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The Weekly Florists' Review, 



451 



would write a little sketch of his ex- 

 periences that all who would might en- 

 joy. Ti-ulv our club is a pleasant place. 

 Phil. 



BOSTON, 



Market Conditions. 



Those who base their whole kimwlcdge 

 of the florist's business upon the Hoston 

 items in the Review may have got mis- 

 led since last issue, on account of quick 

 changes in the market soon after mailing 

 my last "ukase." During the first few- 

 days of September there was a marked 

 falling off in both quantity and quality 

 of all kinds of goods coming in and a 

 corresponding increase in price. Rose- 

 became scarce because the bushes were 

 tired; pinks almost out of the market, 

 on account of extremes in the weather, 

 and the aster crop declining, because be- 

 tween early and late varieties. And as 

 a finishing touch the demand largely in- 

 creased on account of several heavy fu- 

 nerals coming along at once. 



Now again all this is changed. Roses 

 have caught their second breath, pinks 

 are arriving quite freely and late asters 

 are pouring in by thousands in most ex- 

 cellent quality. But the word goes that 

 pinks \vill be scarce till New Year's, as 

 the outdoor crop cannot last long and 

 plants for indoor work run small gener- 

 ally. 



A "Visit to J. W. Newman's. 



How is your imagination? Take a 

 mental trip with me to Belmont to see 

 J. W. Newman's new home. He owns 

 several fine houses in beautiful Winehes- 



montory, which gives the double value to 

 a place; a grand view nowhere e.xcelled. 

 Behind are hills and trees, and in front 

 are Boston and three or four sister cit- 

 ies in the distance, while, nearer, are 

 several hundred acres of intervale, large- 

 ly in grass, but partly marked by rows of 

 vegetables. A sheet of water, always 

 necessary to a landscape, is represented 

 by two good-sized ponds. 



Mr. Newman put all kinds of artisans 

 at work upon the buildings a month ago, 

 and they are there yet; so your imag- 

 ination will not get over-worked on the 



diops of ginger ale on the front steps, 

 and I want you to join me in the heart- 

 felt wishes I clumsily made for him and 

 his in the future. " J. S. Manter. 



CLEVELAND. 



The florists here expect to have a great 

 demand for flowers during the G. A. R. 

 encampment. The J. M. Gasser Co. have 

 the decoration of the columns in the 

 public square and also some of the prin- 

 cipal stands. The city is in gala attire. 

 Hags and bunting flying from almost 



Bed of Cannas at Pan-American Exposition. Exhibit of Henry A. Dreer. 



Bed of Single Petunias at Pan-American Exposition. Exhibit of Jas. Vick's Sons. 



ter, but is wealthy enough, both icsthet- 

 ically and financially, to crave and obtain 

 one with a landscape all its own. And 

 he now has it, emphatically. Only about 

 four miles out, on a wide modern street, 

 within five minutes' walk of two sta- 

 tions, and surrounded on three sides by 

 most elegant grounds of mansions of a 

 twenty-year-old vintage or so, stood 

 a twelve-acre farm with a barn and colo- 

 nial homestead, upon all of which were 

 the accumulated finger-marks of years of 

 neglect. Two-thirds of the land, how- 

 ever, has been kept under cultivation and 

 is in a rollicking condition of productive- 

 ness. All kinds of fruit trees beckon 

 to him in the autumn breezes, loaded 

 with their ripening gifts. 



Half the place consists of a very nar- 

 row strip, running back over a high pro- 



condition of things in the house. But it 

 is far enough along to murmur comfort 

 and hospitality at every turn; it mixes 

 the eighteenth and twentieth centuries 

 together quaintly, which is where you 

 can let yourself loose. Here are 

 the elements: Large house, one hun- 

 dred years old; new paint and paper 

 everywhere; new windows and front 

 door; new ell and large front portico; 

 new hot-water heat; the telephone looks 

 more out of place than anything else. 

 One hardly knows whether to expect to 

 hear voices of the living or the dead, if 

 he works it! If your imagination is run- 

 ning too swiftly, you will think you have 

 Paul Revere or Benedict Arnold, sure! 



Now, Jim and I never drink, but we 

 broke a can of cold milk over the ridge- 

 pole of his new-old abode, spilled a few 



every conceivable place. Some of the 

 florists expect to give all their help a 

 half holiday the day of the parade. It 

 is expected that day will be the biggest 

 day of the week, and the parade will 

 be a sight never to be forgotten. ' 



The chief talk amongst the florists at 

 the present time is the dastardly at- 

 tempt on the life of our beloved presi- 

 dent, and one and all hope for his speedy 

 recovery. If the florists here had the 

 meting out of punishment to the assassin 

 his fate would have been sealed before 

 this. 



The writer had the pleasure of a visit 

 from the genial Mr. Kennedy, of the J. 

 JI. Gasser Co., accompanied by the gen- 

 tlemanly Herman Hart, this week. Mr. 

 Kennedy reports slow progress in get- 

 ting in carnations on account of too 

 niucli rain. Mr. Hart said that they 

 had most of theirs housed. He also has 

 about finished all repairs to his old 

 buildings and completed his oSice and 

 show room, which I am told has a very 

 tasty appearance, both outside and in. 

 Mr. Hart always has everything well in 

 hand and in first class order. 



A visit to the establishment of J. W. 

 Wilson revealed everything in first class 

 order and showed Mr. Wilson to be a 

 painstaking grower. He grows roses 

 and carnations principally and also some 

 violets. He is potting some of his carna- 

 tions into 5-inch pots, to plant into a 

 house he has been cutting roses from 

 all summer. He expects them to become 

 well established in the pots by the time 

 he wants to throw out his roses and 

 then they will suffer no check when 

 planted on the benches. Mr. Wilson also 

 does some gardening, and has very good 

 success, his nutmeg melons being espe- 

 cially fine. He also has a lot of grapes 

 lo dispose of after awhile. 



