The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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View in Fleischman'i New Store, Chicago. 



Superintendent William R. Smith, of 

 the United States Botanical Gardens, 

 Washington, D. C, has been spending 

 several days with Superintendent Fal- 

 coner. "I never felt better in my life," 

 is how he feels. And as he left for home 

 a happy man was he, for he had been 

 presented by the Phipps conservatories 

 with a splendid young plant of the very 

 rare Coco-de-Mer { Lodoicea seehellarum ) . 

 The seed from which it grew weighed 

 twenty pounds. The specimen, only a 

 year old, occupies a big half-barrel tub. 



Dutch bulbs, as tulips, hyacinths and 

 crocuses, are very fine this year, and 

 100,000 of them are now being planted 

 in our parks. 



Alocasia cuprea, commonly known as 

 A. metallica, has been much used in 

 flower gardens this summer; it isn't as 

 loose or coarse as Caladium esculentum. 



The Botanical Society of Western 

 Pennsylvania held its regular monthly 

 meeting Thursday evening, 10th inst., 

 in the Carnegie Institute, Schenley 

 Park; this, too, was its annual business 

 meeting and election of officers. For the 

 ensuing year Dr. W. R. Hamilton, one 

 of our eminent surgeons, was elected 

 president; Dr. F. S. Davis, a prominent 

 physician, vice-president; Mr. J. H. 

 Shafer, curator of the botanical depart- 

 ment Carnegie Institute, secretary, and 

 Miss Anna M. Deens, professor of biol- 

 ogy, Normal High School, treasurer. A 

 high school professor from Kittanning 

 gave a most interesting lecture on fungi 

 and showed a multitude of specimens of 

 toadstools, mushrooms and other crjrpto- 

 gramic growths of this nature. As many 

 persons are members of both the Flor- 

 ists' Club and the Botanical Society, it 

 was unfortunate that both meetings 

 should be held the same evening, but this 

 will be avoided in the future; the Bo- 

 tanical meetings will be held on the even- 

 ing of the first Thursday of the month, 

 and those of the Florists' Club on the 

 evening of the second Thursday. 



P. A. 



PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. 



Chrysanthemum Show. 



A chrysanthemum exhibition will be 

 held in the Horticulture Building, Pan- 

 Am,eiiean Exposition, beginning Mon- 

 day, October 28. The flowers will be 

 passed on by a competent judge on the 

 afternoon of the 28th, so all exhibits 

 must be staged by noon. Entries will 

 be received up to 10 o'clock of that day. 

 Vases will be supplied to exhibitors if 

 requested. All exhibits must be pre- 

 paid to the Exposition grounds, ad- 

 dressed to William Scott, Horticulture 

 Building. 



The following cash prizes will be 

 awarded : 



First. Second 



50 bloms white $20.00 $10.00 



50 blooms yellow 20.00 10.00 



60 blooms pink 20.00 10.00 



25 blooms white 10.00 6.00 



25 blooms yellow 10.00 5.00 



25 blooms pink 10.00 5.00 



25 blooms any other color 10.00 5.00 



Vase of 60 blooms, any variety or 

 color, arranged with ferns or au- 

 tumn foliage 20.00 10.00 



Vase of 25 biooms, any variety or 

 color, arranged with ferns or au- 

 tumn foliage 15.00 10.00 



12 blooms varieties not yet dissemi- 

 nated 10.00 



Plateau of chrysanthemums, basket 



not to exceed 24 Inches 15.00 10.00 



Basket chrysanthemums, any style. 20.00 16.00 

 Wreath of chrysanthemums, frame 

 not to exceed 24 inches 15.00 10.00 



mas, scoring, commercial scale, 85 2-3 

 points. Edwin Lonsdale, Secretary. 



CHRYSANTHEMUM SOCIETY OF 

 AMERICA. 



Following are the reports of the com- 

 mittees judging seedlings and sports : 



Boston, October 12.— Nathan Smith 

 & Son, Adrian, Mich., exhibited Opah, 

 blush white, with deeper center, Japan- 

 ese, which scored, commercial scale, 80 

 points. "Judged as an extra early va- 

 riety." 



Cincinnati, October 12.— The E. G. 

 Hill Company, Richmond, Ind., exhibited 

 C. Hoist, white, type of Merry Christ- 



BUTTE, MONT. 



Cut flower trade is very brisk at pres- 

 ent, with stock scarce. Chrysanthemums 

 have been coming in for several weeks. 

 Tliere have been quite a few table deco- 

 rations the past two weeks, and an 

 abundance of funeral work. The carna- 

 tions at the greenhouses of the Butte 

 Floral Company, at Gregson Springs, are 

 looking the finest of any the writer has 

 ever seen anywhere in the country. The 

 prospects for the winter could not be 

 better. 



The people of Butte appreciate up-to- 

 date floral work. 



Next week we are promised another 

 new store, to be the finest west of Chi- 

 cago. It will be owned by W. Clark, Jr., 

 son of Senator Clark. The more the mer- 

 rier, but not for long. Butte is sur- 

 rounded by barren mountains, and there 

 is only about so much business to be 

 had, funeral work predominating. 



Mahonia leaves, an autumn foliage 

 found up in the mountains, are being 

 used with excellent effect. Also kinni- 

 kinick, a native green something like 

 that of the arbutus in the east. 



Several good wedding orders have been 

 booked by the Butte Floral Company. 

 Count V. 



CoTTNTRY Life is the name of a new 

 gardening periodical to be edited by Prof. 

 L. H. Bailey, of Cornell University. The 

 first number wiU be published Nov. 1. 



Franklin, Pa. — H. C. Garrard has 

 moved his greenhouses to Sugar Creek, 

 Venango County, Pa., and that postoflJce 

 will in future be his ; 



The Review is the best trade paper 

 published. Geo. W. Fridinger, Hagers- 

 town, Md. 



