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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



June 29. 1905. 



far better color. Crimson Rambler has 

 reached the height of its popularity 

 and is getting harder to sell. Its color 

 is not good and it is getting too com- 

 mon. The new Baby Eambler, owing 

 to its poor color, is not destined to 

 remain popular long. Marchioness of 

 Londonderry was left out of his list 

 as he considered it a second rate sort, 

 shy bloomer, not a good color and it 

 won't stand feeding. He sees no rea- 

 son why roses should die out in two or 

 three years, with proper stock to start 

 with and the right care. He has hy- 

 brid perpetuals which have been grow- 

 ing for twenty to twenty-eight years, 

 as good as ever, and hybrid teas which 

 have stood twelve to fifteen years. 

 Hardy roses need a good root pruning 

 once in seven or eight years. Hybridiza^ 

 tion is best carried out under glass, as 

 the plants are more under control. He 

 hopes he may have said something which 

 will enable some to grow two roses 

 where only one grew before. 



W. J. Stewart spoke on the coming 

 Washington convention and urged all 

 who possibly can to attend. W. H. 

 Elliott liopes the club will send a large 

 delegation to what he believes will be 

 the banner convention. Duncan Fin- 

 layson spoke enthusiastically of Wash- 

 ington and its beauties. He consid- 

 ers it one of the finest cities in the world. 

 The nine new members elected give 

 the club the largest membership in its 

 history, and already some treats are 

 being planned for the early fall meet- 

 ings. Frank B. Cannell's solos were 

 well rendered and merit the plaudits 

 given. 



Indications are that a large number 

 of members will join in the field day 

 at William Sim's establishment on 

 July 1. Arrangements for the annual 

 picnic at Randolph Grove on July 25 

 are well under way. A committee con- 

 sisting of J. W. Duncan, Duncan Fin- 

 layson, F. E. Palmer and W. A. Eiggs 

 has charge of the sports and other at- 

 tractions which are being planned. 



Various Notes. 



J. W. Duncan is away on a well- 

 ■earned vacation. W. K. Wood takes 

 his place as Exchange correspondent 

 during his absence. 



President Montgomery, of the Rose 

 Society, is enthusiastic over Theodore 

 Wirth's rose garden at Elizabeth park, 

 Hartford, Conn, It was a revelation 

 to him of what can be done outdoors 

 with roses, the quality of the blooms 

 being superb. J, F. Huss's beautiful 

 estate at Goodwin Castle also came 

 in for great praise. 



Mrs, H, E. Foote, of Marblehead, an 

 enthusiastic amateur rose grower, whose 

 exhibits of teas and hybrid teas at the 

 Boston shows have attracted much at- 

 tention the past "two seasons, had a 

 special exhibition of cut blooms at her 

 home on June 26 to 28, which was 

 largely attended. Mrs. Foote grows 500 

 varieties of roses, of which over one- 

 half are teas or hybrid teas, including 

 all the newest and best sorts from 

 Paul, Cant, Dickson and other hybrid- 

 ists. Her success with this latter class 

 is inducing many others to devote more 

 attention to them. 



The garden committee of the Horti- 

 ■cultural Society visited the peony gar- 

 den of Dr. R. F. Jackson, Cambridge, 

 on June 22. About 125 varieties are 

 grown, including eighteen of Richard- 



son's seedlings. Other hardy plants 

 were very interesting in this attractive 

 city garden. 



Peony specialists are already making 

 plans for a big show when the society 

 visits Boston next year. The exhibi- 

 tion is destined to eclipse anything 

 seen in America. 



An account of the annual rose show 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will be found on another page in 

 this issue. W. N. Ceaig. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Trade conditions are no better this 

 week and prospects from now on are 

 not very flattering to the trade in gen- 

 eral. We have had some good rains 

 and cooler weather prevails, which 

 should make stock of better quality. 

 As it is, stock at the wholesale houses 

 has been very unsatisfactory as to 

 quality. 



Much replanting is going on among 

 the growers at present, which should 

 shorten up stock considerably from 

 now on. Carnations are selling well, 

 but blooms are very small and off col- 

 or. Enchantress is about the best in 

 size. White is selling better than 

 colors. 



Roses are not of good quality. Brides 

 and Maids are very poor and not over- 

 plentiful. Plenty of Liberty and short 

 Beauties are to be had. Long Beauties 

 are scarce. Sweet peas are shorten- 

 ing up considerably, the dry weather 

 having caused the slump and the poor 

 stock. Auratum lilies, daisies, gladi- 

 oli, candytuft and cornflowers are the 

 other flowers that go to make up the 

 daily supply at the wholesale houses. 



Variooi Notes. 



