The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



J 29 



Double- Flowering Crab Apple. 



lire of this week. There are only one or 

 two beds of the nearly 200 yet vacant, 

 and they will be filled up. The very ex- 

 tensive exhibit of Mr. F. R. Pierson ar- 

 rived last week and was immediately put 

 in the ground. This occupies the large 

 beds that were earlier so gay with 

 tulips and so much admired. They iised 

 up nearly 400 cannas^ several hundred 

 aealypha, besides a number of large 

 musas and other plants for edging. One 

 bed p'anted with Black Beauty canna 

 and edged with variegated Aruudo Do- 

 nax will, I think, be a beauty. 



The attendance is daily increasing, and 

 I have no doubt about its reaching the 

 hundred thousand mark some days of 

 this week, and well it deserves it. There 

 will be a splendid chance at the Pan- 

 American for our florists to see a great 

 number of new eannas. Henry A. Dreer, 

 J. C. Vaughan, F. R. Pierson, C. W. 

 Ward, Conard & Jones, Nathan Smith 

 & Son, Henry Eiehholz and W. G. Eisele 

 are all exhibitors of new varieties. 



Jlr. Heal}-, park superintendent of De- 

 troit, is here with a carload of palms 

 and bedding plants and is laying out and 

 planting an immense bed on the north 

 side of the Horticulture Building. When 

 completed this will be a grand and ef- 

 fective display. 



In cut flower exhibits some very beau- 

 tiful paeonies have been shown by C. W. 

 Ward, Queens, N. Y.; Henry A. Dreer, 

 Philadelphia; George T. Srliniicman, 

 Baldwins, L. I.; Kecnr- & F.mlk. Musli- 



ing, N. Y.; Charles Wr-l..n. an , teur 



of North Tonawanda, X. V.: W & T. 

 Smith, Geneva; John ijhaiiton A Son, 

 Rochester; E. A. & W. K. Wood, West 

 Newton, Mass. ; EUwanger & Barry, 

 Rochester; Mrs. George W. Davis, Lan- 

 caster, N. Y. ; Wm. F. Kasting. P^ulfalo, 



and several magnificent displays from 

 Prof. John F. Cowell, Buffalo South 

 Park Botanic Gardens. 



William Scott. 



DOUBLE-FLOWERING CRAB APPLE. 



We present in this issue an engraving 

 from a photograph taken recently of a 

 specimen of the double-flowering crab 

 apple in Lincoln Park, Chicago. This 

 specimen is about seven feet high and 

 when in bloom is a beautiful sight, the 

 blooms presenting the effect of small, 

 fully open double light pink roses at a 

 short distance. The blooms are remark- 

 ably persistent and the branches of flow- 

 ers could be most eff'ectively used in 

 decorative work. We believe it would 

 pay any florist to have a few specimens 

 on his grounds for the flowers supplied 

 during the mouth of weddings, to say 

 nothing of the decorative value of the 

 tree in case the flowers should not be 

 wanted. 



PITTSBURG. 



Our llower show has come and gone 

 anil il wa, :i immounced success. It lasted 



fr.:ii nil I ill 111 p. m. of the 19th, and 



by Ira-. -II lit ilii- excellence and the pub- 

 lic dLiiiajid it was continued till the after- 

 noon of the 20th, then it was broken up 

 and the flowers were sent to the diff'er- 

 ent hospitals. It was gotten up by the 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club. It was a 

 show of hardy flowers and free to the 

 people. Our members worked hard and 

 disinterestedly and brought in their own 

 flowers and induced their neighbors to 

 bring in or send their posies, and we 

 had many fine exhibits from distant 

 friends. Altogether it was the happiest 

 kind of a gathering. Never before in 



the hibtoiy of Pittsburg were so many 

 liaidy flowers seen together in one room. 



On the morning of the 20th I made a 

 business call at the oflice of a vigorously 

 piommeut gentleman in town and he re- 

 maiked. "Well, I went to see your flower 

 show yesterday, and it was the best I 

 e\ei saw." In the course of a few min- 

 utes' conversation about it I mentioned 

 that it was our maiden effort, there was 

 fio mercenary motive in it whatever, 

 and, although the treasury of the club 

 was pretty slim just now the members 

 ttould cheerfully pay every penny of the 

 expenses. His reply almost stunned me: 

 "Why,'' he answered, "if it's money you 

 need I can go out and get you $2,500 this 

 afternoon if you wish me to." My thanks 

 \\eie profuse, but we do not need the 

 money. 



It was primarily a rose show, and 

 there weie many fine collections of roses 

 exhibited. EUwanger & Barry, of Roch- 

 estei, N. Y., sent a collection of named 

 xaueties; the other named groups came 

 from Mr. John Murdoch, Mrs. Watson, 

 J. W. Elliott and Schenley Park, all 

 local. But Mrs. A. King, Mr. Mellon, 

 ilr. H. Negley, Mr. Frick and several 

 others showed unnamed lots of fine 

 flowers. 



Paeonies were splendid and very nu- 

 merous. The chief exhibitors were EU- 

 wanger & Barry, John N. May, Summit, 

 N. J., J. W. Elliott, Elliott Brothers, 

 John Marron, A. Murdoch, Mrs. Watson, 

 the three brothers Ludwig, J. E. Mellon 

 and Schenley Park. 



Henry A. Dreer sent a fine lot of 

 nymphoea flowers, including the new 

 James Brydon. Mr. Ernest flyers, of 

 Beaver Falls, and Schenley Park also 

 contributed liberally of the hardy water 

 lilies from their ponds. 



Prof. O. P. Medsgar, of Salem, Ohio, 

 went out into the woods there and got up 

 a complete collection of all of the native 

 ferns indigenous for miles around, dug 

 them up and mossed them separately 

 and placed them before us in the most 

 beautiful condition and every one named. 

 This was a superb collection and most in- 

 structive. And a gentleman from Beaver 

 Falls sent all the native orchids that 

 were in blossom. From the Carnegie 

 Museum, through the kindness of Dr. 

 Holland, the director, and the laborious 

 exertions of John Shafer, the curator, 

 and his assistants, 385 distinct species 

 of native plants, all fresh and plainly 

 labeled with typewritten names, were 

 placed before us and gladdened the eyes 

 and hearts of lovers of nature and stu- 

 dents of botany. 



From Mr. H. H. Hunnewell, of Welles- 

 ley, near Boston, came 56 distinct kinds 

 of rhododendron blossoms, including 

 hardy and tender sorts; they were most 

 lovely and a revelation to us folks in 

 the Smoky City, and we gave them a 

 front table all to themselves. And we 

 thank Mr. Hatfield, Mr. H.'s superin- 

 tendent, for the excellent packing and 

 fine condition in which the flowers ar- 

 rived. Schenley Park had thirty varie- 

 ties from its outdoor plantings. 



EUwanger & Barry sent a great many 

 blooms of hardy shrubs, especially of 

 weigelias, and from John Dunbar, assist- 

 ant superintendent of the Rochester. 

 N. Y., parks, came a wonderful collec- 

 tion of blooms of trees and shrub?; in 

 fact, in variety and numbers it was an 

 eye-opener to most of us. Parsons & 

 Sons, of Flushing, N. Y., sent sprays, 

 named, of their vast collection of Japa- 

 nese mai)les; they were more beautiful 

 and when the show was 



