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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



X. Y.: Class 2, swillinj.' -'2 (white); 

 class 8. ••Marquis." f. T. (Juenther, 

 llamburj;, N. Y.: Class 3, "Marquis;" 

 class 7, "Mrs. Bradt." Cliioago Carna- 

 tion Company, Joliet, 111.: Class 4, "Mrs. 

 Thos. W. Lawson." J. (iainiiiage & Sons, 

 London, Ont.: Class 9, (extra fine); 

 class 10. 



Second Award. — C. W. \\ard. Queens, 

 N. Y.: Class 4, ":Mrs. Thos. W. Law- 

 son." L. E. Marqiii-cf. Syr.ncnsc. N. Y.: 

 Class ;i, ■•\liirqiii-." (liicaL;" (':irnation 

 Company, .lolict. 111.: I l;i- 1. "J. J. 

 Sill. Ill"' .1 ( lainiii.i".' A S.iii~. London, 

 (1,11 : 1 .,-- _', M.M . \\M,,a." John H. 

 |)-,.,:..i.. |,.,..M... . ':,■ Class .-). "Gen. 



i; , . ',,-- s. " . ;M|.ia." K. Witter- 



sl.uiin. I mrmuati. n.: Class 10, "En- 

 (juircr." A. llerriugton, Madison, N. J.: 

 Class 7, "OljTupia." 



Third Award.— C, W. Ward, Queens, 

 X. v.: CIn = s S. -Cm: V,on<rye\t." L. 

 i:. M;n,|ul-.r, --\,,,,i,„_ \, v.: Class 



111. ( !ii,-.M_... i am, 111 1)1 1 Mii,|iall\-. .Joliet, 

 111.: ( I.1-- L'. -W liiir (Inn,!;" class 3, 

 "Maiinii-." .r. (iainiiKigc & Sons, Lon- 

 don. Ont.: Class 4, "Rosa Moran." .John 

 H. Dunlop, Toronto. Ont: Class 7, 

 ''Mrs. Bradt." A. Herrington, JLidison, 

 X. J.: Class 1, "G. H. Crane." 



Also a display of Marie Louise violets 

 of excellent quality by Geo. T. Sclume- 

 man, of Baldwins, Lons Island. 



Rose Show. 

 The second special exhibition of flowers 

 in the Horticultural building at the Pan- 

 American Kxposition, Bufl'alo. will be of 

 lender roses, and will be held May 21 to 

 2.5, inclusive. We print below the classes 



ics 



.same. 



.\II suftlclcntly 

 cetve a reward. The first will be a diploma. 

 the next a bronze medal, the next a sliver 

 medal, and the highest a gold medal. 



Suitable vases will be furnished by the expo- 

 sition management and exhibits will be prop- 

 erly staged where exhibitors do not personally 

 attend. 



Judges will be chosen from the most eminent 

 specialists for the respective displays. 



All exhibits must be correctly and legibly 

 labeled. 



Kxhibits must be prepaid to the exposition 



The pupnrlntpndent will be empowered to re- 

 niM\'- ;inv .-vtiitat tliat Is no longer attractive. 

 1 ii.it to exceed 9x6 Inches may 

 ! 'i i.-ach exhibit. 



in place not later than noon 



C\iis3 1— Vase of 25 blooms of The Bride. 

 Class 2— Vase of 25 blooms of Bridesmaid. 

 Class 3— Vase of 25 blooms of Souvenir de 

 ■W-ootton. 

 Class 4— Vase of 25 blooms of Meteor. 

 Class 5— Vase of 25 blooms of Golden Gate. 

 Class 6— Vase of 25 blooms of Liberty. 

 Class 7— Vase of 25 blooms of Kalserin Au- 



Class 8— Vase of 25 blooms of American 

 Beauty. 



Class 0— Vase of 25 blooms of Madame C. 

 Testout. 



Class 10— Vase of 25 blooms of Dorathea. 



Class 11— Vase of 25 blooms of Perle des 

 Jardlns. 



Class 12— Vase of 25 blooms of La France. 



Class 13— Exhibit of varieties Introduced In 

 000 and lOr- 



Class H- 

 Tca varlcti 



Class 15— General dlsolay of Noisette and 

 tender climbing varieties. 



" " * . - . superintendent 



Other special exhibitions to be held 

 during the summer are: Pseonies, May 

 28 to June 7; Hardy roses, June 18 to 

 28; Sweet Peas, July 2.3 to August 2; 

 Gladiolus, August 6 to 17; Asters, Aug- 

 ust 27 to September 7; Dahlias. Sep- 

 tember 17 to 27; Chrv.santhemums, Oc- 

 tober 22 to 31. 



A pamphlet containing the classes for 

 each of these special exhibitions has been 



issued and copies may be had on applica- 

 tion to Willia'm Scott, assistant superin- 

 tendent in charge of floriculture, Pan- 

 American Exposition, Butfalo, X. Y. 



GOVERNMENT SEEDS. 



Evidciilly :i- the result of the vigorous 

 protc-i- lit ihr Wholesale Seedsmen's 

 League the f.illuuiug orders have been 

 issued by the Secretary of Agriculture 

 at Washington : 



April 24. laOl. 



ustry, DepailiM 



eby given autl. 



relating to tlu 



to the distribution by the contractor dur- 

 ing the present year, and especially regarding 

 his compliance with every feature of the con- 

 tract entered into with the department of agri- 

 culture for furnishing, paclting, and distri- 

 buting seeds through congressmen and the de- 

 partment. He will make full and complete re- 

 port, so that it may be in evidence when final 

 settlement is made with the contractor. 

