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The Weekly Florists*^ Review. 



MAY 



1900. 



KANSAS CITY, MO. 



Since my notes on Easter trade there 

 has been no great business activity. 

 I'^lower buyers are evidently slow in 

 replenishing their depleted pocket- 

 books. Demand for funeral stock fair- 

 ly good. The tjuality of flowers has 

 improved in the past two weeks, espe- 

 cially carnations. This popular fluWcr 

 r.ia.v now be seen on thirty-inch stems, 

 perfect blooms, a great satisfaction to 

 the carnation enthvisiasts. 



We are having ideal spring weather, 

 with plenty of warm April showers. 

 Trees and shrubbery have almost 

 their full leaf and vegetation seems 

 three weeks earlier than last year. 

 The time seems opportune for a few 

 remarks descriptive of the improve- 

 ments being made in our parks and 

 other out-door places of recreation. 



I'^airmount Park, of ITiO acres, situ- 

 ;'.ted two miles east of the cit.v limits, 

 is the best adapted for sports of all 

 kinds, and is equipped with a race 

 track, golf links, bowling alleys, a lake 

 for bathing, boating and lisbing. and 

 a theater for summer entertainments. 

 The landscape is rolling and some 

 very artistic effects were seen there 

 last year in summer bedding. 



Swope's Park, also outside the city 

 limits, comprises an area of 1,300 

 acres. Although comparatively new. 

 work is being pushed rapidly, and the 

 park is now open to the public. An 

 intramural railway will traverse the 

 grounds, conveying passengers to 

 points of interest. 



Extensive improvements are being 

 made in our many miles of boule- 

 vards, for which Kansas City is be- 

 i-oming noted. Several large vacant 

 spots adjoining the driveways will be 

 beautified and added to the park sys- 

 tem. 



Our beautiful "Paseo," 200 yards 

 wide, when completed will extend 

 north and south through the residence 

 portion of the city for a distance of 

 three miles. One mile has already 

 been laid out and nearly finished. 

 Starting from the north, we pass 

 through the pergola of Grecian archi- 

 tecture by the site of the Spanish 

 cannon captured in the late war and 

 reach the sunken garden, now ablaze 

 with tulips in all their gorgeousness. 

 The colors are most beautifully Ijlend- 

 ed and attract the admiration of thou- 

 sands of visitors. Late in May these 

 tulips will be replaced with the regu- 

 lar summer bedding, the <-ontract for 

 this work having been let to Albert 

 Barbe and Samuel Murray. 



A magnilicent terraced fountain ''> 

 feet wide, modeled after the celebrated 

 fountain in Lyons. France, stands on 

 the Paseo near Fifteenth street. 11 

 throws a stream 2-5 feet in the air. the 

 overflow feeding an ornamental lake 

 near by. 



Mr. George Kessler. a tliorough land- 

 siape gardener and civil engineer, has 

 charge of the entire park system. We 

 are rapidly becoming a convention 



Hardy Hybrid Clematis 



We offer strong two-year-old plants of all the leading varieties, such as 



JACKMANI, HENRYI, DUCHESS OF EDINBURGH, 

 STANDISHI, Mme. VAN HOUTTE, etc., etc. 



$3.00 per doz.; $25.00 per 100. 



'"''"f.S:rplan.sof CLEMATIS PANICULATA, 



$1.25 per doz.: $10.00 per 100. 



HENRY A. DREER, 7 14 chestnut St, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



Mi'iitioii Tho no\ic\v when you write 



PBRIN SPORES SOW INOWI! 



WE ARE HEADQUARTERS- Extra large package of fresh spores, sufficient for 3000 plants, with full cul- 

 tural directions, postpaid for $l.Uit. Collection of 12 distinct varieties, each separate, $r>.00. 



McFADDEN, ■ U, S. Exotic Nurseries, - SHORT HILLS, N. J. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



EMERSON C. 



city and when this work is completed 

 l\.ansas City will have greater induce- 

 ments to offer to visitors than at the 

 present time. ORPHAN. 



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A N'T K I >— Two Kood men for all- round greenhouse 

 work. Sanil Muir, 3^30 Michigan Ave , Chicago. 



