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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



Flowers continue in great demand, es- 

 pecially white. The frequent rains have 



made otitc 

 is often i 

 ers to til 



Ro 



it 



jh flow- 

 ue sell- 



roses are in good demand. Carnations 

 are scarcer. Vallej i- selling pretty 



well. Sweet peas continue to sell in 

 quantity at fair prices. Taking it all in 

 all, business is unusually active for the 

 first of July. 



A Waretown Outing. 



The Florists' Yachting Club went down 

 to Barnegat Bay last Friday as the 

 guests of i he genial Commodore John 

 Westcott. There were about twenty in 

 t lie party, most of whom remained over 

 until Monday. A glorious -ale before a 

 -tilt breeze on the "hay marked the first 

 day i if the visit. The evening was de- 

 vuted to "allies, with a lot of noise and 

 fun*. The" Commodore retaliated for the 

 inroads made on his sleep by his boyish 

 guests i\\ bursting into their sleeping 

 room with a cheei ai t:30 on Saturday 

 morning. A fishing trip followed, which 

 everyone enjoyed so much that the shy- 

 ness of the fish was hardly noticed. 

 Among the Commodore's guests were W. 

 IT. Westcott, William Westcott, Robert 

 Craig, John X. May, Walter 1'. Sheridan, 

 Samuel s. Pennock, A. B. Cartledge, J. 

 William Colnesh, Geo. Craig, James 

 Griffin, Richard Lynex, G, C. Watson, of 

 Dunham; Robert Kifl, David Rust and 

 others. 



The Fordhook Visit. 



W. Atlee Burpee & Co. invited the vis- 

 iting seedsmen and a lew others from 

 this city, among them several florists, 

 to their farm at Fordhook. near Doyles- 

 town. on June 27, to inspect the trial 

 grounds. A very large parly left the 

 Reading Terminal on the special train 

 at 10:50 a. m., reaching their destina- 

 tion after a beautiful ride of a little 

 ■over an hour. The party were cordially 

 welcomed by Messrs. Burpee, Karle ami 

 Darlington and were most hospitably en- 

 tertained. The farm of probably L50 

 acres was in perfect condition, freshly 

 cultivated, not a weed to be seen any- 

 where. The order and system displayed 

 everywhere were remarkable, All the la- 

 bels were under number. A guide with a 

 book accompanied each group of visi- 

 tors to explain the names and history of 

 the varieties of seeds being tested. The 

 tour of the farm was absorbingly inter- 

 esting, a day long to be remembered bj 

 those fortunate enough to be present. 



Various Notes. 



C. A. Dunn & Co. opened a new com 



mission hou.se on .Monday at 1516 San- 



som street. They have the th-t t! , 



basement and sub-cellar, each about 20x 



45 le.-t. The first will he used t ffice 



and salesroom, the second for receiving 

 and handling flowers, and will contain 

 the ice-box. and the third will be very 

 useful for hardening earuat ions. The 

 place is neat and attractive in appear- 

 ance and is rapidly being put in shape. 

 Flowers are already beiii" leeched and 

 distributed. Clarence A. Dunn 

 known in connection with the firm of 



Dunn mt & Co., where he has been for 

 Mine years past. His right hand man, 

 Charles Edgar, came to him from the re- 

 tail firm of J. Wolff, Sr.. 1407 Columbia 

 avenue. Carnations and Beauties will be 

 specialties with the new firm. 



Charlie Gray lias left Leo Niessen to 

 go to Dumont & Co. 



William J. Baker is receiving Aspara- 

 "U- iiluinosu- and Adiantum euncaluni 



i, M.I 



Eugene Bernbeimer has just received a 

 shipment of 100,000 bronze galax leaves. 



Edwin Lonsdale is going heavily into 

 Queen of Edgely rose this season. 



The boys at the Flower Market are 

 wondering what makes R. G. Palmer so 



happy these days, S I them say it 



is because his ball te t- winning so 



many games. Others say that it is a 

 new girl in the house. 



