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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



JCLT 14, 1904, 



HAQ. LOSSES. 



The losses paid by the Florists' Hail 

 Association since August 1 of last year 

 aggregate $16,610.22 and are the heaviest 

 in any single year in the history of the 

 concern. But all losses have been met 

 promptly without encroaching upon the 

 reserve fund. Last August the Associa- 

 tion had $11,000 reserve besides $13,000 

 cash on hand and this year's income has 

 exceeded $12,000. Following is a com- 

 plete list of the year's losses to June 

 26: 



Geo. F. Christie, Clifton Heights, Pa..| 27.94 



James Cole, Philadelphia, Pa 136.55 



J. Wm. Colflesh, Philadelphia, Pa 17.85 



Wm. K. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa 173.49 



Joseph Ksslinger, Denver, Colo 4G0.95 



A. J. Pennock, Lansdowne, Pa 82.64 



Colfax Avenue Floral Co., Denver, Colo. 1,280.26 



Ed Palmen, Chicago, 111 6.58 



Meyers & Co.. BlufCton, Ind 59.94 



Claus Matthles, Omaha, Neb 81.50 



R. C. Seeger, St. Paul, Minn 52.76 



The Park Floral Co., Denver, Colo 364.02 



Swain Nelson & Sons, Chicago. Ill 36.61 



C. & a. L. Pennock, Lansdowne, Pa... 111.02 



Wm. Lldden, Philadelphia, Pa 26.71 



Wm. C. Walters, Denver, Colo 339.80 



George Pastor, Huntington, Ind 266.41 



August Liitz, Philadelphia, Pa 7.40 



Geo. R. Gelger, Nazareth, Pa 2.24 



Geo. Zlmmer, Sr., Omaha, Neb 27.16 



Henry Sweltzer, Mendota, 111 244.83 



Walter & Richmond, Harmon, Colo.... 61.65 



L^uls Gadlna, South Omaha. Neb 7.00 



Henry Carstens, Omaha, Neb 40.00 



Philip Fulmer, Cardlngton, Pa 34.62 



Claude J. Hurt, Harmon, Colo 81.45 



Mrs. Annie Cranney, Minneapolis, Minn. 29.92 



Richard C. Smith, Becane, Pa 63.10 



Robert Scott & Son, Sharon Hill, Pa... 20.22 



Emll Glauber, Montclalr, Colo 1,426.66 



Karl Muller, Sr., Philadelphia, Pa 20.45 



Geo. H. Borenscheer, Denver, Colo 82.60 



Hess tc Swoboda, Omaha, Neb 16B.05 



Geo. K. Kester, Cardlngton, Pa 16.45 



J. & N. Bpanabel, East Palestine, Ohio 19.25 



Thomas Morris, Harmon, Colo 9.60 



A, Donaghue, Omaha, Neb 115.71 



J. F. Ammann. Edwardsville, III 2>.66 



Fred Hall, Montclalr. Colo ».01 



R. J. Groves, Atchison, Kan 6.10 



Mrs. R. Mauir, Denver, Colo 480.17 



C. B. Cftrbine, Wadsworth, Ohio 6.66 



J. S. Bowdry, Raton. N. M 10.64 



R. Tlndall, Independence, Mo 40.66 



J. C. RennlBon, Sioux City, Io«ra 168.62 



Mathew Kronz, Great Falls, Mont 26.60 



Alfred Broman, Independence, Mo • 116.17 



B. G. Bunyar. ■ Independence, Mo 80.90 



Chaffln Floral Co., Cheyenne, Wyo.... 160.00 



Edward Kline. Sr., ^treator. Ill 6.74 



Otto Andrea, Central Valley, N. Y..., 8.84 



Salter Bros., Rocheater. N. T M.00 



Fred Bishop, Sioux City, Iowa 161.91 



T. Kloss, St. Peters, Minn 8».1J 



Geo. R. Gelger, Nazareth, Pa 8.96 



Nichols Bros., Atlantic Iowa 174;40 



E. F. Walters. Wakefield, Kan 81.20 



J. W. Rentz & Son, Peru, Ind 81.88 



F. B. Tinker, Peru, Ind 17.99 



EUDlle Knabe, Frankfort, Ind 28.49 



Henry M. Humfeld. Frankfort. Ind 18.66 



E. F. Overman, Wabash, Ind 2S1.96 



P. Finn, Carthage, Mo 89.26 



I. W. Gorse, Whltewright, Tex 16.31 



W. A. Chalfant, Springfield, Mo 637.74 



Wm. Plum, Springfield, Mo 14.70 



Summerfield Floral Co., Springfield, Mo. 867.25 



Draper & Son, Springfield, Mo 240.24 



Chas. Summerfield, Springfield, Mo 823.72 



H. A. Hall, Joplln, Mo 899.80 



Herman Roth. Lafayette, Ind 86.96 



Edward Avenarlus, Dubuque, Iowa 5.46 



Rudolph Koeppen, Springfield, Mo 321.05 



Southwestern Florists' Co., St. Louis, Mo 24.16 



