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The Florists^ Review 



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Originality Made the Exhibit of Wollrath & Sons a Center of Interest at the Boston Show. 



went to (Iforjic I'". Stewart, hc.-nl ^.-ir 

 (IciKT to Artliiii' i,,yiii;in. who sIiowimI 

 some ;ir;iii(i sprciiiu'lis of cultiir.-il skill. 

 A sii|H'r)> I)ij)lii(loiiia sfilciidi'ii.'s ]iidtus;i. 

 nine f'ct't lii^li, was siiiotlicrcci with 

 Howcrs. J)ijila(l«'iiia Hlla l^uwell Lyinaii, 

 soiiicwliat jialcr jiiiik in <-((lor, was a 

 <,'(Mii. Two laif^c ]iyraiiiiiial s])i'fiin('iis of 

 ricroilriidroii I>alt'oiiriaiuuii wcrt' oov 

 crc'il with flowers. Other tiiio ]ilants 

 wcri' .Ml.iiiiaiicja W'illiainsii ami Lasi 

 aiKJia iiiacraiit ha. \V. .\. Maiida, who 

 was si'i-oiul, had swirn' iiici' things, anion;; 

 otlii'rs Foiircrova \\'at soniana, saiisc 

 \'ie/ia Laiircnti and .Mandaianuni, a new 

 jihiloili'tidroii. I'l'ai-a'iia Lon^ii, Dra 

 ca'n.a ;;i';niilis. a i-ic^ti'd loirri of l'>i' 

 ^oMi;i m.anii'at.a .and llrdi'i;i \ rrsicolor. 



Show Notes. 



.\ Imicdii'on \s a ~ ti iidi-rrd •■xhildtol'^ 

 and sonic othi-r-- .it liort iriilt iifal hall 

 on till' o|ii'nin^ day tliroiij^h the tHiiirtcsy 

 of I'n'-idrllt .Mlnrt C. I'.iin-.a^n'. 



\\ . .\. .M.and.a put in ^onic --t ri'iiiioiiv 

 Work |i|-(ji.arin;; and .1 rr.a nu i n;; hi> cxti-n 

 sl\r yroiips. Ill' Willi nil |,s> lii.aii 

 twcd\i- ;;ol(i iiirdaK, nine siU.T inrd.aU. 

 twenty loiii' tir~l pri/.es. ^i\ ^eeoiiii 

 jiri/es .and >l.l'>ii in i-.a<li preiiiiiims, 

 .Mr. .M.and.a .and Mr. I '.11 rr.a-e were tlo' 

 tw(j ;^i.ants (if th,. >liow .and I Iio|h 

 iioth will slidw the ('le\el.and |ieo|ile 

 next spiin:^ how to ^I't ii|> u:roii|i^ arti--ti 

 (•ally. 



Kai|i|i •'. i!,nediet. of the Brooklyn 

 I'.ot.anii-.al <;.ardi-ns. deli\ered .a stere 

 o|iticon lictnre on ''I'erns,'' with 1111 

 meroiis slides, liefnre a l.aru;e and ajipre 

 ciati\-e audieiire S.jit ember L'l, under 

 the auspices of the ,\nieriiaii I'crn So 

 ciety. The lecture was most interest- 

 ing' and held fiie close attention of the 

 audience. 



\V. H. Maxon. of W;ishin;;ton, showed 

 herliarinm specimens of ferns to many 

 uiemhers of the .American Fern Society 

 anil friends Sejiteinber -4. (Quarantine 

 37 was well discussed. To thwart the 

 (leharriny of new ferns, there were 



opinions expressed that onr tro]iical 

 colonies offered fine locations for the 

 pi'opa^ation of new things and a botani- 

 cal garden in I'orto Kico. Hawaii or 

 one of our island colonies was com- 

 mended lieartily. 



.\ssistiny;' the re^nilar committee of 

 the .Massatdiuset ts lioi't icultural Society 

 in making awards were IJobert Cam 

 iron, Kdwin .lenkins, Lenox, Mass.; .\. 

 .1. I.oxeless, Lenox, Mass.; W. K. ^L'lxon, 

 K. ('. Leiiedict and .1. T. Hutterworfh. 



On the o]ienin^' e\eniny President .\. 

 <'. liuira^e entertainial the oflicers and 

 execu1i\-e committee ot' the .\nierican 

 ()rchid Society .-it dinner at the .Myon 

 ipiin Club. There was a full discussion 

 ot' the society's afVairs. The member- 

 ship was reported to be ne.arl\- |i»ii and 

 --teadilv yrowine. |t w.as decided to 

 issue a p.ani|dilet on .\ inri'ic.an n.atixe 

 orchids at .an eail\' d.ate. 'I'hose ]ires 

 eiit ueri'. ill addition to Mr. Hurr.a;;e. 

 Oakes .\nies. lieor-e 1:. I!.ildwiii. W. .\. 

 .Mand.a. .1. .\. .Maii.l.a. L. I). Towle. iM 

 w.ard Roehr^, ()li\a'r Lini-. .\ . .1. L(>\ ■ 

 b'ss. Tliom.as Kid.and .and I!. II. Lincoln. 