TARRYTOWN, N. Y. 



The regular meeting of the Tarry- 

 town Horticultural Society was held 

 at the Vanderbilt building on Thurs- 

 day, the 26th ult. The society has 

 decided to hold a June show. Rich- 

 ard Griggs. IWichael Green and Albert 

 Ely were elected to membership. 

 ROBERT ANGl'd. 



Reporting Sec'y. 



CLE-ELUM. WASH.— The John A. 

 Balmer Floral Co. is now established 

 here. The firm is composed of .John 

 A. Balmer, formerly horticulturist Tt 

 the Washington State Expe/irnent 

 Station at Pullman, and \V. S. Van 

 Doren. 



WANT ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Advertisements under this head 10 cents a line, 

 an average of seven words to the line. 



FOR SACE — At once — Four acres, two dwellings, 

 bam, eleven greenhouses, iS.ooo feet d s. glass: in 

 a thriving town of 20,000 inhabitants; good sliipping 

 trade and local market; $3,000.00 cash, balance on time. 

 Address E, Haentze, Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. 



WAN'TKD— Two young men for carnation and rose 

 houses. S'ate experience and wages wanted. Ad- 

 dress F. Burki, Bellevue, Pa. 



FOR SALE. 



240 acres of land on Isthmus of Tehauntepec, 

 State of Vera Cruz. Mexico. 



For full particulars write 



ROLAND HUGHES, 



846 New York Life BIdg., KANSAS CITY, HO. 



FOR SALE. 



.\ tine farm of 4.39 acres of rolling land, under 

 cultivation. \ fine dwelling, good water, plenty 

 of fruit tree?. .An excellent opportunity. Write 

 for particulars. Price $5,500 00. 



.\ large plant situated in a large town in Ohio. 

 60,000 feet ol glass. .A modern place fully equip- 

 ped and stocked. Three dwellings; city store, 

 furniture and equipments. Reasons for selling 

 and price will be furnished on application. 



.\nv of the above named properties is a bar- 

 gain and those desiring to purchase will do well 

 to communicate with us. These ar^onlv a few of 

 the properties that we have for sale and leasing. 



SMITH & SMITH, 



WANTED — Exoerienced man for teas and mum 

 stock to woik under foreman. Salary 525 oo and 

 board per month to begin with. Poehlinann Bros., 

 Morton Grove, III. 



W.'\NTEr3— Working foreman, thoroughly compe- 

 tent, steady and sober; must have good reference; 

 no other need apply. Write us, stating experience, etc , 

 and salary wanted, at once. Greene .S; Underbill, 

 Watertown, N. V. 



WANTED — A first class foreman, one who thorough- 

 ly understands how to grow roses, mums and car- 

 nations ; also a general liner f bedding plants; 5; 000 sq 

 ft of glass; firsi class references required: Rood A'agesto 

 a capable man. Crabb & Hunter, Grand Kapids. ISIich. 



QITU.-VTION W.WTED-Byafirst class practical 

 O grower. Best of reference; ten years at last place. 

 Address 50, care Florists' Review. 



SITL.-VTIO.V WA.NTED By a practical all round 

 grower. Palms and ferns a speci illy. Address H., 

 care Florists' Review. 



345 Sixth Ave., 

 I, PITTSBURG, FA. 

 P. O. Box 869. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ABOUT COLORADO. 

 We have received from Mr. P. S. 

 Etistis, general passenger agent of the 

 Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail- 

 road, a book just oft the press, which 

 is unusually interesting and artistit. 

 It is on the subject of Colorado, fas- 

 cinatingly written by .James \V. Steele, 

 a descriptive writer of great force. The 

 book is lavishly illustrated by engrav- 

 ings of a high order, and the printer's 

 art has not been handicapped by an 

 ettort to save expense. To anyone in- 

 terested in the grandeur of Colorado 

 scenery and particularly to one con- 

 templating a visit to the country de- 

 scribed, the book will be inilispensa- 

 ble. Copies can be had by sending a 

 letter of request, accompanied by i> 

 cents in postage stamps, to Mr. Kustis. 

 at his Chicago address. I'nif .\(lams 

 street. 



