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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 2. 1901. 



August Schuerman, of tlio Sehuernian 

 Floral Company, has gone to Peoria, III., 

 to make large and extensive decorations 

 for the May Music Festival and G. A. K. 

 state encampment on May 01 h to 10th. 

 This is the largest decoration Mr. 

 Schuerman has ever undoilaken. 



The race for the appointment of park 

 commissioners and superintendent of 

 public parks is quite interesting and the 

 following are in the race: C. C. Sanders, 

 rii.n. Kl.Hk.'iikempcr, Alex. Waldbart, 

 \uA\ \l,\, I, .li.. and J. ,T. Benekc. The 

 nil,' i-, 'iiMn. hut Democrats need ap- 

 ph.- .-o 111 llie best man win. 



Club Meeting. 



The next nioetinjj "f tlie cluh will be 

 held Thiii-.liy. ^]-.<^ 'X al 3 p. m. This 

 will be till 111 in.. Mil- at which essays 

 will be m'.mI. iihi \l. ~-i^. Carew Sanders, 

 Carl Bevel. II. i;. i:,iiiing. E. W. Guy, 

 Max Herzog and K. .7. Jlohr are each 

 booked for an essay. 



A fine lot of sweet peas have also been 

 promised for exhibition. 



President Guy says that the members 

 should turn out, as this will be the last 

 indoor meeting for some time. It is the 

 club's intention to hold its meetings dur- 

 ing the summer at the homes of its mem- 

 bers. The first of these meetings will be 

 held in June and the place will be se- 

 lected at the ne.xt meeting of the club. 

 At this meeting we will also hear the re- 

 ports of the exhibition and the World's 

 Fair committees. Some of the old faces 

 which have not been seen at the meet- 

 ings for some time would be welcomed. 



Pan-American. 



The Missouri commission of the Pan- 

 American shipped a carload of plants 

 from Shaw's Garden to Buffalo last 

 Wednesday; the plants were some of the 

 finest in the garden. Messrs. Beall, 

 Garow and Secretary Yost of the com- 

 mission, departed Saturday for Buffalo, 

 where they will begin active arrange- 

 ments for the e.vhibition, and all the de- 

 partments of the commission expect to 

 have everytliing in readiness for the 

 opening. 



In the agricultural exhibits there will 

 be f went y-scven varieties of corn, twenty- 

 one kill. I, .if .jiiisses and all the kinds of 

 oiii- \\lii. Ii III., slate produces. One hun- 

 (Ii(.l ,111.1 li. Ill two barrels of e.xhibition 

 ai.p'. 1. I . I..II taken out of cold stor- 

 aj. ' u. II. iw in Buffalo. Missouri 

 \'. 1 1 '. i.|.i. .Mted in the divisions of 

 a I.' I i. III! Ill . h.ii lieulture, mines and min- 

 ing, forestry and dairy. Your corre- 

 spondent vouches that our friend Wil- 

 liam Scott will take the best of care of 

 them. 



Mr. A. A. Harper, of Pine Bluff, Ark., 

 is in town calling on the trade. Mr. 

 Harper says the Review is the best ad- 

 vertising medium for the trade, a small 

 ad sold him 8,000 moonvines in one 

 week. 



Five members met at the aUcys last Mon- 

 day niKht and some good games were rolled. 

 Mr. Harper, of Pine Bluff. Ark., was a looker- 

 on and enjoyed the sport very much. The fol- 

 lowing scores were made: 



12 3 4 5 Tot. Av 



A. T. Ellison 207 155 215 577 1S2 



C. A. Kuehn 184 193 165 140 192 874 175 



F. C. Weber 159 166 156 139 ... 620 155 



.1. .1. Beneke 163 148 140 162 163 766 153 



P- M. Ellis 96 118 89 303 101 



.J. J. B. 



Tewksburt, Mass.— a. Roper will 

 soon build a 300-foot long house for ear- 

 nations. 



The Congrcs.?ir.aii--'Thauk goodnesB, 1 ve 

 got all my seed packages addressed to my 

 constltueots. That makes so inaDy votes 

 solid.- 



FREE SEED 

 Weight l.a- l.,.,.ii , 

 af irregulariiy in . 

 free . distribution ..I 

 L-harges made by 1 1 

 men's League of i la 



lary. any one ot win 

 should be sufficient 

 the vouchers of the 

 The league, throu; 

 dares:- 



SCANDAL. 



i\' 11 the allegations 

 ..miction with the 

 M...U l.v (li.stinct 

 I.. \\li..l.-ale .Seeds- 

 I lill.-.l Males. The 

 II a pii.le-l to the 

 111! lire against pay- 

 i-lied on the April 

 llie accusations are 

 •it me of the secre- 

 cli, if substantiated, 

 to stop payment on 

 contractor. 

 5I1 its secretary, de- 



Flrst— The specific varieties of seeds Indi- 

 cated in the printed specifications of the 27th 

 of January, 1900, have not been supplied, but 

 \ery common and very cheap sorts substituted, 

 this giving the contractor great advantages. 



Second— No varieties whatever are named on 

 the printed packets, only the words ''A select- 

 ed variety," this giving the contractor great 



Third— The stipulated weights named in the 

 specifications of the 27th of January, 1900, have 

 not been given, but reduced quantities— from 10 

 to 50 per cent less than the specifications, this 

 giving the contractor great advantages. 



Fourth— Because of other irregularities which 

 can be named, giving the contractor extraordi- 

 nary advantages for enormous profits. 



As the Wholesale Seedsmen's League 

 is composed of men of standing in their 

 line, it is the duty of the government to 

 make a prompt and rigid investigation 

 of these serious charges. Such action 

 is the more imperative because the sec- 

 retary of the league is reported to have 

 made statements in an interview which 

 may be taken as implicating the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture in the charges as 

 to the manner in which the seeds have 

 been put up and sent out by the con- 

 tractor. The department cannot afford 

 to have the suspicion of either negli- 

 gence or implication in irregularities 

 rest upon it. Hitherto it has only 

 been regarded as the helpless medium 

 for the distribution of cheap and some- 

 times pestiferous seeds of the type of 

 the Russan thistle. Congress being the 

 responsible and ordering body. Implied 

 irregularities, or gross negligeneee in 

 connection with the contracts is another 

 matter which it behooves the department 

 to take cognizance of. It should prompt- 

 ly free itself from any suspicion, if it 

 can. The free distribution of seeds, as 

 it is carried on under the direction of 

 Congress, is a di vr.Tceful exhibition of 

 ]ialeiii.ili-.iii, with. .Ill lli|. shadow of an 

 e\.ii-<-. r.iii -.ill... llie Department of 

 Asjri. III! me is iiiiii|ielled to superintend 

 llie ili-l I ii.iii i..ii, it should insist that 

 till' ,-|..'. iiii al inns of the contract are 

 fiillv li\..l 111. \n.— Philadelphia Public 



J...h,.r, A|.,il -4. 



THE ANNUAL GARDEN SEED RAID. 



The government is devoting a certain 

 portion of its time and money now in 

 sending out to the constituents who are 

 supposed to be in shape to use the gift 

 certain allotments of garden seeds, pro- 

 cured for the purpose of free distribu- 

 tion from the seedsmen and gardeners 

 over the country. We in the United 

 States laugh at the hereditary absurdi- 

 ties tliat hinge about the British throne, 

 forgetting that we have a few of our 

 own. One day, no doubt, the garden 

 and field seeds that were distributed 

 by the government were scattered over 

 the country with the intention of in- 

 troducing new varieties and improving 

 the products of the farm and garden. 

 Farmers were requested to report the 