\ isilur^ friiiii a dist.an.-e wii.': 



M.ili.l:i. .1 .\ . l;:ist (hMliL-.a \ .1. 

 l.MU'cr. .1 1:,, Siiirinnl. N .1 

 M.iMue W. l; . \\:i>liiiiL-l..ii. I> I 

 l-'lcc. Miilil:l;;ii.a l;i(i..kl v 11. N . ^ 

 Hcnciliii. U, ( .. I'.i-.M.klyu, .\ •i 

 I'uisMii. K. |{ . 'l':iri-.\ lii» n. N V 

 llaiilwin. Ccnim. K., M:iiiiMr.iii..ili. \ \ 

 M:iiiila. .MKcii. .!r., S.mili Oniiii;i'. N .1 

 M.niil.i. W, .\.. .*<niitli Onui-c, N .1 

 l|.ii>l.avv .\ M.. New Viiik 



Illil.iU. .1. n.. l'llil.Hl..|plMM 



lliilow. .Mi^s.'s. I'hil.i.ji.lplihi 

 11.1,1. .1. S.. riiil.i(lc||,iiiM. 

 l.ii-'L'ii, r. r.. I'liilnddpliiii 

 M.M.rc. ClciiH-iit, II.ickciKMik. N ,1 

 I.iiicMln. )■: II.. r'ilt-.liclil. .\l:w-, 

 .li'iikiri^. Kilwiii. l,iiiii\, M.is> 

 I...v..lcs^, .\. .1.. I,cii..x. Mms> 

 I.iih's. Oliver, rittslidil, Mas- 

 llipnisc, A. II., Unrlicstcr. N V, 

 n.iclirs. .Iiiljiis. Kiiilicrri.nl, N .1 

 liodirs. Kdiiuiircl, Kiillicrford. N. ,1 

 riiiilkiicr. .\. v., .New Y.irk, 



The li,illw;iys leailin^^ to the lecture 



li.all were efl'ectividy hanked on each 



side with Eucaly])tus globulus with ocen 



sional tall flexuosa rising above them. 



These were contributed by .Mbert ('. 



Hiirrage. ' \V'. V. c. 



AN EPITAPH. 



"lie iiicMiif Well, liii'd little mill tilled iiiihli 

 "I'.re. i.'d by his UiviiiK Wife," 



Near Sum I una. a licadstoiic in tlic comeiery 

 thus Pi>itiimi/.i'S a life's effort. In the tiles (if 

 our war time periodicals, some advertisements 

 now stand as mute evideiiee of similar we.ik 

 "try-oiits of advertisiiif.'" hy well meaning iMil 

 short-winded curiiora tioii-i. 



National adviTtisini; need not tie experimented 

 with -it works. 



Kitlier advertise or don't advertise, hut save 

 yourself the cost of "tryinii-fnit" a<Iver(isini: jitid 

 ilon't start for a run of less than five ye.u.s 

 llutterick I'lildisher. 



The aboxe well describes the needs 

 for a furtherance of our ntitional .-idxei 

 tising lamjiaion. It is necesKary to jiei 

 mit the ef^forts of our |iast four years 

 to continue so ,'is to re;ip fire dividends 

 of our in vestineiit . 



We aoree with our I'.iitterick friends 

 th;it to experiment does not pay. but to 

 double our efl'oits will yield a handsome 

 reward to all lloiists who contribute to 

 the cause. Smd xoiir share to our sea- 

 ret.'ir.N, .lohn Voiiiiu, to help extend oiii- 

 c'lmjiaiyn. Henry I'eiin, ('ha irinaii. 



N.ation.-il I'lildicity ( 'amp;ii;^i!. 



BELGIAN GLASS TRADE. 



M .anut'.-ict 111 el's in l'.el;^ium ;iie in 

 sh.ape to export ul.ass to .any nl' the 

 world ni.arkits, iiicliidino the rnited 

 states, and an- hesit.ating oiilv where 

 the r:ite ot exch;iiiL;e in;ikes trade iin 

 protit.able. according' to I{i(di:ird .Meldi 

 evs, |-!lliaipc,an represent .'it ive ot' the 

 rittsbur^h I'l.ate (ll.ass ( 'o. and oeiier.al 

 inan;iorr of this comp.-iny's factory ,at 

 < 'h,'irlcroi. iic;ir .\ntwtrp. Mr. Milcdiers 

 arrived on the Ked St.-ir liner Lapland 



September 17 to confer with e,X(a'Uti\f 



heads ot' his comp,any icgardino condi 

 t ions in I']iirope, 



■'More tli.iu L'."),i Mil 1,1 Kill fr.ancs havi' 

 been spent in ridiuibiiiiir the factory of 

 the Pittsburgh Plate (;iass f'o. at Char- 

 leroi, yet there is .'i good deal of work 

 still to be completed before oper.itioiis 

 can be restiined, ' ' he said. ' ' This shows 

 how coniplettdy the (iermans wrecked 

 this .\nierican f,'ictory, while leaving in 

 tact the seven Hidgian plate glass fac- 



