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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



but what poor woman is iiiimis the pan 

 of liyafiiiths you are not sure, and have 

 no mean-- of tindini; out unites there is a 

 na,,,.. an.l a.l,hv-s^,„ .wry parcel. 



W.' Aui „..l liiHl lunr M-a.-ion to 



■ h.- ,i|. pl.nit- uhli iil.l..,,, last year, 

 piMliap~ it i- mure in la-liiim in other 

 cities, but we do lind that almost 

 everj' one wants the pots covered with 

 some erepe or fancy paper. This you 

 must do cheerfully for it adds immense- 

 ly to the appearance of the gift and 90 

 per cent, of all the plants purchased are 

 sent as rmnembranccs. and how luippy 

 we ought to be llial plants iirid llowors 

 have taken tin- plan' ,ii i In- i-hilic.ralc 

 Easter cards il a i.\v \rar- aLin. I.d 

 nothing be undnin- in tin- nay nt l.vin^' or 

 preparing plants fur sale tiiiit cari possi- 

 bly be done before the last few days. 



There is scarcelv any plant so diffi- 

 cult to deliver a-" an Kastcr lilv: all 

 others that I can think ,<< can he wrapped 

 in paper withoni liir -iiL;liir-.t harm, but 

 a lily l.ruiM- «hh Ih.- in..st careful 

 "'■•'I'l'iii- -iii'l il I" tlii'i' .-air MviiifT 



lhr< 



ering a wagon load of lili. - h -- .liHi.iilty. 

 for then we take ten . i a duzcu aiid 

 carefully tie the lieads Ujg.ther so that 

 if they swing they all go as oire and no 

 harm is done. Let us hope that we have 

 a still day; it is the wind that hurts; 

 a windv dav and the tliernionieter at 50 

 is worse than Sr, if perfectly still. 



Cut Flowers. 



day when we expect to get rid of them 

 all in a few liours. Easter pviees should 

 prevail next Monday and from tlien- on no 

 customer should be" refused. Wliat mat 

 ters when you sell if y..n jri ,i .j,,. ,1 f'lii 

 price for them? I am' n^ t ^j-nnu i.i .lihii.' 

 on the old storv of Ih. .^,,,11,, „,|i,,i^ 

 his flower- .illhuiii;!, lhe^ .,,. ;,- ...iiln ,,l 

 it as e\ei will, ,,t- ,,,,1, -, |,|, ,,u Mt' .A- 



ept. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



Second Annual Meeting and Exhibition. 



above society was held in the Colonial 

 rooni at the Waldorf-Astoria, New York, 

 on Wednesday afternoon, March 20. 

 President Benjamin Dorranee presided. 

 The attendance was not large, not nearly 

 what it ought to be, but it was intelli- 

 gent, represent alive, and. most of all, en- 

 thusia-lie, l"i(,l,al.ly ..»in;; to the pres- 

 ence (,i ma ii\ Ml \,^x \. . I h\ i„„st influen- 

 tial an.l h .miiiiil >\ ■,,. I he orators of 



the pM.i,--i,,n «rie ai iheii hest. Thcrc 



of"llo«!'i- .a"-|„!'.'l,'Mw",'i'l'e 'l!!,~.,'i,',7,i ',',': 

 the aiin.ul -h,,u^ . ), ,,,„,„. ,|,|V,., .„,.,., 

 of opinion ,,na pride of i,„n,c have al- 

 ways, will always, exist; they are vital 

 reservoirs of human nature;" they have 

 supplied and feed the power and niagni- 

 fieencc ni ..m ,,,11111 n. ;iii,l 1 he broadness 

 and u-i nil'i. - - ,.i n - m-i n m hms. 



Prc-i,:, 1,1 1 1,1, I ,, II, ,■ III i.i- opening re- 

 marks \.iy liapi,il\ i,\i,,vecl the good 

 work done by the ros,. society, and his 

 hopes for the future did muchto encour- 

 age Ids hearers. The report of the treas- 

 urer, John N. May, showed a balance of 



$-2,.500 in the funds of the society. The 

 secretary, L. Barron, reported a member- 

 ship 



3(i dii 



)f 20.-) 



)od standing, a gain of 

 ■ t year; there were thir- 

 ty-nine ilti, iiii'inbcrs. The president 

 inloiiiie.l u- lh.it one thousand dollars 

 would accrue from membership dues by 

 having this show at the Waldorf-As- 

 toria. 



The secretary reported on the particu- 

 lars of the |iie\ioii- -hows, and the re- 

 sult- ,,t the l.i-i June -liow rendered it 



was intended 

 ' some useful 

 the rose, and 

 inercial ferti- 

 L to be issued 

 It was hoped 

 be offered at 

 held through- 



e la. lie-' e ill 



llll,,eli,m «illi 

 wa- ileei.l,,.! to 



1 IS to 



vested 

 ted at 

 ; were 

 ir: B. 



