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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Sbptembeu 19, 1001. 



MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. 



The Hail Storm. 

 In the recent hail storm Mr. R. J. 

 Mendenhall liad 25,800 liglits of glass 

 smashed. Quite a number of phmts were 

 ruined by the falling hail and glass. The 

 hail stones were from the size of a pea 

 up lo an inch and an inch and a half in 

 diameter, and they seemed as hard as 

 stones. Some were reported as large as 

 goose eggs, but the hail that did the 

 most damage was nearly round, hard, 

 and about the size of Jackson candy 

 balls, and it fell very thickly, or clo.se 

 together. The next day the hail lay in 

 rows on the north side of brick walls 

 at 10 o'clock. In the open spaces, where 

 plants had been bedded out, one could 

 not tell what had been there. 



The storm (or cyclone, rather, and 

 only a part of it was near the ground) 

 was from i to lA miles in widtlj and 28 

 to 32 miles long. There were seven or 

 eight greenhouse establishments in its 

 track, and all of them suffered more or 

 less. 



Mr. Will had just completed a nice 

 large house on Saturday night, and was 

 going to fill it with carnations on Mon- 

 day. Sunday night the storm came and 

 broke all the glass, not only in that 

 house, but in all the others. He had 

 25,000 carnations in the field, and none 

 were left fit for planting. He practical- 

 ly lost everything. Other places suf- 

 fered seriously, but the losses vpere not 

 so complete as at Mr. Will's. And there 

 were greenhouses to the right and left 

 of the storm that did not have a light 

 broken. 



Mr. Mendenhall has more than half of 

 his glass replaced, and if he has four or 

 five more favorable days he will be out 

 of danger. The plants that were in- 

 jured by the broken glass and hail are 

 recovering. 



The loss by destruction of glass in 

 the line of the storm, in dwellings, fac- 

 tories, etc., as well as greenhouses, was 

 enormous. The storm raged terrifically 

 for about 20 minutes, and in about half 

 an hour the moon was visible and the 

 stars were twinkling as if storms were 

 unknown. E, 



SOQETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Plant Registration. 



Conard & Jones Co., West Grove, Pa., 

 register new rambler ro.se Philadelphia. 

 Crimson Rambler x H. P. Victor Hugo. 

 This rose difTers from the Crimson Ram- 

 bler in the following particulars: Color 

 more intense, crimson flowers, perfectly 

 double to center, blooms retain their 

 color and do not fade. It is a strong 

 grower with bright foliage. 



Also, Canna Mt. Blanc; flowers large, 

 pure white, trusses well filled, plant 

 dwarf, height 3-3i feet; foliage light 

 green. Wii. J. Stewart, Secretary. 



DETROIT. 



This city is to have a wholesale cut 

 flower house. The Michigan Cut Flower 

 Exchange will be opened Sept. 21 at 26 

 Miami avenue, with Wm. Dilger as man- 

 ager. This exchange will prove a great 

 convenience to the trade in this city and 

 near-by points. 



Centebville, Mass. — William Roberts 

 has left here, going to take charge of the 

 estate of Mr. Wm. B. Walker, Highwood, 

 Manchester-bv-the-Sea, Mass. 



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F. P. BENTHEV, Manager. 



WHOLESALE AND C|nrictc Consienments 

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PETER REINBER6, 



Grower and Wholesaler of Cut Flowers 



51 Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



C. A. KUEHN 



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 FLORIST 



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