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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



SEPTEMBER 6, 1900. 



of a certain, definite size are unerring- 

 ly splashed back as it were, and strik- 

 ing upon our eyes give us the particu- 

 lar color impression of the blossom. 

 On the neighboring flower, quite a dif- 

 ferent .set are splashed back or re- 

 flected, or, more wonderful still, 

 where petals grade from one tint to 

 another, we flnd the sifting of the 

 light-waves to be gradually altered as 

 we pass from point to point. Take, 

 for instance, a brilliantly-spotted or 

 mottled orchid, and consider what a 

 marvellously complex operation must 

 be going on within and without it 

 before we can obtain the usual im- 

 pression which we obtain of its varied 

 beauty. 



Finally, what must we think of the 

 eye itself which can catch up these 

 rejected splashes of light and enable 

 us to form a perfect picture in our 

 brains, and, if we are artists, to mix 

 some pigments so deftly together that 

 they shall be almost as clever as the 

 flowers themselves in the analysis and 

 selection of the fitting tints by which 

 they are distinguished. — Gardeners' 

 Magazine. 



NEW YORK. 



The Convention. 



All the delegates to the recent con- 

 vention have returned home safely 

 and the pleasant memories remain. 

 Judging from the echoes all over the 

 land everybody enjoyed themselves; 

 we can assure all that the New York- 

 ers did. The work done was paid for 

 by the pleasures experienced and the 

 person who wishes to remember the 

 ■'old affair" certainly ought to be 

 "Lynched." Being a New Yorker we 

 cannot say much about the conven- 

 tion; that is left for outsiders to deal 

 with; but none will know and few ap- 

 preciate the vast amount of work at- 

 tached to an affair of this kind. How- 

 ever, determination can accomplish 

 wonders, and there are but few hero 

 who begrudge either Buffalo or Chi- 

 cago the job before' them in the days 

 to come. 



We are pleased to be able to say 

 that the only visit to the police was a 

 friendly one made by a delegation 

 from the west, and we hope they saw 

 enough to last the rest of their lives. 

 Our disconsolate Wisconsin friends 

 need not miss it next time; 42nd St. is 

 positively quiet now, but some of the 

 "red paint" remains. A New York 

 bartender and a Chicago Indian can do 

 wonders with Croton water, but all's 

 well that ends well. There is scarcely 

 a kick coming but our own; some per- 

 son or persons took a liking to Scott's 

 (Manual and stole three copies; we 

 hope the books will do good. 



We were requested to "roast" a 

 mean hound for pasting his ribbon ad- 

 vertisement all over the place; to men- 

 tion his name would benefit such a 

 man; "The only way" _ would be to 

 punch him. 



Various Items. 



Most of the florists are returning 

 from vacation. Plenty of poor stock 

 coming in, but very, very little busi- 

 ness doing. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Clulj will be held ou Monday evening, 

 Sept. 10th. 



The annual meeting of the Bowling 

 Club will take place at Traendly &; 

 Schenck's store, Monday, Oct. 8th, at 

 4 p. m,; election of oflicers, selection 

 of alleys and other important business 

 will be brought before this meeting. 



At a meeting of the committee on 

 sports, held at the alleys last night, 

 the matter of prizes rolled for by la- 

 dies attending the convention was 

 finally settled. The Cleary vase goes 

 to Miss Eastman, of Chicago, the 

 Hews jardiniere to Mrs. Winterson, of 

 the same city, and the order for photos 

 to Mrs. Langjahr, of Brooklyn; the 

 highest score rolled was 86, better 

 practice for next year. 



There are numerous trade auction 

 sales being held in the vicinity of this 

 city this fall. The one at Siebrecht 

 & Son's, at New Rochelle last week 

 was sparsely attended, but very good 

 prices prevailed. 



The 12th annual horticultural ex- 

 hibition under the auspices of the 

 Schwaebischer Saengerbund (hows 

 that, Winterson?) is being held this 

 week at Ridgewood Park, Brooklyn; 

 we'll tell you of it afterwards. 



