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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



laid. This is one of 

 he Golden Gate is the 

 lor the florist who re- 

 rdduct. 



vviirk there is nothing 

 all buds that come on 



the 



Later on when the plants have made 

 considerable growth and have grown 

 much together it is then advisable to cut 

 out some of the superfluous wood, but if 

 in cutting the buds the cutting is prop- 

 erly done there will hardly be any too 

 much foliage on the plants at any time 

 during the 



Tillin, Ohio. Lewis Ullrich, 



If we will' asked the value of the 

 pliinis iinw ici .oiiiiniic to grow on, or 

 111, 11 ]ii ii-|H-.i i\ ,■ \.iliii', we would in- 



ri,:i-.,' Ill,' :,li,i\.' Il-lllc-s, the UmOUUt (>i 



in, r. ■;.-,■ ariKiiiliiiy on llu; size of plants, 

 varieties of roses, carnations, etc., ability 

 of N. A. N. as a grower, etc. 



It is a question that we can hardly 

 answer definitely ; can only estimate the 

 value as compared to what we consider 

 the same plants worth with us. 



Geo. if. Kelloog. 



Pleasant Hill, Mo. 



The Home Grounds ot a L.indscipe Gardener. 



VALUES. 



Will some reader of the Review give 

 me an idea as to the right price to ask 

 for roses and carnations growing in the 

 benches? Also for smilax and single 

 stem chrysanthemums. 



The roses were planted from 4-inch 

 pots about July 1. Tlie carnations, smilax 

 and chrysanthemums were planted about 

 August 1 and are all in fine condition 

 and in the leading varieties. 



I do not want to sell out, but I am 

 on the route of a new railroad, and I 

 want some basis for a claim for losses in 

 ease we are unable to agree upon a price. 



Iowa. N. A. N. 



In answer to N. A. N. will say the 

 value of plants now is cost of plants and 

 cost of care for two months they have 

 been planted. 



We would estimate value as follows: 



Roses, $25 per 100. 



Carnations, $12.50 per 100. 



Smilax, $10 per 100. 



Chrysanthemums, $6 per 100. 



Supposing all things are in Al order 

 and there is a sure market, I would say 

 the following would be a fair valuation. 

 You must remember that with the ex- 

 ception of the chrysanthemums most of 

 the work and expense is yet to come on 

 these plants, and you cannot reckon on 

 any positive crops; only their value 

 at the time they are sold or destroyed, 

 as the case may be. I would say if val- 

 ued at this date that 20 cents a piece 

 would be about right for roses, 10 cents 

 a piece for carnations, 10 cents a piece 

 for smilax, and 6 cents for ehrysanthe- 

 mimis. I am very likely to be criticised 

 as to these prices, but in my opinion 

 they are near the mark and as much as 

 I would value them if called on to do 

 so for an actual case. Wm. Scott. 



THE NEW YORK EXHIBITION. 



We have received a copy of the sched- 

 ule of prizes ofl'ered by the New York 

 Florists' Club for the exhibition to be 

 held in Madison Square Garden, New 

 Y'ork, Oct. 21 to 28 next. The prizes 



are exceedingly liberal, and aggregate a 

 large amount. They should bring out 

 a large and varied display of plants and 

 lU)wers. 



The order of cxhilMtion is as follows: 

 Mondav (Ariiiiiu' a 11.1 riH-ilay, ^'cneral 

 dis|il:n' ..1 |,l,iiii-. hull- innl \ .-.■tables ; 

 Wedii.'-.l;i\, i.i-.- :iii.! M.il.l-i 'tliiii-.sday, 

 carnal inn-; I'm.I;i\, .I.-. ..rat iv(' and 

 made-up work; Saturday, chrysanthe- 



Entries should be addressed to James 

 W. Witliers, secretary to the exhibition 

 committee, 136 Liberty street, New 

 York, and copies of the schedule may no 

 doubt be had from him or from the sec- 

 retary of the club, John Young, 51 West 

 Twenty-eighth street. 



MR. CASEY'S VIEWS. 



"I tol' ye wanst," said Mr. Casey, 

 "that there's a man in th' flowerist 

 thrade that can give Croker p'ints on 

 organizin' a machine, an' 'tis so. His 

 wan wake sphot is that no matther how 

 har-rd he makes th' machine worruk it 

 projuces notbin' f'r anny mimber iv it. 

 But he makes thim think it do, an' th' 

 glowin' promise iv gran' results is so 

 close to their noses that th' rayfliction 

 shtrikes in. 



"No man iver got anny good out of it 

 but him that pulls th' shtring. 



he gets 



th' 



gr- 



eat satisfaction 



idhi 



" 'Tis cur'ils how manny intilligent and 

 intillickchool min can be imprissed be 

 the sight iv a futtygraf iv a ba-ad 

 dhream whin the're towld that it's a 

 rale dhream an' kinsequantly a dhanger- 

 ous wan. 



"Iv coorse it takes some ingenooity t' 

 git your dhirty wurruk done be a lot of 

 min" through fear of what might happen 

 to thim shud ye tur-rn yer glowin' face 

 awa-ay from thim, an' to make each wan 

 think that ye own th' rist, but "tis aisy 

 if ye wance get th' idee star-rted. 



"Iddication cuts no ice an' has no 

 bearin' in th' matther. I moind wan 

 man that ran a cimitrv an' shud av 

 been dead on fall th' thricks iv the 

 trade, but he's as soft as butther since 

 he was tuk in be th' machine. He kept 

 tur-rning his wheel, and wance when he 

 shlipped a cog they tuk th' hoide off av 

 him an' rubbed salt in to make him 

 smar-rt. 'Twas all he got f'r his wurruk, 

 but he wint on tur'rnin' an' is shtill 

 kapin' his wheel in tune. 



"Th' inthroduction iv th' machine into 

 th' flowerist thrade wud be a dhangerous 

 innevashun av it projuced anny thing." 



BUFFALO. 



A City of Mourning. 



But a few short days ago. the 5th. our 

 city was in its gayest attire and all 

 hearts beat high, for the President of the 

 United States was spending the day at 

 the Pan-American. He visited almost 

 every State Building, many of which 

 were decorated with palms, flowers and 

 flags in his honor. He spoke to tens of 

 thousands from a stand in the grand 

 esplanade. Then he was the guest of 

 the New Y'ork State Commission at a 

 2 o'clock lunch, where 200 men of dis- 

 tinct i..ii ni.-t him. As the decorations of 

 tlic tiilil,'^ w. It' iiiiistly from the gardens 

 of III.' I':\|i..-iii,iii we did not think it 

 worth wliil.' 1.1 say much about it. 

 Through the kindness of Messrs. GrofT 

 and Cowee. who donated several thoii- 



