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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



August 9, 1906. 



FERNS 



Whije all Ferns are good in summer, ours are a 



little better than the best. If you order 



one shipment, you will use no others. 



$1.50 per lOOO. 



Sweet Peas, Roses, Carnations and, in fact, all 

 flowers in season at lowest market rates. 



ASTERS, 50c to $2.00 per 100. 



KENNICOn BROS. CO., 



40-42-44 

 RANDOLPH STREET 



Chicago 



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mentation, these and pond lilies being 

 among the leading flowers used at pres- 

 ent for that purpose. A few tuberoses 

 are coming in. Gypsophila is over, but 

 there is a good supply of other cheap 

 material. 



Exhibition* 



There was an excellent show at Horti- 

 cultural hall on August 4, it being prize 

 day for phloxes, herbaceous plants and 

 annuals. There were fine displays of 

 these. For not less than 100 vases of 

 annuals M. Sullivan, gardener to W. 

 Whitman, won with a well arranged 

 and representative collection. Wm. 

 Thatcher, gardener to Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner, was second, Mrs. E. M. Gill 

 third. Blue Hill Nurseries won for 

 thirty varieties herbaceous plants with a 

 fine table, the best seen at a Boston show 

 for a long time. For twelve varieties 

 of perennial phloxes prizes went to T. 

 C. Thurlow & Son, W. Whitman, H. A. 

 Stevens Co. and W. iJ. Winter, in order 

 named. Some of the best phloxes staged 

 were B. P. Struthers, Le Cygne, 

 Luminpux, Blue Hills, Monatiquot, 

 Saison Lierval, Eugenie Danzanvilliers, 

 Pyramide, Coquelicot, Flambeau, Esper- 

 ance, Simpton, Bichard Wallace and 

 Amphitryon. 



Honorary displays of phloxes came 

 from T. C. Thurlow & Son, Blue Hill 

 Nurseries, Longwater Gardens, E. L. 

 Dwyer and others. There was a grand 

 show of dahlias, which filled several 

 tables, from Joseph Thorpe, W. G. Win- 

 sor, A. E. Johnson, Towles Dahlia Gar- 

 dens, W. W. Kawson & Co., W. C. Winter 

 and Mrs. J. B. Lawrence. The damp 

 summer has suited dahlias and a grand 

 display will be forthcoming at the an- 

 nual September show. General displays 

 were made by Blue Hill Nurseries, Mrs. 

 A. W. Blake, J. L. Smith gardener; E. 

 L. Lewis, W. Whitman, Mrs. E. W. 

 Gill and Mrs. J. B. Lawrence. 



nine Hill Nurseries received a first- 

 class certificate for Gypsophila pani- 

 culata flore pleno, which will prove a first- 

 class florists' flower. They also showed 

 Aster amellus Perry's Favorite and a 

 blue delphinium. Lap^r & Hurrell were 

 awarded honorable mention for Vanda 

 teres Miss Agnes Joachin. They also 

 showed two Lselia elegans. E. L. Dwyer 

 received honorable mention for Heuchera 

 brizoides. C. W. Parker had splendid 

 spikes of Lilium superbum and hybrid 

 tea roses. Bobert Cameron, from the 

 Harvard Botanic Gardens, had a magnif- 

 icent display of annuals and perennials 

 in 250 varieties filling 200 feet of table, 

 which made a whole show in themselves. 



SPECIAL TRAIN 



Chicago Florists' Club 



BIG FOUR ROUTE 



... CHICAGO TO DAYTON, OHIO... 

 AUGUST 20th, 1906 



Leave Chicago lUinoiB Central 1)6001, 12th and Michigan Avenue, 12:45 p. m. Monday, 

 August 20th. Arrive Dayton about 8:55 p. m. Elegant coaches and dining car. A 

 general good time is assured enroute. Send your name at once to the committee if 

 you contemplate joining the party. J. C. Vauohan, W. N. Rudd, Geo. Asmus, 

 Committee on Transportation. 



Ticket Office. 2S8 Clark Street. 

 CHICAGO. 



I. P. BPnnNG, 



General Northern Agent. 



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There was the customary good display 

 of fruits, vegetables and fungi. 



At the next show, on August 18, 

 asters, gladioli and phloxes will be the 

 principal floral features. The annual 

 exhibition of plants, flowers, fruits and 

 vegetables will take place September 5 

 and 6. 



Various Notes. 



T. D. Hatfield, of Wellesley, has been 

 chosen to succeed James "Wheeler as a 

 member of the plant and flower com- 

 mittee of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society. 



B. J. McGinty has resigned his posi- 

 tion as head salesman for N. F. Mc- 

 ^ Carthy & Co. and is now selling for 

 several growers at the Music Hall 

 Market. 



F. T. White, Sr., is at Scituate on a 

 fl.shing trip. 



Mr. and Mrs. Henry Penn are spend- 

 ing a vacation at Portland, Me. 



Little convention talk is heard and 

 at this time it does not look as though 

 Boston would send a large delegation. 

 If weather conditions prove more 

 pleasant than thoy have been for a 

 month, more of the craft may decide 

 to go to Dayton. No one feels inclined 

 to travel far inland as climatic condi- 

 tions are at present. 



July gave us only five clear days 

 and six and a half inches of rain. 

 August started in with four damp, sun- 

 less days and does not look like im- 



proving much on the preceding month's 

 record. It has been tedious for hay- 

 making, but lawns never looked more 

 beautiful than this season, and vegeta- 

 tion generally is luxuriant. 



W. N. Craig. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



Business seems to have picked up 

 some, despite the warm weather. Roses 

 are quite scarce, Maids seeming almost 

 extinct. Carnations are also scarce, and 

 are hardly ever called for. Asters are 

 plentiful, but not of extra fine quality. 

 Sweet peas are short-stemmed. 



Qub Meeting. 



The annual meeting of the Detroit 

 Florists' Club was held at the club room 

 in the Cowie building, August 1, 1906, 

 and was well attended. The election of 

 officers was held, and three were re- 

 elected to serve another year, namely: 

 William Dilger, as president; J. F. Sul- 

 livan, as secretary; and Walter Taepke, 

 as treasurer. E. A. Scribner was elected 

 vice-president, and William Brown libra- 

 rian. 



Treasurer Taepke made an exception- 

 ally large haul, erasing a good sum of 

 dues from the books. 



Mr. Olschefski was unanimously elect- 

 ed a member of the club. 



Vice-president-elect Scribner spoke of 



