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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NEW YORK. 



Qub Meeting. 



The regular iiioiitlily iiieitiiig of the 

 Kh)rists" Club \va* very well attended, 

 and many faces were there that are too 

 seldom seen. President Sheridan oeou- 

 jiied Ihe eliair. The »:n- .ui.l iimmii- 

 coniniittec, in rejKjrting |.ii i.--, -i.ii.d 

 that they had received twn |.ii - .it s.iii 

 each from Samuel Thoriu- innl l.;i«irih,. 

 Ihilnr, In, III,. October show. Tlic c\- 



II in, I. tliinimh J. W. Withers, rcport- 



cil ili;it |ii.w|M(ts were very bright for 

 I he nijinl s|in« in Madison Square Gar- 

 den. Schedules had been sent out and 

 any one requiring a copy cou'd have 

 same by notifying him at KJO Liberty 

 street. On motion of Mr. O'ilarii. a copy 

 of the .schedule will be sent to the nlli- 

 cers of every horticultural and Moricul- 

 tural society in America. Mr. Jjang- 



given noDiing but encouragement for the 

 New Y^ork sJiow. 



A committee on transportation to Buf- 

 falo H,i- llic, ;,|,|,nilltca. Tl,i> c,,||>i.|- 

 (il \ln-,- l,;,„^|,-,ll,. Wllhcl.. Uuilllm,,,. 



arose. Tli.-ir will :iiiilnul>tccll\ he a ^c■^\ 



Midwav ncMi'thc Fall-. .Mc>-r- Lnl- 

 Icr. Welch and Mathis.in. of Hoston, 

 on theii- wav to attend the corporate 

 iceetiiifi of the S. .\. K. at Washinston. 





York. 

 Mr. 





rid, and 

 < of the 

 of Xeu- 



hi, >.( 



among his pet 

 hoped that, too 



to Washin.jlo,, 

 the profcs-iori. 

 him for i^hj 

 Mr. 0'.\I;.r;, -;, 

 culating I he ^ 



sale there: Barbadoes was a wggar town: 

 Demarara was of nnich interest to 

 i;lantsmen. At the I'.ntJiiical Hardens 

 there he saw the linc-t hn oi |,.,liii- he 

 ever saw. whilst all kind- ot iiiM^nilicent 

 water plants grew in the canals, which 

 ran through eacli street. At Carona 

 Falls he saw 21 varieties of begonias 

 growing on one rock, and on the Blue 



Mniiiilniii :ii -I :ii.:i he found several 



.il -I e\iiiini hi, ml-, jiiioii:.; which was. 



James Dean, on being asked to 

 few words, said the last three or 

 car- were th.^ li;.rdc-1 he ever ex- 



'■'I. foi w ill I hi- ,;iii^e (it glass 



oek n| piniil- to earc to, , he was 



■e around 

 ■l|i them. 

 IS no cal- 



■ jirivate gardeners and all con- 

 with the growing of plant or 



Mr. Henshaw, having just returned 

 from a trip to the West Indies, gave 

 some interesting stories of life there. 

 The market of Ouadnlope was the poor- 

 est he ever saw. .$10 would liuv the en- 

 tire stock of fruits and vegetaliles for 



\\i 



graei 



ic wisliHij^ a winter trip. 

 Messrs. Stewart, Butterficld, 

 111 Cluea- entertained the iiiccli 



imI \iiiielie- of lleilera arlmiea. and 

 i-e of -\zalea ledifolium. for which 



awards committee gave him hon- 

 ilc mention. 



he condition of business could be 

 h worse, in fact it is expected to be 



hen outdoor tlowers come in. 



An Exhibition. 



two days' flower and plant show 

 given bv the Horticultural Society 

 <ew York, and the Xew Y'ork Bo- 



■tv in the ^Tu-.lllll of l1,e 



tanic 

 Ganh 

 Some 



nlle. 



six orchids in bloom. 



r. Oinverkerk, of Jersey City, showed 

 a group of very choice and well-grown 

 conifers; J. II. I io\ al-n put up a very 

 larfe and inleM-imj .|i-|ila\' of shrubs 

 and a batch m \,,,|,,, lirctly; F. D. 

 Thoiii])snii, ,it l'in-|ieni j'ark, sent a 



niolip nl nhnh r |iallll-. ainl WOU firSt 



uiih III- .nli.eiioii of .lallodils. In the 

 e.iiii|.et It mil ini .1 .t;.mi |irl/,c for greatest 

 novelt.x- there were three aspirants. H. 

