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JULY 6, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



359 



n'embers and doubtless the opinions 

 and advice of many able men are thus 

 ffiven to the members, so the three 

 days are largely devoted to viewing 

 the parks and gardens in the vicinity 

 where the conveation meets. Y»u can 

 take my word for it that this is more 

 instructive and much more impressive 

 than an essay on this or that. Every 

 park has some feature wanting in an- 

 other; there is something to learn 

 everywhere, or perhaps something to 

 avoid. 



Before the business session ad- 

 journed J. Horace McFarland, of Har- 

 rlsburg, Pa., president of the American 

 League for Civic Improvement, was 

 j^iven the floor and made a very pleas- 

 ing address, saying how near allied 

 v.as the work of his society to that of 

 the park men. ' 'The Civic Improve- 

 ment society induces cities and villages 

 to make parks and that creates a de- 

 mand for park superintendents." 



After a very jjleasant lunch at the 

 Casino on our park lake, a carriage ride 

 was taken, which covered the entire 

 park system of tbe city, except South 

 park. It was greatly enjoyed. On 

 Thursday special cars took the visitors 

 to Niagara Falls and under the guid- 

 ance of Supt. Perry all the sights were 

 taken in on the American side and then 

 on the Maid of the Mist and, getting 

 as near the Horse Shoe falls as is safe, 

 we landed on the Canadian side and 

 became the guests of James Wilson, su- 

 perintendent of Victoria park, Ontario, 

 and he was ably assisted by Roderic 

 Cameron, the head gardener, to whose 

 ability and energy the beauty and 

 splendid condition of this park are large- 

 ly due. The splendid shrubs, and 

 particularly the herbaceous collections 

 arc worth a long journey. You ought 

 to see the refectory in Victoria park! 

 In architecture and unique construction 

 it is a beauty and there we found rest 

 and solid comfort. In lofty rooms and 

 spacious balconies we were bountifully 

 refreshed and Mr. Egerton did not for- 

 get to pay a tribute to the hospitality 

 of the Canadian gentlemen. 



Then a trolley ride took us the whole 

 length of the Canadian side of the gorge 

 and here Mr. Wilson most pleasantly 

 enlightened us on the construction of 

 the immense power plants on the Cana- 

 dian side, which when completed will 

 involve an investment of $20,000,000. 

 The car crossed the Niagara on the 

 Lewiston bridge and returned to Ni- 

 agara City by th* gorge route and 

 thence to Buffalo. Few who travel at 

 all have not seen Niagara. I am only 

 going to say that those who only see it 

 occasionally are always impressed with 

 its majesty on their last visit more 

 than any previous one. Just let me say 

 tliat those young men who write arti- 

 cles for their journals in some large 

 fities about the waters of Niagara be- 

 ing diverted and the falls destroyed by 

 tlase electric power plants are talking 

 nonsense. All the water they use is in 

 reality but a drop in the bucket. The 

 power houses will be fine architectural- 

 h'- Supt. Perry told us it was estimat- 

 ed a cubic mile of water tumbled over 

 til*" bank every twenty-four hours. 



Friday the visitors w^ere the guests 

 ^'^ Prof. Cowell and spent most of the 

 (lay inspecting his mammoth conserva- 

 *"»y and the South park. The visitors 

 gi(-atly admired the ferns and tropical 

 ^f'lections in the many houses under 



Theodore Wirfh. 



(President American Association of Park Superintendents.) 



one roof, and this ended their stay in 

 Buffalo, most of the members paying a 

 visit to Rochester on the Saturday. 



Charles E. Keith, of Bridgeport, 

 Conn., was the wit and merrymaker of 

 the party. He outdid that barker at 

 Niagara. 



Secretary Duncan says Niagara is 

 wonderfully rich in its native flora. 

 The irrigation supplied by that courtly 

 Mr. Wilson, of Victoria park, was also 

 pure, but rich, not a headache in a bar- 

 rel of it. 



John Chanrijers hopes he will get the 

 association to visit Toronto very soon. 

 Hope he will! 



These park superintendents are a 

 broad-minded set of men. Their work 

 is diversified. What finer calling could 

 there be when politics do not meddle 

 with them? 



The following is a list of those pres- 

 ent: 



Gustavo X. Anirhyn, New Haven, 

 Conn.; John Chambers, Toronto; Guy 

 H. Chase, Princeton, Mass.; John F. 

 Cowell, Buffalo; W. B. Desmarteau, 

 Montreal; John W. Duncan, Jamaica 

 Plain, Mass.; John Dunbar, Rochester; 

 W. S. Egerton, Albany; M. F. Flitton, 

 Baltimore; Henry Frost, Haverhill, 

 Mass.; H. A. Hastings, Springfield, 

 Mass. ; Arthur Hay, Springfield, 111. ; 

 John Henderson, Montreal ; Chas. E. 

 Keith, Bridgeport, Conn.; Isaac Kelly, 

 Lawrence, Mass.; F. L. Mulford, Har- 

 risburg, Pa.; A. Pinoteau, Montreal; 

 J. B. Shea, Jamaica Plain, Mass.; R. 

 H. Warder, Chicago; James Wilson, Ni- 

 agara Falls, Ont.; Theodore Wirth, 

 Hartford, Conn.; Byron Worthen, Man- 

 chester, N, H.; Edward H. Perry, Ni- 

 agara Falls, N. Y.; James Braik, Buf- 

 falo; Jules Crepeau, Montreal; C. C. 

 ' Laney, Bochester. W. S. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



A good demand for festivities in con- 

 nection with Harvard commencement, at 

 which President Roosevelt and numerous 

 other celebrities were present, strength- 

 ened last week's market, so that prices 

 are generally lower than a week ago. 

 Koses are not of good quaUty. Brides 

 and Maids are now coming badly mil- 

 dewed. Good flowers are scarce. Beau- 

 ties are little changed. Carnots and 

 Kaiserins of good quality come from a 

 few growers. Outdoor hybrids are be- 

 coming scarce and the present week will 

 see about the last of them. Jacqs sold 

 unusually well last week, best quality 

 blooms bringing as high as $8 to $12 

 per hundred. 



Carnations have again a drooping ten- 

 dency. Very fine Patten, Enchantress, 

 Fenn and Lawson still come in. Sweet 

 peas are coming in more freely from out- 

 doors, but the best flowers have made 50 

 cents per hundred. Gladioli, coreopsis, 

 cornflowers, feverfew, Iceland poppies 

 and other promiscuous stock is quite 

 plentiful. Peonies are over. Better va- 

 rieties of these should be grown for our 

 market; too many coming in have been 

 of dull, unsalable colors. 



Florists' Club Field Day. 



The field day of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club at the establishment of 

 William Sim, Cliftondale, on July 1, 

 proved a highly successful one, about 

 fifty members making the trip. Mr. 

 Sim very kindly had conveyances to carry 

 the visitors to and from the railroad 

 depot. On arrival an inspection of the 

 houses and outdoor crops was first in 

 order. A few specialties only are han- 

 dled here, being grown in quantity and 

 of first-class quality. 



