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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



The Pacific Coast Hovlicultural Soci- 

 ety held its regular mectiiif: October 21, 

 President H. Plath presiding. The at- 

 tendance was fair. The constitution 

 and bylaws were read and passed after 

 a few corrections. One section of the 

 by-laws providing for the admittance 

 of ladies to the society as honorary 

 members was knocked in the head. Mr. 

 Jos. Thompson jumped to his feet and 

 said that no one loved the ladies more 

 than be did (no one doubted his word) 

 and sjiokc at some length on the great 

 ^'ood the ladies of San Francisco had 

 done for iioriculture but thought our 

 society would flourish much better if 

 composed of gentlemen only. 



A chrysanthemum show will be held 

 November 18 at the society's rooms, 

 Mission Opera House. Our members 

 are hardly prepared to make a show of 

 chrysanthemums this year but the eag- 

 erness of a few to have a show has 

 prompted the society to hang up a rea- 

 sonable sum of money for a small show. 



Mr. James Niven, of Thermal Vale 

 Nurseries, exhibited a vase of his new 

 white seedling chrysanthemum Dr. Cur- 

 ry, a fine incurved bloom of purest 

 white; also a vase of Mrs. Kitson, the 

 white sport from Viviand-Morel. Both 

 vases were much admired by the mem- 

 bers. J- N. 



THE KANSAS CITY SHOW. 



The premium list for the big exhibi- 

 tion to be held in Kansas City, November 

 18 to 23, has been issued and it contains 

 a long list of premiums of generous size. 

 It is certainly a very attractive list to 

 the exhibitor. One remarkable rose prize 

 is for 100 American Beauties, 1st, $150; 

 2nd, $100; 3rd, $75. A special premium 

 of $100 is offered for the best pink seed- 

 ling carnation, which is to be named 

 McKinley. Another special, not yet in 

 the premium list but announced by Mr. 

 Thorpe, is $200 for the best seedUng 

 rose produced in America. Copies of the 

 list may be had by addressing F. J. Tag- 

 gart. Convention Hall, Kansas City, Mo. 



The chairmen of the committees on 

 awards have been selected and are as fol- 

 lows: James Gurney, St. Louis; J. F. 

 Cowell, BufTalo; Edwin A. Kanst, Chi- 

 cago. 



SEATTLE, WASH. 



The florists of this city are being per- 

 ■secuted to some extent by an over zeal- 

 ous fruit pest inspector. We are told 

 that we must comply with the horticul- 

 tural law and give bonds the same as a 

 nurseryman. The law also requires that 

 we shall give 24 hours notice before we 

 ship a consignment to any point within 

 the state or import any nursery stock, 

 roots, scions, plants, cuttings, flowers, 

 etc., from any point without the state. 



Are the florists of any other state sub- 

 ject to such laws? And will not such 

 'laws have a disastrous eflect upon the 

 business? The Commercial Horticultu-^ 

 ral Club of Seattle is considering ways 

 and means of securing immunity for 

 florists from the operation of this law. 

 Any information or suggestions ad- 

 dressed to the secretary, Mr. J. Hopldns, 

 this city, will be thankfully received. 



A GLADIOLUS SALE. 



The sale of the entire stock of gladio- 

 lus bulbs of M. Crawford Co., Cuyahoga 

 Falls, Ohio, to Betseher Bros., Canal 

 Dover, Ohio, which was made last week, 



is a deal of considerable magnitude, there 

 being involved in the transfer over 

 2,000,000 bulbs, over 50 bushels of bulb- 

 lets and the correspondence and good will 

 of the Crawford bulb business. Of this 

 stock nearly three-fourths is standard 

 mixtures, and most of the remainder is 

 GrolF's hybrids, this being, with one ex- 

 ception, 'the largest collection of this 

 strain in the United States. There are 

 a few thousand seedlings, some named 

 varieties and part of the choice private 

 collection Mr. M. Crawford has been 

 making for years past. 



Under the terms of sale the Crawfords' 

 future actions in regard to selling bulbs 

 are entirely unrestricted. Betseher Bros, 

 already owned a stock considerably 

 larger than that included in this imr- 

 chase. consisting of named varieties, tine 

 hybrids and bulbs under color and mixed, 

 aiid are now placed in a very prominent 

 position among American gladiolus 

 "rowers. C. 



RICHMOND, VA. 



The dull days are not quite over, but 

 .trade has kept up well and prospects for 

 a good season ahead are bright. 



There are some changes. John Toler"s 

 establishment has been pulled down and 

 sold piecemeal to make way for a 

 church building. Mr. Toler has gone to 

 work for Hollywood cemetery. Harvey's 

 houses have been through the auction 

 mill and advertised, but not sold yet. 

