Febkuary 27. 1902. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



459 



Bassett & Washburn's Display of Standard Varieties at Indianapolis. 



NEW YORK. 



The eastern carnation enthusiasts 

 whose privilege it was to attend that 

 glorious convention at Indianapolis have 

 returned safely, and with only the 

 happiest memories. They are especially 

 jubilant in bagging both the presidency 

 and the convention of 1903, and look 

 forward to the opportunity of giving 

 their western brethren a reciprocal and 

 royal welcome. We feel sure the new 

 president will prove the right man in the 

 right place. 



The prince has come and we are de- 

 lighted with him. He is so much like 

 an American in his democratic man- 

 ners and cordiality and tact. Tuesday 

 evening occurred the great operatic 

 welcome at the Metropolitan. Never in 

 its history has such a scene of wealth 

 and beauty and floral splendor been 

 witnessed. Thorley's contract for flow- 

 ers and decorations amounted, it is 

 said, to nearly $10,000. Innumerable 

 American Beauty roses, flowering plants 

 and wild smilax transformed the great 

 auditorium into a floral bower. The 

 florists generally are having a most 

 profitable week. The dinner at the 

 Waldorf will engage the decorative 

 abilities of Small's artists. 



The florists well deserve a prosper- 

 ous week, for the last one was the most 

 trying to the ' trade. For years, not 

 since 1888, has the snow so completely 

 dominated the city and surrounding 

 country. Even now the streets are in 

 nearly every part of the city almost 

 impassable. The weather has become 

 "springlike," and from almost zero the 

 thermometer has advanced to 50 degrees 



and the sun is shining with the warmth 

 of summer. 



The depression in prices, however, 

 has been checked and this week the 

 prices of two weeks ago are re-estab- 

 lished. 



Dr. N. L. Britton. director of the 

 New York Botanical Garden, is agitat- 

 ing an additional endowment of half 

 a million dollars, the funds to be used in 

 scientific investigation^ and the collec- 

 tion of rare plants for the conser\'a- 

 tories. The five new greenhouses lately 

 completed cost nearly $69,000. Three 

 expeditions have been arranged. The 

 present endowment already amounts to 

 nearly $700,000. 



The plant auctions by Cleary and El- 

 liott begin on March 4, hardy plants, 

 roses and rhododendrons of recent im- 

 ])ortation being first on the pro- 

 gramme. 



Tlie bowlers have yielded of late to 

 the intense strain of the winter season 

 and rested. Three or four of the in- 

 vincibles in New York turn up regu- 

 larly as usual, but the "rank and file," 

 especially the "rank," have placed them- 

 selves on the waiting list. 



Dennis Lahey, the largest florist on 

 Long Island, if not in America, has 

 passed on to join the "great majority." 

 His age was 37 and his weight nearly 

 700 pounds. 



The nurserymen in this vicinity are 

 anticipating a busy season. At Eliza- 

 beth I called on Hiram Jones and the 

 Elizabeth Nursery Co., and found the 

 latter firm busy building three of a 

 range of twelve greenhouses, 22x150, to 

 be completed this summer, with boiler 



pit and all other necessities provided 

 for to increase the plant to double the 

 size at an early date. On the eight acres 

 which the company has purchased close 

 to the city, handsome offices and an im- 

 mense packing shed 125x60 will be erect- 

 ed in time for the shipping of stock 

 this spring. Mr. Gibbons is the archi- 

 tect. 



Mr. David Mellis is convalescent, and 

 Mr. Wadley continues to improve. 



Eastern N. Y. Horticultural Society. 



The Eastern New York Horticultural 

 Society held its sixth annual meeting 

 at the American Institute on Wednesday 

 and Thursday of last week, and the at- 

 tendance averaged 200. The institute 

 oflTered some valuable prizes for the best 

 exhibits of plants, flowers, fruits and 

 vegetables, and the display of each was 

 varied and creditable. Before the close 

 of the meeting the amalgamation of this 

 society with the New Y'ork Horticultural 

 Society was announced. Tlie next meet- 

 ing place is Poughkeepsie, and semi- 

 annual conventions were decided upon. 



Siebrecht & Son exhibited a collection 

 of rhododendrons, genistas, acacias, aza- 

 leas and hyacinths, and a large plant of 

 Coelogyne cristata, receiving first prize 

 therefor. Lager & Hurrell, of Summit, 

 N. J., made an excellent display of or- 

 chids of twenty varieties, including cat- 

 tleyas, dendrobiums, Laelia flava, pha- 

 laenopsis, coelogynes and Sophronitis 

 grandiflora. 



Fred Weinberg, of Woodside, made a 

 fine cacti exhibit. He has a stock of 

 over 2,000 varieties, and received a spe- 

 cial priae. 



C. W. Ward exhibited a vase of Mrs. 



