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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



OCTOBER 4. 1900. 



The Kirkwood florists are about 

 througt housing and -will soon be 

 sending in good choice carnations, for 

 ■which they are neted. Carnations and 

 violets are the only flowers grown by 

 them. 



John M. Hudson is now with Fred 

 Foster, looking after the branch store 

 at 510 Olive street. 



It is really gratifying to note that 

 the Chicago Florists' Club has fol- 

 lowed the good example set by the 

 trustees of the St. Louis Florists' Club 

 by having two essays read at each 

 meeting of the club. The essays, as 

 laid out by the Chicago boys, will be 

 verv instructive to its members. As 

 "Wm. Scott says in the last issue. "It 

 is just what we all should do and what 

 we are organized for?" 



Henry Brooks, superintendent, and 

 Mas G. Kern, head-gardener, are about 

 through cleaning and beautifying the 

 Chain"^ of Rocks Park, and when com- 

 pleted St. Louis will have added to 

 its park system ■29.76 acres, making 

 the total area of 3.204.67 acres. 



A visit to Frank Fillmore's place 

 Sundav, in company with Messrs. Scott 

 and Kuehn. found him busy reading 

 The Review, his usual Sunday reading. 

 Mr. Fillmore showed us through his 

 weil kept place, and his stock of roses 

 and carnations are in first class shape, 

 the houses being newly painted. 



Frank has added to his big four. 

 Golden Gate. Liberty and a few Amer- 

 ican Beauties. His Flora Hill carna- 

 tions are looking fine as so are the 

 Marquis. "White Cloud. Crocker and 

 the others. For a modem and well- 

 kept place one should copy Mr. Fill- 

 more's place. 



Mrs. Fillmore has returned from 

 Chicago much improved in health. 



Walter Krauswick has bought the 

 Old Orchard greenhouses at Old Or- 

 chard. Mo. Mr. Krauswick will grow 

 cut flowers for the market and expects 

 to have a good crop of roses and car- 

 nations for this winter. 



Bowling. 



The bowling clob had a very poor attendance 

 last nierht and onlv four were on hand when the 

 rolling started. .Mr. \V. W. Scott of Chicago came 

 down to help us and swell the aitendance. Charlie 

 Kuehn did n"t get down to true form until the last 

 two games, the last one was a fine game of 237, 

 ne.'st highest by Bet.eVe 218. 



.^ftfr this week, which will be a very busy one 

 for the bovs. they will attend regularly and then 

 we will tal£ of accepting the oiler to roll the Chi- 

 cago bovs for that cup they won at New York. 

 Ed W'interson please taVe notice. 



The scores where as follows; 



12 345678 Tot .\v 

 Kuehn . ..136 150 129 lfi« 166 IM 185 237 1303 Itil 

 Beneke....l37 lU 178 218 1.51 169 185 132 1267 158 



Weber. ...142 127 lf6 136 125 120 806 134 



Young 85 147 79 145 456 114 



Scott 97 Ul 78 102 51111 580 97 



J J. B. 



CONNECTICUT HORT. SOQETY. 



The September exhibition of the 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society, 

 consisting of flowers, vegetables, and 

 fruits, was held in Cheney Hall, 

 South' Manchester, Conn., Sept. 11, 12 

 and 13. 



Dahlias were the chief attraction. 



and well they deserved it. The many 

 beautiful varieties of dahlias, espe- 

 cially in the cactus class, place them 

 nearly on a par with the chrysan- 

 themum as an exhibition flower. They 

 keep well, are easily arranged in at- 

 tractive groups and forms, delight the 

 eye with" their many colors, and, last 

 but not least, they appeal to flower 

 lovers as a form of nature's beauty 

 that can be had in its perfection 

 through the aid of trowel and sun- 

 bonnet— not requiring a greenhouse 

 nor a ready tongue which can reel off 

 all the Latin names of varieties un- 

 known to the uninitiated. 



"Well, as to dahlias, they were there 

 in all shapes, sizes, and colors. The 

 show dahlias were numerous, but 

 their inferior form was judiciously 

 hid by the many cactus and decorative 

 varieties placed among them. 



Few flowers have their wide range 

 of color and delicate tints. 



A. D. Livoni is certainly a fine va- 

 riety, the deep pink of its small 

 flowers contrasts well with other 

 kinds. A very handsome velvety 

 black or (nearly so) is Night, and, if 

 a good grower, should become very 

 popular. Col. "Wilson is another fine 

 one of recent introduction. St. Cath- 

 erine, Capstan, Miss "Webster, Dr. 