 A. Dreer, of liiverton and Phila., showed 

 a fine specimen of their grand novelty 

 Pandanus Sandcri. .T. H. Troy a collec- 

 tion of llediTa all M nl lice i\ie-. a lid 



Arthlll lleiMiejIni, a pi., Ml ,11, a ^a-,• nl 

 flowel- ,,1 111,' |-.,,,li.,,l. ,1 .1 ,,-\. Inali.aa 

 Janicsoiii. \|,. l|e,,il,L'l.ill .M|.tllle>l t h,' 



prize with his exhibit; this llnwcr has 

 splendid qualities and should be better 

 known here: it is fine for decorative 

 w ork : ( he color is very attractive. 



< \\, ii,he,e, Woodside. L. I., won first 

 \\iih , , • ,,,aikable collection of cacti. 

 he li,,\iiiL: some 'i-25 varieties on the 



in collection ,if llowiimu -l,,,,li- an.l 

 second in dallodil-, ,1. line hi-, i a, linn 

 Hill. X. J.. «..- a«a,,l,,l lil-l for -ix 



Aga- 



tine 



M ,1 111. of Bedford, put 

 up a nin-i |,i, .,-,,,;; aiid instructive ex- 

 -hibit of wild lluwcrs. This association 

 consists of four young children: their 

 exhibit was one of the best in the hall 

 and well deserved the first prize it was 

 awarded. Special awards were given to 

 a group of calceolarias bv Alex Mc- 

 Ken/.ie. of (edarhurst. and II. T. Clink- 

 aberry. of Trenton, for collection of 

 eypripediuins. 



On the afternoon of the first day ('. 

 Van Brunt gave an illustrated lecture 

 on cultivated plants. TheNannual inocl- 

 ing of the Horticultural Socielv was held 



the same afternoon and the old oHic 

 were re-elected. 



A rose and straw-berry show will 

 given the I2tli of June in the sa 

 place and it is expected that if 

 American Rose Soeicly doc- not li 

 their sliow in Neupoii lh,'\ iiia\ ui\. 

 at Bronx Park. I'm a lu-i aii,. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut dower market is in poor 

 shape: one must do a good business now 

 to earn a small amount of money. Dec- 

 oration Day comes ne.xt week; from 

 that time until the commencements and 

 weddings are over, business in this line 

 is apt to be much better than at present. 



It does not always denote povert.v of 



the ,,,ei.iiry has hovered around 50 de- 

 Line- I ahrenheit at 3 a. m. (Not a night- 

 hawk; only an unfortunate heating ex- 

 Ijcriiiieiit ! ) This unusual chilliness has 

 kept back the planting out season. 

 The orders are in, however, and stock 

 is being rapidly sold. A very encour- 

 aijiii^ deiiiaiiil i- imiii,.,] fn, ili,. choicer 



-n,,: nl plant-, 1 ,nln,,- |n, .i,inC 1 dC- 



i,\,,\ a,e ],n|ii,|.ii I',, , hi,, 1,1, - Veitchii 

 fni \,,-i'- ami jinii-h denial inn- are go- 

 ing well. For the same purpose Hy- 

 drangea Otaksa not too far advanced, 

 i- wanted, and so on with a' number of 

 otlicr -liowy fi>li:isp and flowering 



ccorative 



llx,l,,,„j,,, (Mak-a in sixes at $3 to $4 

 a .h/ii, ,,ie ,1-cful. Then the popular 

 ta-i, In, iiaiiiial eflfects is causing a 

 growing deiiiaiiJ for dogwood branches, 

 apple blossoms and other seasonable ma- 

 terial that can be effectively used in dec- 

 orating. Lilacs are everv^vhere and 



ward the buds is of deep interest. A 

 fine crop of tliese popular flowers seems 

 assured for next month. 



Varioas Items. 



One of our hustling retailers went to 

 church on Sundav. not Easter Sunday, 



and heard the -ixtli ch.Tpter of St. Mat- 

 thew whiil, t;i\e- a pari of the sermon 

 11, till' inoiini. 'rake therefore no 



needlessly. 



Griffin Bros., of Frankford, have a fine 

 lot of well grown l)edding stock; they 

 have done verbenas nicely. 



nie Moorestown Floral Co., Edward 

 Jl. Harris, manager, report a good sea- 

 son. They grow a miscellaneous collec- 

 tion of plants including a number of 

 carnations in pots. 



William J. Y'oung, Jr.. School and 

 Pulaski streets, Oermantown, has a 

 neatly kept place that is an object les- 



