The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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PITTSBURG. 



Trade among retailers has heeii fair 

 this first weelc in July. It is mostly 

 funeral work owing to the great many 

 deaths occurring from the great heat 

 the beginning of the week. 



Really good flowers are not over- 

 plentiful, the hot weather seems to be 

 too much for blooms under glass. Kaiser- 

 in is the only good rose to be had now. 

 Some carnations are fair and some not 

 near fair. Sweet peas are plentiful and 

 a few herbaceous flowers are coming in, 

 such as coreopsis, achillea, etc. Longi- 

 florum lilies are still to be had: thcj 

 have been plentiful since last winter. 



The growers are busy taking care of 

 carnations in the fields. The season has 

 been so very wet that it was hard to 

 get them planted and worked between 

 rains. The grower- in..,tly have the 

 carnations in the Imhi-c- \ri. Imt from 

 the looks of some n\ I In- KImmius ofl'ered 

 they would be bettri- on I lie iliiiii|i. Koses 

 seem to be about all planted litre. 



A couple of weeks ago a hailstorm did 

 some damage to glass hereabouts. At the 

 same time a flood hurt florists who have 

 their plants in valleys as Oscar Held and 

 Breitenbaugh Bros. 



On July 1 Blind Bros, succeeded to 

 the establishment of their father, C. 

 Blind, at West View, Allegheny. They 

 have about twelve n'ce houses 'and are 

 making improvements right along. One 

 of the brothers, H. L., was married June 

 18 to Miss Weber, of Perrysville. A 

 good many florists attended the wedding 

 and had quite a nice time. 



Thursday evening the club meets and 

 will arrange for the picnic at Burki's 

 farm at Bakerstown on the 17th. Mr. 

 Burki wants all to come and join in the 

 fun. B.*.EB. 



PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. 



Sweet Pea Exhibition. 

 The special exhibition of sweet peas 

 will be held July 23 to Aug. 2, and it 

 promises to be an unusually interesting 

 one. Following are the classes in which 

 awards will be made: 



1—25 spraya of Pure White 



2—25 sprays of Yellow or Primrose 



3—25 sprays of Blush or Light Pink. 



4—25 spraya of Rose or Deep Pink. 



5—25 sprays of Orange or Salmon. 



6—25 sprays of Mauve or Lavender. 



7—25 sprays of Red or Scarlet. 



8—25 sprays of Maroon. 



9 — 25 sprays of Blue. 

 10 — 25 sprays of Contrasting Shades. 

 U— 25 sprays of Light Stripes or Blends. 

 12— 2J sprays of Dark Stripes or Blends. 



14 — Collection of 12 vases, same conditions as 

 class 13. 



15— Collection of novelties: introduction of cur- 

 rent year: 10 sprays each variety. 



16— Group cf 6 distinct varieties: 25 spraya 

 each, in three colors: Pure White, Light 

 Pink and Lavender. 



17— Group of 6 distinct varieties; 25 spraya 

 each, in three colors; Red or Scarlet, 

 Deep Pink and Orange. 



distinct varieties: 25 sprays 



Blu 



colo 



Prin 



Maroon, 

 Variegated. 



exceed 200 sprays. Quality 

 of flowers, harmony of colors, and taste 

 In arrangement to govern. 

 20— Genera! Display, 25 sprays of each variety. 

 " " ' " " 'ved by Superintendent 





Exhibits 



opening day. 



Other special exhibitions to be held 

 during the season are as follows: Glad- 

 iolus, Aug. 6 to 17; Asters, Aug. 27 to 



Sept. 7; Dahlias, Sept. 17 to 27; Chrys- 

 anthemums, Oct. 22 to 31. Copies of a 

 pamphlet containing the classes for all 

 the special exhibitions, including rules 

 and regulations, may be had by address- 

 ing William Scott, Horticulture Build- 

 ing, Pan-American Exposition, Buffalo, 

 N. Y. 



BUFFALO HOTELS. 



No special rates will be made by the 

 Buflfalo hotels for convention week except 

 to large parties. Below will be found a 

 list of the leading hotels with the rates 

 per day for rooms on the European plan. 

 The rate given is for the cheapest rooms 

 and there will be no limit to the "up" 

 if the crowds are large and the demand 

 for rooms brisk. But the Buffalo Flor- 

 ists' Club has a long list of other hotels, 

 apartment houses, private houses, etc., 

 from which they can supply accommoda- 

 tions for every one and at any price de- 

 sired. 



Write to the chairman of the hotel 

 committee, W. A. Adams, 479 Main St., 

 Buffalo, N. Y., telling him just what 

 sort of accommodations you wish and at 

 what price and he will see that you 

 get it: 



Iroquois $4.00 per day and up, European 



Tifft 3.00 per day and up, European 



Broezel 3.00 per day and up, European 



Genesee 3.00 per day and up, European 



Mansion 3.00 per day and up. European 



Gruener's 1.50 per day and up, European 



Detroit 1.00 per day and up. European 



Victoria 1.00 per day and up, European 



Vendome 1.50 per day and up, European 



Columbia 1.00 per day and up, European 



Niagara 3.00 per day and up, European 



Lennox 3.00 per day and up, European 



Statler's 2.00 per day and up, European 



TRAVEL TO THE WEST. 



