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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Jdly 9, 1903. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



C. W. Ward, of the Cottage Gardens, 

 reports heavy call for peonies for Sep- 

 tember delivery. Orders are being 



booked lively. 



The American Park and Outdoor Art 

 Association is in session at Buffalo this 

 week, with a good attendance of those 

 interested in civic improvement. 



Victoria, B. C. — E. L. Cockrell, pro- 

 prietor of the Invertavish Nursery, is re- 

 ported missing. Until recently he was 

 verger of Christ Church cathedral. 



E. Runyan, president and manager of 

 the Elizabeth Nursery Co., Elizabeth, N. 

 J., is visiting nurseries in Belgium, 

 France and Holland, picking up stock. 



Seymour Nelson, of Chicago, has 

 drawn plans for the new cemetery at Des 

 Moines, and is at work on the prelimi- 

 nary surveys for the improvement of 

 South Park in the same city. 



Wii. A. Peterson, of Chicago, is at 

 Clifton Springs, N. Y., with Mrs. Peter- 

 son, going thence to Island Heights, N. 

 J., for his annual sail, after which he 

 will visit some of the notable estates in 

 the east. 



Samuel T. Kenyon, the well-known 

 nurseryman of Portsmouth. 0., died 

 July 2 as the result of a runaway acci- 

 dent in which he was injured April 4. 

 He was born at Sandy Springs, O., De- 

 cember 24, 1S43. 



Olmsted, Bros., Brookline, Mass., have 

 been given the contract at $4,000 for the 

 landscape architecture of Grant Park, as 

 the lake front park at Chicago is now 

 known and which is to be improved at 

 an expense of several hundred thousand 

 dollars. 



Prof. Fisher, of the Montana Experi- 

 ment Station, at Bozeman, recommends 

 the planting of the elm, oak. white birch, 

 mountain ash, European larch, and the 

 white and green ash. among deciduous 

 trees, and the Colorado blue and Douglas 

 spruces, among evergreens, to replace 

 the poplars and cottonwoods. 



John W. Duncan, assistant superin- 

 tendent of the Boston parks, says he has 

 never seen so many trees and shrubs in- 

 jured as were winter-killed the past 

 season Through the whole system such 

 shrubs as California privet, Cotoneaster 



Si nsi and Lonicera fragrantissima 



were killed to the ground. The lilacs, 

 for which the Boston parks are famous, 

 made a poor showing this spring. Mr. 

 Duncan lays it to the freeze that came 

 be i the -w 1 was thoroughly ripened. 



ST. LOUIS WORLD'S FAIR. 



A visit to the world's fair at St. Louis 

 at this time, is of interest to the horti- 

 culturist and landscape gardener, show- 

 ing what can be done in ornamental 

 work. An enormous amount of labor has 

 been performed in clearing the land de- 

 voted to the exposition, grading down 

 hills, filling depressions, and creating a 

 sit. suited to the greatest exposil ii 



attempted. Through the courtesy of Prof. 

 F. W. Taylor, chief of agriculture and 

 horticulture, and the kindly efforts of J. 

 H. Hadkinson, in charge of landscape 

 work on the tract devoted to agriculture 

 and horticulture, some idea of the great 

 work in progress in their hands was se- 

 cured. 



Work on the building intended for hor- 

 ticulture is evidently not yet in progress, 

 but as fast as the grounds can be turned 

 over to them by the engineer and grad- 

 ers, Mr. Hadkinson with a large force of 

 workmen is planting an immense number 

 of roses and shrubs on the four acres de- 

 voted to that work, on the north front of 

 the building devoted to agriculture. The 

 ornamentation of this entire tract of for- 

 ty acres has been turned over to the chief 

 of the department, F. W. Taylor. 



Through his skill in enlisting advertis- 

 ing competition among the florists and 

 nurserymen of the country, immense con- 

 tributions of trees, plants and flowers 

 are being sent in by the leading nursery- 

 men and florists of the country. These 

 trees, plants and shrubs under the care- 

 ful supervision of J. H. Hadkinson are 

 planted and cared for at the expense of 

 the exposition. The nurserymen or flor- 

 ists contribute trees and plants and pay 

 the freight on them. We notice that 

 roses were planted in beds, using from 

 100 to 500 plants in a single bed; to 

 mass their bloom and produce desired 

 effects, they are planted in beds and 

 borders 1Sx18 inches. A hundred or 

 several hundred Paul Neyron, or Mag- 

 na Charta are being planted in single 

 groups. Beautiful effects will be se- 

 cured when these come into full bloom. 

