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The Weeldy Florists' Review. 



GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. 



We luiv.. h-.Hl all kiii.ls of weather since 

 Decoration Day. Tlie past few days 

 have been as liot as Tophct, and the 

 commencements all having taken place, 

 has resulted in an exodus to the sum- 

 mer resorts of all those who can flee 

 from the city's heat for the cool lake 

 breezes. 



A- fnl- i]..\Vr,~. \\rll. lll.M' i- U glut at 



hi-1. ( ,iMi,ii i..M~ ,11. in 1,(1! .Top: First 



el:i- M -. hiiIn. ;i,,. ,,i .;.!,iand, the 



inlni..! il, .»,.,- liii.li,,.^ il,r,i Auy to the 

 dump. Koses are nut so bad: although 

 very plentiful nearly all the tirst-class 

 blooms have found a ready sale. 



Out-of-town commencements have 

 helped in a very gratifying manner to 

 keep the roses from accumulating. 



The demand this spring for bedding 

 plants has been the best ever known, and 

 while the bedding is not yet completed, 

 it is rapidly drawing to " a close. The 

 first of next month will see its finish. 



Activity in the replanting of violet 

 and rose houses is already "noticed in 

 some establishments and will continue 

 until all rose, violet and mum houses 

 are planted. 0. F. C. 



FROM OUR ENGLISH EXCHANGES. 



The Gardeners' Chronicle. 



Caladium Minus Ebube.scen.s. — For 

 general decorative purposes either in 

 the store or the dwelling this species 

 of caladium cannot be excelled, and in 

 places where much indoor decoration is 

 in vogue, the plant should be grown in 

 quantity. If potted in small pots, it 

 forms a companion plant to the more 

 delicate C. argyrites, while if repeatedly 

 shifted into slightly larger pots, and 

 the largest tubers selected, specimens 2 

 feet high and diameter may be grown, 

 as useful in vases and in other ways. 

 C minus erubescens is one of the spe- 

 cialties of Mr. Kemp, the gardener at 

 Stoke Park, Slough, who uses it largely 

 in domestic- decoration. Half-decayed 

 horse manure rubbed through the meshes 

 of a i-inch .sieve forms about one-half 

 of the potting compost, the other half 

 being made up of turfy loam and a small 

 quantity of silver-sand. 



Streptosolen Jamesoni. — There are 

 four plants of this beautiful greenhouse 

 plant at pre.sent growing in beds in the 

 Conservatory, Kew. Two of these are 

 in loam exclusively, and two others have 

 peat. Those in the loam are blooming 

 very much more freely than the others. 

 If the use of pure loam will always have 

 the same result, this information will 

 be valuable. 



The Gardeners' Magazine. 

 AcTiox OF Bacteria on Bones. — It 

 is regarded as certain that bacteria play 

 an important part in the dissolution of 

 liMiie-. -I tliMl if rapid dissolution is 

 (lesiicl it follows that the bacteria 

 shoiiiil Ik- allorded every opportunity of 

 doing their work. Some experiments 

 have, observes the Lancet, shown that 

 when sifted bone-meal was inoculated 

 with various bacteria, and kept wet, a 



thel 



,uht be expected, into simpler com- 

 unds of the type of ammonia, but the 

 1st curious results consisted in the fact 

 at the soluble phosphate of lime was 



converted into soluble phosphoric acid. 

 The exiiirinients were confirmed by oats 



fnoeuliiliiiL. '.Ml 1.1. Ill 1 .1. 1.1 1,1. riM 



Viel.l 111 .i:ii^ ,.,1- 1,11 .,i.Mi. I -,'.lii.|i Hie 

 bone iiienl n:i- mm. ii l,il r,l in ihi- w;iy. 

 Several species of Liaeleria were employed 

 with results which varied widely. 



Febtiuzers for Carnations.— In the 

 report of the \:ition;il C;ini:itioii and 



Picotee Soeiel \ ;l|i|.e:ll- :lll illliTCsting 



record of ex|iei iin.iii - ,,1111,11 ,iii at the 

 Wye .-Vgrieuliiii.il 1 ..II, ■_■,■. !',i|l,iu inir is 



cedu 



the mixture of "three ounces of phos- 

 phates, one-third of an ounce of potash, 

 and half an ounce of nitrogen" with the 

 soil in each eight-inch pot. Sulphate of 

 ammonia and nitrate of soda were used 

 a.s the sources of nitrogen; carbonate of 

 potash was used as the source of potash, 

 and the phosphates used were super- 

 phosphate of lime and phosphatic guano 

 in the proportion of five to three. Plants 

 grown with the aid of these fertilizers 

 are described as producing a vigorous 

 growth and finely developed blooms. Ex- 

 cellent results were also obtained from 

 using one ounce of phosphates, one-third 

 of an ounce of potash, half an ounce 

 of nitroL;en, and one-fifth of an ounce 

 of sulpliate of iron, the plants being re- 

 markable for the depth of color of both 

 flowers and "grass." The record of the 

 experiments with Aglaia is not so clear 

 as could be desired, but we gather that 

 the use of a combination similar to that 

 in the second of the two experiments 

 mentioned in referring to Quentin Dur- 

 ward was highly beneficial. In this case, 

 how-ever, the nitrate was applied in the 

 form of siUphate of ammonia and nitrate 

 of soda in three doses, between April 

 10 and June 15, while the sulphate of 

 iron was given in two doses, the dates 

 of app,lication having been May 7 and 

 June 15. 



