SEPTEMBER 7, 18S9. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



371 



Specimen Greenhouse Rhododendrons. 



75 cents. Asters are not overplentiful, 

 some extra fine ones are being shipped 

 in from the outside points; price for 

 select ones is $2 and scales down from 

 this to 50 and 75 cents. There is a 

 big stock of gladiolus, tuberose, hy- 

 drangeas and such stock, which goes 

 at $4 per 100. Some very fine smilax 

 is in the market and sells at $12.50 per 

 100 strings. 



Visitors. 



Visitors in town last week were: 

 Mrs. L. Rosenbaum, of Meridian, 

 Miss.; H. C. Schwiemann, wife and 

 sister, and L. Wellenreiter, of Dan- 

 vers. 111. Messrs. Schwiemann & Wel- 

 lenreiter are shipping some fine smi- 

 lax to this city. 



Notes. 



Wm. Ellison, of Ellison & Tesson, 

 returned home last week from a six 

 weeks' vacation up north. A. Y. Elli- 

 son leaves this week to join his moth- 

 er, who is spending the summer at 

 the northern lakes. 



Jacob Burkhardt, father of Mrs. T. 

 H. Meinhardt, died last week at his 

 home in North St. Louis. 



William H. Hudson, the South St. 

 Louis florist, wedded his daughter-in- 

 law, Mrs. E. H. Hudson, last week. His 

 wife and son died about a year ago. 

 The surprise was great among the flor- 

 ists when the announcement was 

 made. By the marriage numerous re- 

 lationship complications arise; for in- 

 stance, he becomes the husband of his 

 daughter-in-law, which makes him 

 the stepfather or father of his grand- 

 children. Mrs. Hudson being the sis- 

 ter-in-law of Hudson's stepsons, three 

 in number, and now therefore becomes 

 Hudson's brother-in-law. 



There is some talk of the two bowl- 

 ing clubs meeting in a series of games 



this fall. The juniors have set then- 

 heads on beating the older club, of 

 course they expect a handicap in each 

 game. We will be only too glad to 

 meet them. I understand that a prize 

 will be put up by one of the whole- 

 sale houses for the team making the 

 highest averages and one for the high- 

 est single score. These meetings will 

 not take place until cooler weather 

 sets in. J. J. B. 



GREENHOUSE RHODODENDRONS. 



The accompanying engraving, which 

 we have reproduced from the Garden- 

 ers' Chronicle, shows three fine speci- 

 men plants of greenhouse rhododen- 

 drons. They certainly are exceedingly 

 well done and the grower may well be 

 proud of them. A houseful of such 

 plants at Easter would be a tremen- 

 lous help to an American grower. 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Tarrytown Horticultural Society was 

 held in the Vanderbilt building, Main 

 street, on Thursday evening, the 31st 

 ult., thirty-five being present. The 

 business of the evening was the hear- 

 ing of reports from committees on the 

 perfecting of arrangements for the 

 flower show on November 10th and 

 11th. ~ 



The executive committee reported 

 that Mr. P. O'Mara, of P. Henderson 

 & Co., New York; Mr. Eugene Daille- 

 douze, Flatbush, N. Y., and Mr. Peter 

 Duff, gardener to John Crosby Brown, 

 Esq., Brighthurst, Orange, N. J., had 

 promised to officiate as judges. 



Mr. Nathan Brewer sent a letter re- 

 signing the treasurership of the soci- 

 ety (he having left his position as 



gardener to J. P. Archbold, Tarry- 

 town, and accepted a similar position 

 with Mme. Obey, Scarsdale, N. Y.). 

 His resignation was accepted with re- 

 gret, he having been one of the lead- 

 ing spirits in the society's formation, 

 and moreover a prominent and able 

 gardener. Mr. W. E. Neubrand, with 

 the F. R. Pierson Co., was unanimous- 

 ly appointed to the vacant post. 



John H. Corneth and Jeremiah Har- 

 natt, Tarrytown, were elected to mem- 

 bership. Walter Cooke, Tarrytown; 

 Claude Wilson, Dobbs Ferry, and Pe- 

 ter E. Franklin were proposed. 



Mr. F. R. Pierson's election as vice- 

 president of the S. A. F. gives univer- 

 sal satisfaction here. Mr. Pierson is 

 a prominent member of our commu- 

 nity and baby society. He has filled 

 several responsible public offices in 

 this place with great credit to him- 

 self and benefit to us. He will not 

 take up this office as a sinecure, but 

 will undoubtedly work up the excel- 

 lent material which is to be found 

 along the banks of the Hudson. 



Messrs. Cooke & McCord have pur- 

 chased the ground at Glenville on 

 which their greenhouses stand and 

 have already commenced to make ad- 

 dions to their rose houses. 



JAS. T. SCOTT. 



JAPANESE MORNING GLORIES. 



From the Japan Daily Herald, a 

 copy of which has been kindly sent us 

 by L. Boehmer & Co., of Yokohama, 

 we learn that the Japanese have a 

 feast of morning glories as well as of 

 chrysanthemums. 



The plants are grown in pots, kept 

 comparatively dwarf, and only one or 

 two flower buds are left on a plant, 

 enabling them to get these few flowers 



