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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



will b.- 1,1-1.1 ; 



The American Park and Outd \h 



\--. , iation now iias a membership oi 

 705. 



E. Albertson, of Albertson & Hobbs, 

 r.i i !■_■■ | In. I,, i- en .1 ten days' west- 

 el ii business t rip. 



Tut: West Michigan Nursery Co, Eau 

 Claire, Mich., i- preparing to harvest a 

 crop of 5,000 bushels of peaches. 



W. F. Heikes, of the Huntsville 

 Wholesale Xursery, Huntsville, Ala., is 

 ii Ba » \ iew, Mich., on a vacation. 



B. E. Gage, • f the Peterson Nursery, 

 Chicago, i- visiting the gardeners and 

 planters at the summer resorts in 

 Michigan and Wisconsin. 



meeting of the Southern 

 tion «ill be held at 

 mi.. August 19. There 

 1.- trip to the qui -. a ies 



A — 



Ala. 



I hi Mo-ton boa r<l of park commission- 

 ers has adopted a nile. under the act to 

 regulate bill boards, that no such adver- 

 tisements uia\ be displayed within 500 

 feet of any park or parkway. 



Thf 



extends the ecu 

 tion of exhibits 



ininial mr. 'I i"- "I 

 ticultural Societj 



August 3 and 4. 



exhibition. The 



ii|i,iii\ each yea: 

 f free transporta- 



CINCINNATI. 



cheap then is g I monej in it for the 



retailer. 



Roses, if anything, are scarcer than 

 last week, but the qualitj is improving; 

 still the greater portion of all roses are 

 seconds and thirds. There are still no 

 red roses. There is a very good de- 

 iii. hi. I for Beauties but it i- j ri i ] •■ • — i t .!«■ 

 to raise the price, owing to the poor 

 quality. There are, however, some good 

 ttaisei in-. 



Carnations are almost out of the 

 market. Then- are so fevt coming in 

 that it i- impossible to take an order 

 with any certainty of filling it. There 

 i- a heavy call for white and the price 

 on any that could be called fair has 

 been forced up until they almost reach 

 winter quotation-. Field grown ones 

 will be coming pretty soon and they 

 will help matters. The supply of asters 

 is -till limited and the quality poor. 

 Miscellaneous stock sells well for funeral 

 work. The demand for ferns has been 

 so great that the wholesale houses have 

 their troubles keeping a supply on hand. 

 Club Picnic. 

 duly 23 was the florists' annual out- 

 ing and the committee could not have 

 picked .."t a better day. Coney Island 



ha- plcntv of shade and the recent rams 

 had freshened up everything. There 

 were between 250 and 300 in the party. 

 The ride of twenty miles on the big river 



stei ■!- i- worth the price of tickets 



alone. Besides the main attractions 

 on the island there were several con- 

 tests, the winners of which were as fol- 

 low-: i.iuoit pitching for men. Rob 

 Murphy and Ed Murphy, first prize; 

 Ben George and Geo. II. mining second. 

 The ladies' quoit pitching contest was 

 Very exciting and on the last game of 

 10 'point- the score stood 9 to 9, but 

 Mrs. K..ii/elnian won the next point 

 and \li- i. ii- Vliian was second. 



In the base ball game the teams were 

 well matched, the score being 17 to 18. 

 After the du-l had settled it was found 

 that Allan's team had made the win- 

 ning nm in the last half of the last in- 

 ning. Frank Deller's team, though de- 

 flated, was not disgraced. 



Mr. Dudley, of Parkershurg. YV. Va., 

 was a visit. .V. C. J. Ohmer. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



Horticultural Society Doings. 



The New Orleans Horticultural So- 

 ciety held its annual meeting and elec- 

 tion' of officers July Hi. Joseph Steck 

 ler was chosen president, succeeding C. 

 R. Panter. Richard Eichling was made 

 vice-president, succeeding 1). A, Chopin. 

 Dan Xewsham was elected secretary and 

 John Eblen treasurer, succeeding 'them 

 selves, the latter having held his office 

 for nineteen years. Communications 

 were read, business of importance trans- 

 acted and an enjoyable supper served to 

 the many members present. J. 1). 

 Preussner, of Galveston, was a visitor. 



During the session many matters of 

 imporance came up. including the ex- 

 tension of the list of honorary- members. 

