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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



OCTOBEE 9, 1902. 



the air and be a great help to the phmts 

 — and free watering can be indulged in 

 as there is nothing below this floor but 

 "Jlother Earth." Rustic seats and set- 

 tees will be introduced and "stxjod 

 around" where they will be most appre- 

 ciated. 



Formal tables for the exhibits will be 

 entirely dispensed mth where possible 

 and groups of plants displayed in un- 

 conventional lines, specimens "like foliage 

 plants will be placed in raised beds, filled 

 with tan-bark, so that the pots can be 

 plunged. 



Excellent judges have been appointed, 

 and it now only remains for the curtain 

 to run up and the show to begin. In 

 conclusion I may say that success can 

 only be achieved by the hearty co-opera- 

 tion of exhibitors and those" interested 

 in the success of the show. Send your 

 entries in and stage them on time "and 

 then have it said that you materially 

 helped to make a successof New York's 

 most successful flower show. 



taken, and Mr. Obermeyer writes that 

 the variety starts blooming very early. 

 He has had a fine lot of the plants in 

 bloom for Easter in 3J-inch pots and 

 only 8 inches high. He says he has 

 never seen any other canna that will 

 approach "West Virginia" as a free and 

 continuous bloomer. 



CINCINNATL 



The Market. 



Though stock is scarce it has been 

 impossible to advance prices over those 

 of last week, as the quality is not there. 

 Brides and Maids are both scarce, 

 though there are more of the latter 

 than the former. There are very few 

 Meteors, but enough Liberties to take 

 their place. Liberty has not ag j'et 

 shown much quality. The steni is fair 

 but the flower is inclined to come sin- 

 gle, with little substance, and the color 

 verv dark in most ca«en. The present 



Plant of New Canna "West Virginia.' 



CANNA WEST VIRGINIA. 



We present herewith engravings from 

 photographs of an individual plant and 

 a field of the new Canna West Virginia 

 on the grounds of the originator, Mr. 

 Gustav Obermeyer, Parkersburg, W. Va. 



It is a seedling from Queen Charlotte 

 and the flowers are of similar color and 

 markings, but the habit is dwarfed and 

 Mr. Obermeyer considers it far superior 

 in other directions. In the view of the 

 field a small patch of Alphonse Bouvier 

 is seen in the background to the left, 

 and the comparative height of "West 

 Virginia" may be noted. 



It can be seen that the field was a 

 mass of bloom when the photograph was 



cut of Beauties is inadequate, but the 

 prospects are good for a supply in the 

 near future. 



Chrysanthemums are making their 

 presence felt and they are in good de- 

 mand. Bergman are being cut but are 

 not quite fully developed. Montmort is 

 very good. 



The supply of carnations is increas- 

 ing, but not fast enough to keep up 

 with the demand. In fancy sorts, Do- 

 rothy, Lawson and Estelle lead. Mur- 

 phy's White is coming in fine shape and 

 ■sells at sight. It has very long stems 

 for so early in the season and the flow- 

 ers are of very good size. Violets, both 

 single and double, are now received in 



fair quantities. Cosmos and dahlias 

 are now the only outuoor bowers in the 

 market. 



Business has been very good on the 

 whole. The Jewish New Year created 

 quite a demand. Weather is dark and 

 rainy most of the time. 



Death of Herman A. Betz. 



On Saturday, at 7:15 a. m., Herman 

 A. Betz passed away. He was one of 

 five brothers living in this city, two of 

 whom followed the florist's trade. Mr. 

 Betz has been connected with the florist 

 business in one way or another all of his 

 life and at the time of his death was 

 with Mr. J. A. Peterson at Westwood. 

 He leaves a wife and one child, a daugh- 

 ter, about 10 years old. The funeral 

 took place on Tuesday at 1:30 p. n;., 

 the four brothers acting as pall bearers. 

 Mr. Betz was well known throughout 

 the trade here and his sudden death will 

 come as a shock to his many friends. 

 C. J. Ohmeb. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



Tliere is nothing very sta.rtling here 

 to rejxirt. Business is rather quiet, but 

 is better than it has been, although 

 there is plenty of room for improvement 

 yet. We are having a great deal of 

 rain, which has about spoiled most of 

 the outside flowers that were left, es- 

 pecially asters. Outside carnations have 

 a dirty and bedraggled look, and cosmos 

 and tuberoses show the efl'ects of the 

 rain. 



Cut flowers, as a general rule, are 

 rather scarce here at the present time. 

 Especially is this true in regard to car- 

 nations. Roses are coming in better, but 

 there is plenty of room for improvement. 

 There have been some mums displayed in 

 the windows here, notably the J. M. 

 Gasser Company's. 



Among the Craft. 



A visit among some of the craft this 

 week found them all hustling their stock 

 under cover, as most of them are afraid 

 of a frost after so much wet weather. 



G. M. Naumann's place was in its usual 

 good order. Here I found some very fine 

 cyclamens. His mums, carnations anfl 

 violets are looking very good indeed. He 

 has one entire house devoted to primu- 

 las, mostly Primula obconica. He also 

 has some very good Gloire de Lorraine 

 begonias growing outside in frames, 



Casper Aul has his mums in fine shape 

 and ^vill begin cutting in about ten days. 

 His carnations are fine, especially White 

 Cloud and Marquis, a number of which 

 he has in the field yet. and which he 

 expects to plant after his early mums. 

 He has several very good seedlings, of 

 which one especiallj- fine is after the 

 stamp of Daybreak in color, but built 

 much higher and with a much better 

 calyx. He has a nice lot of hydrangeas 

 in the field that he is about ready to 

 lift. Here one new house has been added 

 this year — a lean-to about CO feet long 

 by 12 feet wide. 



G. Stehn was busy making geranium 

 cuttings when I called. His stuff is all 

 looking well, one house of violets giving 

 promise of a good crop of flowers. 



Texep. 



TORONTO. 



Toronto has been favored with that 

 kind of weather which has just about 

 finished outdoor and garden flowers. 



