SEPTEMBER 13, 190O. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



449 



Delivery Wagon of Messrs. Sievers & Boland, San Francisco. 



is used, for tlie leaves are passed into 

 tlie receiver and wtien once caught by 

 tlio ralie tliey will stay caught. The 

 rake is manufactured by the Finley 

 Lawn Rake Co., Joliet, 111. 



KANSAS CITY. MO. 



Trade and Other Notes. 



There are two changes the florists 

 are anxiously awaiting — moderation in 

 temperature and a revival of business. 

 With the season so far advanced, the 

 weather is phenomenal, it being more 

 suited to midsummer than early fall. 



The general supply of stock is good. 

 Roses are improving in quality, espe- 

 cially Beauties, which are extra fine 

 for so early in the season, and retail 

 as high as $3 per dozen. Outdoor- 

 grown carnations are in full crop and 

 none go to waste, as asters are 

 through blooming. The Boston fern is 

 now being grown here in large quan- 

 tities, sells readily, and is used lav- 

 ishly in window decorations. The dis- 

 play at Miss Dalley's store is particu- 

 larly attractive. 



An event of the past week was a 

 decoration for a Chinese wedding ar- 

 ranged by H. J. Millatt, the groom, 

 who is a prosperous merchant of this 

 city, desiring everything done stric.ly 

 up to date. In a circle around the 

 room palms were placed in represen- 

 tation of the Chinese wall. The ceil- 

 ing was draped with golden rod and 

 moon vines. Chinese lanterns made 

 of the same material were suspended 

 from the ceiling, and when illuminat- 

 ed the effect was most pleasing, the 

 ilowers of the moon vines remaining 

 open for several hours. The ceremony 

 and celebration lasted three days and 

 was carried out according to the cus- 

 toms of the Chinese empire and ev- 



ery detail was written up by the local 

 press. Willie Rock says this inter- 

 esting event occurred at a most oppor- 

 tune time and will help to stimulate 

 fall trade, and he has already booked 

 several good wedding orders for this 

 month and the next. 



It is gratifying to note in the last 

 issue of the Review that Kansas City 

 ranks sixth place in park area. While 

 this is not an exaggeration, will state 

 that our park system is yet in its in- 

 fancy, and but 500 acres have received 

 the finishing touches of the landscape 

 gardener. If the present efficient man- 

 agement is not handicapped through 

 lack of funds, great progress will be 

 made in this department in the next 

 five years. 



Three weeks ago Col. Wm. Sharp, 

 our bachelor florist, asked for a leave 

 of absence to visit Chicago, to see the 

 G. A. R. parade and other sights. 

 Since his return it is rumored that he 

 is no longer a single man. 



Arthur Newell and family have re- 

 turned from a trip up the lakes. Ar- 

 thur's physiognomy indicates that he 

 was well provided for and his "fur- 

 nace" is in splendid working order. 



Lawrence Schwager has gone down 

 into Kansas for a week to teach a 

 tribe of Comanche Indians a few les- 

 sons in landscaping. 



Miss Louella Bowman is rusticating 

 for a month at Sweet Springs, Mo. 



H. J. M. 



AGERATUM STELLA GURNEY. 



A row of this new ageratum at 

 Lincoln Park, Chicago, shows it to be 

 a decided advance on other ageratums 

 in many ways. The individual flowers 

 are much larger, the color is deeper, 

 and the habit very much dwarfer. 

 Head-Gardener Strombach is very fa- 

 vorably impressed with it. 



NEW CARNATION. 



Registered by J. Howard Pyle, Wil- 

 lowdale. Pa. — "Lena." color a litt'.e 

 darker than Scott; size, two and one- 

 half to three and one-quarter inches. 

 Stem very stiff and of good length. 

 Very productive and never bursts. 

 Vigorous and healthy; has been grown 

 for seven years and gets better every 

 year. 



For the American Carnation Society. 

 ALBERT M. HERR. 



Lancaster, Pa. 



THE RETAIL FLORIST. 



On account of the illness of "Ivera" 

 we have nothing from him for the 

 "Retail Florist" department this week. 

 We hope to resume the department 

 next week. 



WASHINGTON. 



Business is still very slow and stock 

 very poor. Asters are coming in by 

 the thousand, with practically no sale 

 for them. Tuberoses and a great va- 

 riety of outdoor stuff goes at any 

 price. All tea roses go at 2 to 4 cents; 

 Beauties. 8 to 10 cents. Quite a few 

 outdoor carnations are coming in and 

 go at 1 cent. 



Z. D. Blackstone, our young and 

 popular uptown florist, has leased the 

 King place, composed of 1.5.000 feet of 

 glass, which he will remodel to grow 

 roses and carnations for his store. 



The growers in general are now 

 busy planting early bulbs and housing 

 carnations. F. H. KRAMER. 



WASHINSTON, D. C— Mr. and Mrs. J. 

 Louis Loose have returned from Europe. 



NO. TONAWANDA. N. Y.— Mr. C. J. Pult 

 is in Europe and expects to return early in 

 October. 



MORRIS. ILL.— Mr. A. Mitting has put 

 chased af large additional block of stock in 

 llie Morris Floral Co., and now holds a 

 large controlling interest in the company. 



NEW ORLEANS, LA.— Harry Papworth is 

 the proud father of a bouncing boy. He missed 

 the convention this year, but will be on hand 

 at Buffalo. 



PETERSBURG. ILL.— The greenhouses of 

 Mrs. Hulda Salverson have been remodeled 

 and modem improvements added. 



GRUNDY CENTER, IOWA.— Theo. Souers 

 has just completed another new house 20x50. 



OCONOMOWOC. WIS.— C. B. Tremaln has 

 sold his place here and has removed to Hart- 

 ford, Wis., to which point he will move his 

 greenhouses. 



NEW YORK.— Mr. and Mrs. Aug. Rhotert 

 returned Aug. 31st, after a two months' visit 

 to Europe. 



QUAKERTOWN. PA.— E. I. Rawlings Is 

 building a new house 22x200. 



SIOUX CITY, lA.— J. C. Rennison is build- 

 ing two fine new houses, one for carnations 

 and the other for violets. 



HAVERSTRAW, N. Y.— Henry Backer, the 

 florist, was killed by the cars Aug. 20. He 

 was SO years' of age. 



