July 10, J902. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



209 



BALTIMORE, 



Here the "weather for the past week 

 has been hysterical — away up in the 

 nineties or away down in the shivers, 

 with rain every day or nearly every day. 



Trade for midsummer continues fairly 

 well maintained, carnations especially 

 being in demand and all stock cleaned 

 up. Eoses out of doors are better in 

 quality and go off very well, white vari- 

 eties being sought for funeral work. 



One day last week several Federal of- 

 ficials in the custom and revenue depart- 

 ments were inducted into their new posts, 

 or reappointed, and there was a profuse 

 display of flowers and plants in their 

 cjuarters. 



To-day, July 7, carnations are in mod- 

 erate request. 



Robert L. Graham, of Waverley, one of 

 our enterprising florists, his wife and 

 numerous of their offspring are on Wed- 

 nesday to make a hazardous journey. It 

 seems to us the reverse of judicious con- 

 duct for sane people at this season of 

 the year to forsake ' ' the hills of Mary- 

 land" to go summering in the sirocco- 

 swept suburbs of your windy city, but 

 they thus tempt fate and go to sojourn 

 for several weeks in the mild, or wild, 

 seclusion of Fox Lake, wherever that is, 

 and we commend them to your friendly 

 hands in case of droughts or floods. 



Philip B. Welsh of Waverley, is pull- 

 ing down his barns and building greater; 

 in other words remodeling and moderniz- 

 ing a number of his plant houses. 



Wm. McEoberts, a florist of Govans- 

 town, was found drowned in a shallow 

 tank in one of his greenhouses on the 

 evening of July 4th. It is thought that 

 in stooping to dip up a can of water he 

 was taken with an epileptic fit. He 

 learned his trade with the late James 

 Pentland, was afterwards gardener at 

 Hampton, one of the handsomest old- 

 time estates near this city, and later 

 succeeded to the business of the late 

 Archibald Brackenridge, whose widow he 

 married, and who with several children 

 survives him. He was at one time an 

 ofiicer of the Gardeners' Club, and for a 

 number of years has been the local corre- 

 spondent of one of the trade papers. 



E. 



aNONNATl. 



The Market. 



The effects of the hot weather were 

 quickly shown in the quality of the stock 

 coming in. Eoses, with a few exceptions, 

 are about played out. They are soft, 

 lack sTibstance, and open up before they 

 can be sold. Red ones, especially, are 

 hard to keep, and the demand for them 

 is not very great at present. White 

 stock is most in demand. 



One of the best roses at present, all 

 things considered, is the Marquise de 

 Litta. This rose seems to revel in the 

 heat, and it is in better form now than 

 it has been at any time this season. It 

 answers either for red or pink and there 

 is quite a demand for it. The Liberty 

 cannot stand the hot weather; it opens 

 up very fast and is off color. 



Some first-class Brides and Maids are 

 still seen, but they are grown farther 

 north and are shipped in. They meet a 

 good demand, especially the white ones. 



Carnations are scarce, especially white, 

 which are almost impossible to obtain. 

 Some fine Dorothy are coming in from 

 E. T. Grave, Richmond, Ind., and are the 



best carnations in this market. They 

 bring $2 per 100; other grades, 50 cents 

 to $L50 per 100. 



Sweet peas are not overplentiful, that 

 is, good ones, and there is a ready sale 

 for them. There is any quantity of 

 such stock as feverfew, candytuft, alys- 

 sum, etc., and at about your own price. 



Various Items. 



The programs are now out for the 

 florists' outing, and from the looks of 

 it there will be plenty of fun for every 

 one. One event that is not down will be 

 a wrestling contest between W. J. Rod- 

 gers and Ed Fries. As both of these 

 men are now in training, a lively contest 

 may be looked for. Thomas Jackson, 

 who has charge of the quoit pitching, 

 is an expert in this line. He claims to 

 be able to throw a quoit as unerringly 

 as a man can shoot with a rifle, and it 

 is no vain boast, as he can do it. 



E. G. Gillett's wholesale house closes 

 at 5 p. m. during July and August. 



Mrs. S. S. Skidelsky of Philadelphia, 

 Pa., was a visitor. C. J. Ohmer. 



TORONTO JUNCTION, ONT, 



Mr. A. Gilchrist, accompanied by his 

 wife, left on June 21st for a two 

 months' visit to Scotland. It is thirty- 

 four years since he left the land of his 

 birth for America, and he will no doubt 

 find many changes. 



Mr. and Mrs. Gilchrist did some work 

 for the Canadian government this spring. 

 He visited ten horticultural societies, also 

 speaking to the high and public schools 

 on the improvement of school grounds 

 with native trees, shrubs and plants. He 

 traveled about 1,000 miles, delivering 

 thirty addresses in ten days, and says it 

 was the hardest work he ever undertook. 

