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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NllRSIRYMEN. 



Theodore Wirth, of the Hartford 

 parks, saya lie has found red fescue 



recommended Festuea heterophylla. 



The II. J. Weber & Sons Nursery Com- 

 |iunv. St. Louis, has been incorporated 

 (Mill $50,000, divided into 500 shares, 

 of which Henry .1. Weber holds 378. 

 The resl are divided between William 

 A.. Walter T.. Anna M.. Kniil (J. mid 

 George A. Weber. 



.1. A. Pettigrew, of Hie Boston park 



system, says he wants to s] k a word 



for the ginkgo. It is of rapid growth 

 mid seems to have no fungus or insect 

 enemies. It requires u rich, deep or 

 well loosened soil, bul should l>e very 

 valuable n- a streel tree as far north as 



the ".lent lake-. 



M. Owen, of London. Ont., lias ap- 

 plied tin a patent in ( lanada and other 

 countries on a process of "administering 

 to the growing tree certain ingredients 

 which promote a vigorous and health} 

 growth and protect against borers, 

 moths, caterpillars, San Jose scale, black- 

 knot, yellows, leaf curl and other insect, 

 parasite and fungous enemies to tree-." 

 If it due- half of it. it oughl to be a 

 good thing. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Market, 



Trade i- much the -nine as refuted 



i.i-i week. 'I here is a lit! le doing all of 



the time, 

 t hese sale 



Of eaell il 



r- obtained from 



Good roses are scarce and many m. .re 

 could be disposed of. i:.\ good I mean 



g i for tlii— li I the year. The 



ma i". il ) of I he stock is shod -stemmed 

 and verj poor. Beauties me improving 

 in quality and there i- quite a demand 

 for them. Meteors and Liberties are verj 



There i- a steadj demand for white 

 carnations. Some days there are no! 

 enough t.. go around. Good pink ones, 

 too. find n ready markei led- arc now 

 almost used up l.,\ the hoi Heather. 

 Some Prosperity, which now conic almost 

 pure white, are tir-l class and bring the 

 top market pri e 



it li fa 



Various Notes. 



(in- Adrian had a narrow escape from 

 losing his entire plant by lire. The 

 bla/o originated in the boiler hoii-e. 

 which was lotalh destroyed, and the 

 ,-nd- of the greenhouses nearest the 

 -bed- were burned. Several valuable 

 decorating plants were scorched, besides 

 other stock. There was no insurance. 



W. Rodgers and II. I). Edwards are 

 ba.k from their vacations and each re- 

 port- Inn ing had n tine tune. 



David Knott has been appointed dorisi 

 in the city' greenhouses. 



Club Meeting. 



The first summer meeting of the club 

 was held July ? at the residence of I). 

 Rusconi. More than 100 ] pie were 



•at. 



did iiis full sh 

 -[.read, but wa 

 size. R. A. Ke 

 arrived in tin* 

 averages in th 



t arrived 

 enough to 

 Mr. Rus- 



coni was ver\ busy seeing that every- 

 bo.l\ gol hi-- -hare of the good things 

 and' was verv much at home as the host. 

 After the feast a meeting of the soci- 

 ety was held. A eommittei nsisting 



of Win. Murphy, K. G, Gillett, Gus 

 Adrian, Ben George and Geo. Loeber, 

 wa- appointed to revise the constitution. 



toward a very good time on that day. 

 It's only n question of the florists turn 

 ing out. Juh 23 i- the date. After the 



McDonaid, l'v — Mas Schreiber is 

 building a carnation house 23x100. 



SriiiNoFiKi.ii. Mass. — Thomas Ford, 

 one of the most extensive market gar 

 dener- here died suddenly July b of 

 Brighfs di-ea-e. He was 62 years of 



ace. 



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Seed Trade News. 



AMIRK'AN SEED IRAIM ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., S. P. Wlllard, Wethersfield. Conn.: Pirat 

 Vice-1'reH.. .1. Clias M "Cullou i-'h. Cincinnati. O.: 

 Secy and Treas.. C. E. Keu.nl. Cleveland, I .. 

 Theii.l annual meeiin- w il, he held a I Si. boms 

 M.... .lime, IDUl. 



Harrisii arc now arriving at Xei 

 York. 



Rogers Bros, will erect another ele 

 vator for seed- at Alpena, .Mich. 



The Evans Seed Co.. of West Branch, 

 Mich., was incorporated July Ki. capital 

 stock $3,000. 



Tut; beets in France are in a bad way 

 and there is a practical certaintj of -till 

 higher prices. 



John Gardiner, a wealthy Philadel- 

 phian who was in the seed trade for 

 eighf yea i - prioi to 1896, is dead. 



Mn. Cook, long with W'm. Eenry 

 Maule. Philadelphia, has severed his con- 

 nection with that well known house. 



There i- a scarcity of the Early Pearl 

 onion set. This i- a variety in much de- 

 mand at the south for early planting. 



Frank Imbach, Newport New-. \ a., 

 reports celery and parslej doing well; 

 he expects a good crop, both quality and 

 quantity. 



The seed and "rain warehouse of D. 

 S. Gay, Winchester, K\.. burned recently, 

 with a large stock of ura- -ecd. Loss 

 about $100,000, insurance $75,000. 



The Year! k of the Department of 



Agriculture, just issued, contains, in 

 Secretary Wilson's report, the same il- 

 lusive promise of an improvement in the 

 plan of seed distribution. 



season of 11MI4. ci.n-ideriil.lv earlier than 

 usual. Several novelties of unusual mer- 

 it will be introduced the coming season. 



PHILADELPHIA.— There was quite a 

 free demand for seed potatoes during the 

 past two weeks, prices ranging from $2 

 to $2.25 per bushel for sound stock, with 

 not near enough seel to meet the de- 

 mand. 



likely 

 mate 



to fill 

 10 far 



I much below the lowest esti- 

 nii I h\ any of the experts. 



-The Leonard Seed Co. re- 

 crops in Wisconsin consid- 

 cne.l by adverse early condi- 

 lui at present favorable and 



,1 k\i i a Eai lb -. Ala-Kits and 

 arlv wrinkled sorts near at 



On the whole 

 to fair. Bean 

 the usual draw- 



