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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



August 22, lOUl. 



foi- cutting, superior to Scabiosa. Del- 

 liliiniuni Cliarles Readc, is now produc- 

 ing its second crop of bloom. This plant 

 produces a blue flower somewhat like 

 mignonette in form and borne on long 

 stems ranging from 12 to 1,5 inches. 



Solanum jusminum is a good white 

 summer bloomer that ought to become 

 more popular among our llorists; it 

 looked very well here. Two dracaenas 

 in form resembling D. indivi.sa but with 

 dillerent foliage next claimed our at- 

 tention. L). Doucetti has variegated 

 green and white foliage; D. Lentig has 

 bronze foliage; both will surely become 

 popular when they are better kno\vn. 



Cocos Bonnetti is thought to be a 

 wonderful outdoor palm, better thin any 

 phoenix. A very line specimen is to be 

 seen; the price is necessarily high as 

 in the case of all large cocos. 



Quite a lot of 5 and 0-inch camellias 

 are gro\vn for shipping south. They are 

 now plunged in ashes outdoors under a 

 high slat roof. 



Three acres are being added to the 

 aquitic plant. The ponds now in course 

 of construction will be larger than the 

 present ■Series of ponds. James Brydon 

 is considered the ideal nymphaea of to- 

 day. The aquatic department has met 

 with encouraging support, especially 

 from parks and large private places. 

 ; Gruss an Teplitz, exiled the Crimson 

 Hermosa. is a rose that it is believed 

 will prove popular as a florist's rose for 

 pot sales. 



There was not time to examine the 

 canna fields and many other things be- 

 fore the good steamer Columbia appeared 

 ijand carried ofT many boxes of growing 

 freight tagged for far distant points, 

 and also these hasty notes. 



Honors won at Buffalo. 



• Philadelphia is justly proud of her 

 sons. Cups, trophies, prizes galore have 

 they brought home from the national con- 

 vention at Buffalo. The Henry A. Dreer 

 Company captured the silver cup for a 

 fine 400-foot display of palms and ferns 

 which, by the way, will not return to 

 Riverton. Then Charles D. Ball, M. Rice 

 & Co., Robert Craig &. Son, H. Bayersdor- 

 fer.& Co., and many more did exceedingly 

 ,well, winning honors with their displays. 

 It was in the sports, however, that her 

 sons shone most brilliantly, brinWng 

 home nearly all the bowling and shoot- 

 ing prizes, as a glance at the scores will 

 show. 



John Burton's election as first presi- 

 dent of the S. A. F. 0. H. under the new 

 charter is very gratifying to Philadel- 

 phia. Mr. Burton is one of our very 

 best men, representative of thoroughly 

 up-to-date horticulture, and a man who 

 can and will make the Asheville meeting 

 a success. 



Philadelphia thanks Bufl-alo for her 

 hospitality with all her heart. PniL. 



CHICAGO. 

 The Market. 



The market is somewhat easier, espe- 

 cially on roses. More carnations are 

 coming in but the quality is not im- 

 proved. However, the recent rains have 

 been of benefit to the plants. The whites 

 have averaged better in quality than the 

 colored ones. 



Prices hold up firmly on the best qual- 

 ities of roses and carnations but are 

 easier on the poorer grades. Good Brides 

 and Maids go at $3 to .$4 while poorer 

 ones are offered «t as low as .$1, and we 



hear of a sale of some very extra Kaiser- 

 ins at as much as .$7. The supply of 

 Beauties has nearly dnnlilccl diiriiiL' Ibc 

 past week and the quality li.i- ..msiil- 

 erably improved. Gooii -iHii- In m- ^i 

 to .$0 while those with 1 -' in-li -Nm- ;.ro 

 held at $1 a dn/n, I il,, l^^,,-, ■ n,„., 



up to .$2. SOMlf I i l.lli'lllr- .III' l.iMll.' 



cut and they >■■!! w.ll ii >-'l, :-i'i ainl .^s 

 per 100. Carnali.'iis ^lill v.uf^r linm 

 $1 to .$1.50. Fancy asters are in good 

 demand at $1.50 per 100, and occasion- 

 ally .$2 is obtained for a few very extra, 

 but the poorer grades are not wanted at 

 any price. Gladiolus are still a glut and 

 pretty fair spikes are offered at as low 

 as .$1 a himdred. 



Various Items. 



Mr. C. 1.. \\;i>liburn and family will 

 return tins Thursday from Athelstane, 

 Wis., where they have been resting and 

 fishing. 



W. E. Lynch is missing from K. H. 

 Hunt's and is enjoying his vacation. Mrs. 

 Lynch recently returned from a' three- 

 months' absence in the east and he will 

 need a little time to get acquainted with 

 her again. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. have recently pur- 

 chased eleven tons of wrapping paper 

 and twelve tons of newspapers for the 

 coming season's business. They are evi- 

 dently planning for a generous increase 

 in trade. 



Walter Mott, representing Henry A. 

 Dreer, was a recent visitor. 



