JULY 19, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



205 



The Phipps Conservatories, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pa. 

 [Erected by Lord & Burnham Co., New York. J 



vatories are now and always have been 

 gayly decorated with summer flower 

 beds, but a violent change is about to 

 take place; the whole front is going to 

 be regraded, then relaid out and re- 

 planted. The work is now being ad- 

 vertised for public contract. 



So thoroughly pleased is Mr. Phipps 

 with the way and manner in which his 

 princely gift is handled and the people 

 enjoy and appreciate it, that he has 

 again plunged his hand into his pocket 

 and given $20,000 to build a botanical 

 school house in connection with the 

 conservatories. Plans are being got- 

 ten up for this building by Rutan and 

 Russell, the architects. Nature stud- 

 ies are now being taught in all the 

 public schools and botany is one of the 

 leading studies (biology) in the first 

 year or D classes of the high schools. 

 As the school season is mostly in win- 

 ter, when the outdoor vegetation Is 

 practically dormant, material for bo- 

 tanical study has for some years been 

 furnished from the conservatories, and 

 the teachers bring their classes out to 

 the conservatories where the pupils 

 can study the living plants. With the 



new school room adjoining the conser- 

 vatories and furnished in the most ap- 

 proved manner and supplied with ev- 

 ery modern equipment, and free access 

 to all needed materials from the park 

 and conservatories, together with the 

 free use of a section of the propagat- 

 ing houses for experimental work by 

 the students, the schools of Pittsburgh 

 will have botanical facilities une- 

 qualled anywhere else in America. 

 But the use of this building .will not 

 be restricted to the public schools; all 

 people interested in botany and kind- 

 red subjects may also share its bene- 

 fits. 



Would that every city in America 

 had a Henry Phipps! G. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Plant Registration. 



Arthur Griffin, Newport, R. 

 isters the following hybrid 

 "Griffin's Hybrid," a cross 

 "Blenheim Orange" and 



I., reg- 

 melons; 

 between 

 Emerald 



Gem." Scarlet fiesh; exterior cream 

 color, smooth, slightly ribbed. Aver- 



age weight, 4 pounds. "Sea Verge." a 

 cross between "Scarlet Invincible" and 

 "Triumph." Scarlet flesh; exterior, 

 light green, oval, smooth, finely net- 

 ted. Average weight, 5 pounds. 



M. H. Walsh, Woods HoU, Mass., 

 registers new Rambler rose, "Sweet- 

 heart," a cross between "Wichurai- 

 ana" and "Bridesmaid;" flowers dou- 

 ble. 2% inches in diameter, borne in 

 profuse clusters. The buds are a beau- 

 tiful pink, the expanded flowers white, 

 very fragrant and perfectly hardy. 

 WM. J. STEWART, Secretary. 



CLEVELAND. 



Samuel N. Pentecost, the florist of 

 this city, was married at Youngsville, 

 Pa., July 3d, the bride being Miss Em- 

 ma Davis, of that place. 



Mr. and Mrs. Pentecost left on an 

 afternoon train for Montreal, via Ni- 

 agara Falls and the Thousand Islands, 

 from which point they sailed on July 

 7 for Liverpool. They expect to visit 

 London, Paris and other points of in- 

 terest. They will be at home after Oc- 

 tober 10 at No. 1676 Lamont street. 



