The Weekly Florists' Review, 



483 



The Home Grounds of a Landscape Gardener. 



vegetable^ ( it must have contained sev- 

 eral hundred thousand specimens) wa.> 

 (■enter of the la«n. Fred 



reared in tlie ccntei' 

 Marquardt. of .Alidd 

 al-ehiteet of thi- v 

 work, and we aie iiif 

 About $4.')(l was nil 



plants and vej^etables 

 der a larae tent 100 

 the carpet and flower 

 on the lawn outside 



Nilbrjr. uas the 

 iHlrrfol piei-e of 



incd il r,,-t $400. 

 I'd as prizes for 



veiielaUles. The 

 lere exhibited un-. 

 et Uy (jO feet, and 

 eds were arranged 



These beds were 



itv-fiv 



numbei 



dialiin 



.\li 



four. UiilimoiMl 

 bed of llr«,.,Mi;; 

 Cypres, 11,11-. 

 which had man 

 2nd for bed of sa 



lis. William Kal- 

 I -|i:iial prize for 

 ^f.r.Ut & Henke, 

 I I'll uf celosias 

 lt\ varieties, and 

 A. Miller, of East 



to lis tluit llll- (I 



ISuHaio, for nu 

 of those shown 

 any park in tlie 

 John Baumann 

 awarded a special 

 Giant heliotrope. 



of Middle Village, was 

 prize for bed of Little 

 Every one should 

 it is tine. The same 

 nil iii-;l ni -.arlet ge- 

 Inliii .\. Dnxl,.- (which 

 1.1 ;.l tl.c -Imwl ; 2d. 



linn ilinii ,i,.»- Alter- 



Inl I" -linW i;\ |ip brib 



nil ni |iiiil, 'ji'ianiums, 



tnviiln. I-I nil l,ed of 



s. wUii "S. A. Nutt," 

 scarlet geraniums with 



It. of Middle Village, 

 I liid. 2nd on bed of 



sidy & Sons, of 

 1st on bed of co! 

 of Maspeth. 2nd 

 special on luil nf 

 Sehrader. m Xi u 

 eial prize tnr l.,i| 

 bed of foliaan pla 

 bed of seeilliii" fa 



New York, won first on bed of eannas, 

 which contained about 50 of the best 

 varieties. 



Wni. Parson & Son, of Flushing, put 

 up a fine group of conifers which won 

 them 1st i.ri/.e. C. W. Ward, of the 



Inll.i^r Inll.lnli-, Wnll snvcral fir-t-rl;ls. 



his new varieties showed up to advant- 

 age. It occurred to us that nothing 

 more attractive than such class of ex- 

 hibits rniild be put up at the several 

 shows (Iiiinjl t ilic country, and pro- 

 visions sliniilcl lir iii.ule for such. 



In the rl;i--n. tnr palms and deco- 

 rative pliinu n\li]l,]tors could take all 

 the spii r ilu\ Miiiifed: some of the 

 groups n<\,ir,| _'.",ii square feet. John 

 Miesem, nf Kliiiliin-t. won 1st on group 

 of palms. Chas. Koch, of Flatbush, 

 2nd, and J. L. Childs won prizes for 

 group of caladiums and crotons. 



The show was well patronized. The 

 management of the park gives $2,000. 

 Admissicm was 2.5 cents. The show last- 

 ed five days. There were several at- 

 tractions offered. The expense amounted 

 to between $4,000 and $5,000, and the 

 society always comes out well to the 

 good. 



A Rhine wine and seltzer to the Ger- 

 mans. D. 



PHILADELPHIA, 



In Mourning. 



;ouiitrv is in i 



bui 



are 



draped in black, flags are at haff-mast 

 and depression pervades the air at the 

 loss of our chief executive. Those of us 

 who were in Buffalo five short weeks 

 ago find it hardest to realize what has 

 happened. 



The Market- 

 Briefly jjut. choice flowers sell, poor 

 ones don"t. All grades of Beauties move 

 well and the best bring $2 per cjozen 

 locally: a fexv very fine ones have 

 brought $3 on shipping orders. Brides, 

 Maids and Meteors are $4 per 100; a 



few .?n 



Leo Niessen is receiving the first vio- 

 lets of the season, which are good consid- 

 ering the weather, and sell quickly. 



There have been very heavy shipments 

 to Wa.shington the early part of the 

 week: lilies of the valley were especially 

 wanted : also Beauties, Meteors, white 

 and purple asters and other choice flow- 

 Various Items. 



Will. n. Wyatt. 2:W X. Thirteenth 

 street, had a desiij-n ovil(<rcd for the Pres- 

 ident's fuiin n 1 ill \\:l -liiiiyfon. 



Josepli lln.n Ilk, W Minnie, Pa., has no- 

 ticed an i\rn|ii i.iiLi llv L^nnil demand for 

 palm, ;hi.1 Ini IVniti.- tin, f.,l|. He is 

 slii|i|'iiij I'liliii- ihi- wnnl. :i, r.ir west as 

 Ln- Aii^ilr,. I ,iL. ami I,, inly to Port- 



lie 



llsn 



ppiug some 

 Beauties and Meteors to Washington for 

 the President's funeral. 



Jennings Bros, ha 



30,000 feet 

 n.iicy. Pa. 

 li-niin.s are 

 nl llic place 

 hoiLses fit- 



ted with their patent iron gjitters and 

 posts. These houses contain nineteen 

 solid beds, each about 90x5 feet, the 

 whole containing snmr S.tmn plants. 

 There being no divi-inn- Iniwcin tin- 

 houses, the effect i~ \ni\ li-ln ; ilm mil- 

 side walks are next tlm wall-, making 

 every plant a center bed plant. In most 

 of the other houses the benches are sup- 

 ported by the Jennings iron frame work. 



H. H. Battles has leased the entire 

 building at 112 S. Twelfth street, where 

 the Century Flower Shop has been lo- 

 cated for the past two years. A rear 

 room has been fitted up for the conveni- 

 ence of the growers who will there offer 

 their stock. 



Samuel S. Pennock has returned from 

 a trip down east, lie \i,ilci| I'jerson's 

 place, Cromwell, tniin.. and was much 

 pleased with the s|ilrii.li.l (iiii.lition of 

 fhe whole place. -Mr. I'iersun believes 

 in sterilizing his soil. A bed is half 

 filled with soil, then IJ-inch steam pipes 

 are laid the full length of the bed at 

 proper intervals. These pipes are per- 

 forated with J-ineh holes. The remain- 

 ing half of the soil is thrown in on top: 

 then the steam is turned on and left 

 for twenty-four hours; the pipes are 