The first three games at the alleys 

 last night were: 



Traendly 112 154 120 



Schenck ie2 117 131 



Burns 127 «9 14S 



Roeiirs 143 136 149 



Stettens 1U3 116 103 



The boys aren't over the convention 

 yet. J. I. D. 



BALTIMORE. 



Trade and Personal Notes. 



There is not much change in the 

 trade situation. We have some mod- 

 eration of the tropical heat, and the 

 population of the city is being gradu- 

 ally augmented by the return of the 

 sojourners at the seashore and the 

 summer resorts. The schools will soon 

 reopen and the theaters are already 

 purveying to the pleasure-seekers. All 

 this points to some greater demand 

 for flowers ere long. 



The supply is not much in excess of 

 requirements. There are some good 

 asters in the market and a few roses 

 and carnations. Out-of-door asters 

 succumbed quickly to the aster bug, 

 which came down not like a wolf on 

 the fold but like ten packs. No rem- 

 edy or preventive has this season been 

 found effective. Let me not forget 

 one treatment recommended by Wil- 

 liam Christie. He says the day the 

 bugs make their appearance go away 

 on a two or three days' excursion. 

 When you return, the bugs will have 

 disappeared and your asters too. So 

 you reach about the same result as if 

 you had stayed at home and fussed 

 and bothered, Christie, by the way, is 



remodeling his houses. By his im- 

 provements he has made a rambling 

 old place into a modern and -conve- 

 nient establishment. 



The most showy and effective bed- 

 ding around Baltimore this season, so 

 far as your correspondent has seen, is 

 that on the Mount Royal drive to 

 Druid Hill Park. With no very rare 

 materials bold effects haye been pro- 

 duced which have struck the popular 

 eye and elicited much praise. The de- 

 signs are due to Mr. Wm. D. Hamil- 

 ton, who has long had charge of this 

 work. The beds are not much or 

 often varied in shape, but the plants 

 are changed about so as to produce 

 every summer new and satisfactory 

 results which show his skill and taste. 



John Donn, an experienced garden- 

 er, has gone into a novel scheme. He 

 has bought the materials on the old 

 con.sei-vatories at Bolton, the former 

 residence of a wealthy citizen, and is 

 about erecting therewith what he des- 

 ignates as a plant sanatorium. This 

 is a boarding place for house-plants 

 whose owners leave towa for longer 

 or shorter periods (those betes noirs 

 of the average retail florist) and a 

 hospital for the treatment and restora- 

 tion of subjects suffering from the 

 ignorance and neglect which the col- 

 lections of amateurs are liable to en- 

 counter. In conversation with a re- 

 porter of the Sun, who gave the en- 

 terprise a notable send-oft', Mr Donn 

 said: 



"I have never seen a plant sanato- 

 rium and know of the existence of 

 none, but I believe that it is as much 

 needed as a sanatorium for human be- 

 ings or for animals. Atmospheric and 

 climatic conditions affect a plant as 

 they do human beings, and it demands 

 as constant and watchful care as a 

 child to insure its growth to full and 

 vigorous maturity. 



"A stuffy room in which air space is 

 lacking, a sick chamber, insufficient 

 hydrogen, an oversupply of oxygen or 

 nitrogen, an accumulation of dust, all 

 have their injurious effect on house 

 plants the same as they will have on 

 children." 



We do not appreciate the science 

 and chemistry of this, but we believe 

 if any one can bring a sick plant 

 around it is Mr. Donn. RIX. 



BOSTON. 



And still the fight goes on — but lit- 

 tle diminution of material and no in- 

 crease in demand. The sweet pea 

 men, indeed, did let up on their sup- 

 ply for two or three days, but it soon 

 became evident they were only taking 

 time to let down the bars to get into 

 new fields and their products became 

 as plentiful as ever. 



Men who have not appeared at their 

 stalls since late spring are showing 

 up once more, ready to take part in 

 any beneficial movement that may oc- 

 cur. Among them are L, H. Mann and 

 John Fee. whose stalls have been in 

 use all the time, but sickness has 

 prevented their personal attendance. 



