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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



SEPTEMHKK :'\ 1 suit. 



the country. There is so much to be 

 seen that it is well worth spending a 

 short time in some of the largest es- 

 tablishments. 



[To be continued.] 



ROSE NOTES. 



In my last notes I made mention of 

 the prevalence of leaf rollers, and 

 since have received a letter from 

 Messrs. Ritter & Co., Dayton, O., tell- 

 ing of an invention of theirs. It is a 

 trap to catch the moths (which are 

 the parents of leaf rollers), before 

 they have laid their eggs. No doubt 

 the invention will be advertised in 

 The Review next season. We shall 

 give it a trial. The pest has almost 

 disappeared from our houses now. 



The weather we have been having 

 this month has made it necessary for 

 the grower to be constantly on the 

 alert, fires being necessary every night, 

 and on many of the dark, rainy days 

 we have had a gentle circulation 

 through the pipes, with a little air on, 

 which had been benficial in drying up 

 surplus moisture that may have aecu 

 mutated in the houses. 



Now that firing has commenced a 

 mulch of fresh soil, well rotted cow 

 manure, or pulverized sheep manure 

 and bone meal, will be found advan- 

 tageous. If sheep manure is used 

 great care must be taken that it is 

 not too strong. 



Whichever fertilizer is used should 

 be thoroughly mixed with the soil and 

 spread evenly over the beds. It is best 

 to have the beds in a fairly moist con- 

 dition before the mulch is spread on, 

 then great care must be exercised in 

 watering, or the beds will become too 

 wet, which all growers know is harm- 

 ful. 



NEW YORK. 



The Dewey Celebration. 



And again it is all Dewey. There is 

 nothing, no, not even anybody, in New 

 York this week but Dewey, and we 

 only wish every American, yes, and 

 alien, too, could be here to see New 

 York on this occasion. Never was 

 any city so decorated. Money seems 

 to be no object, everything is exuber- 

 ant patriotism. 



We cannot now say anything about 

 the florists' part in this celebration, 

 for nothing is heard of any orders so 

 far except several thousand yards of 

 roping to be used on the posts in Fifth 

 avenue. If any artistic eye is offended 

 by this roping let it be known now 

 that the artistic florists of New York 

 are not responsible. Some obscure flor- 

 ist has got the job through politics 

 and it is already a botch. We fail to 

 see where hemlock comes in as an em- 

 blem of victory, and deeply lament the 

 fact that floriculture, especially in New 

 York, should be so much in opposition 

 to the rules of true art which has 

 guided every other particle of this tri- 

 umphal arch. So, my friends, if you 

 come to New York and see hemlock 



garlands and wreaths where laurel and 

 palms should be, put it down to dirty 

 politics and the fool who works for 

 nothing. 



Business Conditions. 



Business has been very slow, conse- 

 quently prices are low. When you can 

 buy cattleyas for $10 per 100 you can 

 depend on it everything else is low. 

 There never were so many cattleyas 

 in the market at this time of the year 

 before, but of course this will be all 

 changed when cold weather sets in. 

 Good violets are coming in and fair 

 prices are obtained for them. Valley 

 is abundant, in fact every kind of 

 flower is, though a spurt in business is 

 expected after the Dewey celebration. 

 Most of the florists' stores have put 

 on extra decorations for the event, a 

 description of which will appear in 

 our next. 



The Florists' Club. 



The board of trustees of the New 

 York Florists' Club met on Sept. 25th 

 to consider plans for the convention 

 next year. A committee was appoint- 

 ed to see the managers of the Grand 

 Central Palace at Forty-third street 

 and Lexington avenue, and though of 

 course no definite arrangements were 

 made it looks as if that building will 

 be recommended for the convention. 

 The subject of a manager was dis- 

 cussed, and the committee will no 

 doubt recommend some one for that 

 responsible position at the next meet- 

 ing of the Florists' Club. 