Arnold Scheidegger, Klrkwood, Mo 81.10 



Ed Quln, Springfield, Mo 388.97 



Chas. P. Mueller, WlchlU, Kan 14.26 



S. D. Brandt, Clay Centre, Kan 81.10 



C. Humfeld, Clay Centre, Kan 74.T0 



Samuel Muntz, Dubuque, Iowa 2.89 



Wm. Shick, Wichita. Kan 16.20 



John S. Morris, Merrlam. Kan 29.80 



W. J. Barnes, Kansas City, Mo B.20 



Nelson Jarrett, Drakemore, Mo 10.80 



Jacob Tobler. Kansas City. Mo 17.84 



Geo. B. Windier, St. Louis. Mo 14.40 



Chas. Blederman, Kansas City, Mo 16.00 



W. L. Rock Flower Co., Kansas City, 



Mo 46.44 



Alfred Broman, Independence, Mo 227.27 



Howard P. Kleinhans. Easton, Pa 81.67 



Wallace & McMurray, Pueblo, Colo 523.00 



J. J. Thomas, Pueblo, Colo 872.00 



J>e B. Dalton, Pueblo, Colo 267.00 



J. O. Zimmerman, Pueblo, Colo 766.30 



M. D. Hoagland. Pueblo, Colo 106.70 



W. D. Alt, Pueblo, Colo 120.82 



Furrow Bros., Guthrie. Okla 277.46 



E. O. Donley, Pueblo, Colo 420.20 



Mrs. Augusta Baker, Pueblo, Colo 608.70 



Mrs. Ida M. Latshaw, Pueblo, Colo...,. 172.70 



Elwanger ft Barry, Rochester. N. T.... 46.43 



Auff. Luther, Kansas City, Mo 82.65 



O. Fleischer, Pueblo, Colo 1,806.98 



B. H. Thorne, Wooster. Ohio 12.60 



H. W. Wright, Amarillo, Tex 47. W 



Mrs. Alice Kinney, New Franklin, Mo.. 6.62 



E. R. Ripley, Colorado City, Colo 30.95 



Alexander Rose, Lead City, S. D 19.95 



S. M. Harbison, Danville, Ky 46.25 



WORLiyS FAIR FLOWER SHOWS. 



The following are the rules governing 

 the weekly flower shows in the Horticul- 

 tural building at the St. Louis World's 

 Fair : 



All sufficiently meritorious displays will re- 

 ceive a reward. The first will be a diploma, 

 the next a bronze medal, the next a silver 

 medal and the highest a gold medal. 



Suitable vases will be furnished by the expo- 

 sition management and exhibits will be prop- 

 erly staged where exhibitors do not person- 

 ally attend. 



Judges will be chosen from the most eminent 

 specialists for th^ respective displays. 



All exhibits must be correctly and legibly 

 labeled. 



Exhibits must be prepaid to the exposition 

 grounds. 



The superintendent will be empowered to re- 

 move any exhibit that Is no longer attractive. 



A business card not to exceed 9x6 inches may 

 be displayed with each exhibit. 



Any perbon who wishes to make a special 

 display of any kind of cut flowers at any time 

 may do so, rules and regulations being ad- 

 hered to. Full schedule of flower shows will 

 be furnished prospective exhibitors on requisi- 

 tion to Chief, Department of Horticulture. 



F. W. TAYLOR. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Lessened supplies and light demand 

 have characterized the market during the 

 past week. Some growers are now bring- 

 ing in very little, concentrating their 

 energies on preparations for housing car- 

 nations and other necessary work. Boses 

 are seldom seen of good quality. Car- 

 nations of the best quality are still 

 weak, fair stock selling up to $2 per 

 100. Some Fair Maids and Enchantress 

 are still very good. Sweet petis are 

 abundant at .from 10 cents to 40 cents 

 per 100, aceordine,.^ quality. Pepular 

 varieties seem /To be Mont !^lanC| 

 Blanche Ferry, Countess of Radnor, 

 Lady Grisel Hamilton, Prima Donna and 

 Mrs. Sankey. Lily of the valley con- 

 tinues to have a fairly good sale. • A 

 few outdoor gladioli have appeared. 

 Among hardy herbaceous perennials that 

 useful variety Achillea Ptarmica The 

 Pearl is also seen. Some indoor asters 

 are seen. There are promises of an 

 abundant outdoor supply a little later. 



