JLLV 20, 1005. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



457 



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Establishment of William Sim, at Cliftondale, Mass. 



Humiliations, is sufiicient amiisenient for 

 .tiv idle, spiritless day. but should the 

 visitor be so iiR-liiied he will find the 

 \ :ist resources of the reac^ng room freely 

 r>]aced at his disposal and the treasures 

 .f the print division equally within his 

 vnch. In the latter he will find not only 

 •irt books, jteriodieals and i)ictures, but 

 :.lso stereoscopes and 40,000 photo- 

 :^raphic views with descriptions, by 

 inoans of which, in the pleasant environ- 

 ments, he can become familiar with many 

 I'.'reign scenes and travel gratuitously 

 through almost every known country. 

 This is, perhaps, not the most interest- 

 ing way of traveling, but without doubt 

 it has its advantages. 



For the music lover there are the band 

 concerts, given at regular intervals in 

 the public parks, and for the art stu- 

 dent fairly representative exhibitions 

 of paintings are to bo found in the 

 dealers' art galleries. The public library 

 also hospitably opens its doors to the 

 .summer sojourner and for the botanist 

 the Botanical Gardens are not with- 

 out potent interest. There is tennis and 

 croquet, horseback riding and driving, 

 golf and automobile and what more, for 

 poor and rich alike, can any summer re- 

 sort offer than these? F. IT. K. 



HOT. 



Washington. D. C. July IS.— TIumc wiU he 

 111! niatprlal rplii'f from tlic iiresi'nt lii«li t<Mn- 

 (H'latiirps tlirontilKiut tlic coimtiy fni- llii'cc <ir 

 four (lavs, — WcMtluT Hiiroan. 



The "whole country, from the Kocky 

 iiKMintains to the Atlantic, has suffered 

 this week the hottest weat^ier of the 

 season ; indeed, in the east new heat 

 lecords have been made. Following 

 ^■re the weather bureau temperatures 

 t'.r Tuesday, July IS: 



N'tw York 10-" lictroit OS 



'•I;il:i(lfl|ilila lo.'i Milwaukee OS 



!;.iitiiiii>re l'"i St. I.onis '.17 



'\' 'sliiri};tiiti '.P'.l Cincinnati !••! 



I.'!. Ill lis cliieauo '■''' 



' I'-lmi-K US liiiffalo s:; 



BROWN SCALE. 



'Inrlnscd by this mail is a bex contain- 

 L' leaves which are covered with a 



'wn bug. What will destroy them? 

 i^e the small brown scale which api)ears 



palm leaves and other ])lants .' (.'. G. 



'lie insects on the lea\('s sent .are the 



iiinon brown scale, aitiuuigli there are 

 '"y species of these creatures look- 

 - niiieh alike. Syringe with i<erosene 



I'lsion. With the palms, if large and 

 '■'able, it would be best to syringe 



"1 with the emulsion. For these scale 



insects many are now using tin! hydro- 

 cyanic acid gas, the formula of which has 

 often a[)peared in the j)ages of tliis 

 paper, an<l T am glad to notice that the 

 advocates of its use ai'e inticli more nii- 

 juerous than thev were. W. S. 



PARCELS POST. 



At the recent meeting of the American 

 Association of Nurserymen a committee 

 consisting of C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, 

 la.; II. P. Kelsey, Boston, and J. ( . 

 Hale, Winchester, Tenn., was appointed 

 lo secure the co-operation of the Society 

 cf American Florists and the American 

 Seed Trade Association in au endeavor 

 to .secure a parcels post law. The S. A. 

 F. will doubtless hear from the commit- 

 tee at the Washington convention. Num- 

 erous postal reforms are being agitated 

 and a rational proposition will receive 

 wide endorsement, at the same time en- 

 countering the opposition of powerful in- 

 terests. But postal reform is bound to 

 eoine. 



HEAVY HAIL. 



In -May we had a \cry se\ere hail 

 storm which did a great di-al nf damage 

 in the neighborhood of Tittiii. Ohio. A 

 photograph taken of a lot of hailstones an 

 hour after they had fallen, witii a yard- 

 stick lying besiile them, gives an idea i>f 

 their size. We had some hailstones tliat 

 measured two and oue-h.alf inches in 

 diameter and seven inciies in circumfer- 

 ence. They were fl.at with a jagged edge, 

 very much resembling a i-ogujieel. This 

 was tlie severest hailstorm e\t>r kiiouii 

 in this rcgi(3n, and of course I had to 

 have a piece of it. If the hail had rnti- 

 timied thirty seconds longer, as they tell 

 when the storm ceased, it woidd lia\e 

 broken exfiy jtaiie of glass I had on tli'' 

 place. 



There w.is no wind, thi' hail rain-' 

 Ktraielit down and every oin' ot' the log 

 f'Hows went rigiit throiigii. We lia\e 

 iiihlier I'elt routing on oiii- workshop, 

 and whei'e\c'f the big hailstones stiiiek. 

 it broke tile felt so that the loot' iia- 

 leaked xcry liadiy e\er since. 



