August 18, 1904. 



TheWcekly Florists' Review. 



599 



iner flowering plants can be used, just 

 as we use them in flower gardening, ex- 

 cept that any tall growing things like 

 dahlias or hollyhocks should be avoided, 

 or plants that conie late into flower, such 

 as salvias. Neatness, compactness and 

 an early and continuous attractiveness 

 are the qualities desired in such a place. 

 If you are asked to plant hardy shrubs 

 and the ericaceous plants do well in your 

 climate, then there is nothing more 

 beautiful than the rhododendrons, hardy 

 azaleas and kalmias. As for the lovely 

 hardy deciduous shrubs, the list is so 

 long that it would be out of place to 

 begin to enumerate any of them. Take 

 the catalogue of any reputable northern 

 nurseryman and his long list of hardy 

 shrubs can be depended upon to be hardy 

 and all are fine. 



Yet, here again, as with the flowering 

 plants, if just one shrub is desired for 

 a small lot, say, two or three hundred 

 square feet, they should be of short 

 growing tendency, such as Spiraea Van 

 Houttei rather than the strong growing 

 philadelphus or the golden elder. 



The writer is glad to hear of shrub- 

 bery in school grounds, for our gram- 

 mar schools are too often surrounded 

 with a dismal waste of gravel. 1 may 

 say the same about shrubs for the 

 school grounds that I said for the ceme- 

 tery. The variety is great and" all are 

 desirable. Here is a short list} that will 

 cover all the summer months, and I put 

 them somewhat as they will flower. 

 Beginning in May with the cydonia (Ja- 

 pan quince) and the forsythias, then 

 follows Spiraea prunifolia, the lilacs, 

 viburnum, then Spiraea Van Houttei, S. 

 Anthony Waterer, S. bumalda, and oth- 

 er species of these shrubs, Deutzia gra- 

 cilis and crenata, corchorus, calycanthus, 

 exocordia, philadelphus and Tartarian 

 honeysuckle. It's true that most of the 

 liardy shrubs flower in May and June 

 when their flowers and foliage are most 

 welcome after the awakening from our 

 hibernating winter, but in August we 

 have the glorious Hydrangea paniculata 

 and the altheas in many shades. The 

 above are all well known, but there are 

 many more lovely shrubs, and don't for- 

 get those with inconspicuous flowers but 

 attractive foliage or fruit, such as the 

 golden elder, Prunus Pasardi, the purple 

 berbery, African tamarix, and above all 

 the indispensable Berberis Thunbergii, 

 beautiful in every spot you plant it the 

 year through. 



If little grading is needed or very lit- 

 tle good soil is to be supplied, then 25 

 cents per square yard is a fair price 

 for sodding, and if the same conditions 

 exist, 15 cents per square yard for seed- 

 ing. We think, however, these prices 

 could vary some both ways, according to 

 size of job. It is certainly worth more 

 for either sodding or seeding to fuss over 

 a little lot of ten yards than one of 100 

 yards. William Scott. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Gub Meeting. 



At the August meeting of the Florists ' 

 Club held on the 11th, forty-two mem- 

 bers and all the oflicers were present. 

 After reading of the minutes, the dif- 

 ferent committees reported that every- 

 thing was in readiness for the S. A. F. 

 convention and everybody working hard 

 to make it a great success. 



Seven applications were presented as 

 follows: Geo. Ducker, P. J. Cahill, Geo. 



Wagoner, C. De Weaver, Bobt, Wolfs- 

 berger, Eobt. Thomson and G. A. Casey. 

 These were elected to membership by a 

 full vote. 



After reading several important com- 

 munications, the election of officers took 

 place which resulted as follows: For 

 president there were two candidates. 

 Otto G. Koenig and Chas. A. Juengel. 

 After counting the ballots, the tellers 

 announced that Mr. Juengel had been 

 elected by a majority of thirteen votes. 

