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Maud Adams from Frank Niquet, 

 Patchoque, N. Y., looks to be a good com- 

 mercial flower, of a deep pink color, 

 fine fringed flower of good form, with 

 good stem, holding the flower erect. 



From W. P. Craig, Philadelphia, vase 

 of 100 Flora Hill in good shape; vase of 

 100 Lilv Dean, a finely penciled flower, 

 but a little weak in stem; a fine vase of 

 fifty Jubilee; a fine vaseof Victor, together 

 with some plants showing growth; it has 

 the appearance of being very free, as the 

 growth and everything is good. 



Wietor Bros., Chicago, showed a fine 

 vase of 100 Armazindy with stem fully 

 thirty inches. 



John Burton, Philadelphia, a fine vase 

 of Alba Superba, flower a little small, but 

 otherwise good. 



Weber & Sons, Oakland, Md., a fine vase 

 of 100 Mrs. McBurnev, the same of Tri- 

 umph and Mrs. G. M. Bradt, Flora Hill 

 Buttercup, Daybreak, Goldfinch, Win. 

 Scott, Storm King, Hector, and fine vase 

 of seedlings. These exhibitors showed a 

 fine vase of Mrs. Robert Garrett rose which 

 certainly seems to be a great acquisition, 

 color, shape, form, stem and foliage being 

 extra fine. 



John Breitmeyer & Sons a fine vase of 

 Mayor Pingree, a fine vase of Crimson; 

 also good vaseof Cerise Queen, a fine pink. 



Messrs. George & Allen put up a nice 

 stand of cut flowers, including Meteor 

 roses, valley, tulips and Dutch hyacinths. 



Mr. Peterson staged a nice vase of Prin- 

 cess of Wales violets. 



Mrs. Thos. Lawson was staged in fine 

 shape by Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass., a fine 

 largeflower of goodcolorand grand stem. 



Chas. S. Baker, Utica, N. Y., staged 

 Oneida, pink, fine color, but a little weak 

 in stem; Red Jacket, scarlet, fine color, not 

 so large as some reds, but otherwisegood; 

 Uncle Sam, a densely striped red and 

 white; also two promising seedlings; 

 Pluto, dark red, and Goliath, pink. 



R. Witterstaetter, Sedamsville, Cincin- 

 nati, Ohio, staged a grand lot, including 

 his peerless white Evelina, which was fine 

 in every way. 



Mr. Murphy, Cincinnati, Ohio, staged 

 Portia, W. Scott, Daybreak and Mrs. 

 Geo. M. Bradt in good shape 



Dan'l B. Long, Buffalo, N. Y., was on 

 hand with a fine lot of Genesee, white, 

 both flowers and plants being in good 

 shape, and look to be very free, and a 

 good market variety, but the flower is a 

 little small compared with Flora Hill. 



Mr. James Hartshorne, gardener to H. 

 N. Higginbotham, Joliet, 111., staged a'fine 

 vase of Tidal Wave with fine stems, also 

 a grand vase of Jubilee. 



G. A. Kuhl, Pekin, 111., showed some 

 elegant Brides, Bridesmaid and Belle Sie- 

 brecht roses. 



Bassett & Washburn, Hinsdale, 111., 

 staged a fine lot of roses, carnations and 

 mignonette, not for competition; . they 

 were all elegant stock and well done. 



John H. Sievers, San Francisco, Cal., 

 had a very interesting exhibit of seedling 

 carnation, some of them being grand 

 specimens, and looked in good shape after 

 their long journey. 



South Park Floral Co., New Castle, 

 Ind., exhibited fine vases of Bride and 

 Bridesmaid roses, also vases of Jubilee, 

 Mrs. Geo. Bradt, Armazindy, Alaska and 

 Albertini, all in fine shape. 



Barnd Sisters & Co., Findley,0., staged a 

 vaseof dark crimson named Olive Snyder. 



John Murchie, Sharon, Pa., had a vase 

 of dark pink named Incle Walter, fine 

 color and stem. 



J. P. Turner, Galewood, 111., a vase of 

 Van Leevan, flower a little small, but 

 with fine stem; also vase of Daybreak. 



