SEPTEMBER 21, 1S99. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



419 



to hear he was successful in finding. 

 We also noticed Mr. Fred Lemon, of 

 E. G. Hill & Co., Richmond, Ind. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Lemon have been sojourning 

 at Atlantic City for a few days. 



We met Mr. J. A. Peterson, of Cin- 

 cinnati, Ohio, last week. He was in 

 the best of humor as he had just 

 booked an order for some four hun- 

 dred Adiantum Farleyense in 5-inch 

 pots, which he grows exceptionally 

 well. 



Prices are ruling about as follows: 

 Brides, Maids, Meteors and Kaiserins, 

 $3 to $5 p.er 100; Beauties, $1 to $2.50 

 per dozen; carnations, 75 cents to $1.50 

 per 100; valley, $3 to $4; gladiolus, $2 

 to $3; tuberoses, $1 to $2; asters, 75 

 cents to $1; adiantums, $1; asparagus. 

 $50; smilax, $15 to $20. 



Mr. G. A. Strohlein has just re- 

 turned from an extended European 

 tour in the interest of H. A. Dreer. Mr. 

 S. reports that the most striking 

 things seen in his travels in the way 

 of flowering plants are the new hy- 

 brids of Clematis coccinea, which he 

 had the pleasure of seeing in flower, 

 hence he speaks from personal knowl- 

 edge. He claims they can not help but 

 become useful as a commercial plant 

 from the fact the flowers are produced 

 on a long, stiff stem, and are of great 

 substance, sufficient to remind one of 

 a lapageria. They are also very free 

 flowering and comprise the following 

 colors: Violet, purple, bright • pink, 

 pale blush pink, bright rosy carmine. 



R. 



PHILADELPHIA SHOTS. 



The Florists' Gun Club held its 

 monthly handicap shoot Sept. 12. The 

 day was fine, but a strong wind made 

 the shooting difficult. The conditions 

 were 25 targets known angles and 25 

 targets unknown angles, with a handi- 

 cap added to the score. George An- 

 derson made high score at the known 

 angles. W. H. Wolstencroft broke the 

 highest number of targets at the un- 

 known angles, but Park passed him, 

 aided by his handicap. The scores: 



Known. Unknown. Hdp. Total. 



Park 23 



Jones 15 



Bell 22 



Harris 21 



McKaraher 20 



Craig 19 



Anderson 24 



Wolstencroft ...23 



Westcott 16 



Parsons 19 



Smith 20 



Cartledge 17 



Dorp 16 



Points won to date— Anderson, 5; Bell, 

 5; Harris, 5; Wolstencroft, 4; Ball, 4; Bur- 

 ton, 3; Smith, 3; Dorp, 3; Coleman, 3; 

 Jones, 3; Park, 3; McKaraher, 2; Cart- 

 ledge, 1; Craig, 1. 



Team match, unknown angles. 



INDIANAPOLIS. 



Hits. 



McKaraher 13 



Bell 17 



Jones 16 



Harris 29 



Dorp 19 



Anderson 21 



Hits. 



Craig 16 



Cartledge 16 



Westcott It 



Smith 20 



Parsons 17 



Park 20 



Total 



.106 



Total 



.103 



Various Items. 



The weather we have had the past 

 few weeks has been very changeable; 

 from extreme heat to nearly frost, and 

 together with drought has not been 

 beneficial to flowers, consequently 

 there will be a scarcity before long. 

 Asters are still on the market, but 

 they have seen better days. 



Notwithstanding the lateness of the 

 season there is considerable building 

 going on. John Rathsam is building a 

 house, 95x20, on Highland avenue and 

 North street. He has sold his stock 

 at his old place, which he had leased, 

 at the corner of Twenty-fourth and 

 Broadway, to Huber & Stiltz. 



Huber & Stiltz are also making im- 

 provements by adding several new 

 houses and a new boiler. They are 

 both young men and all the boys wish 

 them luck in their new venture. E. 

 Aughinbaugh is building a new house 

 on Washington boulevard. J. J. Von- 

 dersaar is remodeling his place on 

 Madison avenue and has put up a fine 

 office. 



