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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JUNE 1, 1899. 



GRAND RAPIDS. 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society was 

 held in the Vanderbilt building, Main 

 street, on Thursday evening, the 25th 

 inst. The secretary read a communi- 

 cation from the New York Gardeners' 

 Society, inviting the members to be 

 present at the strawberry show and 

 entertainment at the Terrace Gardens, 

 146 East 59th street, on June 10. at 

 7:30 p. m. The president requested 

 that all who were able would attend, 

 and we trust they won't forget their 

 biggest strawberries. 



The executive committee has drawn 

 up a circular letter which is to be 

 mailed to the influential affluent resi- 

 dentars, soliciting financial aid for a 

 "chry" show in the fall. Several mem- 

 bers present stated that their employ- 

 ers had promised assistance, and no 

 doubt Tarrytown will make an excel- 

 lent debut when the "Queen of Au- 

 tumn" is again in perfection. 



Mr. R. Angus, gardener to Major 

 Hopkins, read a very able essay on the 

 violet, and at the close of the lengthy 

 discussion which followed it was still 

 a disputed point whether it was dry- 

 ness at the roots in summer, or the 

 effects of dews, or the aristocratic at- 

 mosphere of Tarrytown, that was the 

 cause of "spot" the bete noire in vio- 

 let culture. J. H. Brougham, Fort Ed- 

 ward, N. Y., exhibited one of the 

 Rochester automatic sprayers. Some 

 of the members who had tried it said 

 it fulfills all that is claimed for it. 



JAS. T. SCOTT. 



THE WATER GARDEN 



Several heavy rain storms the past 

 week interfered considerably with out- 

 side planting, throwing the bulk of 

 the cemetery work into the last few 

 days preceding the occasion. All are 

 so busy that they can scarcely find 

 time to wait on their customers. 



Carnations are scarce; roses about 

 equal to the demand; lilies scarce also; 

 plenty of small flowers, such as sweet 

 peas, Paris daisies, etc. Prices are a 

 trifle higher on bedding stock than 

 last year, as most of the florists have 

 gone back to the revised price list of 

 former years. 



Jean Goebel has been appointed su- 

 perintendent of "Valley City and Oak 

 Hill cemeteries. He takes charge July 

 1. The appointment was a political 

 one. 



Another runaway, indicative of the 

 return of prosperity. Wm. Cunning- 

 ham's horse ran away from in front of 

 Crabb & Hunter's greenhouses on 

 Thursday; all the damage done was 

 some smashed plants, seat thown out 

 and things otherwise shaken up. One 

 year ago there was not a horse in 

 Grand Rapids that would have thought 

 of such a thing as running away. 



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