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The Florists' Review 



Jdlz 13, 1016. 



WASHINGTON, D. O. 



The Market. 



Considering the extreme heat, stock 

 is good. Flowers are plentiful and, 

 added to this, business is good for this 

 season of the year. Trade is confined 

 largely to funeral work, but there seems 

 to be a growing demand in Washington 

 for flowers for hospitals. This latter 

 business is most acceptable and several 

 . of the florists are using their best ef- 

 forts to foster this demand. 



Dahlias now are coming in. Despite 

 the fact that it is too early for predic- 

 tions, these show great promise. Bud- 

 dleia is coming into the market in fine 

 shape and is meeting with some de- 

 mand. Notwithstanding the intense 

 heat of last week, indoor sweet peas 

 are of exceptional quality and are re- 

 taining their popularity, selling well. 

 Large quantities of outdoor sweet peas 

 also are being offered in the market. 



Gardenias still are exceedingly plen- 

 tiful and there is a limited sale of 

 them. Eoses in all colors are suflBcient 

 in quantity to more than meet all de- 

 mands. Mock and Eed Radiance are 

 exceptionally good. Carnations still are 

 to be had, but the blooms are too small 

 to be of much value. The cut of gla- 

 dioli is larger and prices have dropped 

 accordingly. It is hard to move these 

 fiowers at $2 and $3 per hundred and 

 large quantities are going to waste. 



Various Notes. 



William P. Gude, as exalted ruler of 

 the Elks of Washington, played a prom- 

 inent part in the reception tendered a 

 large party of members of that order 

 who visited this city while on their way 

 to the convention in Baltimore. 



When the call to arms came it was 

 found that there were a number of pa- 

 ■ triots among the boys of the florists ' 

 trade in the National Capital, for now 

 encamped at Camp Radio, Va., awaiting 

 orders that will send them to Bisbee, 

 Ariz., and possibly across the line into 

 Mexico, are five employees of the Gude 

 Bros. Co. Of these Edward Wilson is 

 a sergeant in the commissary depart- 

 ment, while among the privates are Ed- 

 ward Henning and Robert Baggott, who 

 were employed at the greenhouses, and 

 Norman Padgett and Leslie A. Dix, who 

 were employed at the store. The boys 

 mentioned are enlisted for a term of 

 three years. Others do not care to be 

 tied up for that length of time. 



J. Louis Loose, accompanied by Mrs. 

 Loose, is spending a ten days' vacation 

 at Berkeley Springs, W. Va., one of the 

 most popular mountain resorts in this 

 section. 



East and West Seaton parks will be 

 added to the Botanic Gardens, if the 

 Senate follows the advice of its library 

 committee and enacts into law the bill 

 the committee recommends, which has 

 this extension in view. This will give 

 the gardens an increase of about twen- 

 ty-seven acres of ground. At the time 

 of agreeing to the adoption of the bill 

 members of the committee made com- 

 plimentary remaiks on the efficiency of 

 Superintendent Ge9i;ge W. Hess. 



George Maunz, representing Reed & 

 Keller, of New York, made a round of 

 the stores last week while on his way 

 south. C. L. L. 



Mount Prospect, HI. — C. J. Homeyer 

 has made plans for another house for 

 carnations, 28x100. 



To Control Black Spot on Roses 



Use Grape Dust or Copper Solution 



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"HAMMOND'S fiRAPE DUST 



Used eltectJTcly to kill Powdery 

 Nildew on Rosei and other Plants 



USED BY THE FLORISTS FOR OVER 28 SUCCESSIVE YEARS 



Sold by the Seed Dealers. 

 For pamphlet on Bugs and Blichts address 



HAMMOND'S PAINT AND SLUG SHOT WORKS 



BEACON. N. Y. 



Then for Insect troubles on 

 Potatoes, Asters, Dahlias, 

 Roses, etc., use Slug Shot, 

 These goods were awarded a 

 Gold Medal at Panama-Pacific 

 Exposition from a test out. 



l^tAOC MARK 



For Destroying Sow Bugs 



SOLD 



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