 [Signed] JAMES WILSON, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 

 April 24, 1901. 

 General Order No. 41. 



It is hereby ordered that until July 1. 1901. 

 all matters pertaining to the contract for seed 

 to be entered into with the Phillips Seed and 

 Implement Company, for the congressional 



industry goes 



including the 

 s.ed division, 

 T. Galloway, 



Mr. Howard M. Earl, with Messrs. W. 

 Alice Burpee & Co., sends us the fol- 

 lowing inlcicsting note regarding govern- 

 ment seeds: 



"Having received several packages of 

 seed fiiini mir eon-ie^-iiiaii. Hon. Irving 

 P. Waiii^er. I lia\e rantully weighed 



pared Iheiii with I lie -iieeitied require- 

 ments of the Department "f Agriculture 

 issued January 27, 1000. when bids were 

 asked for on the c<mtracl now being exe- 

 CXlted. These re(]iiiieiiient - :ire iileiitieal 



with llh-e i--ll,.l \.\ llh- |)r|i,Mtll,,lll 

 NOVelillll 1 JU. I'MIII. a- 111 VM I'jill nl -ml 



lists rcimblishcd :ind licaring dale as 

 late as March 30, 1901, and are, conse- 

 quently, the official standard for the 

 seeds now in hand. The figures arrived 



ilt are a- lur 



Lies 04 grains; should 

 li makes a difference 



SM grains, or on the 

 J.737,280 packets, a 



shonlil 111 s; ,1 MM- mil 111^ a dillVrcnee 



of :i.'i ' ,1 !■ 1 I 1 1 a il i|uantily of 



2,7:i7.:'-'i I ■ : ■-! M'-. 



"I'e.i- .1 1 11 a ji :■ J .; ,-. ; should be 

 3 11-15 nzs.; dilVcrcncc of 1 1-15 ozs., or 

 on the total quantity of 1,184,400 pack- 

 ets, 1,410 bushels. 



"Figuring at a rou'.'li e-1im:i(c on the 

 quantities which I stale ar -limi | timl 



that thev have a val i .sr.l i:; 17 or. 



if I am 'to think thai iln -I ,,.:,- as 



shown 1.1, llie-e i.niilii- ilii same 



tables, allows 

 or. on accoui 

 000. IS. 



to the contract- 

 weight, of $19,- 



llower 



been allowed to use any variety in the 

 several different classes instead of any 

 one named sort adds another large sum. 

 Taking the matter of Prize Taker onion 

 alone, there is a difTerenee on this item, 

 if you were to use, say, the Yellow Dan- 

 vers instead, of over $2,000. 



••.\iiieriiaii Wi.iiilei |.eas, if used, would 



havi -1 liiiii iiMi .■<J,400. while a 



elie.i|i.i -iili-iiiiiie iniilil be bought for 

 about .■<l.uno, lakiii- the w^iole list 

 through item by item, I find that the 

 total amount to be saved in this way is 

 over $30,000. Addincr this to the 

 $19,066,19 named :ibove for short weights 

 you have a round -iiin nt s.Mi.iioii as the 

 value of the pri\iliu'e uliiaimil liv the 

 contractor of usiim Silni,,! \ .iri'eties,' 



full 



thi- 'li- ii--iiiii I 111' alii.\e sum of $50,- 

 0011 ..iriiHii lie 1,111-hliied as otherwise 

 tli;iii iiiiuiil.i: anil i.\er and above the 

 Icgiliiii.ite prolil.^ ut executing such a 

 contract. Wlieu it is considered that the 

 amount of the contract is $108,000 the 

 percentage becomes interesting." 



FLORAL TRIBUTES AT THE FU- 

 NERAL OF QUEEN VICTORIA. 



We present herewith engravings of 

 twelve of the leading floral designs seen 

 at the ftineral of the late Queen of Eng- 

 land, the pictures being reproduced from 

 the London Sphere of Feb. 9. 



The wreath in the upper left hand 

 corner was from the Queen Regent of 

 Spain, the one to the right of it was 

 from the Earl of Ivintore, and that in 

 the upper rie-ht hand corner was from 

 tlie \l: In -111 leijiineiil. At the left in 



tlle -eiian: 11. u 1- the «,e.,lh from PrCSl- 



ileiit Ml KiiiliA. '.vliile 111 I'n- left of this 



i- ilie uirail n, 11, e Ciik c.-iiiiuuinily 



ami al the e\lie,nr ,i.jlii a ile-i;;n from 



th,. SeM.,,11, lln~-al-, \t the left iu 



llie il,ii,l li.w ilowii i~ :i wreath from 

 c\rii-nlii,i i.aiiield's widow, next at 

 th,' injlii i- line from the Emperor of 

 .Ta|..,ii, .111,1 al ihc extreme right is one 

 froiii the Siiiiety of American Women. 

 At the left in the lowest row is a harp 

 from the Royal Irish Fusiliers, next a 

 design from the Royal Thames Y'acht 

 Club, and in the lower right hand cor- 

 ner is a wi'eath from the government 

 of Australia. 



The majority of the designs were by 

 (treen, of (■|;i\\foril -Heel, and ,'^oloinon. 



art in the capital and metropolis of the 

 British Empire, as the occasion was one 

 to call forth their very best thought and 

 effort. 



1Iki,i:.\.\, Mont. — Land lias b<cn pur- 

 chase<l here upon which it is under- 

 stood that J. H. Mitchell, of Butte, will 

 build a range of greenhouses costing 

 $30,000 to $40,000. 



Clifton. X. J. — Geo. Young is build- 

 ing two houses 35x350 for American 

 Beauties. 