Springfield, Mass. — R. W. Carter, 

 manager of a market garden in West 

 Springfield, has applied for a patent on 

 an apparatus for sterilizing soil. It is 

 said that through the use of his device 

 1,000 cubic feet of soil can be heated to 

 200 degrees and thereby thoroughly ster- 

 ilized at a cost of but $1.50. There is 

 certainly a future for the apparatus if 

 it does all that is claimed for it. 



Batavia, III.— The Williams & Sons 

 Co. greenhouse plant has been sold to 

 Oscar Anderson for .$8,000. The houses 

 will be removed. This was once an im- 

 portant growing establishment, sending 

 many flowers to the Chicago market fif- 

 teen or eighteen years ago. 



Atlanta, Ga. — The petition of John 

 A. Lambert to enjoin the Lambert Floral 

 Co. from using his name in its title was 

 heard by .Judge Lumpkin June 8 and the 

 injunction denied. 



St. Claie, Minn. — Thos, J. Ward, pro- 

 prietor of the St. Clair Nursery, was re- 

 centlv married, the bride being Miss B. 

 A. Whitney. 



WniTESBOBO, N. Y. — John Owens is 

 building a large greenhouse at his place 

 on upper Main street. 



Port Clinton, O.— Payne & Woner 

 are building a new greenhouse. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



\\ . Atlec Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, 

 w liiilisale prices on vegetable seeds; 

 liaiiniiann & Co., San Giovanni a Teduc- 

 ,1,1, Italy, catalogue of bulbs, roots and 

 orchids; E. H. Krelage & Zoon, Haar- 

 lem, Holland, special trade offer of 

 bulbs; Wm. Baylor Hartland, 24 Patrick 

 street, Cork, Ireland, daffodils and rare 

 single tulips. 



San Francisco, Cal. — At the last 

 iii,,tiiis- of the California State Floral 

 ^.,i,ty it was decided to hold a floral 

 iiiiL^ir^s every second year. A dahlia 

 exhibition will be he'd in September. 

 The receipts of the recent exhibition were 

 reported as $911.50 and the disburse- 

 ments as $598.80. It was proposed to 

 hold outdoor meetings during the sum- 



Canonsburo, Pa. — H. B. Thompson, 

 the florist and gardener, has combined 

 business and re'igiou in a handsome new 

 delivery wagon. In addition to his busi- 

 ness card the wagon is lettered with nu- 

 merous scriptural quotations. It has 

 made quite a sensation. 



Cii AtT.xiQi'A, X. Y. — On account of 

 til, , ,,iit iiiiicl wei weather all gardening 

 i- I. It, III tlii- -,.,tion. Mrs. H. D. Irwin 

 ha- ju-t liiii-hed the bedding at the 

 Chautauqua Assembly Grounds, two 

 weeks later than any year before. 



Detroit, Mich. — The mid-summer 

 meeting of the Michigan State Horti- 

 cultural Society was held in the Cadillac 

 Hotel, this city, last week. There were 

 about fifty in attendance. 



Fresno, Cal. — A beetle that has been 

 very destructive to roses in this vicinity 

 has been determined by the United States 

 Entomologist to be Hoplia callipyge, a 

 native of this state. 



Waterloo, Neb. — Miss Annie L. Emer- 

 son, daughter of Frank T. Emerson, the 

 seedsman, was married June 26 to Harry 

 G. Coy. 



Louisville, Ky. — S. J. Thompson, the 

 florist, recently sustained serious inju- 

 ries as the result of a fall from a horse. 



Fall Eiver, Mass. — Fire did damage 

 to the amount of about $500 to the 

 greenhouses of H. Whittaker June 17. 



Lake Geneva, Wis.— A conservatory 

 is being erected on the grounds of the 

 summer home of Harry G. Selfridge. 



OwATONNA, Minn. — The Clinton Falls 

 Nursery Company has been incorporated 

 with /capital stock of $50,000. 



1, the land- 

 home here 



Saco, Me.— John McCallr 

 scape gardener, died at hi 

 June 13, aged 78 years. 



Dunkirk, N. Y. — M. Schwam has 

 bought land here and will build green- 

 houses. 



Red Oak, Ia.— Anderson & Olson will 

 soon build a range of greenhouses here. 



Cleveland, 0. — The F. R. Williams 

 Co. is building three houses each 24x150. 



Corry, Pa. — W. J. Olds has closed his 

 floral store in the Brown block. 



Anoka, Minn. — D. 0. Pratt is building 

 tliree new houses. 