The last meeting of the club was 

 poorly attended, as the weather was 

 too hot. The next meeting will be held 

 at the storerooms of Huntington & 

 Page, and a full attendance is desired. 



Some of our florists are making 

 great preparations for their exhibits 

 at the State Fair, held here this week, 

 and some lively competition is looked 

 for. 



Recent visitors: E. G. Hill, Rich- 

 mond, Ind.; Herbert Heller, New Cas- 

 tle, Ind.; James Gurney, superintend- 

 ent of the Shaw Botanical Garden, St. 

 Louis, Mo. Mr. Gurney visited our 

 city greenhouses and our park system, 

 and was struck by the beauty of a bed 

 of acalypha in University park; it was 

 a variety that he had not seen for 

 years. 



Mr. Wm. G. Bertermann is off on his 

 vacation and has gone to the lakes. 



Bauer & Smith, of the Columbia 

 Place Floral Co., are cutting some fine 

 asters. FRED. 



CYTISUS. 



[From the Florists' Manual, by William Scott. J 



These are often called genista, but 

 cytisus is the correct name, of which 

 the beautiful tree or shrub Laburnum 

 is one. They are profuse blooming, 

 branching evergreens. Small plants 

 in 4 and 5-inch pots are most useful, 

 but a limited number of the larger 

 plants are very fine for decoration. 

 Their bright yellow color, the plants 

 covered with flowers, makes them 

 very attractive, but we do not con- 

 sider them at all a good house plant, 

 the leaves and flowers soon dropping, 

 and the reason must be the dry air 

 of the room. 



Any ordinary loam with a little rot- 

 ten manure will grow them. They are 

 sometimes troubled with red spider 

 but never when they are kepi syringed 

 during the summer. 



They root readily from the young 



growths in February and are pinched 

 and grown on by shifting during sum- 

 mer. We never plant them out be- 

 cause they lift badly. Keep them 

 under glass and keep them plunged on 

 a bench where there is very little 

 shade. To make compact little plants 

 they want their strongest shoots often 

 stopped, the last stopping or clipping 

 should not be later than December. In 

 winter they can be kept in a very cool 

 house; 40 degrees at night will be 

 plenty. 



They are of most use as an Easter 

 plant and if not kept very cool will 

 be too early for Easter unless that 

 festival comes on an early date. Un- 

 sold plants can be sheared off and if 

 kept warm and syringed will soon 

 make a fine growth, and when shifted 

 they can be plunged outside in sum- 

 mer and will want at intervals an oc- 

 casional clipping. They can be made 

 very round, compact, handsome bush- 

 es or allowed to grow more freely if 

 you wish. 



Canariensis is a trifle darker than 

 racemosus but the latter is the best 

 grower and best plant. 



THE LETTER D. 



Under the letter D Mr. Scott treats 

 fully in the Florists' Manual of the fol- 

 lowing important subjects, each article 

 being freely and handsomely illus- 

 trated: 



Dahlia. 



Decorations. 



Decorative Material (wild). 



Decorative Plants. 



Deutzia. 



Dianthus. 



Dracaena. 



Drainage. 



THE GLASS QUESTION. 



The suggestion made at Detroit that 

 florists combine together and establish 

 a glass factory of their' own has 

 brought out considerable comment in 

 the daily press. In this connection the 

 Philadelphia Public Ledger prints the 

 following 'editorial note: 



The action of the associated florists, 

 who threaten to start a glass factory of 

 their own because of the high prices 

 charged by the trusts for an article of 

 which they are among the largest con- 

 sumers, may indicate the ultimate fate 

 of all the trusts. Their victims will turn 

 and either manufacture their own goods 

 or find some cheaper means of procuring 

 them, and then the trusts' inflated profits 

 on inflated stock will disappear. With 

 both business and politics working 

 against them, the day of the trusts is 

 likely to be short. 



PLEASE SEND US a correct list of 

 the names and addresses of the flor- 

 ists who receive their mail at your 

 postoffice and thereby oblige. 



IT WILL BE to your advantage to 

 mention The Florists' Review every 

 time you write an advertiser. 



IF TOU HAVE anything to sell to 

 the trade, offer it in an adv. in The 

 Review. 