This meeting, which will be held on 

 October 9th, promises to be largely 

 attended, for the board of trustees yes- 

 terday instructed the secretary to no- 

 tify all members to be present at that 

 meeting to decide whether the club 

 will hold a general horticultural exhi- 

 bition during the S. A. F. convention 

 or just a mere trade show. The mat- 

 ter will be left entirely to the club to 

 decide, and though of course private 

 gardeners are in the minority in the 

 club, there is no doubt that the large 

 plant growers will take up their side. 

 Altogether this promises to be a most 

 interesting meeting, and it is almost 

 sure it will be one of the largest in 

 the history of the club. 



Various- Items. 



John Osborne has opened a flower 

 store at 157 East Twenty-eighth street. 



John J. Foley, the Bowery florist, 

 has opened a branch store at Twenty- 

 ninth street and Eighth avenue. 



Carl Jurgens, Jr., of Newport, R. I., 

 is in town to see the Dewey celebra- 

 tion. 



R. E. Shuphelt, Chatham, N. Y., was 

 in town on Monday and was very en- 

 thusiastic as to the future, especially 

 on violets, of which he grows large 

 quantities. 



F. J. Huss, formerly superintendent 

 for George Morgan, Esq., Lenox, 

 Mass., sailed on the steamship La 

 Bretagne Saturday, Sept. 23rd, for a 

 long visit to his old home. Mr. Huss 

 was very popular in American horti- 



cultural circles and a great many of 

 his friends went to bid him bon voy- 

 age. 



The Park Department estimates for 

 1900 ask for much more money than 

 was allowed for the current year. Thus 

 Park Commissioner George C. Clausen 

 asks for }1,206,250 for the parks of 

 Manhattan and Richmond, as against 

 $846,280, the amount given him by the 

 Board of Estimate for 1899. The in- 

 crease of laborers' pay in the Brook- 

 lyn parks to $2, he says, will cost 

 $19,327.95. The total demand for all 

 the parks of the greater city is $2,- 

 491,778.80. 



Bowling. 



The bowling alleys last Monday 

 night were the scene of the utmost en- 

 thusiasm; a large crowd and lots of 

 fun were there. Following are the 

 scores: 



O'Mara 168 148 174 



Roehrs 80 



Burns 149 177 135 



Withers 170 143 144 



Troy 108 112 



Hiebreeht 116 93 170 



Beck .... 125 



Traendiy 150 147 171 



Lang 192 137 148 



Stumpp 110 



Schenek 150 159 148 



Marshall ia> 126 



Donlan 126 117 122 



A series of matches will be played 

 between the New York and Flatbush 

 Clubs, the first to take place on the 

 New York alleys, Fifty-seventh street 

 and Sixth avenue, at 3 p. m., Monday, 

 October 9th. This will be the date of 

 the Florists' Club meeting, and a large 

 army of rooters is expected. 



THE ROUNDER. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Notes. 



Trade the past week has been fair, 

 somewhat better than that of the pre- 

 vious week, with a very promising out- 

 look for a good fall and winter. In 

 fact a great many of the retail florists 

 predict that the coming winter will 

 be the best they have had for some 

 years, as every indication points that 

 way now. 



Geo. E. Campbell, Germantown ave- 

 nue, boasts of having the first chrys- 

 anthemums in flower around this vi- 

 cinity. The variety is Lady Fitzwy- 

 grarn, one of the best whites. He has 

 half a house of it, which pleases him 

 all the more. The whole lot is sold to 

 one of the large retail stores in town, 

 to be delivered the first week in Octo- 

 ber. 



Among the visitors the past week 

 we noticed: P. J. Berckmans, Au- 

 gusta, Ga.; S. A. Walton, Doylestown, 

 Pa.; Chas. Dards, .New York City; 

 Miss Annie Decker, Lewistown, Pa.; 

 Mr. Giles, Reading, Pa.; Mr. Jas. Gur- 

 ney, superintendent of the Shaw Bot- 

 anical Garden, St. Louis, Mo.; W. C. 

 Krick, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mr. Thorn- 

 ton, Lawrence, Mass.; P. O'Mara, New 

 York City; Mr. Allandale and Mr. J. 

 Duggan, both with the Steele, Briggs 

 Seed Co., Toronto, Canada. 



