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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



GRAND RAPIDS. 



Ac last we have had the long prayed 

 for rain. It was not as much as 

 could be desired, but it has brought 

 ■with it ideal carnation growing 

 weather, and the plants already seem 

 to show a marked improvement. 

 Tnere are strong hopes yet of a fine 

 crop of good carnations. Trade has 

 picked up some the past week, what 

 with a slight outside shipping demand 

 and funeral work, has made roses and 

 carnations scarce. Most of the mums 

 are now planted: the end of the week 

 will see them finished. 



N. B. Stover has issued a call for ." 

 club meeting at the Eagle Hotel for 

 the first Tuesday in September, when 

 mattere of importance will come uii 

 for discussion, particularly the price 

 of glass, and can it be had any cheap- 

 er; also can anything be done to 

 either reduce or remove the duty on 

 Harrisii and other bulb stock not 

 grown in this country? 



It would not be a bad idea for some 

 members at the convention to offer a 

 suitable resolution on the subject and 

 have a committee present it to Con- 

 gress. The fact that the duty protects 

 its production in this country does not 

 hold good in the case of bulbs. Again, 

 committees representing every avail- 

 able district in the country could be 

 appointed to pass around a similav 

 resolution for signatures in their re- 

 spective localities and hand said reso- 

 lutions to their congressional repre- 

 sentative to present to congress this 

 fall. Much good might in this way 

 be accomplished. 



We are all delighted to hear of the 

 movement to locate the next conven- 

 tion in Detroit. It is admirably situa- 

 ted for such a purpose, with its Belle 

 Isle Park, railroad, hotel and every fa- 

 cility that tends to make a desirable 

 convention city. It is within 6 to S 

 hours' ride of Buffalo. Cincinnati. 

 Cleveland. St. Louis. Chicago. Milwau- 

 kee and all intermediate points. Mich- 

 igan has never been honored by the 

 florists as yet and we hope all sections 

 of the country will unite in favoring 

 us with their next convention. 



Geo. Bowditch, pf Park Ridge, 111., is 

 here on a visit. Harry Balsley. of De- 

 troit, has been buzzing round the past 

 week shying his special mum and 

 azalea pots at the boys. Some dodged 

 — others got hit, the porosity of the 

 pots, however, saved one from being 

 seriously injured. Genial Hari-y! May 

 his shadow never grow less. 



GEO. F. CRABB. 



HILLSDALE, MICH. — Mr. Carl 

 Hirsch, proprietor of Hillsdale Floral 

 Park, left Aug. 6 on a trip to New 

 Tork. He will be away about a week. 



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