Geo. Hancock & Son, Grand Haven, 

 Mich., plant and blooms of their seedling 

 Firefly, which they term a business car- 

 nation, which certainly looks to be very 

 free; also a vase of lemon yellow, named 

 Gold Coin. 



W W. Coles, Kokomo, Ind., showed a 

 vase of elegant Kaiserin roses, and an 

 American Beauty with stem about 7 ft. 



From W. N. Rudd, Mount Greenwood, 

 111., vase of 100 Pingree, fifty ditto, 

 twelve ditto, 100 Mrs. McBurnev, twenty- 

 five ditto; two vases of 100 Flora Hill, 

 also one of twenty-five; vase of 100 Jubi- 

 lee, fifty Jubilee, and some others. 



C. W. Johnson. 



Societies. 



Missouri Vallev Horticultural So- 

 ciety —February 19 was the thirtieth 

 anniversary of the existence of this society. 

 A meeting was held on that date and the 

 programme for the year's work mapped 

 out. The following are the officers: 

 President, Homer Reed, Kansas City; 

 vice-president, Edwin Taylor, Edwards- 

 ville, Kan.; secretary, C. A. Chandler, 

 Argentine, Kan.; treasurer, G. F. Espen- 

 laub, Rosedale, Kan.; executive com- 

 mittee, W. D. Cellar, Edwardsville; G. L. 

 Holsinger, Rosedale; M. E. Chandler, 

 Argentine. J. A. Thompson. Edwards- 

 ville, and Edward Espenlaub, Rosedale. 



Lucas County Horticultural and 

 Floricultural Societies.— The January 

 meeting was held at the home of Mr. j. 

 H. Crane, Miami street. The attendance 

 was large, there being present about 125 

 guests and members of the two societies. 

 The meeting was cal'ed to order by Pres- 

 ident Counter, and the topics for discus- 

 sion were: "Small Fruits," "Destructive 

 Insects," and "Field Crops." Many of 

 the members were of fhe opinion that the 



prices on fruit trees, asked by nurserymen 

 were too high, while those interested in 

 the sale of trees thought they were too 

 low. A joint meeting will be held at the 

 county infirmary the second Thursday in 

 February. Mr. Thos. Crofts extended a 

 cordial invitation to all members and 

 friends to be present at the next meeting. 



Texas State Floral Society.— Janu- 

 ary 13 this society met for the purpose of 

 discussing plans for the year's work. It 

 was decided -to have a committee whose 

 duty it should be to pass upon the 

 requirements contained in the constitu- 

 tion and by-laws as to the suitability ot 

 applicants for membership. The follow- 

 ing were placed upon the application com- 

 mittee: Mrs. C. W. Harrison, chairman; 

 Mesdames Layton, Puckett, W. K. Nun- 

 denhall, Lehman Sanger and Miss Anna 

 West. Committee on premium list: W. L. 

 Reese, chairman; D. D. Fairchild and 

 Mesdames, W. S. Plunkett, S. W. Cohen, 

 J. W. Henshaw, J. P. Carpenter, W. A. 

 Hamilton and Miss Anna West and Mr. 

 S.J. Mitchell, of Houston. 



Toronto Horticultural Society. — 

 The second annual meeting was held 

 January 12, in the council chamber of the 

 city hall, about 50 members being pres- 

 ent. Mr. H. J. Summers occupied the 

 chair. Reports showed that the progress 

 of the society had been very satisfactory, 

 and the attendance at the monthly meet- 

 ings had been very largely increased. At 

 nearly all the meetings fine displays of 

 plants had been made. The election of 

 officers resulted as follows: President, J. 

 McPherson Ross; first vice-president, 

 Harry Lucas; second vice-president Ed- 

 ward Tyrrell; secretary-treasurer, Chas. 

 E. Chambers; board of directors, Messrs. 

 John Chambers. Geo. Vair, A. H. Ewing, 

 E. Utley, H. Simmons, Geo. Mills, Thos. 

 Manton, E. Collins, A. M. Watkins; audi- 

 tors, Messrs. T. F. Hire and Thos. 

 lolliffee. 



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