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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



FKUUUAUY 1, 1900. 



it tnk(s to acrdiiiplisli tin' \\(irl< <>t" '•''- 



stnii-'linli. 



Tlic woik of piih-liiii^ ;iihl tvin^i will 

 •also iic'Ctl clii-^.T MMi'iirnm ;is Die |p1;mi1s 

 make ;t iiioio lapi'l ;:i(i\\lli. 'I'lic sodiirr 

 uniicri'-saiA -inwths arc imiclird imU 

 al'liT ihr\ a|.|H'ai-, liii' lirtlcr the -^Irni^lli 

 (,r til'.' jilani^ will !»■ c i la'ciit I'at ol iiil'i 

 IliO lUdpn (■Iiaiiii''l'< and loss ot iin'i-^y 

 ;,v,_.rt,.d. W. ^- rudVDoN. 



A NEW INDIANA PLANT. 



■[■|i,. iirruinpaiis in^ i ilusiral luiis air 

 I'l-din |.i)nh.i;iaiilis ul llir nrw 1 v crrctcd 



pl;illt nl 11m' ,lnlill-.MI I'lnial <'(i., KiMldall 



viJK., Iral. '1'Ihiv aiv <'i-ii1 in>iisi'>. 

 Sr\rti aic l-'Mid tVrt and I In' (itlinr i- 

 l-jx|i>. 'i'ln- |ilari- wa- InilK sim-c .laiv 

 1 I'.Mi."). Thrr.' Iiousi'^ arc in rarnalicMi>, 

 one in roses, one inr I'criis. sinilax. otr., 

 one for innins and LcddiiiL; plani-. our 

 for :i ro\A Imhi-c and on, tdr ixitti'd 

 ^^t^'rk l'<;r fnrriM;^. 'I'lir -tuck 1^ all In 

 oo.id .-liaj.c Icr SM laic a -:art. Kciididl 

 villi' i'^ an cNccllcnt little city cf .".niMi 

 [irci-Iicrcii- pc(i|dc ami tiadc i- >!aiii!i,L' 

 idT W(dl. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



Another wcc'k id' unpicci'dcnic.l wca 

 ther, with not e\fn I'rc-t ciicimii tc in 

 (lieate llie apiiroach cf winter wiidi il 



The Glen Cove Dinner. 



■||ic \asx;in ( unnly llcrl itailt ural Sic 

 cictvV his! annual dinner nii Saturday 

 ,.\ci'iiii:^. at ( dcM ('(INC. I;. I., was a >;reat 

 -ii,cc>v. '\'\\ii^. ilarii>oii, of Kl-iiiore. the 

 l,a I 'c\\ estate, is ]iresideii1 oT the smd- 

 ,.i\ ;i|,,| ill. >ph'iidid adilress mi the laud- 

 :d)lc aiiiMtnnis anil t'litiire nt the (dub. 

 its |i;irainii\ and success, was a littin;^ 

 rluvc 1,1 an'c\eniii'4 id' L;iv.at eiitliusiasin 

 •111, I (aij,,yniciit . 



'I'lie tallies wi^ie ha lids, niiely deeor:ite|l 

 with a/al,'as, mses and mounds of foli- 

 :ice pl.an!- li\- the lueniliers. There were 

 \,-i>cs ,.|' ;.Miic Islainl lieauly. a splendid 

 pink ,-a;iiat inn, I'miii T. ninilnu ^: Sen. 

 ,,]■ Sea t'lil'l ; Vict(U>, t'reni (Uittniaii \ 

 \\cl„'i, and Abundain-e ;iinl his iiiie 

 white Ireesia, I'lirity. froiii liiidolph 

 j'iscliei', (d' (ivoat Ncek. L. 1. 



r.iiell (;. D.avis ;;a\e a slirriiiii address 

 111 whi, h he -peke id' liie wonderful pro^- 

 less of ^ardciiiiiL;- in X;issaii county dur- 

 mil: h'e^^ twiMity two year- in (den Conc. 

 prc,|i,-t iiit; L;r,';ii triumphs I'm' the \ii:or 

 ,Mis Miiinu society .and ^iviiiLl praise for 

 It- vplcniiiil I'xhiiiitiiui ill the f.-di. l'!\-ery 

 iMiMiilicr ;in,l \isitor present contrilinti'd 

 |,is shaiv towards the e\enin^f's eiijoy- 

 ineiit. The society '.s lenoi', .rohn -Mc 

 Xichol. was in fine voic(\ The l^'icard 

 lirothers. of ThorVnirn's and the Stunipp 

 \ ^Valter Co., sani; old and new sono;s 

 l,v {\\r dozen and added greatly to the 

 iiappiness id' the occasion. ( )ther spi'idv- 



Establishment of the Johnson Floral Co., Kendallville, Ind. 



crs and songsters were: \\ L. Atkins, 

 of ixutherford; C. A. IJurnett, of Bnr 

 netf I'.ros. ; W. Koss, of F. il. Piorson 

 Co., 'Tarrvtown; .lolin White, with ,1. 