 Jameson. Magnificent, Hercules, Fu- 

 silier, Keyner's "V\^hite (one of the 

 best), were among the many newer 

 kinds shown, while Mrs. Peart, A. D. 

 Livoni, Zulu, Dr. J. P. Kirtland, Ruby, 

 Delicata, Xymphaea. Harmony, "^'m. 

 Agnew, Mrs. Violet Morgan, Mrs. 

 Thornton, John Roach, Mrs. F. Fell. 

 Mary Hillier, Grand Duke Alexis, were 

 older acquaintances. 



There were many pompons shown, 

 some beautiful varieties among them, 

 but they were put in the shade by 

 the more pretentious flowers. Single 

 dahlias should have especial care 

 when shipped from any distance, for 

 exhibition. There does not seem to 

 be the substance in them to withstand 

 the amount of handling they gener- 

 ally get. 



Lothrop & Higgins of East Bridge- 

 water, and H. F. Burt of Taunton, 

 Mass., were the largest exhibitors, 

 their thousands of blooms testifying 

 to the very large stock these deal- 

 ers carry. John Lewis Childs, of 

 Floral Park, N. Y., sent a fine ex- 

 hibit of gladiolus Childsi and Le- 

 moinei which were greatly admired. 

 Dealers who specialize some particu- 

 lar flower as they do would find a very 

 good advertisement in sending choice 

 samples of their flowers to the lead- 

 ing exhibitions. 



The sweet peas were quite numerous 

 for so late in the season, but showed 

 the effects of the hot summer. Navy 

 Blue holds to the high position given 

 it last year. It is certainly a beauty, 

 and the Burpee Co. is to be congratu- 

 lated upon this addition to the already 

 long list of very fine varieties intro- 

 duced by that firm. 

 Some very fine celery was shown, 



also monster egg plant. Melons, 

 peaches in great variety, including 

 several seedlings of merit, apples, 

 pears, plums, and other fruits made 

 a tempting display. Several branches 

 bearing red raspberries of unusually 

 fine appearance were exhibited. These 

 were seedlings raised by Joseph Albis- 

 ton. South Manchester, and tasted as 

 good as they looked. 



Kochia scoparia, a fine looking plant, 

 similar in foliage to the ericas, was 

 new to many. This should make a 

 good effect with cannas and penni- 

 setum, especially P. rupellianum, as 

 the bright red tops and finely divided 

 foliage contrast well with these plants. 



On the whole, it was a good exhi- 

 bition, but not very well attended. 

 This, however, is the complaint from 

 all directions. R- 



ST. PAUL. 



Various Items. 



Cooler weather prevails now, though 

 no killing frost has visited us yet. 

 Trade is increasing daily and the sup- 

 ply of good stock is about equal to 

 the demand. "U'eddings are quite nu- 

 merous while funeral work seems to 

 be ever increasing. 



Golden Gate rose has made its ap- 

 pearance in the stores here, but is not 

 popular with flower buyers. For de- 

 sign work it is superb. On the other 

 hand, in Minneapolis, this rose leads 

 all others, so I am informed by one 

 of the leading store men. Liberty is 

 seen in limited quantities and is a 

 ready seller, but is so far disappoint- 

 ing to the growers on account of its 

 weak stem and scarcity of blooms, but 

 we will not condemn it till it has been 

 thoroughly tried the entire season. 

 Lady Dorothy is on its second season 

 here and is pronounced by all to be 

 first class and profitable both to the 

 grower and to the retailer. American 

 Beauties are again in demand with 

 hardly enough being grown to supply 

 the trade here. 



Carnations are in great demand and 

 appear to be gaining in popularity 

 each season. Crane has supplanted 

 Jubilee to a great extent and is the 

 most popular scarlet vet introduced in 

 this section. Triumph, Victor and Ar- 

 gyle are being planted quite exten- 

 sively, while Daybreak retains its pop- 

 ularity and is grown by every one. In 

 the line of whites Flora Hill and 

 "White Cloud are about the only va- 

 rieties grown. Evelina is still planted 

 by some and in some soils seems very 

 productive. Bradt and its red sport 

 are found in nearly every collection. 



Outside stock is about gone, though 

 some good asters are still being cut. 



The plants at the city parks are still 

 blossoming, some of them being a 

 blaze of glory, notably, zinnias, rud- 

 beckia, cannas. petunias and pansies. 

 In the ponds, Victoria Regia and 

 Randi are still opening their big ball- 

 like buds, while the leaves on the 



