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Seitembku 20, lull. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Cattleya Gigas is One of the Varieties Necessary to Maintain an All-Season Production. 



ii(>\v ilasxcs since tlic ])ifliiiiiii!ir.\" list 

 was issued, will he ot' interest to tlmse 

 iiitondinjr to I'xliiitit: 



"Pliei'o will lie nine new classes for 

 the rose section, cdiisistinyj ol' fifty 

 liloonis each of the following: Mrs. 

 ♦ ieorjjo (Shawver, Mrs. Aaron Ward. 

 Sunburst. White Killarney or l)oul)]e 

 White Killarney. Hoosier IJi'anty, any 

 other \aiiety white, any otlier \ariet\- 

 |iinl\. any dtlier \ariet\' vidlow. any 

 ntliei' variety red. The jiri/es t'or eacdi 

 <d' thi'se new classes will lie .~^l."i. .*ln 

 and $•"). 



The carnatidu sectinn also has lieen 

 enlarged by mMing classes t'or loii 

 white. lUO llesh ]>ink, KK) light ]iink. 

 liKi dark ]iink, ](i() scarlet, loii ciinison 

 and 1"" any other C(dor. Tlie dark pink 

 is to lie as dark as. or darkei- than. Mis. 

 (,'. W. Ward. The [ireiniiiiHs \'i>v these 

 seven new <dasses will be .tl'), +1" and 

 $•'. 'i'liis will make the carnation sec 

 tion niuidi nnn'e interesting: tn the cdni 

 niercial growers. 



One of the last things I". ('. I'.artids, 

 who was (diaiiinan of the prcndiinis 

 connnittee, ilid Sat t1rda.\ . SejiteinlMT l.'i, 

 was to go o\ (•!• the linal ie\ isinn ot' the 

 list with M. .\. X'insoii, the shnw man- 

 ager. As t(dd elsewhere in this paper, 

 Mr. J'.arttds was shot and killed about 

 4 o'clock that afternoon. Mr. Bartels 

 will be missed greatl>' by his associates, 

 as he was must a<dive and ga\i> mu(h 

 of his time in the advance planning fur 

 the coming show. 



MUST EXERT OURSELVES. 



"Never before iit the histm-y ni' (oir 

 profession."' observed Philip lirtdt- 

 meyer. nf ,1. Hreitmeytn's Sons. litdr(dt, 

 Mich., '"has it liecome so incumbent 

 upon its members to exert tliemstdves to 

 bring the knowlecjge id' llnwers closer 

 to the public', to make them become, so 

 to sjieak. instances (d' everyday life. 



so that the sentiment shall not be con 

 lined, as is now agitated, to certain 

 seasons or occasions, but shall be con 

 t inuons. 



''It is not my pnrjiose,'' continued 

 .\1 r. Hreitmeyer, "to dictate along what 

 lines any course should be pnisned. We 

 hax'e our own ideas, but the greatest, 



and ■what has umbuibtedlv 1 u the se 



cret of our success, is the adoptiiui ot' 

 a spirit of liberalism, first to our em 



plovecs. who in theii' tiii'ti nn|iai't it to 

 oni- patrons, who catch the spir'it. And, 

 as I sit iiack in my little sanctum ;in(i 

 note tile effect of this imp.artation, it 

 affords rue the greatest satisfaction." 



W. M. 



Burlington, Wis. 'i'he )iew store of 

 the Turlington I'loral < 'o. was formally 

 opened l.'ist we(d\. l-];icli \ isitor was 

 presented with a lose bud. 



ODEN LETTEl^y^- READERS 



OLD STORY UP AGAIN. 



1 do not b(die\(' it wnuld lie a li.ad 

 idi'.a to gi\-e some of the sliip|iers a ler 

 lure 11iro\igli the columns ot' The Review 

 witli rei;;ird to the jiroper |iackini: of 

 plants 



La<t s|priiig vv e receivi-d a shi]iiiient 



of cainatioii plants \vlii(di had I ii im 



jiroperiy packed. They wnc on the road 

 only one niglit, but when they rea(died 

 us tli.'v were badly dried out. The box 

 did not ]perinit ;iil the jdaiHs to lie 

 packeil in the bottmn, so the remain 

 iiig plants Were thrown in on top, 

 theri'liv bi'eaking and cnisjiing ;ilinost 

 t!i(^ entire bottcuu row. .\uotlier thing, 

 th(^ shipment was covered with rust. 

 That is ;i matter whiidi I think ship]iers 

 ■should be more careful alxuit. 



A short time ago we onlered a niini- 

 ber of fi(dd grown c;iriiatiou pdants. but 

 on ii'ceiv iiig them Me found that there 

 had been little soil left on the roiits and 

 tliat nothing had been jilaced about 



thein to letaiu the moistuie. These had 

 to lie on the ro.ad two days, and the 

 roots became ijried aiul shriv(ded. llow- 

 evi'r, wc- thou;:ht we would give them 

 a trial, su we pLanted tlieiu as soon as 

 ii'cei ve(l. but ihev be^.aii to drv uji the 

 ■Mcoiid dav al'ti'r planting. They were 

 tine plants, but the jioor jiacking had 



relld'-led thclll worthless. 



N\'e have h.-id to stand the loss in 

 both rases, not only the cost of the 

 plants and tlie express, hut also the iii- 

 i-on\ enieuce aud trouble caused through 

 receiving jdants in sindi condition. It 

 doi's not appear I'.air that the jnirtdiaser 

 siiould have to stand losses that are 

 cause. I s(delv bv the shippers' careless- 

 ness or lie^^lect. 



.\notlh r thing J might mention is the 

 pi'otit tli.at some ship]iers want to make 

 on b(e\es. Wi' tiave paid as much as 

 "hi and T'l cents I'oi- bo.ves no more than 



two feet wide, three I'eet long ami two 

 t'i'et hi;;li. l>ciu't you think that is ex- 

 orbitant .' i . ]■]. Hrauri. 



