The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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pots. Jacobs & Landls, Colesburg, la. 



REFRIGERATORS. 



Sprayt-is. 



ORR & 



73 RanJu 



ARE CO.. 71 and 



SPHAGNUM MOSS. 



WIRE SUPPORTS. 



Galv. rose stakes and Excelsior carnation 

 lupports. H. P. Llttlefleld. Worcester, Mass. 



WIRE WORK. 



C. A. Kuehn 

 Manufacturers of the 

 Floral Designs. A full It 

 on hand. Write for cata 



1122 Pine St., St. Lou 



76-78 Wabash 



ROCHESTER. N. Y. 



John W. Spencer, of Cornell Univer- 

 sity, has finished his course of lectures 

 which he has been giving in the public 

 schools, under the management of the 

 Woman's Union, 



His talks were upon the subjects of 

 flowers and gardening, and proved very 

 interesting to his listeners. The Wom- 

 an's Union will hold a flower show in 

 the fall, similar to the one which was 

 such a success last year, and it will 

 probably be held some time in Septem- 

 ber, The children will raise the flowers 

 at home, and valuable prizes will be 

 awarded the successful competitors The 

 classes to which awards are to be made 

 include the following: 



1. For best cut flower display grown by anv 

 public school pupil. For tlie best display of 

 vegetables grown by any public school pupil 



2, For best display, grown by pupil, of cut 

 asters, coreopsis, morning glory, dianthus 

 marigolds, nasturtiums, petunias, phlox bache 

 lor buttons, zinnias, 



3, For the best box or pot of plants raised 

 from seed by a boy. For the best box or pot 

 of plants grown from seed by a girl. 



4. For the best display " ' " 



flowers from 

 hool garde 



5. For best aranged bouquet of cut flov 



6. For best display of cut flowers gr< 

 ;hool yard. 



7. For greatest improvement in school 



"RETURNS ARE SPLENDID." 



In sending renewal order for their clas 

 sified ad under "Dahlias" in the EEV^EW, 

 under date of April 20, Messrs. Lothiop 

 & Higgins, East Bridgewater, Mass -.a^ 

 "Returns are spjendid." 



CAN'T DO WITHOUT IT. 



Enclosed find $1 in payment for an- 

 other year's subscription to the Flor- 

 ists' Review, which I cannot do with- 

 out. W. L. Loudon, 



Mt. Vernon, Ind. 



Waterville, Me,— H, R, Mitchell & 

 Son are building a house 21x110. 



San Francisco, Cal.-;— J, Kessell 

 building two fern houses 17x125. 



C. A. 



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CLOVER SEED. 



Kill" <V <•(.., Toledo, 0,, say un- 



"Sr: I ..II 1 iliii. i-l over. It has been 

 an inlrii ,1 iii._. .in.. I 'rices have averaged 

 higher than lor several years. Stocks of 

 old seed are very small and less than 

 for several seasons. Receipts here have 

 been small, only 70,001) bays :ii,'ainst 



'140,000 last year an. I 'n uni the 



enormous crop of ls!i. r | m li.ivc 

 been the smallest mm. 1-*" High 



prices checked them. u. i.jlai m. ,u].s the 

 new crop. The prices of that will fluctu- 

 ate as the guesses vary upon how the 

 new crop will turn out. It will not 

 average as low as some recent years even 

 if the crop should bo a good one, 



A NEW VARIETY. 



There was a rare and beautiful exhi- 

 bition in the city council Monday night, 

 as those who cast their eyes over the 

 radiant banks of roses and lilies avow. 

 It seems impossible that those who saw 

 and rejoiced in its glories should not feel 

 moved still further to improve the an- 

 nual exhibition hereafter by eliminating 

 that rare American orchid, the species 

 Ward Heeler of the genus Aldermanus, 

 which at various places reared its bul- 

 bous head and prehensile stamens from 

 among the other flowers, — Chicago Daily 

 News, 



West Andover, Mass,— E, Flynn, for- 

 merly of Lawrence, has leased the Ed- 

 wards greenhouses, 



Madison, N, J. — L, M, Noe is building 

 a new house 20x211, Lyons & Blake are 

 building two, one 10x150 and the other 

 18x150. 



Rochester, N. Y,— H, E, Wilson has 

 just completed a new greenhouse 30x400 

 connecting the old range with a brick 

 store building 20.\50 on Hudson Ave. The 

 new house is an even span, iron frame 

 structure, and is divided by glass parti- 

 tions into three sections, two of which 

 will be devoted to roses and one to palms. 

 The store will be lighted by electricity 

 and fitted up in thoroughly modern 

 style. The additional greenhouse gives 

 ilV, Wilson a total of 50,000 feet of 

 glass. He has a down-town store at 88 

 Kast Main St, 



We nAVE received from Messrs. L, 

 Boehmer & Co., Yokohama, Japan, a 

 copy of their wholesale catalogue of 

 Japan bulbs, plants, trees, etc., for 1901- 

 1902. It is freely illustrated by engrav- 

 ings by Japanese artists in color and is 

 very attractive. 



Ind.— Hedges &. Clark 

 will build two houses this season, 



Albany, N, Y.— W, C, King & Co. 

 have purchased the business of Geo. H. 

 Grey, 



St, Mary's, Pa. — Tlie St, Mary's 

 Green house Co, are adding two houses 

 17x100, 



Cambridge, Mass,— The wife of Robert 

 Cameron, of the Botanic Garden, died 

 .4pril 14, after a long illness. 



New Bedford, Mass. — E, Chamberlain 

 has leased a store on Purchase street and 

 will start in business for himself May 1, 

 He was formerly with Wm. Pierce. The 

 latter has turned his business over to his 

 son, W, P, Pierce, 





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