 Mrs. Gilchrist had a different route, 

 speaking to seven horticultural societies 

 and schools on nature study. They found 

 the people anxious for information along 

 these lines and feel that much good re- 

 sulted from the series of addresses. 



FUMIGATING WITH SULPHUR. 



Some one asked through the Review 

 about fumigating with sulphur now we 

 have no hot steam pipes. We grow 

 vegetables, potted plants, chrysanthe- 

 Maids, Sleteors, Liberties, Perles and 

 Gates on own roots, also grafted Brides, 

 Maids and Liberties. They are all per- 

 fectly healthy and free from black or 

 green fly, thrips and red spii^er. 



We fumigate with tobacco stems and 

 to a house 20x100 place a teaspoonful 

 of sulphur on top of the tobacco stems. 

 Chas. Vvinklek. 



[This may be all right if the stems 

 are kept so well dampened that there 

 is r.o chance of the sulphur ever burn- 

 ing with a flame but people are some- 

 times a little careless in the matter. Be 

 cautious. — Ed.] 



Washington, D. C. — The wedding of 

 Mr. O. A. C. Oehmler, of Butte, Mont., 

 and Mrs. Anna Belle Waters, of this 

 city, will take place July loth at the 

 home of the bride's mother, 1520 

 Twelfth street, N. W. After September 

 1st Mr. and Mrs. Oehmler will be at 

 home at 818 W. Broadway, Butte, Mont. 



We consider the Review indispens- 

 able in our business. — D. W. Wai.ter, 

 Massillon, O. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Mr. W. H. Hall, who for the past fif- 

 teen years has been with W. Atlee Bur- 

 pee & Co., died suddenly from heart fail- 

 ure on Monday night, June 30th, at his 

 home in Tioga, near Philadelphia. Mr. 

 Hall was in his forty-fifth year and had 

 been connected with the seed business 

 for more than twenty-five years. Ten 

 years of this time he spent with the 

 house of D. Landreth & Sons, having 

 been employed at first by them at Blooms- 

 dale and later traveling on the road 

 through the south for them. In 1887 

 he connected himself with the house of 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Co., where he has 

 been ever since, and at the time of his 

 death occupied a very responsible posi- 

 tion as head of the Freight and Express 

 Order Department. Mr. Hall was a wid- 

 ower and leaves one child. 



Thunderbolt, Ga. — The Thunderbolt 

 Ferneries, Clarke & Ley, proprietors, 

 have been established here, with Savan- 

 nah as the express and freight ship- 

 ping point. The firm is composed of 

 John H. Clarke and Alfred E. Ley, the 

 latter being a son of John H. Ley, of 

 Good Hope, D. C. They expect to carry 

 on a general wholesale and retail busi- 

 ness, making a specialty of ferns and 

 palms. They have just finished building 

 their first house, which is devoted to 

 palms and ferns. 



Secaucus, N. J. — The old Braubacb 

 place has been leased for five years to a 

 prominent Japanese firm. Fred Meer- 

 bott, who has been with Fritz Dressel 

 for the past three years, is the lessee. 

 An acre of ground, with the houses, will 

 be entirely devoted to Japanese prod- 

 ucts. 



The onion crop prospectus for June 

 issued by the Jerome B. Rice Seed Co., 

 Cambridge, N. Y., gives detailed reports 

 on the condition of the onion seed crops 

 of the various onion seed growing states 

 by counties. The cold spring and heavy 

 rains have worked serious injury in 

 many sections. 



Westpield, N. Y. — J. H. Dann, Jr., 

 son of J. H. Dann, the florist, was badly 

 hurt on the ears July 5th and died three 

 hours later. He was in the employ of 

 the J. C. & Lake Erie E. E. and was 

 riding home from his work at the time. 



Des Moines, Ia. — The Hawkeye Seed 

 Co. is removing to the building at 207 

 and 209 West Seventh street. The 

 company will occupy the entire building 

 and will do a mail order and jobbing 

 business in addition to its retail trade. 



Fkedonia, N. Y.— Foster & Griffith, a 

 nursery firm organized last spring, re- 

 port an excellent business so far. J. H. 

 Foster, the senior member of the firm, 

 was for twelve years foreman for Lewis 

 Eoesch. 



Pleasant Hill. Mo. — Geo. M. Kel- 

 logg is building 50,000 square feet of 

 new glass, mostly for Beauties. He re- 

 ports having had a fine season for out- 

 of-door stock. A big field of Groff's 

 gladioli promise good results soon. 



Benton Harbor, Mich. — The Irving 

 Jacquay Co., nurserymen, has been in- 

 corporated with a capital stock of $35,- 

 000. 



