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The Weekly Florists* Review, 



the icy looking expanse of the niamniotli 

 establishment of E. X. Pieicc & Sons. 

 and lands vou williin .1 li;i!f iniimli''> 

 walk of the"coni|ia.il^ l.uili pKn,.. M,,r, 

 long houses exacllv -nl.- I'l -i>lr. all l.i 

 sected by a walk llnoip^li the ci'niri-. 

 The boiler house, ollico and stable are at 

 one end of this walk and three smaller 

 houses stand beyond these accessories to 

 the business. These buildings are all in 

 the best of repair and are thoroughly 

 well built. Brick foundation walls from 

 two to three feet high, thirteen automat- 

 ic ventilators, a big lank inlo ulii.h 

 water is puni|ifd fron a diivni will, tu 

 getlier with faucets from tlir tciuii >u|i' 

 ply foi' emergencies, two Imuc lioilcrs. 

 one being a brand-new one, hundreds of 

 tons of coal, the large home of the com- 

 mander-in-chief and smaller ones of the 

 other officials, are all .seen at a glance. 

 Then there are 10.000 rose plants to be 

 seen and the walks are more or less en- 

 cumbered by boxes of elegant Bouvardia 

 now just beginning to bloom. There is 



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could it when the department is in the 



grasp of unscrupulous politicians. 



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feet and a half tall, 

 a bud or flower. 



Though having a station so near, Mr. 

 Anderson remembers the story of the 

 early bird and drives three miles to 

 catch a train that lands him in Boston 

 fifteen minutes earlier. J. S. Manter. 



NEW YORK. 



Despite the fact that v.'e have for a 

 long time been in the whirls of a most 

 exciting municipal election, there has 

 been a fairly good demand for all kinds 

 of stock. There were hours and days 

 when stock moved somewhat slowly, but 

 the average for the week, considering 

 eveivthing, was good. Next week most 

 of the wealthv folks will be in town and 



New Rose Mrs. Oliver Ames as exhibited at the New York Show. 



one house of Kaiserin. Enormous old 

 plants* relentlessly bent over and tied 

 down and so full of briars that a ilii 

 noceros would murmur if asked \'< l;" 

 through. Their labors for the yeai an 

 about done, but many good cam-- mI 

 rise above the tangled mass. We inuiil 

 ed the stubs upon a bush chosen at ran- 

 dom to see how many blooms had been 

 taken this summer. Twenty. Is that 

 good? 



There is a house of nice very new 

 Carnot bushes just beginning to talk. 

 The only word they say that a hardened 

 old florist can understand is "Money," 

 but to others they whisper of purity, 

 grace, elegance and all other virtues. 



But nearly everything is set to Brides 

 and Maids varying from six months to 

 three years old and most of them are in 

 fine siiape for a winter's work. They 



fpiite a large boom is expected in the 

 ]ilant and riit Hower trade. Every grow- 

 (1 . 1 -]ii'(ially of violets, looks forward 

 niii-t anxinusly for horse show week, and 

 ii i- tn 111' hoped all expectations will be 

 fill tilled. Prices of almost all grades of 

 ll. wrrs are on the upward trend; we 

 niily require frost and snow to satisfy 

 sump growers. 



The Florists' elub meets next ]Monday 

 night and a very high old time is antici- 

 pated, so a full attendance is most de- 

 sirable. Reports of the recent show and 

 nominations for officers for next year 

 are two of the items on the program, 

 and the rest depends on — the weather. 



Nothing niggardly about one city when 

 $2,000,000 is annually devoted to the 

 maintenance of parks. Of course, it 

 doesn't all go into the system. How 



1... at I :;ii |, II, . HI ilir iiall iif the 

 ii.ii-.iiin at III.- llMlaiiiral ilardciis, Bronx 

 i'ark. There is always a large attend- 

 ance at these lectures, and the library up 

 there is the best of its kind in the coun- 

 try. 



We forgot to mention last week that 

 the large Latania shown by A. Herring- 

 ton at last week's show here was donated 

 to the Botanical Gardens. 



We are off to attend the several shows 

 round about here; there are no less than 

 four on this week hereabouts, and it re- 

 quires some planning, much work and 

 travel to cover them all. Wish the boys 

 up along the Hudson would spread dates 

 a little more next year and give the pa- 

 pers a chance to breathe. 



Bowling. 



There was a large crowd on the alleys 

 last Monday night, and the coaching was 

 somewhat terrific. Possibly the eve of 

 election was responsible for some of it; 

 anyhow, the fun more than compensated 

 for the non-breaking record scores. 



The New York team and a few rooters 

 will try conclusions with the Philadel- 

 jdiians on their own alleys on Tuesday, 

 November 12, and in the near future ex- 

 pect to wake up both the Flatbush and 

 North Hudson boys. Yes. there's lots of 

 good things on the calendar, and Captain 

 Lang says it's only for practice to be in 

 shape for Asheville or any other place 

 where champions meet. Scores last night 

 were : 



The Market. 



The mid-season chrysanthemums ruled 

 the market this week and are preferred 

 to long stemmed Beauties, for which 

 there is no marked demand. Several 

 new varieties have made their appear- 

 ance, and, generally speaking, sell well. 



Mrs. Trainor L. Park, yellow. Colonel 

 Ajjpleton, yellow, and Timothy Eaton, 

 white, are among the finer varieties. 

 Leo Niessen had some very fine Ivory 

 and also Mrs. Perrin, a deep pink vari- 

 ety of good size. Mrs. Weeks is an- 

 other pretty white of good form. The 

 ruling price on choice blooms of these 

 sorts is from $1.50 to $2.50 a dozen. 

 Perfect specimens of Eaton go higher, 

 but unfortunately a good many flowers 

 of this variety do not come perfect. 



The large Easter plant growers are 

 bringing in their first blooms of chrys- 

 anthemums now. This week Robert 

 Craig & Son have begun cutting Ivory, 

 Colonel Appleton and Merza. William 

 K. Harris is sending in the two first 

 named sorts and also Maud Dean, and 

 a pale pink sport from this variety 

 which resembles apple blossoms in color. 



While cut flowers of the Queen of 

 Autumn have been selling well, there has 

 been an unprecedented run on plants in 

 pots. Both Campbell and Mecky, who 

 make this their specialty, have been 

 obliged to cut their orders despite the 

 enormous quantity of plants grown. It 

 seems likely that the season will be a 



