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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JuLT 14, 1904. 



NURSERY NEWS. 



AMERICAN ASSOCUTION'.Or NURSERYMEN. 



Pres., E. W. Klrkpatrlck, McKluney, Tex.; 

 Vlce-Pres., C. L. Watroua. Des MolneB; Secy, 

 Geo. C. Seager, Rochester; Treaa., C. L. Yates, 

 Rochester. The2'Jth annual convention will be 

 held St West Baden, Ind., June, 1M)6. 



Visited St. Louis. — ^Williain A. Pet- 

 erson, Chicago. 



E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, la., is en- 

 larging his packing house to 18,000 

 square feet. 



The fruit tree growers are not looking 

 for any shortage of peach, apple or pear, 

 next season. 



J. G. HoiLMAN, Danville, 111., one of 

 the oldest nursery agents in the business, 

 died July 4. He was 70 years of age. 



The white ash, because of its thrifty 

 and symmetrical growth, has become a 

 very popular tree for street planting. 



There was a large use of Ampelopsis 

 Veitchii the past season and late require- 

 ments could not be met in many places. 



Mutual fire insurance is very satis- 

 factory in many lines and there is no 

 reason why it should not be so for the 

 nursery trade. 



Tampico, III.— Wirth Bros, are pre- 

 paring to erect a frame building adjoin- 

 ing the greenhouses at their nursery, to 

 be used for a broom laetorv and in 

 charge of Joseph Wirth. 



The catalpa is better than no tree at 

 all, and gives satisfaction for a time, 

 but the planter is in the end best satis- 

 fled if he is persuaded to use the Amer- 

 ican elm or Norway maple. 



The fruit committee of the New Jer- 

 sey Horticultural Society says that t^'o 

 wind is the most active agent in spread- 

 ing San Jose scale and the only thing 

 to do is to have a thorough cleaning up. 



CATALCXJUES RECEIVED. 



A. Dessert, Chenonceaux, France, pe- 

 onies; Kelway & Sort, Langport, England, 

 garden manual; Peterson Nursery, Chi- 

 cago, peonies. 



DENVER. 



The fifth annual picnic of the Park 

 Floral Company's employes was cele- 

 brated on the Fourth of" July. Picnics 

 are an every-day occurrence", but this 

 one of the Park Floral Company, held 

 through the generosity of its president, 

 Mr. Valentine, is somewhat original iu 

 its character and deserves more than a 

 passing note. Perhaps in all this broad 

 land of ours there is not another event 

 of like character, where the employer 

 furnishes everything in connection with 

 it to make it a success, and better still 

 lends the presence of himself and fam- 

 ily to assist in the entertainment and 

 join in the sports. Eecreation of this 

 kind is what the florist wants and en- 

 joys. From the hot greenhouses to these 

 mountain breezes is a change much ap- 

 preciated by the employe, and particu- 

 larly by those who have recently ar- 

 rived here and are daily viewing the 

 snow-capped hills from their places of 

 labor. The reunion of old friends who 

 annually attend, the social features of 



the event, the literary entertainment 

 joined in by visiting friends, the numer- 

 ous puns of Mr. Valentine, as well as those 

 of his father, who is a past master in 

 the quibbling of words, will long be re- 

 membered by those present. Songs and 

 recitations were slightly indulged in; 

 eloquence of speech was totally insuflS,- 

 cient for the day and occasion, but Mr. 

 Valentine responded to a call in his 

 easy way, paying just tribute to the 

 memory of his departed friend and co- 

 partner, A. B. Seaman. The old em- 

 ployes of the firm, some of whom havo 

 been with it since its inception, ami 

 helped to steer the craft when the cap- 

 tain was below, were highly commended 

 for their good work in the hours of need 

 and the younger members were advised 

 to go on and do likewise. Fishing, 

 hunting and various athletic sports were 

 carried on at intervals, and one of the 

 attractions as well as instructive fea- 

 tures of the day was the gathering of 

 wild flowers for which this region is 

 justly noted. One little girl picked 

 thirty-four varieties and won the first 

 prize of a silk umbrella. Prizes were 

 offered in every contest, which were 

 really entertaining to those participat- 

 ing. Sixty adults and about twenty chil- 

 dren comprised the party that filled a 

 special car which was side-tracked in 

 the beautiful South Platte canon along 

 the banks of the Platte river. Seven 

 hours were spent in this delightful re- 

 sort and all returned to the city satis- 

 fied that the fifth annual picnic of the 

 Park Floral Co. was the best of them all 

 in every respect. 



A variety of sentiment and refresh- 

 ments were indulged in by several other 

 of the various floral establishments of the 

 city, who allowed themselves to be 

 piloted by Benson to a beautiful grove 

 at Petersburg. No set program was ar- 

 ranged, so indolence reigned. There was 

 another king present, but he was soon 

 dethroned and everybody was happy. 

 Boldt and Kurth pronounced the re- 

 freshments of the first order, and Rey- 

 nolds, who is a bit of an epicure him- 

 self, substantiates the above. Scott, 

 who was merely taken along by the 

 boys to overisee the affairs and check all 

 physical excesses, carried out his in- 

 structions personally, by deed and ac- 

 tion. Scott says it was the best and 

 most orderly picnic of its kind he ever 

 had the pleasure of superintending. 



Gkeat Divide. 



KEWANEE, ILL. 



Hamilton & Plummer expect to move 

 their Third street greenhouses from the 

 present location to their Terminal park 

 establishment, only a sales oflBce and 

 show room being left on Third street. 

 The down town houses have been unsat- 

 isfactory for some time as a producing 

 place, and the idea is to centralize all 

 the growing at the Terminal park estab- 

 lishment. When all the greenhouses are 

 consolidated there will be in the neigh- 

 borhood of 25,000 square feet of glass, 

 which will compare favorably with any 

 establishment of this kind in this neigh- 

 borhood. Special attention will be given 

 during the coming year to the production 

 of carnations and a number of new vari- 

 eties will be grown. 



Patrick O'Mara sends us a number 

 of excellent snapshot photographs made 

 at the recent picnic of the New York 

 Florists' Club. 



PRIVET. 



Extra BtronR. btuby, 2H to Sl4 ft.. 125.00 per 1000. 

 Stronr 2to2Ji ft.... 20.00 



1000 Coreopsis, strong clumps 4.00 per 100. 



Achillea The Pearl, strong clumps. 6.00 " 



Oaillardla Grandiflora, clumps 6.00 



Golden Glow, strong clumps 2.&0 " 



HttlianthuB Maximiliani 2.50 



RoBetun 8.00 " x^ 



CASH WTTH OBDKKS. 



W. G. EISELE, West End, N. J. 



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