The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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And fling it everywhere. 

 A\"ear a fancy cap or more so. 

 Hang all colors round ycur torso 

 Like a barber's pole or plaid. 

 Don't go in for beauty. 

 To be startling is your duty 

 If shooting you try my lad. 

 And every one will say 

 .\s you wander along your way 

 "Why this gay bird we see 

 Will outshoot the great J. B. 

 In the Buffalo affiay.' 



Bedding at Girard College. 



Tlie very bo.st bedding in or near this 

 c-ity today is to be found at Girard Col- 

 lege. The bedding is quite extensive, 

 the plants well grown and the ideas are 

 practical and skillfully executed. I went 

 to see the college grounds and green- 

 houses one morning this week. I went 

 especially to see the superintendent, 



fancy caladiums, the whole being partly 

 shaded by trees. An Knglish visitor was 

 much pleased with this bed, which Mr. 

 Huster thinks would be improved by the 

 use of Phoenix rupicola instead of Sea- 

 forthia. Another effective tropical bed 

 was planted with Pandanus Veitchii 

 mixed with Dractena Sanderiana, the 

 edging being formed of Acalypha tri- 

 color, then peperomia and Tradescantia 

 discolor, an old timer, rarely seen now. 

 The best varieties of cannas noted were 

 Columbia, Madame Crozy, Alleraania 

 and the Dulve of Marlborough. 



The varieties of small plants used in 

 the carpet beds are Alternanthera aurea, 

 A. rosea, A. brilliantissima and a deep 

 colored one secured from Dreer's under 

 a number (name unknown), Echeveria 

 secunda glauca, E. Eosetti, more compact 

 than the former ; Sedum earnea and 

 Crassula aurea. Sanchezia spectabilis 



Charley Balluff and 



id. Winterson Dispensing Prcscriptio 

 Chicago Florists' Club Last Week. 



at the Picnic of the 



George Huster, whose ability has here 

 found a field. 



•The principal beds at Girard College 

 are laid out between the main building 

 and the south entrance. They consist 

 of two groups lying on each side of a 

 broad walk. These groups are formed 

 of twenty or more beds cut out of the 

 turf and are identical in design. In 

 the center of each group is a raised cir- 

 cular bed seventy-five feet in circumfer- 

 ence containing about 10,000 plants. A 

 handsome bank of crotons, twenty-five 

 varieties, form the center ; around this 

 is a band of Achyranthus Lindenii ; from 

 this to the edge slopes a star pattern of 

 alternantheras and echeverias. Around 

 this central bed are laid out other beds 

 of various shapes planted chiefly with 

 crotons and geraniums. The crotons were 

 all young plants, brilliantly colored. An 

 effective bed planted with four varieties 

 contained Baron James de Rothschild 

 in the center, Day Spring, Weismanni 

 and Queen Victoria in the order named. 

 In geraniums S. A. Nutt is the best 

 crimson ; other reliable varieties are Le 

 Pilote, scarlet; Mrs. Deering, pale pink; 

 Madame Thibaut, purplish pink ; Mrs. 

 Parker, which has replaced Mountain 

 of Snow as a variegated border, and 

 Madame Salleroi, variegated foliage. 



There are many other handsome beds, 

 the most striking being one planted wil 

 ten feet high Seaforthia elegans in such 

 a way as to shade a great variety of 



makes a fine edging for one of the Pan- 

 danus Veitchii beds. Two thousand five 

 hundred crotons are grown, all young 

 plants as before mentioned, exceptionally 

 well colored. I think they would prove 

 a revelation to many of our growers. 

 About thirty varieties of cacti are seen 

 here. Cotyledon coryphylum is used with 

 the echeverias in edging the caeti bed. 

 It is thought a good thing, but rather a 

 slow grower. phil. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Market conditions are about the same 

 as last week. Shipping trade holds up 

 well for the season and there is still a 

 shortage in roses and carnations, espe- 

 cially white. Inside carnations are pret- 

 ty well burnt up and the outside plants 

 are not yet producing enough to fuUj' 

 meet the demand. Recent heavy rains 

 and cooler weather have helped the lat- 

 ter materially, though, and a better 

 supply is expected very soon. The best 

 of the roses (and the best are pretty 

 poor) go at $.3 to .$j, with the poorest 

 at $1 to $2. Some extra good Golden 

 Gates have brought as high as $6. In 

 carnations the best outdoor blooms 

 range from $l.-25 to $1.50, while or- 

 dinary stock brings from 50 cents to $1. 