Last week Tuesday a party of 200 

 horticulturists met in St. Louis on their 

 way to the Texas fruit growers' meet- 

 ing at Tyler. The party left on 

 Wednesday on a special train. Among 

 the party were representatives of the 

 national and many state agricultural 

 departments. There were also the ed- 

 itors of twenty-three horticultural pub- 

 lications. 



Henry Lohrenz, who claims he has 

 two birthdays in the year, celebrated 

 his June birthday by entertaining a 

 few of his many friends at the bowl- 

 ing alleys on Friday night. Those 

 present were C. A. Kuehn, Carl Beyer, 

 A. y. Ellison, Fred Meinhardt, Rude 

 Windt, William Adels and J. J. 

 Beneke. 



Frank M. Ellis spent a few days of 

 the past week fishing on the Gasconade 

 river with a party of friends. Some of 

 the trade expected a mess of fish, but 

 Frank reports that all he caught was a 

 cold, 



Ed. Buechel, manager of the Eiessen 

 Floral Company, left on Saturday 

 morning for Indianapolis with the St. 

 Louis Turners, who hold their annual 

 meeting there this week. 



The next meeting of the Florists' 

 Club will be a most important one for 

 the members, and it is hoped that they 

 will come out in full force. One of the 

 most important parts is the nomination 

 for offices for next year. The new 

 by-laws provide that there must be at 

 least three or more nominations for 

 each office. This meeting will take 

 place at 2 o'clock July 13, in Odd 

 Fellows' building. 



Fred H. Weber, on Boyle avenue, re- 

 ports a good trade during the school 

 closings the past two weeks. 



Bowling. 



The bowlers had a cool night Monday, 

 ieven being present, and made the fol- 

 lowing- scores: 



Player. Ist 2d 3d 4th 5th 6th Tl 



Kuehn 173 146 136 189 207 180 1031 



Beneke 184 154 140 152 138 152 92<) 



K. Meinhardt. 166 153 122 134 169 169 91 ;i 



Gerlach 184 119 118 165 123 117 82t; 



Lohrenz 133 100 132 123 150 ... 63s 



F. Meinhardt. 141 153 143 130 667 



Ellls 105 lOo 



«J. J. B. 



BUFFALO. 



State of Trade. 



Last week was sultry and a week of 

 good business. The youth of both sexes, 

 who will be' the solid men of business 

 and stately matrons of the future, gradu- 

 ated by th3 hundreds from our high 

 schools and a younger class emerged from 

 the grammar schools. The call for bou- 

 quets was never greater and has kept 

 all hands busy for many days. That 

 hot week told on the roses and carna- 

 tions, which up to about June 20 wers 

 as good in quality as in midwinter. 



The Shriners of the country met at 

 the Falls last week and many wandered 

 to Buffalo and made the town gay with 

 their oriental savagery and garb. The 

 chief objact of the convention seems to 

 have been to have a good time. 



Various Notes. 



Mr. Smith, a florist ' of Denver, who 

 called today, says that it was altogether 

 too hot and moist for him at Niagara 

 and he left his crowd and spent the re- 

 mainder of the week at Toronto. Mrs. 

 Boldt, of Denver, wife of Ben Boldt, 

 who left Buffalo five years ago and has 

 become famous in the western city as 

 a most successful grower of whatever he 

 takes hold of, was also in town. 



We are glad to see anyone from Den- 

 ver and expect a large delegation with 

 the Elks. Arches spanning our prin- 

 cipal streets and reviewing stands are 

 already going up and the whole city 

 will be covered with flags and bunting. 

 They must be a desperate lot. Although 

 the decorations will be on an immense 

 scale it will not be much in our line and 

 and what flowers are needed should be 

 white or pal3 in color, for these wild 

 animals say they will paint the town a 

 bright vermilion. 



We hear that bowling will be a feature 

 of the social part of the Washington 

 convention. Buffalo dropped out last 

 year, but will come in again at the na- 

 tional capital, George McClure, who 

 would rather bowl than attend his kirk, 

 although he's Scotch, is drilling a small 

 crowd of aspirants and we are likely to 

 have a good team not afraid of the 

 "Quakers" or the "Windies." Ex- 

 cuse me, George! W. S. 



Rutherford, N. J. — Referring to the 

 note in last week's Review, Thomas 

 Knight says that the Julius Roehrs Co. 

 last season forced a few of the new 

 azalea named for the head of the com- 

 pany and found it a splendid addition 

 to the list. They expect to grow it 

 largely this year. The flowers are scar- 

 let-maroon and very large. 



We esteem the Review very highly ff 

 its Seed Trade News. — BinghaMTON 

 Seed Co., Binghamton, N. Y. 



