AUGUST 9, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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into one; The Grand Rapids Floral 

 Co. have built two large carnation 

 houses; Freyling and Menall each one 

 rose house; Crabb and Hunter two 

 violet houses and rebuilding three 

 small houses into one large rose 

 house; Eli Cross two violet houses; 

 James Schols large house for mixed 

 bedding stuff and Chas. Chadwick is 

 trying to imitate one of those C.iioago 

 "little additions" by putting up six 

 houses of about 45,000 sq. ft. 



No new additions to those going to 

 the convention. 



Carnation planting is now well un- 

 der way and most of them will be 

 housed by Sept. 1st. The largest patch 

 in this vicinity is Chadwick's. he hav- 

 ing 93,000 in good condition. In ad- 

 dition to growing lettuce, cucumbers 

 and cut Jlowers, Mr. Chadwick has an 

 immense mushroom factory from 

 which he derives a fat income. 



G. F. CRABB. 



AN INVITATION. 



Mr. President, Ladies and Gentle- 

 men of the Society of American Flor- 

 ists: We, the florists of Buffalo and 

 vicinity, respectfully invite you to hold 

 your convention of li)01 in the city of 

 Buffalo, New York, We have many 

 reasons to advance why you should 

 come to Buffalo next year. A few of 

 the first importance will suffice. It 

 is now eleven years since the conven- 

 tion met here, and believing that we 

 were not altogether unsuccssful in 

 handling the convention, our past ex- 

 perience will help us to make your 

 stay with us pleasant and profitable. 

 We are the most centrally located city 

 in the country, being within one 

 night's ride of forty millions of people. 

 We have no extremes of climate, being 

 ten degrees cooler in summer than 

 even neighboring towns in western 

 New York. Visitors from all quarters 

 say we have the cleanest and best 

 paved streets and the finest and best 

 equipped street cars on the continent, 

 all of which we modestly admit is 

 true, and add that we have more miles 

 of beautiful residence streets than any 

 city in the world. This grand feiture 

 of our city appeals to all lovers of the 

 beautiful in horticulture and is we 1 

 worthy a visit alone. Our parks and 

 botanical gardens are wide in extent, 

 diversified in feature and splendidly 

 maintained. 



During the summer of 1901 will b^ 

 held the Pan-American Exposition. 

 The extent and object of this Exposi- 

 tion is doubtless well known, but no 

 verbal description can give you any 

 conception of what its beauty will be. 

 Though not aspiring to be a World's 

 Fair in size, yet in actual beauty of 

 the whole, in its landscape features, 

 in its electrical displays, in its im- 

 mense display of floral wealth, in all 

 the arts and sciences and develop- 

 ments that man has produced as he 

 steps into the twentieth century, this 



Exposition will eclipse all that the 

 world has so far seen. In novelty of 

 display and amusement it will surpass 

 even the great World's Fair of Chi- 

 cago. 



It is well known that many of our 

 florists cannot spare more than one 

 week from their business. They must 

 see the Pan-American Exposition, and 

 they also want to attend the conven- 

 tion. The entrance to the grounds is 

 but fifteen minutes' street-car ride 

 from the hotel district and Conven- 

 tion Hall. There will be ample ac- 

 commodation for all visitors. Con- 

 trary to what we hear from across the 

 Atlantic there is agreement that no 

 charges will be raised for either the 

 luxuries or the necessities of visitors 

 and railroads will run to Buffalo at 

 reduced rates. 



But aside from the Pan-American 

 Exposition we know that our city is 

 such an ideal summer resort; that the 

 great Niagara is within forty minutes' 

 ride by steam or street car; we are at 

 the foot of Lake Brie and the rushing, 

 sparkling waters of Niagara river; 

 within a few miles of the broad bosom 

 of Lake Ontario; two hours' ride from 

 Lake Chautauqua, the greatest inland 

 summer resort on the continent; once 

 more, we have the most salubrious 

 summer climate. For these reasons, 

 because you will enjoy yourself, be 

 cool, contented and happy, and be- 

 cause we want your smiling faces and 

 good will, we ask you to come to 

 Buffalo in 1901. 



W. F. KASTING, President. 



WILLIAM LEGG, Secretary. 

 WILLIAM SCOTT, 

 J. F. COWELL, 

 D. B. LONG, 



Committer. 



THE DRAINAGE CHANNEL. 



The Chicago Trade Press Association 

 recently enjoyed a trip down the great 

 drainage canal, now completed from 

 Chicago to Lockport, a distance of 

 over 25 miles, and all were deeply im- 

 pressed with the magnitude of this 

 great work which connects Lake Mich- 

 igan with the Mississippi valley. For 

 many miles the channel, which is 160 

 feet wide, is cut through solid rock. 

 The flow of water is now 300,000 cubic 

 feet per hour, and will be greater when 

 the Chicago river is widened to corre- 

 spond with the channel. The cost of 

 the channel to date has been $33,000,- 

 000, and it is one of the most remark- 

 able engineering works of the world. 



The widening and deepening of the 

 Chicago river, which the Board of 

 Trustees is now endeavoring to bring 

 about, is really an urgent necessity, 

 and every possible assistance should be 

 given the board in its efforts to secure 

 the necessary legislation. The crea- 

 tion of a continuous deep waterway 

 from the lakes to the gulf will be of 

 very great value to the commerce of 

 the country. 



THE MOST MONEY. 



To get the most money out of your 

 business you must produce the best 

 stock at the lowest possible expense. 

 Are you sure there is no waste in your 

 business? Are you sure every one of 

 your methods is the cheapest as well 

 as the most effective? 



The best stock isn't always the most 

 costly to produce. It's more often in 

 doing the right thing at the right 

 time. And that's what The Florists' 

 Manual, by Wm. Scott, keeps you 

 posted on. It is a $10 book for $5, and 

 the best investment you can possibly 

 make, no matter how large or how 

 small your business. 



TROUBLES. 



Owing to lack of space this week our 

 page of troubles is held over and will 

 appear next week. 



CLARKSVILLE, T E N N . — The 

 Times-Journal of July 24 printed an 

 interesting illustrated article about 

 the Evergreen Lodge Flower Garden, 

 the establishment of Mr. James Mor- 

 ton. Mr. Morton has a large range of 

 glass and the bulk of his business is 

 the filling of mail and express orders 

 that go to every section of the coun- 

 try, especially the southern states. 



Ne\v\rk, N. J.— The Fera Co. has been incor- 

 porated with a capital stock of $50,UOO, of which 

 tl.i'ilij is paid in, to deal in fruits, flowers, etc, 

 1 he incorporators are E. J. McNulty, who owns 

 $HO0 worth of shares, George C. Chaney and Wal- 

 ter Faircliild, who ecjually divide the other $100. 



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