Gladiolus are now much in evidence 

 and move fairly well at $2.50 to $4, 

 with some selected spikes of light col- 



ors bringing as high as $5 and $6. As- 

 ters average very poor in quality, but 

 there is an occasional batch of good 

 ones and these move very well at $2. 

 The poorest are unsalable. Good smi- 

 lax i.s scarce and in brisk demand. 



To Buffalo. 



The Florists' Club's special train to 

 Buffalo is filling up fast and the party 

 wilf be a large one. The train will 

 leave Dearborn station (Wabash rail- 

 way) at 4 p. ra. Monday, Aug. 5. Sec 

 announcement elsewhere m this issue. 

 Various Items. 



Several growers will begin housing 

 carnations next week. Tlie recent heavy 

 rains have made conditions favorable, 

 Ethel Crocker has shown up well a.s 

 a summer bloomer outside. First class 

 blooms of this variety from outside 

 plants are now bringing $1.50 per 100. 



C. M. Dickinson has returned from 

 liis fishing and hunting trip. 



The bowling team to represent Chi- 

 cago at Buflfalo, consisting of George 

 Asnuis, E. F. VVinterson, P. J. Haus- 

 wirtli, John Degnan, F. Stollery, and 

 Josipli Foerster, played three practice 

 .games last Tuesday evening. A .scrub 

 team composed of C. Balluff, G. L. 

 Grant, F. Matti, C. W. Scott, G. SM;o]- 

 lery and F. Steeres played against them 

 just to make things interesting, and 

 tliere was much laughter and applause 

 when the scrubs won out in one of the 

 uanu's. The regular team will play an- 

 other set of practice games next Friday 

 evening. 



We still hear echoes from the very 

 successful picnic given by the Florists' 

 Club last week, and reported in our last 

 issue. 



Recent visitors: R. Nicholson, of the 

 Texas Seed & Floral Company, Dallas, 

 Tex.; E. W. Marland, of Alexandria 

 Floral Company, Alexandria, Ind.; Geo. 

 Souster, Elgin, 111,; F. C, Smith, Ash- 

 land, Wis. 



NEW YORK. 



Are you going to Buffalo? is the cru -> 

 toin of the day. nii.l ;,( (liis wiitiiiL; (lie 

 indicatiiiii-. :iir iliat llicir \ul| i,,^ ;, "i,.a( 



crowd of XrW \nlk,.|-, :,t till' r.ilMrli'llHll 



The special li;uii ]i,ninis,.s (,, |„, tin- 

 conveyor of a very jolly partv. though a 

 few will travel by other rentes. 



Business is summery and stock is very 

 scarce, especially roses and carnations, 

 which bring at times whatever is asked. 

 There is a continuous chase after the few 

 Victorias coming in. 



Thorley is changing the interior of his 

 Broadway store: it will be a beauty 

 when finished. Kuhn has built a nice 

 conservatory in the rear of his store. 

 Stumpp keeps adding to his place by tak- 

 ing in next doors. Tracndlv has' built 

 an office in the rear of his store. Many 

 are preparing with paint brush or a.x'e 

 for the far away rush time, 



Lucatos' store was sold out by the 

 public administrator on Thursday, A 

 Greek bought it in— $350 for fixtures 

 and .$.300 for good will and lease till 

 next May. Lucatos died, leaving many 

 debt^ among the trade. 



The first large shipment nf TTMni^iis 

 landed from Bermuda bv (hr Tiini.lMl 

 on the 23d, fully two wi.ks i„I,,,mI ihc 

 usual time, and dealers iiiliMiii iin th.il, 

 nol withstanding all the arguments 

 against early shipments, growers have 

 bc<ii clamoring for bulbs; in a few cases 

 orders were countermanded because bulbs 



