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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBB 28, 1018. 



wedding last week, at Flat Rock, and 

 the Frost-Cleveland wedding at Bretton 

 Hall. 



Brown, of the Belnord, has been busy 

 with dinner and funeral work. His 

 shop is one of the leaders in richness 

 of decoration. 



Henry A. Bohs, manager for C. C. 

 Trepel at the Bloomingdale store, wel- 

 comed the stork with a ten pounder 

 last week. 



Last week the types made me refer 

 to J. B. Nugent, Jr., when 1 wrote 

 J. B. Nugent, Sr. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Sydney B. Wertheimer says the sale 

 of ribbons and chiffons is breaking 

 records and that the call for novelty 

 in these lines is insistent; the retail- 

 ers in the larger cities being constantly 

 on the lookout for something new. 



McHutchison & Co., who are special- 

 ists on import matters, have printed 

 a card and explanatory letter, giving 

 full information regarding the new du- 

 ties on horticultural imports. The 

 card and letter have been mailed to 

 3,000 importing florists, seedsmen and 

 nurserymen, most of whom are ex- 

 pected to hang the card on the wall. 



SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FLORISTS. 



Department of Registration. 



R. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., of White 

 Marsh, Md., submits for registration 

 the cannas described below. Any 

 person objecting to the registration or 

 to the use of the proposed names is 

 requested to communicate with the sec- 

 retary at once. Failing to receive ob- 

 jections to the rogistration, the same 

 will be made three weeks from this 

 date. 



Jeaiica — A beautiful shade of rose carmine: 

 flowers are large, trusses enormous, freely pro- 

 iluced throughout the entire season; dark, bronzy 

 igreen foliage; height, about three and one-half 

 feet. Seedling of Wra. Saunders. 



Benivolia — A brilliant, rich shade of Lincoln 

 red: flowers are beautifully formed and borne in 

 great profusion; darli, rich green foliage, show- 

 ing a tinge of bronze; dwarf grower. Seedling 

 of Wm. Saunders. 



Horatio — Large, waxy flowers of beautifully 

 formed petals: brilliant crimson scarlet, edged 

 with bright golden yellow, yellow throats, spotted 

 red; foliage dwarf, robust, of good texture, deep 

 rich green. Seedling of Wm. Saunders. 



Lafew — Medium to large flowers In large 

 trusses, which are profusely produced; the foli- 

 age is a very dark medium green, overlaid with 

 a bronze sheen; dwarf, sturdy grower, orange 

 scarlet. Seedling of Wm. Saunders. 



Gonzabo— Brilliant carmine; large flowers of 

 waxy petals; enormous trusses; luxuriant, dark, 

 bronzy green foliage; grows about three and one- 

 half feet high. Seedling of Wm. Saunders. 



Mercutio — Intense vermilion scarlet, shading to 

 pink at the base of petals, golden yellow at edge: 

 the foliage is clear, rich green: about three feet 

 high; an early and continuous bloomer. Seedling 

 of Wm. Saunders. 



John Young, Sec 'v. 



NEWPORT, R. I. 



Horticultural Society. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Newport Horticultural Society was 

 held October 14. The ball committee, 

 of which John T. Allen was chairman, 

 reported that it had a substantial bal- 

 ance on hand, to be turned over to the 

 lecture fund. 



The John Lewis Childs silver cup, 

 which was awarded at the recent flower 

 show to Dennis Foley, gardener for E. 

 Rollins Morse, was presented. It was 

 decided to have a course of lectures 

 during the coming winter, in conjunc- 

 tion with the Gardeners' Association, 

 and these will be in charge of H. W. H. 

 Powell, James Robertson, William 

 Grey and Mrs. Hoffman. 



Various Notes. 



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Twenty-five hundred rhododendrons 

 from the fields of Walter Greene, of 

 Saunderstown, have been purchased by 

 Mrs. George D. Widener for the 

 grounds of her new estate on Bellevue 

 avenue. W. H. M. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



The Market. 



