The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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sua South Park Floral Co,, 



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HUGH GRAHAM 



104 So. 13th Street, Philadelphia. 



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NEW ORLEANS, LA. 



S. B. Stewart, 



No. 16th Street, OMAHA, NEB. 



RANDOM NOTES. 



Binghamton, N. Y.— J. G. Tully is 

 around after a long siege of illness fol- 

 lowing a- strained leg, which happened 

 just at the busiest time. Mrs. Barnes 

 reports a good season and has prepared 

 a well-grown stock in anticipation of a 

 first-class fall business. 



Jamestown. N. Y. — Messrs. Roney and 

 Worden returned from the convention 

 right side up, and well pleased with what 

 they saw at the cities by Lake Michigan. 

 Mr. Worden has a retail business and 

 learned some new ideas for that branch. 

 Mr. Boney saw much that interested him 

 in the mammoth establishments adjacent 

 to the western metropolis, but was not, 

 convinced that stock of higher quality was 

 grown than can be produced right here, 

 and there is no reason why there should 

 be, for more favorable conditions than 

 we have would be hard to get. Stock at 

 the Lake View Rose Gardens is in ex- 

 cellent shape. Balms have much im- 

 proved of late, and are giving entire 

 satisfaction. Walter Mott has been vis- 

 iting the craft in Canada and Buffalo. 

 I understand the bulb business has been 

 good with his firm and that his second 

 year showed a flattering increase in busi- 

 ness over the preceding one. 



Bradford, Ba. — G. L. Graham has 

 been busy during the summer, rebuilding 

 a range of houses, which will give him 

 a handy, complete plant. He grows en- 



tirely for a first-class retail trade, which 

 is handled at his down-town store by his 

 genial manager, Mr. Valentine. W. C. 

 Rockwell intended giving up the retail 

 branch and going into wholesale entirely, 

 but the vexed question of reliable help 

 has made him change his plans. He has 

 a handsome store, ably managed by his 

 wife, a most pleasant" lady. Will" Gra- 

 ham and wife, of Binghamton, were vis- 

 iting 6. L. Graham at the time of my 

 call. They reported a good season. 



Olean, N. Y. — D. R. Herron is making 

 preparations for a busy season; stock is 

 in excellent shape; considerable whole- 

 sale business is done. Llewellyn & Son 

 are growing roses for the first time and 

 have a promising stock. In fact, many 

 of these small concerns can give the big 

 folk pointers when it comes to growing 

 fine stock. Mrs. F. H. Johnson has one 

 of the neatest places possible. Her busi- 

 ness embraces the cream of the trade. I 

 was shown a fine specimen of lemon and 

 sampled a cooling drink flavored with 

 the fruit. It was delicious and fully ap- 

 preciated with the thermometer at 90 

 degrees in the shade. We have had a 

 few days of real hot weather, grand for 

 the corn, but not just what the florist is 

 looking for just now. 



Hornellsville, N. Y. — W. A. Wettlin 

 is away for a brief spell, exploring the 

 wilds of Canada. His stock looks well 

 and at the time of my visit everyone 

 was busy rushing out a big order for 

 funeral work. 



Corning, X. Y.— A. H. Woeppel is fin- 

 ishing a new place which will be the 

 most complete plant in the section. It 

 is a Lord & Burnham construction, five 

 houses, each 20x100 feet, with frontage 

 of 100 feet. Houses run north and south 

 with offices about twenty-five feet square 

 in the northwest corner. The cement 



cellar beneath will afford excellent cold 

 storage. A work shed runs through the 

 rear of the houses, with ample storage 

 for coal near the boiler. Four acres of 

 fine, loamy land adjoins, located directly 

 opposite one of the largest cemeteries, 

 with a second close by. The location is 

 an excellent one and Mr. Woeppel feels 

 justly proud of this, his latest venture. 

 The old plant will be kept to grow 

 green goods for the present. M. 



VARIETY OF FERN. 

 I send a fern frond and would liko- 

 the name of the variety? G. H. M. 



The fern in question is Nephrolepis 

 rufescens tripinnatifida, a very beautiful 

 fern that has been in cultivation for 

 twenty years or more. The fronds of 

 this fern are divided in a manner slightly 

 resembling those of the Bierson fern, 

 but the stems of N. rufescens tripinnati- 

 fida are more woolly than those of the 

 above, and it is probable that the Bier- 

 son fern is somewhat more hardy. This 

 is, however, a valuable fern, and worthy 

 of more extended cultivation. 



W. H. Taplin. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



The first annual fall show of the 

 New Bedford Horticultural Society was 

 held September 17 and 18 at the City 

 Hall. There were several groups of 

 plants arranged for effect, these in the 

 center of the hall, and along the side* 

 were the tables of cut flowers, principally 

 dahlias. H. F. Burt, of Taunton, winning 

 most of the firsts, but losing on general 

 display to J. K. Alexander, of East 

 Bridgewater. S. S. Peckham had the 

 best roses, heliotropes and geraniums ; W. 

 A. Johnson was first for groups of eighty 

 feet, A. H. Jahn second. R. H. Wood- 

 house was first for groups covering for- 

 ty feet. The amateurs contributed large- 

 ly to the exhibits and success of the 

 show. Arthur Cowee brought a first- 

 class lot of gladioli from Berlin, N. T. 

 Nephrolepis Biersoni, in the group of 

 J. H. Garthley, gardener to H. H. 

 Rogers, was given a certificate of merit. 

 The judges were John Farquhar, of Bos- 

 ton, and William Winters, of Mansfield. 



Huntington, L. I. — Win. O'Hara is 

 cutting some very good Kaiserin roses. 