1 that 

 if new 

 i'aylor 

 lie by- 

 ion of 

 •h mo- 



euty to hold Its exhibition iie\t .March 

 in the city of Boston, lie guaranteed all 

 expenses and assured them of an exhibi- 

 tion equal to if not better than any seen 

 in the liiileil States. Boston was the 

 sceoii.l l:,i,^,-i ,, immunity in the United 

 ,s;tai,- h. -,,i.l I here there were queries 

 aboiii ( lii,.i,_,o, ;ind for a time we were 

 .sorry Winl.r-on. Kicitling, Rudd. As- 

 mus an<l the rest of the Western Indians 

 were not |iic>cnt i : taking a lifty-mile 

 radius it had 2,800.000 people; its" earn- 



ing capacity is 70 cents per capita whilst 

 that of all the rest of the communities 

 was only 40 cents; they consequently 

 had 85 per cent more of the whcrcwitii 

 to pay for luxuries than any other city 

 in America. Talk about Boston: They 

 could make as good a rose show in Bo.s- 

 ton as they could in New York; they 

 had finer ro.ses at the exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society that 

 week than those they had here. ' Talk 

 about New York! It was in it to a cer- 

 tain extent, that was all. Mr. Wood 

 caused considerable amusement during 

 his witty and lnihliv -|ie,,,h. the ladies 

 especially enjoyin- in- , ,iiii|,arisons. tie 

 ended by warniiij iln- -„i.iy not to be 

 narrow, not to h, I.,,,! IMnhidelpiiia and 

 (,'hieago. that unii ^mwniL' uiantcity of 



the We-t. -I hi J, I .1 ,h,iii,|, to >how 



w^hat thev ,,,iil,l ,h 1,111 h,' iiii^i'.l theiii to 

 have the -li,,» ,11 i;,,-i,,ii h.m -|„iii^,, 



John II, la\h,, -,i,,l !!,,■ -,„■,, ■t^ »as 

 .still in il- u.iaii, ^ a, I, I |,,,,.ii,:illv ihal 

 was the lii-i -li,,v^ ,,l ,iii\ iii.iuiiiiihle it 

 had held. I he .,ili, ,1 - ,1,1,1 1 h,' e\.-, utive 

 comniitte,, kii,,\\ what li ua- I,, ;;ei cer- 

 tain inline,,,,-- \\,,ikiii- iIliI ih.-y may lie 

 enabled 1,, ,,iii\ oiii \vhai \\.i- ,le-iied. 

 and now. \v h.-n lh,-\ hail ,,,,ly -ii.-,eedc(l 

 in crciiiiiLi an iiiiii,-i i,, i,,ilu,-iii i.i I eir- 

 cles, he tli,,iii;lil 11 woiiM he .1 iniT-taketo 

 take the exhibition elsewhere, at least 

 until they could walk instead of crawl ; 

 he moved that the next March show 

 be held in New Y.irk fit v. 



Robclt ( lal,; -,-,-,, II, le.i The lio.l. and 



in SUppoi 1 ,,l II -,;ii,l h,' w a- ,-,ill\ illi-ed 

 after dm- ,-,,ii-i,hi ,ii i,,ii ihai \.-» ^^.rk 



was the l.e-l jdae,. I,,i Ih,- II. -M -prill.u' 



show. By taking it clsewh.i,- ilie\ \\,,nld 

 but undo what had been a, . ■■mpli-h. ,1 In 

 the past years. He lhoii;jlii ihai \ew 

 York had done nobly and \\ a- ..I I he opin- 

 ion that New York wa- iln' pla.-.- lor a 

 permanent annual exhihiiioii of the xi- 

 ciety. He cited the ca>e ..f Ihe .National 



show eveiA \.'ai in London. i The l'',ng- 

 lish soeieM ha- li.-hl -hows in citic- be- 

 sides London. I \e« York was to Amer- 

 ica what London was to England. He 

 was sure the best interests of the society 

 required the show to be given in New 

 York at least next rear. U. Siebreeht 



iship and extend 

 eiety. He was of 

 put up a pretty 



wise to 1 I \ .in.-ih.i .-iiy. Now, however 

 from what h, ha. I -een and learned h. 

 was convinced thai the show should b, 

 held in New York next March, and h 

 heartily supported that plan. Upon , 

 vote being taken it was dci'ided to hob 

 Ih.- iiexi ^t.n.h -l..,« in X.-w York. 



done to further the interests of the rose 

 growers, to enable them to keep ahead of 

 the carnationists. The present scale was 

 defective; he thought local committees 