 Harvey bought two of the houses and is 

 taking" care of the others until a tenant 

 arrives. John Laird has gone to Nor- 

 folk, Va., and Mr. Jones, Hammond's 

 store man for so many years, has also 

 gone to same place and opened up a 

 store. Julius Froehner, another old 

 land mark in the trade, is pulling up 

 stakes to quit the city. His stock has 

 been purchased by M. A. Whitty. This 

 same concern has also bought the old 

 Catlin greenhouses and removed them 

 to their Brook Road property. Mann & 

 Brown have made considerable improve- 

 ments in their greenhouses and Harn- 

 mond has added two more houses to his 

 ranee. V- 



ToPEKA, Kans. — The Colorado Nurs- 

 ery Co., which brought suit against J. 

 W. Tavlor for $4,000 damages, obtained 

 a verdict for $795. The Colorado com- 

 pany claimed that it had a contract 

 with Taylor for 50,000 trees and that 

 between the time the contract was made 

 and the time for delivery the price went 

 up about 150 per cent, and that then 

 Taylor claimed he had no contract and 

 did not deliver the trees. Taylor claim- 

 ed that he had some correspondence 

 with the Colorado company, but that he 

 had no contract. 



We have received from A. Dietsch & 

 Co., Chicago, a copy of their new cata- 

 logue of greenhouse building material 

 and a folder containing illustrations of 

 the Dietsch construction, patented by 

 them. This substitutes two or three 

 .short spans for the usual wide house, 

 there being no dividing walls and the 

 gutters over the walks. 



The seed crops in Germany are report- 

 ed to be very poor this season with the 

 exception of pansies. 



Do NOT fail to have a strong special 

 adv. in the Annual Thanksgiving Number 

 of the Flokists' Review, to be pub- 

 lished Nov. 14, just two weeks before 

 Thanksgiving. 



BEGONIA LORRAINE. 



The trade tells us that Begonia 

 Gloire de Lorraine has come to stay, 

 and we hope it has, for there is nothing 

 lovlier in midwinter than this beautiful 

 plant. So far, the most successful hand- 

 ling has been along the lines of a 

 complete winter and early spring rest 

 and June propagation. 



We got our plants along in the latter 

 part of June, and they are now in five- 

 inch and some in six-inch, the picture of 

 health and beauty. A medium loam 

 (not very heavy, nor very light) with a 

 sixth of leaf mould and rotted 

 cow manure and a little charcoal has 

 suited them finely. 



They had scarcely any shade, were 

 placed a foot from the glass, and had 

 good ventilation at all times. They were 

 plunged in sphagnum moss and the moss 

 was occasionally sprinkled with nikoteen. 

 Under these conditions they have thrived 

 well, and will certainly be large plants 

 by Christmas or before. J. 0. E. 



CATALOGUES AND PRICE LISTS 



A. M. Herr, Lancaster, Pa., rooted cut- 

 tings of geraniums; A. Tilton & Sons, 

 Cleveland, Ohio, trade list of bulbs; H. - 

 Henkel, Darmstadt, Germany, list of nOT- 

 elties; Thomas Meehan & Sons, German- 

 town, Pa., list of hardy trees and plants; 

 Benjamin Hammond, Fishkill-onHudson, 

 N. Y., Hammond's Slug Shot and other 

 insecticides; James Vick's Sons, Roches- 

 ter, N. Y., bulbs, plants and seeds ; F. C. 

 Heinemann, Erfurt, Germany, colored 

 list of novelties. 



Watertown, Wis. — The White Elm 

 Nursery Company, composed of S. Ug- 

 low and A. W. Brown, have started in 

 the nursery business with offices at 1305 

 Wilder street. 



Lenox, Mass. — The Annual exhibition 

 of the Lenox Horticultural Society was 

 held October 24, and the display was an 

 excellent one. 



Murphtsboro, III. — Lewis E. Allen 

 has purchased the florist business of E. 

 I. Bradley and will continue it. The 

 greenhouses contain about 5,000 square 

 feet of glass. 



LiBEKTT, Mo. — The wife of Paul Stark 

 died October 21, two months after an op- 

 eration, and after being confined to her 

 bed since last May. Mr. Stark has the 

 sympathy of all in his bereavement. 



Olean, N. Y.— D. R. Herron cut his 

 first Col. D. Appleton chrysanthemum 

 October 28. Diameter of bloom, 7i 

 inches; length of stem, 6A feet. All of 

 his stock is in fine shape. Business fair. 



Eau Claire, Wis. — A. F. T. Lauritzen 

 has taken charge of the Oakdale green- 

 houses and will continue the business. 



Hempstead, N. Y.— Henry Weston has 

 succeeded to the business of Henry Wes- 

 ton & Bro. 



Lincoln, Neb. — The new firm of 

 Stackhaus & Greer have completed the 

 erection of their six modern houses con- 

 taining 10,000 square feet of glass, and 

 have their stock in fine shape. Mr. 

 Stackhaus was for some years with C. H. 

 Frey, of this city. 



DuLTTTH, Minn. — John K. Richter 

 will on Nov. 1, open a store at 106 

 West Superior St. 



