JULY 28, ISSS. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Nebraska State Building at the Omaha Exposition. 



Owing to the lateness of the hour 

 the last on the program, the tug of 

 war, did not take place. The prize, a 

 box of fine cigars, will be smoked at 

 the next club meeting. 



The feature of the picnic was our 

 regular band of negro jubilee singers 

 and orchestra. They gave us some fine 

 singing and a cake walk. The orches- 

 tra furnished delightful music for the 

 dancing which was participated in by 

 the younger class. 



The train pulled out for home at 

 T:.!(i and all expressed the same opin- 

 ion that this was the best and most 

 enjoyable picnic we have ever had. 



The Market. 



Business in the cut flower trade the 

 past week was almost at a standstill. 

 Stock coming in this week is looking 

 much better with prices about the 

 same as last week. 



Roses, the best of stock, bring $2 

 and $3. Perles are a little more plenti- 

 ful. Carnations are still the same in 

 quality: price 50 cents and $1. Same 

 can be said of all the other flowers, 

 such as sweet peas, asters, gladiolus 

 and tuberose stalks. Short stemmed 

 ones are sold at 5(1 cents. Good smilax 

 is selling at $10 and $15. 



Notes. 



Fred C. Weber has been quite sick 

 the past week. From reports this 

 morning he is improving and expects 

 to be out again by the last of this 

 "week. We missed Fred at the picnic 

 and at the bowling club last Monday 

 night. 



Willie Jordan returned home Mon- 



day night from a two weeks' trip east. 

 Willie was buying plants for his new 

 place. While east he visited Philadel- 

 phia, New York and Washington. 



Fred Meinhardt is building a new 

 glass front office at his greenhouses, 

 which will be completed by August. 

 Fred has been keeping very quiet of 

 late. The report is that before the 

 leaves begin to fall Fred will join the 

 married men's club. 



George AugermuUer, bookkeeper for 

 C. A. Kuehn. has taken a vacation~for 

 two weeks. George's smiling face will 

 be seen at the desk again next week. 

 In his absence Eddie, the boy wonder, 

 is taking his place. 



Henry Berning of the St. Louis Cut 

 Flower Co., has returned from his trip 

 through Indiana, looking bigger than 

 ever. 



The Bowling Club rolled three games 

 as usual. Following are the scores: 



Names. 1 2 3 Tot. Av. 



Kuehn 217 16S 134 .'ilD 173 



Kunz 129 220 129 478 159 



Schray 177 172 12S 477 159 



J. Young 125 174 299 149 



C. Beyer 139 140 150 429 143 



Sanilers 133 168 122 423 141 



Beneke 136 151 136 423 141 



Fillmore 165 128 105 398 132 



.J. J. B. 



TORONTO. 



The weather here for the last three 

 or four weeks has been very hot and 

 dry with only an occasional little 

 shower and all vegetation is beginning 

 to show the effects of it. This (Mon- 

 day) morning there are great blacit 

 clouds with thunder and lightning, but 

 we have had great shows for rain sev- 

 eral times and after all it may only be 



a case of "great cry and little wool" 

 as the devil said when he shaved the 

 pig- 

 Reception to Mr. 'Watkins. 



Last Monday Mr. Alonzo Watkins 

 head gardener at the Horticultural 

 Garden was the recipient of a demon- 

 stration showing the estimation in 

 which he is held by the profession gen- 

 erally in this city. The occasion was 

 his return from a visit to the old coun- 

 try and about fifteen of those who 

 know him best assembled to give him 

 a suitable reception. The venerable 

 George Vair was in the chair and ajol- 

 ly evening of song, story (fact and fic- 

 tion) and speechifying was spent. W. 

 W. Watkins who is home on his holi- 

 days from Riverton was also present. 

 Yankee Doodle Auld Lang Syne and 

 God Save the Queen put the finishing 

 touch to this most pleasant social 

 event. 



Planting. 



The flowery beds at the Horticultu- 

 ral Gardens are looking very well now", 

 especially the Canna beds. There is 

 only one carpet bed this year which is 

 a very pretty one and in perfect or- 

 der. A long border of dwarf antirrhir- 

 num was also very attractive. 



The beds in front of the parliament 

 buildings are also in fine order now, 

 but it seems a pity that the whole of 

 them are not under one supervision so 

 that the whole plan as to color, etc., 

 might be more harmonious. 



The beds at the Government House 

 show a great improvement over former 

 years and, considering the short time 

 Mr. Graham has had there, are a reve- 



