The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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aianieter, tlic center of lilack Be; 

 eanna and sunounded with several i 

 of McKinley. But two weeks more 

 1 hope to liave much more to saj- a 

 oannas. 



The greatest addition I'l mii in 

 exhibits of hite is a linr ,nll,<ii,,i 

 palms. (Iraea-nas and pand;! nn- tMim I 

 Cowell of the Botanic i;.nilrn, I h. 

 partment of \\'nrk~ ;i it -nil liu-\ |i 

 ing out thousainU nt .illn lu nl li.i ;i- 



other carpet licdilm;: |il,int- in i \ 



signs in the e'oLiit ot Lilic.^ and ( 

 of Cypress. This makes their scasoi 

 display rather short, but I suppot 

 will all look its best when the ci 



is la 



\V. 



BLOW-OFF VALVES. 



The returns from our houses wore car- 

 ried level with the top of the boiler and 

 then dropped vertically beside the boiler 

 wall, enterini; the boiler with an cIIionv. 



other cIImiw |i(iiiii iiiu nj.waiJ, ,iiil llicn 

 a short ni]>|ilr, tlm- iMininiL' ■> |"' I'l i'H' 

 the sediment fmni tiic iiipc- t- cullci in. 

 Should not an opening witli valve 

 have been left through which to blow out 

 the sediment from the pipe in ca>c it 

 should stop up? 



Constant Reauek. 



HeXRY W. (TlBIiOXM. 



BOSTON. 



.Seven more nights have fallen witlioul 

 breaking, seven more mornings have 

 broken without falling, and the seven 

 enclosed days have been quiet ones in- 

 deed to the florists of the Htib. Tliev 

 have brrn .!c;ii .it Ibc rear end uf I!,,- 

 procc^-i'in. l;irllH-i li..ni 1 In- l.iin.l ivjj 



W I 



mrt ;i lr'\ niiiint.--' work cvcr.\- ni..iiiinu' 

 inly, .inci .i (.nnik.r meeting for the rest 

 if till- ihi>. dm ing which the spirit 

 ncivc- -rl.i.Mii ;ind without much vigor. 

 \11 -ci- n:ilil.- 'J. nd- are now represented 



Ihr 



thing iiideed coming that can be called 

 even good. There would be quite a little 

 excitement except for the fact that good 



good goods. There may be an item in 

 the aster situation. Ov\ ina to the lint 

 streaks in the weatlin pi .ili,.l.ly. t],v tir-t 

 crop at least will [imim in tin njtuie of 



in liul most of them look as if they ''were 

 -.ni\ ilicv came. Prices range from 1 to 

 L' nut- each. 



M.,n,y is also ofV crop and all that 



1.111 .li:i -I'l ~ l.rinv in i- M'i \ -ni;i II and can 



cidl.-.ii-d arc I- I, ml, hkr iici'maneut 



as-.|-. \;,.-.,lhi,,- li.nr tl,r ,;i||._ They 



ai-e nici^tly nt a li.ra! elm Ko-t cr so far as 

 I have heard, 1'. L. Carbone being the 

 only one to actually leave the country. 

 His habit of dropping over to Europe 

 every summer seems to be getting 

 chronic. 



It makes the collision between the 

 steamer "Tremont" and j-acht "Wild 

 Dink" -iiiiiid nearer when we learn that 

 .]. W. Timlix \\as on board the former 

 and i-ra]Hd ]iy jumping to the deck of 

 tlic rcsruiiiL^ -I (Miner. His story proves 

 that the nru -|ia |i.a- arrMiint- wwe molli- 

 fied to beiiclit llir -Ic iiii-lii|i r, iii|iaiiv. as 

 he saw scMaal pa -niun , ->■ d.iwn be- 

 tween the M-.id- and I lie danger to all 

 .III luaid wa- run^idc rcil much more im- 

 niiinnt tliaii irp.ntiil. He lost a brand 

 iiru lull and knows enmigh to feel very 

 grateful to have a head left to put the 

 iH\t line upon. He credits one so-called 

 lile preserver to his account with the 

 stcimship company, interesting from the 

 fact that it is partly filled with bul- 

 rushes and is much in the nature of a 

 fake. Prcttv place to work the great 

 American business principle! 



J. S. ilAXTER. 



NEW YORK. 

 Club Outing. 



irspon-ible. However, those who went 

 are ir|i(irted to have had a good time. 

 Tile ladies had a Iwwling match at the 

 grove and this proved one of the most 

 exciting events of the day. 



