684 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



APRIL 2li. IStlXl. 



CLOVER SEED. 



Toledo clover seed dealers are more 

 than satisfied with the results of the 

 year 1899 and indications point to a 

 still better business with better prices 

 in 1900. 



The following shows the amount of 

 receipts and shipments of clover seed 

 at this point for 1899, as compared with 

 the previous year: 



RECEIPTS. 



1S98 11S.940 bags 



1899 131,760 bags 



Increase 12,820 bags 



SHIPMENTS. 



3898 90,000 bags 



1899 .157,830 bags 



Increase 67,830 bags 



Prices were much higher in 1899 

 than in the previous year. The follow- 

 ing is a comparative table of prices to- 

 day, as against one year ago: 



1898. 1899. 



Prime cash seed $4.67^4 $5.62% 



No. 2 cash 3.10 4.65 



So far the shipments have been 

 largely for export. The scarcity of 

 prime cash this season is one cause for 

 the prevailing high price of that 

 article. The crop was large but poor 

 in quality. No. 2 cash comprises the 

 bulk of the seed received here. Home 

 dealers have not yet begun buying— 

 waiting for a drop in prices. 



As the decline did not come before 

 the first of the year, it is not likely 

 to come now. Local dealers look for 

 a further advance, as the home de- 

 mand is now in order. Stocks of seed 

 ■on hand to-day are about SO.O(H> bags, 

 as against 65,000 this time last year.— 

 Toledo (0.) Bee, Jan. 4. 



FLOWER LOVERS. 



There are many people in the world 

 ■who like flowers; there are some peo- 

 ple who love them, and these consti- 

 tute a class unto themselves. The dif- 

 ference is this: Those who simply like 

 flowers are quite satisfied that other 

 people shall have the troul)le of grow- 

 ing them; those who love flowers find 

 delightful recreation in cultivating 

 them, in co i ing in touch with the 

 growing plants and in petting them. 

 As a rule, women love flowers better 

 than men love them, but there are 

 many flower-lovers among men. — 

 Richmond (Va.) Times. 



TILE BENCH BOTTOM. 



Mr. M. C. ("lay, Greenl'ord, O.. writes 

 us descrildng a tile bench liottom made 

 •of ordinary 4-inch tiles that have been 

 slit in two lengthwise. An incision 

 is made on opposite sides before the 

 tile are burned and the two halves 

 separate readily afterward. He lays 

 these side by side across the bench, 

 convex side up, and says they make a 

 very satisfactory bench bottom, giv- 

 ing perfect drainage and onl.v half as 

 many tile required to cover the same 

 surface as would be the case were 



whole tile used. He writes that L. 

 Templin <t Sons. Calla. O., have tried 

 this style of bench bottom and are 

 well satisfied with it. 



SOME REMINDERS. 



Under the heading "A Few Re- 

 minders." the Central New York Hor- 

 ticultural Society speaks as follows to 

 members and the general public: 



A\'liat are you doing for those around you? 



What can you do for others througii our So- 

 L-iety? 



Why not join hands with us in our endeavor 

 to malte this world a iittle brighter? 



Ours Is an instructing and entertaining, as 

 well as an educational work. 



Our one aim is to uplift and benefit the peo- 

 ple. 



This is not a corporation organizc.l for in- 

 dividual profit. 



We want to teach the masses to love and 

 appreciate the good in Nature, for Nature's 

 woik is marvelous beyond compare. 



Try to make two blad;s of grass to g;ow 

 where only one is growing. 



Love the Earth as well as your fellow man. 



Give to them both a goodly share of your 

 time. 



This will result in many flowers to cheer you 

 and comfort others. 



We need your financial and moral supiiort. 



\A'e can be a blessing to this community. Is 

 it too much to ask of you? 



Have you paid your annual dues? 



.■\re you a member? If not. why not? 



We want you to be one of us and one with 

 us. 



Remember we pass this way but once. Let 

 us strew the pathway with roses as we jour- 

 ne.v on. 



We will be more likely to have them on our 

 bier. 



IJring all the bri,ghtn?ss into the world you 

 can. It will make the other wo.rld a great 

 deal blighter also. 



This was printed on a slip for gen- 

 eral circulation, and it seems to us to 

 be an excellent move. A society that 

 invites membership from the general 

 public should not fail to keep the peo- 

 ple informed of its aims and objects. 



The headquarters of this progressive 

 society are in Syracuse, N. Y.. and the 

 officers are: S. T. Betts, president; N. 

 H. Chapman, secretary; David Camp- 

 bell, treasurer. 



WATERVILLE, ME.— H. R. Mitch- 

 ell & Son are preparing to add several 

 new houses this season. They had an 

 excellent Easter business. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Plant Registration. 



Nathan Smith H Son register seed- 

 ling canna "The Empress" (Philadel- 

 phia X Gloriosa); flowers bright crim- 

 son; large green foliage; height two 

 and one-half feet. 



.lohn H, Dunlop registers rose "Lady 

 Dorothea." a sport from "Sunset," or- 

 iginated with Mr. Dunlop in the spring 

 of 18J5. Color, outer petals deep 

 peach; pink to Indian red at base; 

 inside, soft flesh color, deepest in mid- 

 winter. Other characteristics, as to 

 color, vigor of growth, etc., identical 

 with the parent, but omitting the ob- 

 jectionable feature of malformed buds 

 at any season of the year. Can be dis- 

 budded to center bud, which is always 

 perfect. 



Lager & Hurrell register Cattleya 

 labiata "Mrs. W. C. Squires." Flowers 

 large, sepals and petals broad and 

 massive, of a dark rosy mauve. Lip 

 very large, with fringed margins, the 

 expanded portion crimson purple, pos- 

 terior part stained with straw buff 

 and crimson purple. The unusual flow- 

 ering season of this variety is due to 

 the plant having been imported late in 

 fall. WM. J. STEWART, Secretary. 



THE " ROSE OF HELL." 



"Tlie rarest flower in the world" has 

 again been found, this time by a news- 

 paper correspondent who writes from 

 Los Angeles. Cal. According to the 

 story, two prospectors have brought 

 specimens from a mountain in the in- 

 terior of Guatemala, and the flower 

 was given its sulphuric name by the 

 natives, because it grows near the cra- 

 ter of a living volcano, which they 

 suppose to be the entrance to the in- 

 fernal regions. 



NEW HAVEN. CONN.— Arrange- 

 ments are being made for the holding 

 of a convention in this city which 

 shall decide upon a national flower. 

 There will be two delegates from each 

 state in the union. 



Tff. 



e 



WILLIAM Scott 



Is a book of 224 large paees (same size as those 

 of the Florists' Review >. and contains about 2do ar- 

 ticles on commercial plants and cuUural operations, 

 each g-ivinK " the meat '" only, from the personal ex- 

 perience of a thoroughly practical man who is in 

 daily touch with each department of the business 

 and who has that rare i|iiality of being able to tell 

 others what they want to know. The articles 

 are arranged alphabetically, like those in an ency- 

 clnp.idia. and in an instant one can turn to the sub- 

 ject upon wtiich light is desired at the moment. The 

 nook IS illustrated by over 300 fine half-tone engrav- 

 ings. It is 



A Complete Reference Book for 

 Commercial Florists 



and is a whole librar>- on practical ci>mmercial flori- 

 culture in one volume. It is very handsomely and 

 substant-ally bound in half leather, with specially 

 designed title in gold. 



Price, 86.00 Carriag'e Prepaid. 

 CAXTON 



Florists' Publishing Co., building, Chicago. 