More and more each j-ear Americans 

 are finding out the attractions of our 

 own country, and as they grow to realize 

 the charm of life among the Colorado 

 mountains or in the Y'ellowstone Park 

 the tendency is toward greater travel 

 West instead of East for health and rec- 

 reation. The railroads, too, are alive 

 to the new conditions and have made 

 lower tourist rates this year than ever 

 before. And then the train time has been 

 vastly improved, so that now it takes 

 only one night on the road between the 

 Atlantic Coast and Denver, that is, by 

 using the Burlington's fast train from 

 Chicago. 



New Castle, Ikd. — A heavy wind- 

 storm did serious damage here last week. 

 One of the partly constructed green- 

 houses in the new range of Eeinberg & 

 Weilaiid was badly handled by the 

 storm. The house is 31x300 and 125 

 feet of the north side was glazed. The 

 wind blew all this glass out, bars and 

 all, but left the rest of the house stand- 

 ing. About 50 lights of glass were 

 broken in five other houses that were 

 finished. The total loss in the town 

 due to the storm was about $5,000. 



Aurora, 111. — Remarkable progress 

 is being made in beautifying the city 

 through the efforts of a civic improve- 

 ment committee of twenty-one members, 

 chosen from the local Woman's Club, 

 which has a membership of 200. They 

 see that the ordinances regarding gar- 

 ba,ge, etc., are strictly enforced, are plant- 

 ing extensively in public places and are 

 oft'f ring prizes for best kept school yards, 

 and best kept back yard in each ward, 

 as well as carrying on the good work in 

 inanv other directions. 



LOUIS"VILLE, KY. 



The Kentucky Society of Florists held 

 tlieir monthly meeting July 3 at the res- 

 ilience of Mr. Henry Fuehs. The attend- 

 ance was good and considerable business 

 was transacted. The society had the 

 pleasure of having Mr. John Pehrson, 

 iciiresenting the Geo. Wittbold Co., of 

 Chicago, with them. After the meeting 

 ailjiiurned Mr. H. Fuchs invited the boys 

 to' a fine spread which was very much 

 enjoyed by all present. Mr. John Bohr- 

 mnun acted as best man and gave the 

 boys a good speech on how to grow Bos- 

 ton ferns. 



The boys are talking a good deal about 

 the coming convention at Buffalo. 



Trade is very quiet here. The weather 

 is a little cooler. Carnations in the field 

 are looking very fine and making a nice 

 •_;r.mili. S\\((i |ioas are a drug on the 

 111.11 I .1 1;^ -. - are very scarce and car- 



\\\. S. .[. 'J'iMiiiipson, who w&s injured 

 some time ago, is improving. 



Mr. 'Victor Mathis, the Bank street 

 florist, is remodeling his greenhouses. 



A Heitz has moved to his new place, 

 just opposite St. Louis cemetery. 



Hy. Lichtefeld. 



"THE BOXER BOOK." 



A copy of this new book by Wm. Roe 

 has been sent us by the publisher, Frank 

 Finsterbach, 3030 Archer Ave., Chicago. 

 It is written to point out the dangerous 

 possibilities of the "Yellow Peril" quite 

 frequently mentioned in the daily press. 

 While the author in endeavoring to warn 

 against all the dangers rather carries it 

 to extremes there is undoubtedly a real 

 menace to white labor, and it is not 

 so very remote. We have not as yet 

 felt the competition of yellow labor to 

 any appreciable extent but Europe has. 

 Already Japan is sending us merchandise 

 that formerly came from Europe, notably 

 fancy baskets, tooth brushes and various 

 objects of ornament. We were informed 

 by an importer and manufacturer of 

 brushes that the Japs took samples of 

 his brushes and imitated them exactly 

 at a price less than the bristles alone cost 

 him. Chinese labor is even cheaper than 

 that of Japan. Five to eight cents a 

 day of fifteen hours for ski'led labor 

 miMii- iiMist serious competition even 

 a^::iiii-i .iiiliiiiiry machinery, and as Mr. 

 Kill |Miiiii, Milt, if we freely give them 

 till- Iniirlil ..I iiin mechanical inventions 

 white labor would stand no chance at all. 

 He recommends the formation of a white 

 "Boxer" society. The price of the book 

 in paper covers is 25 cents and it is well 

 . h reading. 



SHIREMANSTOWN, PA. 



A few days ago John F. Rupp used up 

 his surplus stock by presenting baskets 

 containing twenty-two assorted bedding 

 plants to each of forty engineers, conduc- 

 tors, expressmen, baggagemen and brake- 

 men on his shipping road as a token of 

 appreciation of their prompt and care- 

 ful handling of his large shipments o'f 

 plants. They were highly pleased with 

 the compliment and regarded the baskets 

 of plants as something of great worth. 



Northampton, Mass. — Charles Feik- 

 er has added a new greenhouse. 



Worcester, Mass. — At the exhibition 

 of the Horticultural Society June 27 the 

 leading features were roses, hardy flow- 

 ers, strawberries and vegetables. 



