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The Weeldy Florists' Review. 



men that the bowling should be set down 

 lor Saturday. It was decided by the ex- 

 ecutive committee, and I trust that all 

 our rivals will take that view of it, as 

 it is the truthful one. We will begin 

 promptly in the morning and I hope that 

 the league represented by the captains 

 of the various clubs will vote to let a 

 team bowl off their three games consec- 

 utively, so that they can if they wish 

 get away. Keeping a team waiting for 

 the third game is nonsense. 



As these will be the last words I can 

 say to you before you come I trust that 

 none of you will stop home with the idea 

 that Buffalo is going to be crowded or 

 that accommodations will be difficult to 

 get or expensive, for none of these con- 

 ditions exist. Those who have not seen 

 the Pan-American and will not be able 

 to come later should all come for I am 

 certain that they will be more than 

 gratified, and I will also add as a last 

 reminder, that when you take the cars, 

 either the Elmwood, Main and Forest, 

 or Michigan ear, be sure to get off either 

 at the Lincoln Parkway or Elmwood 

 Gate. Walk through the Rose Garden 

 to the Triumphal Causeway and take in 

 the Grand Court on your arrival and 

 you never can be disappointed. Leave 

 the Midway until you have seen the 

 beautiful. 



The trade e.\hibit is going to be well 

 worth seeing this year. 



We have had a fair amount of horti- 

 cultural visitors this week. Paul Rich- 

 ter, of the Henry F. Michell firm; L. 

 H. Maas, of St. Louis; C. J. Ohmer, of 

 Cincinnati; J. W. C. Deake, and Mrs. 

 J. B. Deake, of Asheville, N. C. This 

 lady and gentleman are well known to 

 all attendants of the conventions and 

 are an advance guard. They have been 

 very loyal to our society and have come 

 a long distance every year wherever the 

 convention was held, and they have 

 come with the good and laudable pur- 

 pose of taking the convention back to 

 Asheville next year. Other visitors 

 were W. G. Williams, of the Dayton 

 Floral Company, of Dayton, Ohio, and 

 J. R. Goldman, of Middletown, Ohio. 



Pan-American Exposition. 



It seems hardly necessary to say any 

 more about the attractions we have at 

 the Pan-American, for you will all be 

 here within a few days and see and 

 judge for yourselves, so I will not at- 

 tempt to elaborate on any of the ex- 

 hibits. The sweet pea show which 

 opened on July 23 was slightly disap- 

 pointing in the number of exhibits, 

 many intending exhibitors writing to us 

 to say that the extraordinary hot weath- 

 er had ruined their flowers; still, there 

 were several collections of great merit. 

 W. Atlee Burpee put up a very fine table 

 consisting of about seventy-five vases, 

 and I am glad to say they are still keep- 

 ing it up. 



The grandest flowers, both in texture, 

 length of stem, purity of color and in 

 the great variety shown, were shown by 

 Mr. Charles Larrowe, of Coshocton, and 

 Mr. E: A. Higgins, of Avoca, N. Y. 

 They are both amateurs, but enthusiasts 

 on the sweet pea and their flowers were 

 simply magnificent. Mr. Larrowe had 

 rather the best and captured a majority 

 of the premiums. It might be interest- 

 ing to know the varieties which we 

 thought the most beautiful: Prima 

 Donna, Lovely, Sadie Burpee.Kmily Hen- 



derson, Othello, America, Aurora, Lady 

 Grisel Hamilton, Prince of Wales, Majl 

 of Honor, Gorgeous, Hon. H. Bonviere, 

 Mrs. Kckford, Salopian. There were al- 

 so shown many other beautiful varieties, 



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a long Inn., arnl «v (haiik lol h huii and 

 Mr. Larrowe for their presence and the 

 splendid show they put up. 



Other exhibitors were Henry A. Dreer, 

 James Viek's Sons, Charles C. Fritts, of 

 Titusville, another amateur, who sent a 

 splendid collection. When we have more 

 amateurs throughout the country take 

 hold of flowers as a hobby and grow 

 them to such perfection as these peas it 

 will be a sure and gratifying advance of 

 horticulture in this country. 



Visitors to the convention will have 

 an opportunity to see a magnificent col- 

 lection of gladiolus. The exhibit opens 

 on Aug. 6. We expect flowers from many 

 of the largest growers of the country. 

 Mr. H. H. Groff, of Simcoe, Ontario, be- 

 gan a week ago to send flowers from his 

 magnificent collection and we are now- 

 receiving daily some 500 spikes. They 

 occupy tables in the center of the laro-e 

 Horticulture Building. Mr. John A 

 Campbell, who represents Mr. Groff, is 

 here in charge and has brought with him 

 many unnamed seedlings of surpassing 

 beauty. It will be impossible to beoin 

 to describe these gladiolus. I hope you 

 will all see them and by the time you 

 are here there will be many thousand 

 spikes. 