Business last week was a decided im- 

 provement over that of the previous 

 week. The demand for stock was about 

 equal to the supply, with one or two 

 exceptions. Beauties are scarce and 

 the two new red roses. Milady and Mrs. 

 Chas. Russell, are eagerly sought after. 

 In mums the supply of yellow is lim- 

 ited. Chrysolora is the most popular 

 early yellow. Some pompons are seen. 

 Mums will soon hold full sway. Snap- 

 dragons sell well. Violets are coming 

 in, but as yet the quality is not of the 

 best and they move slowly. 



Various Notes. 



C. M. Strom, of New Britain, is re- 

 ceiving the congratulations of his 

 friends on the arrival of a baby girl. 



George G. McClunie, of Main street, 

 south, is an ardent booster of the Flo- 

 rists' Telegraph Delivery Association. 



A. N. Pierson, Inc., of Cromwell, is 

 erecting a new office building, two 

 stories high, of red brick. This firm 

 has one of the largest stocks of mums 

 in the country. A visit to the estab- 

 lishment during mum season is always 

 of special interest. Not only is the 

 latch string out for those in the trade, 

 but many flower lovers from all over 

 the state annually visit the place in 

 November. 



The Hartford Horticultural Society 

 will hold chrysanthemum night Novem- 

 ber 7. R. C. S. 



AN OYSTER ROAST. 



Virginia is famous for many things, 

 among them its fair ladies, brave men 

 and toothsome oysters. In the accom- 

 panying illustration we have all three, 

 for the lady is Mrs. Carrie M. Terry, 

 the progressive florist of Phoebus, on 

 the Chesapeake, where the oysters come 

 from. Mrs. Terry is seen in the act 

 of dispensing oyster roast to her soldier 



friends. She has built up an excellent 

 business, the last season having b<;eii 

 by far her best to, date. 



OBITUARY. 



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Jolm B. Byer. 



John B. Byer, of the firm of By„ 

 Bros., Chambersburg, Pa., died of old 

 age October 4. He was 83 years of 

 age. , The business will be continued 

 by the other member of the firm 

 Charles A. Byer. 



Robert Einkaid. 



Robert Kinkaid, a florist and land- 

 scape gardener of Germantown, Phil- 

 adelphia, Pa., died October 11 at his 

 home at 121 West Rittenhouse street 

 at the age of 45. He had been suffer- 

 ing from Bright 's disease for some 

 time. He was born in Ireland and came 

 to Philadelphia when a young man. 

 He opened his own store fifteen years 

 ago. He was a member of Loyal 

 Orange No. 112, Loyal Patriots of 

 America and German Purple Heroes. 

 His widow, five daughters and two 

 sons survive. 



Frank H. Vick. 



Frank H. Vick, a son of the late 

 James Vick, of Rochester, died Octo- 

 ber 10 at the residence of his daughter, 

 Mrs. H. S. De Mott, 44 Irving place, 

 Rockville Center, L. I., at the age of 

 61. He was a landscape gardener and 

 had charge of the grounds surround- 

 ing government buildings in New York 

 city. He was born and educated in 

 Rochester and was associated with the 

 business of his father, James Vick, 

 before entering the government em- 

 ploy. 



Allentown, Pa. — At the fair here the 

 exhibits of O. J. Sawyer and Ernest 

 Ashley, of this city, are attracting 

 much attention. 



Huntingdon, Pa. — J. S. Seal has 

 taken a partner and established with 

 him the Huntingdon Floral Co., in 

 place of the Huntingdon Greenhouses. 



Genesee, 111. — Miss Daisy Williams, 

 the popular saleslady of the Neal Flo- 

 ral Co., has returned to her work after 

 spending the summer in New York 

 city. 



A Vifsinia Lady Florist Treats Soldier Friends to Oyster Roast. 