 For vice-president there were three can- 

 didates, Carl Beyer, Henry C. Ostertag 

 and W. J. Pilcher. Mr. Pilcher won out 

 on the first ballot. For secretary, Mr. 

 Schray had no opposition and was elect- 

 ed by unanimous vote. For treasurer, 

 Fred Meinhardt and J. W. Dunford wei^e 

 the candidates. Mr. Meinhardt was 

 elected on the first ballot. 



For three trustees there were six can- 

 didates, F. C. Weber, Theo. Miller and 

 E. W. Guy were the lucky three to be 

 elected. The above elected officers are a 

 set of hustlers and will, no doubt, keep 

 up the good standing of the club. 



Various Notes. 



Fred I». Schulz, son of Jacob Schulz, 

 of Louisville, Ky., is in town and will 

 stay until after the convention. 



Mr. Eeed, of Beed & Keller, New 

 York, in company with Mr. Barnett, are 

 here working on their large exhibits in 

 the display hall. 



Leo Ostermier, of Siebrecht & Son, 

 New York, is also busy in the display 

 hall, staging plants. 



Martin Beukauf and Paul Berkowitz, 

 of H. Bayersdorfer & Co., Philadelphia, 

 are working hard at the convention hall. 



B. Eschner, of M. Kice & Co., of Phila- 

 delphia, is busy displaying goods. 



L. Baumann, of Chicago, is also mak- 

 ing a great show of florists' supplies. 



Arnold Eingier is here in advance mak- 

 ing the rounds of the trade and reports 

 that his firm, W. W. Barnard & Co., of 

 Chicago, are having a big trade in sup- 

 plies, seeds and bulbs. 



Hon. Cyrus P. Walbridge, president 

 of the Business Men's League, will de- 

 liver the address of welcome at the open- 

 ing meeting of the S. A. F. in place of 

 Mayor Wells, who is out of town. Mr. 

 Walbridge delivered the address of wel- 

 come eleven years ago, when the societ/ 

 met here. 



Wm. P. Craig is in town and will have 

 charge of Jos. Heacock's display at the 

 convention. Other exhibitions are arriv- 

 ing by every train. J. J. B. 



Store of H. Glenn Fleming, Fairmont, W. Va. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Market. 



The supply of fine flowers seems hardly 

 equal to the demand, light and unsteady 

 though it is. Beauties, valley, asters and 

 carnations are all good sellers when of 

 fair quality. Some very nice orders for 

 these flowers have been shipped to dis- 

 tant outside cities lately. Sweet peas are 

 still coming into town in fair condition, 

 thanks to late planting, care, and a cool 

 summer. Dahlias are arriving in quan- 

 tity, the pompons being very nearly in 

 their true form. Japanese hydrangeas 

 are also getting plentiful and will figure 

 in a certain class of designs and in dec- 

 orations for the next couple of months, 

 weather permitting. 



The Flower Market. 



President Wm. K. Harris called a 

 special meeting of the stockholders of the 

 Flower Market to order at 2 p. m. last 



Friday. He stated that the object of the 

 meeting was to decide: First, whether 

 the present quarters at 1228 Cherry 

 street should be given up, which the 

 board of directors recommended; and, 

 second, whether the Market should con- 

 tinue in business. 



Secretary Alfred Burton read the re- 

 port showing a deficit for the first fiscal 

 year, Nov. 1, 1902, to Oct. 31, 1903, and 

 a profit of about $300 in the nine months 

 ending July 30, 1904. 



It was stated that a tenant had been 

 found who would take the lease of the 

 present quarters from Sept. 1. This 

 lease expires June 30, 1906. It was agreed 

 on motion of Joseph Heacock that this 

 offer be accepted. The question of con- 

 tinuing or abandoning the enterprise 

 came next. 



It was stated that the Market was not 

 supported by enough growers to make it 

 profitable to the stockholders without do- 

 ing a commission business as well. Wal- 

 ter P. Stokes asked whether the manager 