Buffalo has been visited by so many 

 copious rains that the grounds at the 

 Pan-American and our avenues will 

 look at their very best. Come one, come 

 ^^^- William Scott. 



PHILADELPHIA, 



The Market. 



There are not nearly enough flowers 

 to go around. Not very much business, 

 but more could be created if the stock 

 could be had; another week should in- 

 crease the supply. Roses are becoming 

 a little more plentiful; Kaiserins are 

 the likeliest looking variety seen. The 

 first new crop of Beauties has arrived; 

 they are only fair. Asters are more 

 plentiful; 50 cents to $1.50 per 100 is 

 the price; a few choice flowers com- 

 mand $2. Achillea, pyrethrum, candy- 

 tuft and phlox find ready sale at fair 

 prices, there being much funeral work 

 about. Colflesh, of West Philadelphia, 

 is sending in some good sweet peas to 

 William J. Moore which bring 35 cents 

 per 100. Pond lilies are an acceptable 

 addition to the stock offered. Rudolph 

 Bingham, of Wellwood, and Amos Ebert, 

 of Ashland, are the shippers; the for- 

 mer to Edward Reid ; the latter to S. S. 

 Pennock. The white pond lilies are 

 worth about 50 cents per 100. Holly- 

 hocks are nearly over. George M. 

 Moss is handling some nice smilax that 

 brings 15 cents. 



To Buffalo. 



The Philadelphia Club and friends will 

 leave Reading Terminal, 12th and Market 

 streets, in special car attached to the 

 10:30 a. m. tiain on Monday, August 5, 

 scheduled to arrive in Buffalo at 9:20 

 p. m. Refreshments will be provided on 

 train. The fare will be one and one-third 



rate on the certificate plan, $9.25 to be 

 paid at starting point, and return trip 

 costing one-third, making a total of 

 $12.35. This includes stop-over privi- 

 leges at Watkins Glen on return. 



Various Items. 



Henry A. Drccr Company reports an 

 increase in the demand for perennials. 

 ITiey are now sending out quite a lot of 

 some of the perennials. Their Harrisii-i 

 have arrived in good shape. Indications 

 point to a short crop this season. 



Joseph Kift & Son have an interest- 

 ing window full of tiny cacti in spe- 

 cially made pot of minute size. 



Robert Scott & Son are sending in 

 some Kaiserins to S. S. Pennock. 



A fungus or callous growth has* at- 

 tacked some of the cheaper Frencli 

 grown stocks sent here for grafting. 

 The growth is of walnut size, at the 

 base of the stems, and entirely checks 

 growth. 



Two commission cases. First, a ship- 

 ment of carnations received Monday af- 

 ternoon; 35 cents more could have been 

 realized had the flowers arrived early in 

 the morning. Second, a basket of mis- 

 cellaneous flowers with lilies laid on 

 top was sent by express; lilies ruined 

 when basket was opened; they would 

 have brought a good price if properly 

 packed in a suitable box. Moral — Keep 

 in touch with your commission man. 



It is a curious fact that the H. A. 

 Dreer Company now control all the stock 

 in this country of the two most striking; 

 novelties in the plant line today— Paif- 

 danus Sanderii and Gerbera Jamesonii. 

 Pandanus Sanderii has, not long since, 

 been described in these columns. Gerbera 

 Jamesonii called the Transvaal Daisy, 

 has been creating much interest of 

 late; it is dwarf in habit, not attaining 

 a height of over 8 or 10 inches, but it 

 throws up a profusion of flowers on long 

 stems which gives a height of about IS 

 inches to the plant when in bloom. Here 

 is the strong point of the Transvaal 

 daisy— it is almost never out of bloom 

 after it reaches maturity. George D. 

 Clark, to whom I am indebted for the 

 facts regarding this plant, states that a 

 4-year-old plant of the Transvaal daisy 

 was in bud or bloom for three years right 

 along; certainly a remarkable 'instance of 

 long and continuous blooming. The chief 

 attraction about the daisy is the color 

 of the flowers and their size; under fa- 

 vorable conditions the blooms are of a 

 bright scarlet and measure 4 inches 

 acro.ss. The plant is half hardy and may 

 prove a valuable acquisition as a cut 

 flower. Plants can now be seen growing 

 in the frames at Riverton. The young 

 stock will be offered January 1. 



Oddly enough this daisy was brought 

 into competition with Pandanus San- 

 derii in the class for the best novelty at 

 the meeting of the New York Horticul- 

 tural Society last May. The daisy won 

 the $50 prize. The comparison seems a 

 little absurd. 



By an unhappy error the name of .Jo- 

 seph Bevis & Son was spelled wrong last 

 week. 



The bowling team to represent Phila- 

 delphia at Buffalo will consist of Messrs. 

 Moss. Conker, Kift, Anderson, Gibson 

 and Westcott. with Messrs. Stjirkey and 

 Graham as substitutes. 



Another Old Saw. 



If .vou wish for to shine 

 In the pigeon shooting line 