Geo. E. Campbell, of Plowertown, will 

 discontinue -row i.e.- carnations and de- 

 rote the two houses which he ha- had in 



roses have done very well this year. 



W. T. Hilborn. of Newton, i- cutting 

 some good Brides and Maid-. Mr. llil 

 born believes in keeping hi- roses in for 

 several years, as he think- that it pay 

 him to do so. He does not. dry them off 

 but simply cuts off the dead wood and 

 bushy growths. 



Bowling. 



The following are the scores of the 

 fourth series of games for places on the 

 Milwaukee team. The alleys were fine 

 and the scores very even. W. J. Moore 



and L. Dunlop were absent. The . test 



is becoming exciting and only nine more 

 games remain to be rolled: 



Player. 1st. 2d. 3d P'nta 



Mm— 157 129 100 1 



Gibson 150 144 104 1 



Kift 17- 121 15 3 2 



1 nt, - I.",!' l»ll 147 1 



Conner 17s 141 124 2 



Adelberger 174 179 i:.4 



Fni. k I."'* ir,:: ioi 2 



NEWPORT, R. I. 



Marion, Iix. — Mr. Mullet, of the Ma- 

 rion Flora] i ii.. rep. rts business good. 



I Ic ha- bail a tin c -luck 1 hi- spring. 



Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres.. S. F. Wlllard. Wethersfleld. Conn.: First 



Vico-Prcs. .1. Chjis. Mccull, ci.-l,. Cincinnati. O. 

 Secy ami Ti-eas., C. E. Kemlt-1. Columbus. O 



Tlic'.'M annua) mccinc will he held aa St. Loni- 



The market on French Romans has fal- 

 len another notch during the week, to 

 about 85 francs. 



Morris S. Smith, formerly bookkeeper 

 for W. W. Barnard & Co., has taken a 

 position witli the Madson Seed Co., 

 Manitowoc, Wis. 



Seed sweet corn prospects are poor, 

 but "corn weather" has come to the Mis- 

 sissippi valley this week and the out- 

 look may improve. 



Recent reports from Holland state 

 that the damage done through frost last 

 spring to hyacinths and narcissi shows 

 up more serious than first anticipated. 



Jonx C. Leoxard is at Fowler, Colo., 

 i his week, where Frank T. Emerson, of 

 the Western Seed and Irrigation Co., 

 Waterloo, Neb., i- making a trial of a 

 large acreage of cucumbers on irrigated 

 lands. 



Recext advices from a large pea-gi ow- 

 ing section of Canada are to the diet 



harvest, a very creditable show inc. i- r \- 

 pei te 1 and the ability to till all con- 

 tracts on all varieties. Recent general 

 -bowers have fallen throughout the 

 country. Much, however, depends upon 

 developments the next few weeks and 

 several circumstances maj yel change the 

 view- on the crop conditions. The per- 

 centage of Alaskas and Extra Earlies is 

 now estimated at from 60 to 75 per cent 



WHOLESALE LEAGUE. 



The Wholesale Seed-men's League met 

 at Atlantic City, N. J., June 20. and re- 

 elected F. W. Bruggerhof president; 

 Burnet Landreth, secretary, and the 

 three direct..!- whose term- expired. S. 

 F. Leonard, as vice-president, retired 

 in favor of L. L. May. Wholesale prices 

 range from 25 to 50 per cent above a 

 year ago. The association ha- aliout 40 

 members, embracing nearly every whole- 

 sale seed bouse in the country. 



THE NELLIS CASE. 



The detail- of the government seed dis- 

 ibutioii arc being made public through 

 ie suit of A. C. Nellis in the Court of 

 laim-. Secretary Wilson says that the 

 18,000 wa- withheld a- tl 



result of an 

 he work of the contractor at. 

 thai the government is still 

 of Nellis' bond for $35,000. 

 -aid that lie had directed 

 ...nil act and its execution 

 the bottom and that the in- 

 i- not implicated anyone in 



PEAS AND BEANS. 



ts from the pea and bean dis- 

 i Wisconsin and New York sum- 

 the situation as follows: 

 c to unusually cold weather pea 

 ave been -low iii coming on. 



