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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



JULY 28, 189S. 



lation. Next year Joe will have a 

 chance of showing what he can do and 

 it is safe to say that no one will De 

 disappointed. The greenhouses, too, 

 show that there is a master hand at 

 the helm, and bring to one's memory 

 how they used to be kept twenty years 

 ago when Mr. Harris was gardener 

 there. 



Can. Hort. Ass'n. 



Reports from Mr. Wm. Gammage, of 

 Ixindon. president of the Canadian 

 Horticultural Association state that 

 great interest is being taken in the 

 convention of the association to be 

 held here during the exhibition. It 

 was intended that there should have 

 been a separate trade exhibit, but it ap- 

 pears now that it would be better for 

 exhibitors to enter their goods in the 

 usual course for the Industrial Exhibi- 

 tion and if they wish to show samples 

 at the Convention Hall. If a separate 

 exhibit was made, space would have 

 to be charged for: the other way there 

 will only be the small entry fee with 

 the same if not better advertisement. 

 But as I said before, full p.irticiilar.-^ 

 will be published shortly with pro- 

 gram. E. 



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REDUCED RATES TO OMAHA. 



It is very gratifying to be able to 

 announce the very low rate now 

 granted by the railroads to the Oma- 

 ha convention, and especially by the 

 Western Passenger Asociation. In 

 connection with the latter the florists 

 in the west are much indebted to the 

 officers of the Chicago Florists' Club 

 for their effective work in bringing 

 about this concession. It came hard, 

 but by persistent effort the desirable 

 result was finally accomplished, the 

 association being eventually made to 

 understand that a satisfactory rate 

 would result to the advantage of the 

 various western roads, not only this 

 year but in the future. 



DOUBLE STOCKS. 



Last year about 7-"J per cent, of my 

 stocks came double, while this year 

 seed from the same source produced 

 only ]0 per cent, double flowers. Was 

 this the fault of the seed grower, or of 

 the grower of the plants. 



From the seed of double petunias 



that I sow, I never get over 20 per 

 cent, double, and sometimes not a sin- 

 gle one out of 1,000 seeds will be 

 double. What is the cause of this? 

 B. 



The percentage of double-flowering 

 plants among Ten-Week Stocks de- 

 pends entirely upon the grower of the 

 seed. A good, reliable grower will 

 supply seed that will produce 75 per 

 cent, double flowers, and there are 

 other growers whose seed is practical- 

 ly valueless. The growing of this seed 

 is a business by itself in some parts of 

 Europe, especially at Erfurt, Germany. 



It is the same with petunias as with 

 stocks. It requires the same atten- 

 tion and careful fertilization of the 

 flowers to secure reliable seed. Petu- 

 nia seed that will produce 25 or 30 per 

 cent double flowers is considered pret- 

 ty good. C. .1. S. 



RENTING PALMS AND FERNS. 



Will you please state, through The 

 Review, how much the rent for a lot 

 of palms and ferns valued at $50 

 should be for one week. 



SUBSCRIBER. 



Under usual circumstances it would 

 be unwise to rent the plants for so 

 long a period as one week for in the 

 average dwelling the ferns would be 

 ruined in a few days. If the conditions 

 were sufiiclently favorable to insure the 

 return of the plants without material 

 injury, the charge for rental should be 

 from $6 to $10, and not less than the 

 lower figure. E. W. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



The longest dry spell on record has at 

 last been broken by a violent thunder- 

 storm on Saturday: inside of about an 

 hour almost an inch and a half of rain 

 came down. Little damage was done, 

 however, to plants in the field, except- 

 ing in low places where the water and 

 mud, coming down in streams from 

 higher grounds, covered whatever was 

 growing there to a depth of several 

 inches and in some locations men are 

 yet busy trying to remove the dirt and 

 mud and bring the plants to light 

 again. Boiler pits, cellars and even 

 greenhouse walks were flooded for 

 a while. Drains could not carry off the 

 water fast enough. Some ventilators 

 and sash were torn from their fasten- 

 ings by the fierce windstorm and quite 

 a number of large trees were blown 

 down in different localities. 



The E. R. Fry Floral Co. are build- 

 ing two large greenhouses on Cottage 

 street and the old sash houses pur- 

 chased last year from Briggs Bros. & 

 Co., will also be moved to the same 

 place before long. 



W. S. Keller and wife, who have 

 been in the Adirondack mountains for 

 the last two months, are expected to 

 return home by the end of this, or at 

 the beginning of next week. 



About trade conditions not much 

 can be said at present: very little is 



going on, business is barely alive and 

 flowers have not been overplenty_npr 

 very good, owing to the long con- 

 tinued dry weather. K. 



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HYBRID CLEMATISES. 



There has been so much disappoint- 

 ment among the customers of fiorists 

 when supplied with the usual form of 

 the large-flowered clematises, on ac- 

 count of the disease prevalent, that 

 any race, pleasing in flower, hardy in 

 constitution, and free from disease, 

 would be doubly welcomed. Messrs. 

 Geo. Jackman & Son, Surrey, England, 

 have crossed the hardy C. coccinea 

 with the large-flowered C. Star of In- 

 dia, and produced a race with the 

 strong constitution and form of foli- 

 age of C. coccinea, and flowers inter- 

 mediate in form. 



I am blooming the Duchess of Al- 

 bany, a beautiful soft pink, deeper 

 down the center, and Countess of Ons- 

 low, a deeper pink and slightly larger 

 flower. They are campanulate in form, 

 somewhat resembling in shape a part- 

 ly opened C. Jackmanii. Mine have 

 grown over eight feet and are full of 

 bloom. W. C. EGAN. 



WATERTOWN, N. Y. 



The tendency of the trade in the 

 growing of specialties is yearly be- 

 coming more marked. Green & Under- 

 bill realizing their success both in the 

 raising and disposal of Rex begonias 

 are increasing their stock which now 

 consists of sixty-eight varieties, be- 

 sides a batch of seedlings which will 

 doubtless add something of merit to 



