prevail that the 

 above society will hold a convention in 

 connection with the Pan-American Ex- 

 position, and in consequence Mr. Leonard 

 Barron, the secretary, has received an 

 unnecessary lot of correspondence. The 

 Pan-American management intend to 

 hold an exhibition of tender roses in May 

 and of hardy roses in June, but not in 

 any way connected with the American 

 Rose Society, and we have heard of no 

 convention of the society being held here. 

 We trust that your readers and those 

 interested in the Rose Society will notice 

 this and cease bothering Mr. Barron. 

 William Scott. 



CORRECTION. 



It seems wewere in error in stating that 

 the carnation basket illustrated in last 

 issue was entered at the Baltimore show 

 by Mr. Peter Fisher. Mr. Fisher's entry, 

 with which he won the silver cup, was a 

 vase of 100 Lawson carnation blooms ar- 

 ranged with asparagus. And there were 

 three entries instead of one. In addition 

 to Mr. Fisher's vase and the carnation 

 basket illustrated, Mr. Robert Kift of 

 Philadelphia entered his decorated mirror 

 in this class. 



Bargains in... Palms 



A few thotisand to clear for cash 



AT BED I.ETTER PRICES UNTII. SOLD. 



LATANIA BORBONICA, from 3-inch pots, $30.00 per thousand. 



" " from 4-mch pots, 80. OO " 



KENTIA BELMOREANA, from 2', -inch pots, 50.00 

 KENTIA FORSTERIANA, from 3 '--inch pots, 12.50 per hundred. 



The Harms' Park Floral Co. 



Berteau Ave. near Western Ave., CHICAGO. 



cntlon The Kevlcw -when you write. 



WE HAVE THEM. 



NOVELTIES ^ 



new dwarf " ^Little Pink." No doubt vou have lieard o 

 Certificate of Merit by the S. A. F. " Clyde'' is the be 

 grower we know of. Au .V No. 1 bedder. .\11 of this year' 

 Send for our descriptive price list, which also tells y 

 sometbiDg of the best Garden Wbeel Hoe on earth. 



Qeraninms, includii 



Mention The Review when 



r's leader is our 

 lium ever awarded 

 t Mammoth Bruant of its color. Strongest 

 New Carnations, also standard sorts. 



W. E. HALL, CLYDE, 0. 



