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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



over tliey Here appropriated by Mr. Sha- 

 fer, botanical curator of tbe Carnegie 

 Museum, who will dry thoni and mount 

 them and then share tliein with Schenlcy 

 Park. Messrs. Parsons al.so sent flow- 

 ers of the r.-iii- .l;iiKiiu.s(. Majiiiolias VVat- 

 soni. jKu \ iilui;i :iii,| li\ poleuea, and other 

 varieties, :inil -|ir.i>~ ci| rare oaks. 



Hanh p. i, hhliI- lillnl a iiiaicir space. 

 J. W. Klihill ,:,l,ir l|M,n 1 1, ..->;;, k with 

 a big w.ii^Mii I i. III, :ii ; , ■: 1 1. -;,iir", 



foxglove^, [Mi|i|ili-, 1 I Iirlls, 



pinks of iiiaiix -oil-. |i.iii.!riii II-, ni-es 

 and a hundred other kind.. The Elliott 

 brothers were also prominent in this 

 class, and Sehenley Park had an im- 

 mense collection. Edward Gillett, of 

 Southwick, Mass., had a fine lot of fire- 

 pinks, Cypripedium speetabile, Dicentra 

 eximia, feverfew, golden alyssum, etc. 

 Henry A. Dreer had the double Clematis 

 recta, Incarvillea Delavayii, scabios, 

 gypsophila and a splendid lot of Iris 

 Koempferi. Meehan & Sons, of German- 

 town, sent blooms of perennials and so 

 did Ellwanger & Barry, especially a fine 

 named collection of German iris. 



Our dear good friend, Mr. W. R. Smith, 

 of the Botanical Gardens at Washington, 

 sent a collection of cut flowers, including 

 orchids, anthuriums, erinums, bignonias, 

 yuccas, evergreen magnolia and others. 

 Mr. A. Murdock showed a beautiful col- 

 lection of orchid blossoms, including on- 

 eidium, odontoglossum, cattleya and den- 

 drobium flowers. And Mr. Price, Mr. 

 Laughlin's gardener, brought in a large 

 specimen of Lielia purpurata in full 

 bloom. 



Mr. Eraser, Mr. Prick's gardener, 

 showed a table of very beautiful glox- 

 inias, and Randolph & McClements had a 

 brilliant and exceedingly well grown hun- 

 dred geraniums. 



But the exhibition wasn't altogether 

 a show of hardy flowers, some very beau- 

 tiful carnations — sheaves of them, and 

 greenhouse roses, also sweet peas and 

 gladioli and eucharis — were contributed 

 by our local florists and others from a 

 distance. Chief among these exhibitors 

 were John N. May, Summit, N. J. ; Mr. 

 M. Nauman. Etna, Pa.; Theo. F. Beck- 

 ert, Neville Island; Fred Burki, Belle- 

 vue; Ernest Ludwig and Julius Ludwig, 

 Allegheny; John Bader. Allegheny; Er- 

 nest Fisher, Castle Shannon; Joseph 

 Heacock. Wyncote, and .J. F. Gibbs & 

 Sons, Woodville. P. A. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The cut flowers coming into the city 

 are gradually changing. The Brides and 

 Maids have nearly all made their final 

 bow ; those that have not done so ought 

 to with few exceptions. Paeonies have 

 fled and the simon pure outdoor-grown 

 sweet peas are driving their indoor- 

 started sisters to the wall. Carnations 

 remain in full force and are moving a 

 bit better than for the past fortnight. 

 Good ordinary McGowan, Scott and El- 

 dorado bring .50 cents to $1 per 100; 

 while a few Lawson and Genevieve Lord 

 bring $2 to .$3 per 100. Sweet peas are 

 fine and in over-supply; the price is 20 

 to 30 cents per 100. Roses are fairly 

 active. Beauties, Kaiserins, Meteors and 

 Liberty are all good for the season; the 

 prices are sagging a little. 



Various Items. 



The principal planting' about Horticul- 

 tural Hall is finished." The front en- 

 trance is ornamented by the years 1876 



on one side and 1001 on the other, made 

 of Kilieveria seeunda glauca, with a 

 malic-.- .1, -- inirried of a variety of 

 allcrn.ini lull - .ni.l eeheverias. Across 

 the <,uM.i-r .lii\e are the cactus beds 

 containiii'; ni>iin- very large plants; here 

 also are beds of crotons and scarlet ge- 

 raniums, the latter looking remarkably 

 well. Tlie parterre or sunken garden 

 at the op]»Ji-ilr sidr ..r Ihe hall is not yet 

 at its best. Ilic •■•>,,{ u.jllier |.r.\rntin,'j 

 the foliage 111. ml-, « In. 1. I,.imi th.- I.ulk 

 of the plant MIL', Ilum . ..'..riii-, (Irie ran 

 not lull mi- hne the rare skill of the 

 mast. I Ii.iihI wliii-c touch was seen on 

 this -iini I. II I n.iitv-five years. 



eha-.Ml 

 at X.in 

 thrcv li 



hou>. 

 fern-. 



Ill llll,N- -.■.■n,„l lUl.l P.altl- 



III tills ciiy. One of these 

 1 1.' 12x70 for palms and 

 ' ls\70 for roses. 



Stepli.ii Muii.ii^on is adding 100 feet 

 each to two of his houses at Southamp- 

 ton, Pa. One of these is planted with 

 Beauties and the other, Liberty. He is 

 also trying 100 plants of Robert Scott 

 rose. 



