June 13, 1901. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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German Gardening. 



Pan-American early in the season and 

 tor that reason I write a few words of 

 advice. Either from indifference or for 

 some object not clearly known the street 

 cars carry 75 per cent of all the visitors 

 to what is known as the West Amherst 

 gate. This brings you directly to tin 

 rear of some of the large buildings, also 

 the noise and hubbub of the Midway, and 

 it is probable you will never see the real 

 beauty of the whole scene. If you do 

 you have already received the impression 

 that the Pan-American is a crowded place 

 and little different from any other big 

 fair. Now this is all wrong. 



I bog of you one and all to enter the 

 grounds from Lincoln Parkway. To do 

 this take the Main street cars that are 

 marked "Forest Lawn" and never mind 

 what the conductor says, get off at Linc- 

 oln Parkway. A walk of 200 yards 

 brings you to the grand entrance and 

 then another 200 yards through the 

 lovely old park brings you to the Tri- 

 umphal Causeway with the four majes- 

 tic towers. To the right or left the view 

 is beautiful, but the view, you are fac- 

 ing is one you will never forget. You 

 are now entering the Grand Esplanade; 

 horticulture group on the left, govern- 

 ment building on the right, music, eth- 

 nology, machinery building, liberal arts, 

 electricity, agriculture to the right and 

 left of the Grand Basin, and in the dis- 

 tance the majestic Electric Tower 

 crowned by the Goddess of Light whose 

 outstretched hand is 405 feet from the 

 ground. This grand court with its set- 

 ting of magnificent architecture, its foun- 

 tains, its trees and statuary, is a picture 

 never yet equaled. This is the verdict 

 of men who have seen all that is to 

 be seen. Gov. Roosevelt said so, and 

 so do I, and that settles it. 



There are sights enough to last you 

 a week besides all this, but I beg you 

 to take in the beauty of the scene first, 

 here are the state buildings; the rose 

 garden, a beautiful fifteen acres; the 

 Stadium, the largest and best built arena 

 for athletic sport of modern times. To 

 give you an idea of this Stadium: I 

 saw Cornell and Carlisle Colleges play- 

 ing a game of baseball and they occupied 

 but one corner. It seats most comfort- 

 ably 12,000, and as many more could 

 stand without encroaching on the cinder 

 paths, but its wonderful proportions 

 must be seen to be realized. You will 

 be sure to see the Midway and every- 

 thing else if you have time, but of this 

 it was not my intention to write. 



The next best entrance is known n' ' 

 Elmwood Gate, but too many who enter 

 at this beautiful entrance steer for the 

 Midway. If they will walk through the 

 rose garden they will then come to the 

 Triumphal Causeway and take in the 

 same grand scene that I have tried to 

 deserilit'. ;iiicl vmi will. I am sure, ex- 

 claim as 1 l,r;,i,l many: "This is worth 

 a long jniii?ir\ tn -rv iilonc." I am not 

 writing tlii-, reader, for the Pan-Ameri- 

 can, but for you. Feast your vision and 

 higher senses on the sublime and beauti- 

 ful. Let the frivolous and common place 

 be seen later. Wm. Scott. 



Market Conditions, 



To the grower and his salesman it is 

 a situation of sublime horror empha- 

 sized by comparison with last week. It 

 may not look so bad to the retailer, be- 

 cause there is really a good enough trade 



running along, but not enough to han- 

 dle the immense cut of second and 

 third-class material. The demand is 

 largely for weddings just now, and is 

 therefore chiefly for first-class goods, of 

 which there is a great plenty of all 

 kinds. Cheap grades drag fearfully and 

 thousands of pinks and roses go upon 

 the street at lowest prices, while even 

 this method of being marketed is denied 

 to large lots. The bravest fakir will not 

 handle very poor material now. Sun, 

 wind and dust soon make the best look 

 bad enough, if put upon the street. 



It is of but little use to quote prices. 

 Any one can buy very low if they wish, 

 but every salesman has his customers 

 who use him fairly well now in return 

 for decent usage on his part at some 

 other time, so that prices range from 

 very low to fairly good. 



Various Items. 



While being instrumental in extending 

 courtesies of Mr. Thomas Galvin and 

 his managers a few days ago, I was ad- 

 mitted to a church and an elegant dwell- 

 ing after both were lavishly decorated 

 by this leading floral concern. It was 

 the first thing of the kind I ever saw, 

 and for amount of material used and 

 skill in arrangement it was surely an 

 eye-opener to me and reflected great 

 credit upon the taste and skill of Mr. 

 Thomas Welch, who had it in charge. 

 It is easier now for me to see where 

 the large expense of a wedding decora- 

 tion is legitimate. I was not there as a 

 reporter, however, and must not de- 

 scribe some new features they are now 

 utilizing. 



The sturdy ranks of the floral Tuohy 

 family has been reinforced by the ar- 



