150 



The Weekly Florists* Review* 



Decembek 16, 1897 



The whole hoxise is heated with a flue 

 kee]iin,t; the temperature from 55° to 60°. 

 The beds are made up twelve to fifteen 

 inches deep and covered with from one 

 to two inches of good loamy soil. The 

 whole house is now yieldinj( about forty 

 pounds of nnishrooms a day and is ex- 

 pected to yield good crops from now till 

 next March from the same beds. 



Ernest .Ashley. 



very acceptable. A pink seedling and Nivea, 

 as good as ever, shown by H. A. Cook, 

 Shrewsbury. The white seedling from 

 Jno. Burton, Philadelphia, showed up 

 well, although it laid in the express office 

 over night, proving it a good keeper. 



Jahn's Scarlet, exhibited by W. C. 

 Stickel, was the best of its class in the 

 show. A curious name. Conch Shell, is 

 given to a pretty pink by H. Grout 



View in the Conservatory Attached to the Nisv Store of Mr. F. C. Weber, St, Louis. 



THE BOSTON EXHIBITION. 



The trade exhibit of specialties and 

 new things was well responded to b\' both 

 local and outside growers. Manager 

 Kennedy of the Flower JIarket, feels, as 

 he should, highly pleased with the re- 

 sponse. Following is a list of plants 

 staged, with names of exhibitors, carna- 

 tions being the leading feature. 



T. W. Lawson and Morning Star shown 

 by Peter Fisher. The first named variety 

 has been exhibited elsewhere, notably in 

 Philadelphia by Mr. Nicholson, Framing- 

 ham, and is highly thought of. Edith Fos- 

 ter and Klondike exhibited by Patten & 

 Co. The Klondike, as its name indicates, 

 i-i a bright yellow with the faintest streak 

 of crimson. Ensign, staged by H. F. A. 

 Lange, Worcester, is a pink and white 

 fancy; a fine flower. 



Mayor Ouincy, shown by A. Roper, 

 Tewksbury, is a deeply fringed flower, 

 somewhat on the order of Trimnph, but 

 darker, very free, and I understand a 

 first-class seller. May Whiteley is an 

 improved Da^-break of an exceptionallv 

 spicy odor, which should alone make it 



Springfield. Wellesley, .shown by J. 

 Tailbv & Son, is a splendid keeper; one 

 vase gathered four days since looked 

 almost as fresh as though just picked. 

 Empress, e.xhibited by \Vm. Swa\-ne, 

 Kennett Square, Pa., is a noble flower. 

 Priscilla, a lovely white, and a deep pink 

 named Mrs. J. C. Malvin, were shown by- 

 Wood Bros., West Newton. 



The Cottage Gardens made a handsome 

 showing of fourteen vases, which were 

 the center of attraction. General Maceo, 

 the result of a cross between Meteor and 

 Winter Cheer, a sturdy, defiant flower of 

 deep velvety shade; White Cloud, most 

 appropriately named, of fleecy white- 

 ness, a chaste flower; Gold Nugget, an 

 improvement on Buttercup. Bon Ton, 

 exhibited by F. A. Blake, to be sent out 

 by the Cottage Gardens, is a dazzler of 

 the first water. 



Mrs. George M. Bradt was shown with 

 innnense blooms, several averaging three 

 and a half inches across, with perfect 

 calyx. Mrs. James Dean, a light pink, 

 was seen, and also John Young, white. 

 I trust its namesake will never take on 

 that color. Lily Dean is a beauty. New- 



York, a cross between Scott and Storm 

 King, from same seed pod, is really a 

 dark Scott, cerise pink; a grand flower. 



In violets some fine specimens of Lady- 

 Campbell were shown by E. Wood, Lex- 

 ington, and !■'. S. Esty, West Roxbury. 

 Princess of Wales, as show-n by Charles 

 Cunnnius, Woburn, is an exqilisite 

 flower. 



E. G Hill & Co.. Richmond, sent on a 

 vase of their new- mum Christmas Gift, a 

 grand incurved yellow-; looked good 

 enough to keep till that festive season to 

 which w-e are one and all looking. 



A chat with the carnation w-orthies 

 prognosticated that while buyers of new 

 varieties will be even more conservative 

 in the future than in the past, sterling 

 kinds will find purchasers and increase 

 the exchequers. 



1 must not omit the handsome batch of 

 primulas shown by Geo. Anderson, of 

 Waverly, some of which found their w-ay 

 Bunker's store at the Parker 



to M. B. 

 House. 

 W. A 

 new and 



Manda exhibited specimens of 

 rare plants, also some plants 

 for commercial use, under the care of Dan 

 McRorv. W. M. 



OUR GENERAL INTRODUCTION. 



30. R. Hoffmann, Elkhart, Ind. 



^i. Henrv Welfare, Conmna, Mich. 



32. R. H^ Shuniway, Rockford, 111. 



33. S. H. Powell, Hempstead, L- I. 



34. John Spalding, New London, Conn. 



35. Samuel Goldring, Albany, N. Y. 



36. John F. Marsden, Far Rockaway, 

 L. I. 



37. C. C. Polhvorth, of Ellis & Poll- 

 worth, Milwaukee, Wis. 



3S. J. H. Cunningham, Delaw-are. O. 



39. W. F. Kasting, Buffalo, N. Y. 



40. H. G. Evres, 'Albany, N. Y. 



41. J. C. .Sclimidt, Bristol, Pa. 



42. C. H. Joosten, New York. 



43. J. T. Glover, of Winter & Glover, 

 Chicago. 



44. Robert Veitch, New- Haven, Conn. 



45. Louis Menand, Albany, N. Y. 



46. Wm. G. Bertermann, Indianapo- 

 lis, Ind. 



47 Chas. D. Ball, Holmesburg, Phila., 

 Pa. 



48. Edward Reid, Philadelphia, Pa. 



49. Fred W.Williams, Stillwater, N. Y. 



50. F. F. Benthey, Chicago. 



51. Mrs. B. F. Eades, Kirksville, Mo. 



52. V. G. .Scollay, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



53. Samuel S. Pennock, Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



54. F. L. Atkins, of American Bulb 

 Co., Short Hills, N. J. 



55. C. Lengenfelder. Chicago. 



r)6. This gentleman's name and ad- 

 dress was unfortunately lost by the en- 

 graver. 



57. J. E. Black, Grove City, Pa. 



58. J. Austin Shaw-, U. S. and Canada. 



59. A. H. Ewing, Toronto, Out. 



THOSE CERTIFICATES. 



We are plea.sed to be able to announce 

 that Mr. William Scott, of Buffalo, N. Y., 

 has consented to act as trustee in the 

 matter of stock to be held as indicated 

 in our subscription offer. The stock will 

 be issued to him as trustee in a few- days, 

 and a certificate will then be sent to each 

 subscriber. Everv subscriber w-ill receive 