 H. M. Derr and Harry Etwell were elect- 

 ed to active membership. The treasurer 

 reported $84.51 on hand with total re- 

 sources of $684.51. J. A. Xewsham and 

 E. Valdejo were appointed to represent 

 the societv at the meeting of the Cen- 

 tral Commission of Parks and Avenues. 



During the meeting Secretary Ni ws- 

 ham distributed circulars announcing 

 the society's plan- regarding the Bower 

 show, which will begin during the Car- 

 nival of 1904. The following committee 

 has the work in charge: P. Abele. chair- 

 man; C. R. Panter. ex-offieio; E. Val- 

 dejo, H. Papworth. J. Sleekier, P. A. 

 Chopin. J. A. Xewsham. M. M. Lapou- 

 yade. J. St. Mard, C. Eble, D. Xewsham. 

 There is a liberal and well arranged 

 premium list. 



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Send for our Wholesale Price List. 



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 Your \ and Small Fruits. 



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Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pre8., S. F. Wlllard, Wethersfield. Conn.: First 

 Vice-Pres.. J. Chas. MeCulloiiKli. Cincinnati. O.; 

 See'v an.l Treat*.. C. E. Ken.lel. Cleveland, O. 

 The'2M annual nieetnif will be held at St. Louis, 

 M.. . .tune. lyOl. 



Flaxseed is firm at Chicago; Septem- 

 ber 93 cents; cash Xo. 1 Northwestern 



96 relit-. 



Hi . i vr advices from some of the Wis- 

 consin pea held- an- not as encouraging 

 as former i epoi I - 



Jxo. C. Leonard, of Chicago, visiting 

 San Jose and Santa Clara, reports good 

 prospects for a full delivery on most of 

 i he i . ilit. .i ni.i crops. 



Many of the Chicago onion set fields 

 in the vicinity of Dunning and Cragin 

 were hurt by the hailstones in the storm 

 of July 21. ' 



On the Chicago Heard of Trade tim- 

 othy -.id is quiet and steady; September 

 $3.20 bid; October $3.10 bid. Clover for 

 July delivery nominally $12.50. 



X. L. Wir.I.ETT. of Augusta, will read 

 a paper. "The Georgia Seed Growing In- 

 dustry—a Side Line for Horticultur- 

 ists," before the State Horticultural So- 

 ciety, at Athens, August 3. 



Cortland. X. Y.— The Forrest Seed 



Company has leased larger quarters in 

 the new- warehouse at Pendleton and 

 Bast Court streets. They are also put- 

 ting in a new bag filling machine. 



Edith Shepherd Kelsey, daughter of 



Tl losia B. Shepherd, and associated 



with the seed house bearing her mother's 



n. died at Ventura, Cab. July 12. 



She was but '27 years of age and had a 

 wide circle of warm friends, whose re- 

 gard she cemented more firmly by her 

 patience in suffering during a prolonged 

 la-t illnes.. 



Btjrnet Landreth has Sent out a let- 

 ter to those in the wholesale seed trade 

 appiishi". thriu that the present financial 

 difficulties of the firm of David Landreth 

 4 Sons. Philadelphia, are expected to be 

 only temporary and that arrangements 

 are in progress which will permit the 

 business to go on as before. This is 

 the oldest seed house iii America, having 

 been established in 17S4. 



THE ONION SET CROP. 



Harvesting has sufficiently advanced 

 to give a fairly definite idea as to what 

 the crop will pan out. At Indianapolis 

 the quality of the sets harvested confirms 

 earlier advices a- to excellence, but the 

 quant in falls l.eh.w expectations. The 

 crop there is about harvested and the 

 weather for harvesting was all that could 

 he desired. At Louisville harvesting is 

 somewhat later than usual, but the end 

 of the week will about sec the finish; 

 expectations all along have been for 

 about half a crop and the harvest shows 

 it to be even less, with the quality coar- 

 ser than usual. At Chilli. utile about an 

 average crop is being harvested; quality 

 fair. At Chicago harvesting is under 

 way in the southern section and just be- 

 ginning in the northern section, the ter- 

 ritory covered by sei growing at this 

 point i- distributed all over the garden- 

 ing localities of the city, and the soil 

 varic-. s,, much that Hotline' but a com- 