A baseball game between the "Boiler 

 Men" and "Florists' was quite an af- 

 fair. The former won with a score of 

 13 to 8. The fat men's race was won 

 bv Traendlv. who went it alone, quite a 

 distance. A uieetinL- of the .-Inii was 



held on tllr liiiat. I'lr-ldrlit ^lirridall lir,' 



prize for the iladison Square show next 

 fall. The meeting adjourned till the 

 loth. 



Various Items. 



Quite a few florists have sailed for 

 Europe the past week or so. P. Ouwer- 



kerk. Jnliiis i;,,dirs, 1 f. A. Sirkivrht and 



\Mt.- and ■Idiol.ia- \ L'. .h . »riv 



: M'J llir \,->i >-.||.,a- I,. I iMi a 



l.fi l.iliind -tial away for a day or two 

 til i-.apr t he iir.iiling city. 



.\ \.i-t aiiiiiunt of flowers have been 

 sent til ijulgciing steamers lately: it 

 would appear that the old cust-im'is be- 



- at the sail- 

 riiursday. 

 ts have been 



ing revived, but instead of incongruous 

 designs, the tendency seems to be toward 

 lni\.> lit liowri-. Till' leading florists 

 make .piite a di-play with wagons and 

 li\erird folks at 1 li.-i' -teaniers. A spe-- 

 cial ii,.--n-ei uitli lloueis from H. H. 

 Battle-, IMiil.id.dphia. mad.- the New 



York r. o„- -hou uhitr r; 



ing of the Dciit-.liland oi 



Flowers of nio-lly all s 

 extremely scarri' : -rainlx a n>- roses are 

 coming in, and -wicl pia- have been 

 very nimli dainaurd li\ hot weather. 

 Those liiMiiLj \i.toiias and Brunners 

 are i;riiiiiu tlim .,\\n prire^ for them. 



Luiato-. ilie i;reek lloiist of Seventy- 

 fourth street and Columbus avenue, is 

 dead. 



Richard Griggs, the well known Dutch- 

 ess county gardener, has taken a posi- 

 tion with Renter on tlie .lolm Spalding 

 place at New London. ( onii- \li. Keu- 

 ter, of Westerly, R. I.. le.vntU p. ii, based 

 that old landmark and ha^ also opened 



and lii- dan 

 At tho Hi 



8:4.5 a. m., on Aug. 5, arriving at Buf- 

 falo at 7:30 p. m. If 100 can be got to 

 go a s]iecial train will be provided. The 

 fare will In- .^lOTn excursion, on the cer- 

 titiiai. pi iM It i- earnestly hoped a 

 M-iy laiLji' d.l.'jalioii will go from this 

 litv. Thr li.ad.inaitrrs of the New York 

 chill will lie at ih. I.arkin Flats, Buf- 

 falo. The outing ilii.^ report will 



be left over until Hie nirelmg after tlie 

 convention. Tlie aliah was a financial 

 failure, but gave pleasure to those at- 

 tending. 



,Toe ^landa exhibited a splendid speci- 

 men Oucidium flexuosum, for which he 

 was awarded a certificate of merit. 

 Young & Nugent offered $25 for twen- 

 ty-five American Beauties at the club's 

 fall show. The supplementary sched- 

 ule for the Xew York show will be is- 

 sued early in September. 



The return match between the Flat- 

 bush and Xew Y'ork Florists' Bowling 

 Clubs took place on :Monday night on 

 the alleys of the latter. The weather 

 was intensely hot and only cranks en- 

 joyed the sweatbox. Flatbiisli was rep- 

 resented by a weak team. tlie\ even 

 having to borrow a New ^olk iiian. Of 



\, A -.MKK. FLATBI'SH, 



I I, a.i iii Kir Lemz mi m hki 



r i;. uu I3ii Sehmiuz.iil i.ii n'.i 



^ , Ji KiO 118 Raynor...,I.M ITr. 171 



laiii.- If,' i.iU 15:f Wocker ...Ri7 vn \ti 



Tln..i.i..,,i,i..lsj 212 170 Riley lo2 US 2U0 



A meeting of the bowling club will be 

 held at Traendlv's store on Alnndav next 

 at 7 iM-lock. All menilu-i. aiv lu.jently 

 reqnestel to attend. I'.mv I iiej n. \1 Moii 

 dav iii:;lit will he on llio n.-u all.-.vs at 

 Tli'irtN-lirst and Broadway at S p. m. 

 J. I. D. 



Semi .Mivs. now for tl* annual Con- 

 ■iiiion Xniiiber of the Fr.ORi.STs' Review 

 , be i"ued Aug. 8th. 



Yox; WILL find all the best offers all 

 le time in our classified advs. 