No, thank you, 1 don't care for any 

 more of this kind; onee is enough fio- 

 me. Most of my glass w;is insureil ,and 

 the loss Avas \ery ]iromptly adjusted by 

 Mr. I'lsler and in a few d.ays J reei'ivid 

 a <'heek in payment for loss from the 

 treasurer of th" I'lorists' Hail Associa- 

 tion. 



I had (uily ]iart of my glass insured. 

 1 was negligent and did not notify tin' 



association of houses recently Imilt, and 

 faiieil to take out iiioie insurance, there- 

 fore I got only a proiat.a payment on 

 what was broken. I woiihl advise all 

 florists to insure, for they have no guar- 

 antee when they will lia\<^ to '.ake their 

 dose of hail. I assure you it is (|uite a 

 comfortable feeling to know that wheu 

 the hail is knocking d:iyliglit out of 

 your glass that you lia\c an antidote in 

 the Hail Associtttion for the dose of hail 

 you are taking. l-KWis ri.i.KiCil. 



THE RICHMOND ROSE. 



It must be a jileasure to the K. (J. 

 Hill Co. to hear from so many sources 

 that the young stock of the l\'ichmond 

 rose is doing so well with e'veryone. 

 The growers north of Chicago, who 

 bought the new red rose so heavily, all 

 ha\'e fine stock of it. the jdants h.aving 

 made remaikably good growth, :ind the 

 same re|nirt comes from the I'niteil 

 States Cut I'Mowfr Co.. of I'lltnirji. N. Y., 

 and many other growers in tiie east. 



THE BLACK ROSE. 



The foUowin;; information, gieiincil 

 t rom our est "emed contempiu-ai-y. the 

 New Orleans Democrat, iniejit well lie 

 puiilished under ilorai-c (!reeley's head- 

 uig. "Interesting if True."' 



I'liil \V. Macho, ;i youtisj inacticint; altoinry 



■ 'I tlii.s iit\-. who claims to liavi' iliscn\ civil 

 ih.' scci',1 of f,'fo\vinB a black rose, anil for 

 \\liii_h lli<> North Aniiiican Nursery Associa- 

 lii'U has a stainiiiiy icwajil of $10, cum to the 

 jMi-.-on iliscoMiinn the .secret, will leave Mo- 

 liil" lor l.)<troit. Mich., on .Inly 'SI. l.i arrange 

 !..r .l.uvinstratiolis of Ki-owin^? tle> black rose 

 th.' I'liiiim; (all. 'I'here will bf Iw.i coiii|...ti- 

 i.irs b.si.l.s Mr. liaclio for the i.'Uar.l. line 

 IS ,1. l.apsl.'V, of Loniloii. r:nt;iaiiii. and the 

 .ile'r a ."-^avaiin.ih. tia.. man. 



l..ilis|ey h.is naniecl his rose lli.' '■It.ise of 

 .-^■irrMW." whilo Hacho has s. l.-.t.a Me- ii,in:e 



■ ■I ■ajooii Friday Hose" l.,r liis il..u,r. In re- 

 !• rrin^f to his (llsco\ei\- .Mr. K.ichn stated tii- 

 day th.1t he has denionstrai.d beyond lioubt 

 ih.it he li.is discovered the s.-cnt of growing 

 i'h- How- r and is contid.-nt thai he will win 

 th>> I'lizi- money olYen-d by th.' nurs.ry as- 



"ciati.iii. "I am willing t.> watr.r a th.iu.san.l 

 i.dl.iis that 1 will till.' |)ii/.e." sajil h.'. bv way 

 'I .■niiihasizinu' his claim of I'.'ss.^sini,' th.' 

 ■'I. I 'I'.i con. 111. -t the denioiistrali.ins he has 

 iiiii.has.'il all acre nf land in .la.-ks.'ii eoiint.v, 

 .Mii'h.. l.Hi tnil.'s linpi D.'tioit. Th.' s..il is 

 ^li'l to be id.'al f..r 111.- pniims.^ fi.r wlii.h it 

 I-; int. n. I. .I. .\i tli.- .Iiiiinnstratiuns will b.> 

 >.\.'ral n.iith.'rn m.'n wlm lia\.' l.ik.-n an in- 

 ori'st in the • laitiis of .\Ir. Ilaclio and wlr. 

 lia\'.- a^;ri'.'d to Kiv. him all n.'cessar.v lin.m 

 rial backing if the .lemonstralions |)ro\.- siic- 



■ ■."-•sfiil 



.Mr. r.acho has m.iile a nunib-r of piiv.ii.' 

 • bin .n^li.-iti.ins in this city, aiei olaims th.i' 

 h.' has s.dved the lifoldeni. Ii.it by . Iieiiiically 

 tieitinn Ihe bush or llow.r. as sonir h.i\o 

 d'ln.-. bMt by IreatitiK the soil uilh .'heniicils 

 lb- claims that his black ruse will live lonk'.-i 

 ift.r iiliick..! than the ordinary roso. .iii.l 

 licit h.- tin. Is that life is lirolon^;.-il by jilin-k 

 iim a small >>ii'ce of the stem .iff e\er^ f.'W 

 b.'iirs and snbnierKing In salt w.it.-r. 