 W. F. Heikes, of Huntsville and Biloxi 

 contributes over 6,000; more than 50,- 

 000 plants will be used in this work 

 about this one building. Other por- 

 tions of the ground will be suitably 

 planted and cared for, all at the ex- 

 pense of the exposition. 



To transform vast areas of muddy 

 clay into grounds of striking beauty re- 

 quires a vast amount of work, and 

 gives Mr. Hadkinson ample scope for 

 his skill in work of this character. 

 Much has been learned in the handling 

 of previous expositions. A visit to the 

 exposition at this time shows as only a 

 visit can, an idea of the work attempted. 

 A visit also imparts confidence in the 

 ability of the manager and workers to 

 carry out what thev have undertaken. 

 E. F. Stephens. 



Salina, Kan. — The greenhouse of 

 John Buchi was completely destroyed by 

 hail and wind during the recent severe 

 storms. 



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Seed Trade News. 



AMERICAN SEED TRADE ASSOCIATION. 



Pres., S. F. Wlllard, Wetbersfield, Conn.; First 

 Vic.'-Pr.'S .1. Chas M.'Cullcni-'li. f'lm-innall. O: 

 Si-c'v and Treas.. C. E. Kendel, Columbus, c >. 



Visited Chicago: F. YV. Maas, with 

 the Plant Seed Co., St. Louis, Mo. 



Alex. Rennie. of Rennie & Pino, 

 Providence, R. I., sailed for Europe 

 July 2. 



Lem. W. Bowen, of D. M. Ferry & 

 Co., Detroit, is visiting French seed 

 growers. 



Jas. McHutchison sailed for Europe 

 on the steamship Motke, leaving New 

 York July 9. 



At present there is a fair demand for 

 turnip seed, but the expected large de- 

 mand has not yet materialized. 



Louis Goeppinger, of Angers, is on 

 his annual tour of the United State-. 

 representing French seed growers. 



Theee is a fair acreage of cucumbers 

 in Nebraska, some replanting having 

 been done, but the crop will be late. 



The potato crop in England and Ire- 

 land is a flat failure, while that of Scot- 

 land will not be over 40 per cent of the 

 expected yield. 



Indianapolis now has to be taken 

 into consideration as an onion set center. 

 Huntington & Page have over a hundred 

 acres in sets this year and the crop is 

 fine. 



Theodore Payne, of Los Angeles, Cal., 

 formerly with the Germain Seed Co., 

 but now in business on his own account 

 as flower seed grower, passed through 

 Chicago this week on his way to Eu- 

 rope. 



Some 8,000 trials of various seeds are 

 being made at Fordhook this year. 

 There are over 400 trials of sweet peas. 

 The visit of the seedsmen to Fordhook 

 June 27 received two-column notices in 

 the Doylestown newspapers. 



The unanimous expression from west- 

 ern attendants to the seedsmen's conven- 

 tion at Atlantic City is: "A most suc- 

 cessful and pleasant meeting; many 

 thanks to the Philadelphia craftsmen for 

 the royal entertainments." 



The general rise in the wholesale 

 prices of all the staple garden seeds 

 does not seem to materially shorten ad- 

 vance orders. The trade generally real- 

 izes that seed crops of all kinds are not 

 likely to be over abundant. 



Louisville is four to six weeks earlier 

 than Chicago on onion sets, and Indian- 

 apolis ten days to two weeks ahead. In- 

 spection this week shows the Louisville 

 crop thick necked and poor ; Indianapolis 

 fine; Chicago fair quality, but many 

 fields showing thin spots. 



Recent advices from seed growing dis- 

 tricts in France sav that, owing to un- 

 favorable weather, "deliveries of 1903 

 crop of early beets will not be over 50 

 per cent, celeries from 20 to 30 per cent, 

 turnips, 25 to 40 per cent, and even this 

 -mall average is by no means assured. 



