OCTOBEU 2o. I'jiio. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review. 



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Decorations for the Cleveland Floral Festival. 



in Holland and Germany. Bulbs from 

 Holland are shipped l)y Holland-Amer- 

 iean line, as follows: Several canal 

 steamers in Holland sail daily through 

 the canals and rivers between Amster- 

 dam, Haarlem and Rotterdam. The 

 bulb growers bring their cases for ship- 

 ment to one of these steam'ers. which 

 sails daily to Rotterdam. In the busy 

 time extra steamers are often used, 

 which when loaded sail directly to Rot- 

 terdam, where th'ey instead of discharg- 

 ing at their regular dock steam up to 

 the dock of the Holland-American line 

 and lay alongside the ocean steamer, and 

 the cases are transferred without any d'e- 

 lay from one steamer to another. When 

 there are onl^- a few cases of course the 

 steamer discharges at its own dock and 

 the cases are carted from one dock to 

 the other, which always will be done if a 

 few importers have their importations 

 shipped by some other lino, as there are 

 seldom enough cases to send the steamer 

 to the other steamer. 



Now, suppose you want your goods 

 shipped by Hamburg-American line. The 

 first delay is in Rotterdam, where th'e 

 cases have to be carted to some steamer 

 between Rotterdam and Hamburg. Those 

 steamers are in so far connected with 

 the Hamburg-American line that they 

 accept freight, but they belong to differ- 

 ent companies, so that the departure is 

 not regulated by th'e departure from 

 the Hamburg-American steamer, so that 

 without taking into consideration that 

 the goods have to be carted again from 

 one dock to the other they may lay for 

 days in Hamburg waiting for the depart- 

 ure of the Philadelphia boat, which, as 



far as I know, is only a fortnightly ser- 

 vice. Transportation by railroad is no 

 better. Goods have to travel from Hol- 

 land to Hamburg over a combination of 

 lines, all belonging to different compa- 

 nies, and delay is sure to follow aside 

 from expense. 



In case anybody has reason to avoid 

 the N'cw York custom house or find it 

 more convenient to make the custom 

 house entry in a more near-by city, let 

 him simply direct the shipper to have the 

 goods come in bond to that place. All 

 he has to do is to put the words on the 

 consular invoice. For instance: "In 

 bond to Philadelphia," or "In bond to 

 Chicago." The goods will come the reg- 

 ular way from Holland by Holland- 

 American line, from Belgium by Red 

 Star line, etc. But it is always folly to 

 transport plants or bulbs by some out 

 of the way line to its destination, as the 

 people who handle the goods do not 

 know, or forget too often, that they are 

 perishable goods. 



I hope, Mr. Editor, that I have not 

 taken too much of your space, but I think 

 it is to the benefit of every importer to 

 understand thoroughly that our goods 

 must be expedited with all possible haste, 

 and all dclav is dangerous. 



P. OUWERKERK. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY. 



The Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica has appropriated $20, to b'e used for 

 the purpose of purchasing a cup to be 

 competed for and awarded under the 

 joint auspices of the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America and the Horticultural 



Society of Chicago, for the best ten 

 blooms of any variety of chrysanthemum. 

 The judges appointed by President Her- 

 rington to pass upon the same are as 

 follows: John N. May, Summit, N. J.; 

 Patrick O'Mara, New York, N. Y., and 

 E. Buettner, Park Ridge, 111. 



Complete committees as appointed by 

 the president to examine and pass upon 

 seedlings and sports at the various cen- 

 ters are herewith an.npunccd as follows: 



Boston, Mass. — A. H. Fewkes, ehair- 

 n)an. Horticultural Hall, Tremont street; 

 E. A. Wood. J. H. W'heeler. 



New Y'ork, N. Y. — E. Dailledouze, 

 chairman, care New York Cut Flower 

 Co., 119 West Twenty-third street; James 

 W. Withers, A. Small. 



Philadelphia, Pa.— A. B. Cartledge, 

 chairman, 1.514 Chestnut street; Wm. K. 

 Harris, John W'cstcott. 



Chicago, 111. — James S. Wilson, chair- 

 man, care J. B. Deamud, 51 Wabash ave- 

 nue ; Geo. Stollery, E. Weinhoeber. 



Cincinnati, O. — R. Witterstpetter, 

 chairman, care Jabez Elliott Slower 

 market (care janitor) ; James Allen, Al- 

 bert Sunderbruch. 



Remaining dates on which chrysanthe- 

 mum seedlings and sports may be exam- 

 ined are as follows: October 27, Novem- 

 ber 3, 10, 17 and 24. 



Exhibits to receive attention from the 

 committees must in all cases b'e prepaid 

 to destination, and the entry fee of $2, 

 when possible, should be forwarded to 

 the secretary not later than Tuesday of 

 the \veek preceding examination. 



EDWIX LONSDALE, Sec'y. 

 Wyndmoor, near Philadelphia, Pa. 



