DECEMBER 1. 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



1898. The arrangement of the exhibits 

 was especially commendable and much 

 praise was bestowed by visitors and 

 the daily press. 



The exhibitors included Robert Lau- 

 rie, Ale.x. McLellan. Andrew Meikle, 

 Richard Gardner, Alex. Frazer, C. D. 

 Stark, Bruce Butterton, Harry West- 

 ley, W. C. Russell, John BaiT, Alex 

 McKay. Wm. Donald. John Allan, Jas. 

 McLeish. F. Macrae. Jas. Garthley, 

 Peter S. Burns, and Geo. Taylor. The 

 prizes were distributed among the 

 abo7e named exhibitors. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Honor to Whom Honor is Due. 



Ed. Florists' Review: Please give 

 me space for a few words in behalt of 

 one of the promoters of our late show. 

 He deserves unstinted and unlimited 

 praise for his untiring and unselfish 

 efforts and great patience, which last 

 must have been sorely tried at times. 

 He was always at his post from 7 a. m. 

 till 10:30 p. m. from first to last, and 

 as I am a great believer in the old say- 

 ing, "Honor to whom honor is due." 

 I thought it would not be out of place 

 to ask you to give him due credit in 

 your columns. You have probably 

 guessed that I refer to the manager of 

 our show and your able correspondent, 

 Mr. J. J. Beneke. 



A BROTHER FLORIST. 



THE FLORISTS' REVIEW 



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Copyright i8q8. 



OUR nRST ANNIVERSARY. 



With this issue the Florists' Review 

 begins its second year. We thank all 

 our friends for their generous support 

 during the past year and will endeavor 

 to more than ever merit the same dur- 

 ing the ensuing one. We have many 

 special features planned for the com- 

 ing year that will, we believe, be of 

 very great interest to our readers. 

 Among other things that we have al- 

 ready in hand, and that will appear 

 soon, is a very practical and compre- 

 hensive article on the culture of or- 

 chids for cut flowers in a commercial 

 ■way. In it the subject is treated from 

 a strictly commercial point of view, 

 telling just what orchids will pay and 

 which will not. 



That the orchid will in future be a 



strong factor in the cut flower trade 

 none can doubt. It is a question of se- 

 lecting the few from which flowers can 

 be produced in sufficient quantity and 

 at the right time to insure a good mar- 

 gin of profit, and in understanding 

 their requirements as thoroughly as 

 we now do those of the Bridesmaid 

 rose or the McGowan carnation. 



Florists care but little about rare 

 varieties that are often more weird 

 than beautiful, but they are decidedly 

 interested in the economical produc- 

 tion of flowers that will bring a good 

 paying figure over the counter. It is 

 from this point of view that the article 

 referred to has been written by a 

 thoroughly practical man, and it will 

 be very freely and handsomely illus- 

 trated. 



OUR PRIZE COMPETITION. 



Following is another batch of en- 

 tries in our prize competition in labor- 

 saving devices or methods useful to 

 florists: 



No. 24. 

 To Keep Barrel .Always Full of Water. 



from the supply pipe. Where a tank 

 is built under the bench the self-act- 

 ing water cock can be placed in one 

 end of it. 



The idea is to keep the tank or bar- 

 rel full of water all the time, which 

 not only keeps the water the same 

 temperature as the greenhouse but in- 

 sures a full barrel or tank to dip from 

 when watering with the can. Every- 

 one knows that a man can water much 

 quicker with the can when he can dip 



No. 23. Support for Shading over Frames. 



No. 23 is a support for shades over 

 frames in summer time. It is a frame 

 of light material, the standards of 

 about one and a quarter inch stuff. 

 The drawing shows how it sets over 

 the edge of the frame, making it easily 

 movable from one frame to another as 

 needed and so it can be readily stored 

 when not in use. They can be made 

 any desired length — from one to four 

 sashes long, as most convenient. We 

 have used this for some time and find 

 it a great improvement over the usual 

 stakes and cross pieces. K. 



No. 24 is a device for providing a 

 moderate supply of water of the same 

 temperature as the house, and to fa- 

 cilitate watering when a can is used. 

 The box is 6 inches wide and 12 inches 

 deep, and long enough to hold a self- 

 acting water cock, such as is used in 

 the overhead tank in a bathroom. 

 Water is admitted to the box and con- 

 necting barrel and is automatically 

 cut off when the barrel is full. Remove 

 a portion from tne barrel and an equal 

 quantity is automatically admitted 



the water up instead of being obliged 

 to fill the can at a faucet. The whole 

 cost of the apparatus is less than 

 $2.00 L. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



Work of the Committees. 



NEW YORK, Nov. 19.— C. W. Ward, 

 Queens, N. Y., exhibited David S. 

 Ward, incurved Japanese, white. 

 Scored, both scales, S6 points. Rough 

 Rider, by the same grower, incurved 

 Japanese, pink. Scored, commercial 

 scale, 76 points. Also, Admiral Dewey, 

 Japanese, reflexed, chrome yellow. 

 Scored, commercial scale, 74 points. 

 Geo. Gipson, E. Islip, N. Y., exhibited 

 Mrs. Bradish Johnson, Japanese, pink. 

 Scored commercial scale, 70 points. A. 

 Herrington, Madison, N. J., showed 

 Florham, close incurved Japanese, yel- 

 low. Scored commercial scale, 73 

 points. 



NEW YORK, Nov. 26.— John Lewis 

 Childs, Floral Park, N. Y., exhibited 