 II. Trov, New Koehello; A. J. Guttnian, 

 New ^'ork; Ihidolph Fischer, V. Bouloii. 

 Jr., Charles Liaiker, Clias. Jenceke, ot 

 John Lewis Cliilds, I'doral Park, and a 

 score or more of the welidaiown <;ar 

 dcneis on the princi'ly private estates ol 

 the iieighboi'hood. ,duli nieuibers and 

 olheis. A more willine. \<M'satile, Lje 

 iiial, harmonious oalhoring' of the bone 

 and sinew id' the <;ai'(lenini; profession it 

 woiikl be hard to lind. 



Various Notes. 

 Th,' military funeral ol Ceiierai 

 Wheeler mi Sunday was an laiposinj; 

 (■(■ri'inmix. Croat loads of llo\\,'rs were 

 in e\ idenc, and from the President's 

 orchids to the ivy wreath of the ol,| sol- 

 ,|ier all classes paid synipatiiy and limim 

 t,) bra\c Pii^htiiio- Joe. \'eiy nianv ot 

 the llmists of Itrooklyn and New Wnl. 

 were called upon to share in the pi'o\ i 

 slon of Ihese be.antiful emblems of es 

 teem and affection. 



S. .Masnr, P.rooklyii, had idiarye of the 

 funeral decorations for Attorney Sher- 

 man last week, a. prominent lawyer ol 

 the eity of ehurehes. A blanket of pink 

 roses was the spceial featnre. .Mr. .\lasur 

 also had char<;o of the Dryer weddino;, 

 the house beini,' elaborately decorated 

 with nearly li,()UO pink roses and many 

 bo.xes of wild smilax. 



The annual dinner of the New Vork 

 Florists' Club is to be lichP at the St. 

 Denis, at 7 p. ni. sharp, tiiis week Sat- 

 •iirday. Chairman Sheridan lias already 

 the pleasure to aniM)nnce an assured sue 

 cess. Very many visitors from adjacent 

 horticultural societies will be with us. 

 A week earlier and we ^vould have 

 caujiht the celebrities on their way homo 

 from P.oston. A <,roodly number 

 ''stopped over" on Sunday. X'ice-J'resi- 

 deid Altick among them. Tin oilicers 

 were looking over the groumi with a 

 view to the carnation convmitimi liero 

 during the World's i-'air y,ar, I'.hi!). 



I'onghkeepsie dines its |)iit, liess Coun- 

 ty Horticultural Society mi l\diruary 

 111'. Plbi ron, N. J., ciuileniplati'S its 

 lirst '•annual" in Pebru.ary. "That 

 will be about all" this season. 



,'\le.\ .McCminell was \ery biisv Sunday 

 with fuiu'ral work. .Among other ofl'er- 

 ings were some fine orchid wreaths from 

 the Coulds for deneral Wheelei'. 



Mever Cottlirb, for twenty yi'ars with 



i,hoidd be almost ,,\ei. \l,,iid,-iy the I. an 

 per.ature fell to free/iiig, de.ir and cold. 

 the (lav ideal, and boomed the retail 

 business to the sat isf.a,-t imi ,,f all Mc 

 Kinlev (lav w.as obs,awcd mmc joyall;. 

 than anv ye.ar siine tlie nniM-nn'iit began. 

 Prices remainci iioriiial. \o excessive 

 rates were deinainlcl .in, I when the 

 wholesalei-s ,l,,sc,i .at d ,,',d,i,-k hardly a 

 cani.atimi lemaine,! iinsohl. 



Cooil P.caiities aiv still s,-;irce and l',,r 

 tlie best .'fil a dozen was ,ditained read- 

 ily, b'ii-hm 1 is s,.|rniM \s,.|| and cm 



m'anding line |,iices. th,' best ivlailing 

 easily at $1" a dozen. Its lasting ipial- 

 ity and jieifunie ni.ake it viMy popular. 

 Pride-, .Maids and the otiier standard 

 roses hold abmit tin same as last week. 



N'iolets do not go ali,,\c 7.") cents for 

 ci,eci,als. an, I with the ;i nt i(d|iated llood 

 I will n,,i be surjirised 1,, see '>() cents as 



top I'lice. 



Tidips arc .■ibund.ant. Pieesias ajid 

 narcissi are increasing dail,\. Lilac an<l 

 caitlexas are eijual to the d,-mand. 



Establishment of the Johnson Floral Co., Kendallville, Ind. 