The Exhibition* 



The first of the free weekly exhibi- 

 tions of the present summer was held at 

 Horticultural Hall on July 9. There 

 was a splendid show, although there were 

 only a few competitive classes. The lec- 

 ture hall and loggia were crowded with 

 exhibits. On account of the excellence 

 of the exhibition, the committee of ar- 

 rangements wisely decided to keep the 

 show open until Sunday night instead 

 of closing it at 4 p. m. on Saturday. 



For best display of hardy roses filling 

 fifty bottles, in twelve varieties, W. J. 

 Clemson, Oscar Kristenson, gardener, 

 and Miss Sarah B. Fay. M. H. Walsh, 

 gardener, made fine exhibits. For twen- 

 ty-five vases of Iris Kaempferi, W. 

 Whitman, M. Sullivan, gardener, beat 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner, W. Thatcher, gar- 

 dener. Each had a beautiful table. Mr. 

 Sullivan also won for display of Cam- 

 panula medium. There was a keen con- 

 test for thirty vases of delphiniums, 

 three spikes in each. William Postings, 

 gardener to Mrs. Winthrop Chambers, 

 W. Whitman, and Mrs. J. L. Gardner 

 won in order named. | 



The class for herbaceous flowers and 

 grasses brought out a strong entry for 

 thirty varieties. W. Hunnewell, T. D. 

 Hatfield, gardener, was first, followed 

 by \i. J. Clemson and the Bay State 

 Nurseries. Much the best collection 

 from Carl Blomberg was disqualified, as 

 it contained no grasses. The reading 

 of the schedule seemed to indicate that 

 grasses were necessary rather than per- 

 missible, which was intended. 



From Blue Hill Nurseries, Julius Hu- 

 erlin, proprietor, came a grand collection 

 of 106 varieties of herbaceous plants. 

 Another extensive and very meritorious 

 lot were shown by Harvard Botanical 

 Gardens, Robert Cameron, gardener. The 

 following herbaceous plants shown are 

 especially good for florists: Spiraea 

 Chinensis and S. lobata, Galium bo- 

 reale, Hemerocallis Thunbergi, Phlox 

 Miss Ligard, Heuchera sanguinea, 

 Alstroemeria, aurantiaca, Malva mos- 

 chata alba, Delphinium Chinensis and 



D. hybridium, Gypsophila paniculata, 

 Cimicifuga racemosa, Campanula urtici- 

 folia fl. pi., Coreopsis grandiflora, LU- 

 ium superbum, L. excelsum, L. Browni 

 and L. candidum. 



M. H. Walsh showed ^bles of cut 

 sprays of his seedling ramblers, Caris- 

 sina and Lady Gay, which were much 

 admired. B. J. Farquhar & Co. had 

 branches of the Farquhar rose and nu- 

 merous choice Japanese irises. Peter 

 Cairns had a collection of roses and 

 Japanese irises. W. N. Craig made a 

 display of sweet peas, including some 

 of the newest sorts. There were miscel- 

 laneous collections from Geo. HoUis, E. 

 M. Gill, J. B. Shurtleff and others. James 



E. Rothwell, Emil Johansson, gardener, 

 received honorable mention for two new 

 seedling cypridediums, one named Mrs. 

 J. E. Rothwell being promising. 



Various Note*. 



Members of the flower and plant com- 

 mittee of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society and other friends paid a 

 visit to the Tailby establishment at Wel- 

 lesley on July 12 to see a field of Mr. 

 Tailby 's new hybrid callas in bloom. 



Suitable quarters have not yet been 

 secured for the new independent flower 

 market. It is hoped the location will 

 be found shortly. Anything we have 

 written in this column in regard to the 

 new flower market has been received 

 from very reliable sources. Mr. Ward 

 will understand that we never questioned 

 the general standing of his confreres in 

 this new movement. We have no per- 

 sonal feelingjs in the matter whatever 

 and assure him that fair and courteous 

 treatment will always be given every 

 one. 



W. W. Tailby, son of Joseph Tailby, 

 the veteran carnationist of Wellesley, 

 was married on June 29 to Miss Mary 

 F. Davis, of Somerville. Mr. Tailby 's 

 many friends extend, congratulations. 



Peter Fisher continues to send in very 

 fine blooms of carnations Mrs. M. A. 

 Patten and Nelson Fisher; these are evi- 

 dently good summer varieties. 



J. Whidden, for some years gardener 

 to E. W. Gilmore, of North Easton, 

 died on July 11 from Bright 's disease, 

 with which he had been a sufl:erer for 

 some years. 



William Siin, of Cliftondale, well 

 known as a producer of violets and sweet 

 peas, has a superb house of tomatoes 

 just now worthy of a long journey to 

 see. w. N. Craig. 