Henry I. Faust, of Merion, has two 

 houses planted with asters for cut 

 flower-, IT.' II-.'- S.ni|.li''- f..i liis center 

 ben.li.- ,111.; (,iih.'ii ,if ilir Milk, I f.ir his 



side Mill.-, Ill- i-r- -Ml. .ill full 



of i;.""l. Ilirillv. iiLiik.-liil.l.' -I.i.'k, 



Mrs. John Plender. Twenty-sixth and 

 Girard avenue, has been very busy this 

 season. It is a dark day indeed when 

 Mrs. Plender's store is not brightened 

 by a funeral order. 



George E. Campbell, 3601 Germantown 

 avenue, has an exceptionally fine lot of 

 rubbers plunged in the frame. His force 

 is hard at work preparing the chrysan- 

 themum beds for the young plants, which 

 are in good shape in thumb pots. Boston 

 fern has done well here. 



Henry Engler, Narberth, Pa., has a 

 nice lot of white Phlox Drunimondii in 

 bloom. 



Albert Woltemate held an auction sale 

 at his store of unclaimed boarders and 

 overgrown decorative plants on Tuesday. 



Pennock Bros, had a pretty store win- 

 dow decoration of pond lilies, pink glad- 

 iolus, ferns and small caladiums this 

 week. 



Ivrueger Bros., at Narberth, Pa., found 

 the raising of small vegetable plants a 

 profitable addition to their spring busi- 

 ness. 



Mrs. A. M. Baumann, Pulaski and 

 Manheim streets, John Holt, manager, 

 has found S. A. Nutt the very best scar- 

 let geranium for outdoor bedding. This 

 place has had a prosperous .season. 



The seedsmen have been placing a good 

 many young roses among the private 

 gardeners this month. They say there 

 will be no disease among Lilium Harrisii 

 bulbs this year. Let us hope they are 

 right. 



Among the Growers. 



The doings of those growers who have 

 achieved success in their profession are 

 alway- iiitn.-t iii^j ;iii,l ihe writers have 

 giilli.ri',1 ,1 I. « II. ii.- frnm two brief 

 vi-it- ill .i|i|Mi-ii.. ,lii.„ ii.ins. 



Jo^cph lUar.ii-k. Wyncote, Pa., rose 

 and palm grower, has moved an ini- 



large. There are some good 8-inch plants 

 but the greater number are in 6-inch 

 pots or smaller. All are in vigorous 

 condition. Kentias Belmoreana and 

 l''arsteriana are here in great numbers. 

 Some of the latter variety are in 12 and 

 S-iiich pots — made mi plants — a large 



ii.Miiil ,jf the 

 I \ . The stock 

 The shading 

 ■iiliiic. the lat- 

 identical witli 



ana. The latter are ti 

 incli pots, made up p 



slow gniNMli .,t this 1 

 is all cl.Mii .111,1 li.,,ili 

 used is wliili' I.m.I nml 

 ter considered practici 

 benzine. 



Five houses are planted with young 

 Beauties, as many more remain to be 

 filled with this variety; two and one- 

 half each w'ith Brides and Maids and 

 one with Meteor. The latter variety 

 has given excellent results the past sea- 

 son. All the young plants look well, 

 the Beauties now planted especially so. 

 Mr. Heacock noticed an excellent de- 

 mand for young Beauty plants this sea- 

 son. 



Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, Pa., 

 growers and importers of Easter plants, 

 have most of their roses in solid beds, 

 tinlike the last named establishment. 

 Beauty being the exception. Liberty 

 looked particularly well here; also Rob- 

 ert Scott, which has improved greatly in 

 appearance since last seen eighteen 

 months ago. A feature is the collection 

 of new roses on trial, the most interest- 

 ing one being Florence Peniberton, a 

 variety of extraordinary vigor. The 

 date and place of this future debu- 

 tante's appearance have not been settled. 



A house of Kaiserins planted at East- 

 er had just yielded its first crop of 

 flowers. This house is to be filled with 

 Crimson Ramblers at Christmas for 

 Easter blooming. The Ramblers are now 

 making strong canes in the field. One 

 large house is being glazed for carrying 

 dormant roses, and three small ones are 

 to be built this summer. Phil. 



NEW YORK. 



Where are you going during vacation? 

 This is the great question -of the day 

 among florists here, and of course tlie 

 unanimous reply is "Buffalo and Niag- 

 ara." Business is at its usual first of 

 July standard. There has been consid- 

 erable shipments of roses sent the past 

 week to Pittsburg and several places in 

 Connecticut; some of the folks in those 

 places must have been busy. One or two 

 of the New York florists have been busy 

 on out-of-town weddings; in one case a 

 special car was provided for the bouquets, 

 etc. 



The stores of all degrees might as well 

 be closed early for what scraps of busi- 

 ness there are; there seems to be no incli- 

 nation to do -.1. ii'ii until aftej- the 

 ••Fourth." Very Ilk, l,\ ( Iilml:,!- faiiii.Ms 

 Palmer House 1mi1,.i -Ii.,ii will l.c .mt- 

 done in the way of glitter when Fleisch- 

 man opens his store out there. Joe will 

 probably go in for dazzling western eyes ; 

 better look out. 



All haiiil- f.M'l -.iiix fill- Kr.'il Smylhe, 



whose wilr 1111. 1 -I'll ill., I ,1 Wfrk a.J.l. 



Fred was pi.pniiirj t., -p. ,11.1 .i Imppy 

 and prn,-]iri..ii- -ci.-.m nt N.up.nt witli 



