The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



549 



SAMUEL S. PENNOCK, 



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Our Fall Novelty: 

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Ribtoons of every shade and color 

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 W. Cor. 13th and Filbert Sts. 



FRESH ENGLISH MILLTRAGK MUSHROOM SPAWN. 



100(1 1 



red from a cclebrateil i 

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offered. 

 ) seeds, 50c: 5000 seeds. $1; peroE..$5. 

 ssi, PaBonies. Rubber Plants and Palms quoted on application. 

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a brighter and healthier appearance 

 -since cool weather began; seem to stif- 

 fen up and foliage looks better. But 

 there are still some roses which have 

 that scorched, syringed-withboiling-wa- 

 ter appearance, somewhat on the order 

 of the violet disease. Cannot tell what 

 causes it. 



Violets planted outside during the 

 summer have passed away — crossed the 

 dark river, so to speak. J. H. W. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



President Herrington has announced 

 committees to examine chrysanthemum 

 seedlings and sports on dates as fol- 

 lows: Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26, Nov. 2, 9, 16, 

 23 and 30. 



Boston, Mass.- — A. H, Fewkes, chair- 

 man, care John Welsh, manager Boston 

 Flower Market, Park street; E. A. Wood, 

 J. H. Wheeler. 



New York, N. Y. — E. Dailledouze, 

 chairman, care New York Cut Flower 

 Co., 26th street and 6th avenue; James 

 W. Withers, C. Albert Small. 



Philadelphia, Pa.— A, B. Cartledge, 

 chairman, 1514 Chestnut street; Wm. 

 K. Harris, John Westcott. 



Chicago, 111. — James S. Wilson, chair- 

 man, care J. B. Deamud, 51 Wabash 

 avenue; Geo. Stollery, E. Weinhoeber, 



Cincinnati, 0, — Albert Sunderbruch, 

 chairman, care Cincinnati Cut Flower 

 Co., 416 Walnut street; James Allen, E. 

 G. Gillett. 



Exhibits to receive attention from 

 the committees must in all cases be pre- 

 paid to destination, and the entry fee 

 of .$2 should be forwarded to the secre- 

 tary not later than Tuesday of the 

 week preceding examination. 



Anyone having a variety in season be- 

 fore or after dates fixed can have the 

 same passed upon by specially notify- 

 ing the chairman of committees. 



Edwin Lonsdale, Secrelarv. 



Wyndmoor, Chestnut Hill, Pa. 



Springfield, O. — Cards have been is- 

 sued for the marriage of Ethlvn Blanche 

 Aldrich, daughter of A. E. Aklrich, the 

 florist, to WilliMin Currie. The wedding 

 -will take place Oct. S. 



ELMIRA. N. Y. 



There has been considerable building 

 and rebuilding of greenhouses here this 

 year in spite of the high prices of ma- 

 terial. 



Mr. Fred La France has put up a 

 new rose house 100 feet long, with a 

 propagating house on the north side of 

 it. Most all the other houses of his es- 

 tablishment are planted with carnations. 

 He is trying many of the new kinds 

 and has planted Marquis quite largely. 



H. N. Hoff'inan has purchased the in- 

 terest held by his late brother, Gen, E. 

 M. Hoffman, "in the firm of E. M, & H. 

 N. Hoffman, and has disposed of the 

 store business and retail cut flowers to 

 Robert Leavitt, who has been their dec- 

 orator and designer for a number of 

 years. Mr. Hoffman continues in the 

 local nursery business and will whole- 

 sale his cut flowers. 



He has just completed two new carna- 

 tion houses, each 100 by 23 feet, not 

 separated by partition but having a cy- 

 press gutter supported on iron pipe 

 posts. The walls are of grout (Portland 

 cement and gravel mixed in proportion 

 of one to eight and tamped into boxes). 

 The roofs are of Henry W. Gibbons' 

 cypress sash bar construction, and the 

 heating is hot water in wrought iron 

 pipes with a Mercer boiler. His entire 

 plant of 20,000 feet of glass is now heat- 

 ed by three Mercers, which have proved 

 very satisfactory. He has planted very 

 largely of the Mrs. Lawson carnation, 

 and is trying several of the new ones. 



Another new greenhouse is at "Strath- 

 mont," the estate of Hon. J. S. Fassett, 

 and is of the latest iron construction 

 and is intended for roses with a portion 

 divided off for grapery. The gardener, 

 John Eudy, will no longer be obliged to 

 grow his famous chrysanthemums in the 

 same house wath his roses and every- 

 thing else. John's mums are looking 

 grand now, and he will make all the 

 boys hustle wherever he consents to 

 show them this fall, 



Tlio TTorf icuKurnl Society exhibition 

 fMi- thr .ri„„il rliil.liv.i lumi-lit out over 

 •■!i"i csliiliii- 'I'll!' pii/.-. consisting of 

 |i^ii]i-. liMMk-, louls. el,-., wi've presented 

 to llieni in tiic cvcnins-, and children, pa- 

 rents ami leaohcrs were well pleased. 



GEORGE M. MOSS, 

 WHOLESALE FLORIST, 



32 S. I7tli St., PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



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JB" ConxigDments of first class Carnations. 



Koses and Violets solicited. 



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PITTSBURG CUT 

 FLOWER CO. Ltd. 



W BOLES ALE 

 FLORISTS, 



Pittsburg, Pa. 



The chrysanthemum show wi 

 s usual in November. 



Madison, N. J.- — Thomas J. Slaughter, 

 widely known for his large establish- 

 ment here, devoted to the growing of 

 roses, died Sept. 26, aged 77 years. He 

 was a millionaire and was one of the 

 early growers of roses on a large scale 

 for the New York market. 



He was born in Green Eiver county, 

 Kentucky, and moved to St. Louis in 

 1851 and became a traveling salesman 

 for a grocery house. Ten years later he 

 purchased the business. In 1863 he 

 moved to New York and started the firm 

 of Norton & Slaughter, which remained 

 in business twenty-five years. He pur- 

 chased his place here from Jay Gould 

 in 1877. 



Battle Creek, Mien. — Eldrcd & War- 

 burton is the name of a new firm here. 

 W. H. Eldred is the confectioner who 

 has for some time past handled cut flow- 

 ers in connection with his other busi- 

 ness, and C. C. Warburton is a florist, 

 who was for some years with McCrea & 

 Cole. The salesroom is at 15 Main st. 

 West and the greenhouses at 293 Emmet 



St. 



We have received a copy of the pre- 

 mium list of the forty-first annual St. 

 Louis Fair, to be he'd' in St. Louis Oct. 

 7 to 12, inclusive. Department O is de- 

 voted to horticulture and floriculture, 

 and is under the superintendency of Mr. 

 John D. Ayres. Prizes are ofTered for 

 quite a variety of plants and arrange- 

 ments of flowers. Entries are free, and 

 competition is open to the world. 



IMarshall, Mo. — Henry A Hensley, 

 formerly of Springfield. III., has taken 

 a iiosition as manager for the Marshall 