A meeting of the bowling club will 

 be held in the near future and action 

 taken on the result of the Buffalo tour- 

 nament. 



The hardy garden at Lincoln Park is 

 now gay with phloxes and simflowers. 

 Some of the beds of hardy roses are again 

 in bloom — but not the roses. GladioH 

 hid been planted among the bushes and 

 their spikes of flowers are now making 

 the beds attractive. 



Mr. Arthur Newell, of Kansas City, 

 stopped a day here on his way home from 

 the convention. 



ADVANCING FLORICULTURE. 



All who have inspected the displays in 

 the department of floriculture at the 

 Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo are 

 iloud in their praise of the splendid work 

 accomplished by Mr. William Scott. It 

 has been educational to many florists as 

 well as to the general public and its 

 value in the advancement of floriculture 

 in America can hardly be estimated. 

 ' The profession is certainly to be 

 warmly congratulated that such an able 

 gardener and capable manager has 

 charge of this display at the exposition, 

 and the thanks of the whole trade are 

 .certainly due Mr. Scott for the sajri- 

 fices he has made in order that floricul- 

 ture should be adequately and properly 

 represented. Only such a broad-gauge 

 generous and public-spirited man as Mr. 

 Scott cnuld l)p induced to practically 

 turn over his own large business inter- 

 ests to otiier hands in order that he 

 might be free to give his full thought 

 and time to a work that is purely for the 

 general good. 



We are pleased that the Society of 

 American Florists has recognized this 

 and honored itself as well as Mr. Scott 

 in a set of resolutions, which are to be 

 engrossed and which will no doubt be 

 among Mr. Scott's most treasured pos- 

 sessions. 



Now is the time for the florists of St. 

 Louis to make sure that floriculture 



will be in capable hands during its expo- 

 sition. Don't wait until the political 

 wire pullers liiivc tilled the [Hi«itinTi with 



an incompctciil man wla. I\ aiiiliition 



is to draw a -alai\. S. , ilial \uur very 

 best man is I'll, i,.,l ili,. a|p|Hiiril im'iil and 

 bring pressure In induce liim to accept it. 



but 



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A REMARKABLE AFHNITY. 



;u,M iikmI.' a -|.,r,.li r,,,- -Milwaukee. 

 1h- liall a.ln.iM..! ~u\. m^,, 11, at he 



ed hi] \.|i,\ illr I )i,l \ Ma notice 



l.le allinily that man has for 

 tlic side lie thinks is going to win? — G. 

 C. WAT.SON in American Florist, Aug. 17. 

 [We refuse to believe that Mr. Rudd 

 would play such a trick on his Mil- 

 waukee friends — at least until we have 

 further information as to what Mr. 

 Deake brought with him from Asheville.] 



JIoNTGOMEKY, Ala. — Mr. W. B. Pater- 

 son, of the Rosemont Gardens, reports 

 business since Jan. 1 last as double that 

 of any former year for same period. His 

 stock is in excellent condition. All the 

 roses have been planted for some time 

 and he is getting ready to house his 

 carnations, of which he has 12,000 plants 

 in the field, all in the pink of condition. 



New Orleans. — At the recent annual 

 meeting of the New Orleans Horticultur- 

 al Society officers were elected as follows: 

 jjas. Newsham, president; L. Lapouyard, 

 ,'vice-president ; D. Newsham, secretary; 

 John Eblen, treasurer. At the supper 

 which followed much enthusiasm was 

 manifested regarding the coming fall ex- 

 hibition. 



]\IiNNEAPOLis, Minx. — Miss Eleanor 

 A. Ormerod, the noted entomologist and 

 botanist, died Aug. 9. She was unique 

 among women. Last jear the Universi- 

 ty of Edinburg conferred upon her the 

 honorary degree of LL. D., Miss Ormerod 

 being the only woman who has thus been 

 honored. 



Jacksonville. Fla. — A new range of 

 glass is to be built at the Florida Agri- 

 cultural College. The main building 

 will have a frontage of 60 feet by 45 

 deep over all. The center dome will be 

 30 feet high; wings 12x16. The en- 

 trance will- be of brick and will be 38x16 

 feet. 



Helena, Mont. — The Salt Lake Floral 

 Co. has been incorporated here by W. B. 

 Hamilton, G. L. Templeton and W. D. 

 Mangan of Butte. Capital stock, $25,- 

 000. The company will have a branch 

 in Anaconda. 



Oak Park, III.— The Fair Oaks Nur- 

 sery Co. has been incorporated with a 

 capital stock of $30,000. The incorpo- 

 rators are Edw. Payson, A. E. Berry and 

 R. K. Biekford. 



Send your "Situation Wanted" advs. 

 to the Florists' Review. One insertion 

 of a 35-word adv. free to subscribers. 



Colorado Springs, Colo. — The annual 

 flower show opened Aug. 15 in the big 

 tents in North Park with a good display. 



St. Charles, Mo. — Edwin Denker has 

 added a new carnation house to his 

 range of glass. 



Centerville, Ind. — E. Y. Teas, the 

 veteran horticulturist, is now located 

 here. 



