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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



99 J 



A Sterling Commercial Sort. 



Mrs. Cioorge ]i('e(?li will bo ;i sterling 

 sort for llie commercial grower and \vliile 

 rather late for an exhibition flower is 

 far ahead of Yellow Eaton and others 

 of the class for November shows. 1 no- 

 tice it mentioned very proininotitly in 

 English periodicals as a grand Christ- 

 mas variety. Beech is a yellow sport 

 from Mrs. Swiidjurne, a variety tiiat yon 

 may recall I sent out last year and which 

 Avill be largely grown next year as a late 

 Avhitc, lor it has made good evervwhcre. 



Leslie 1'. Ward, which 1 named after 

 onr patron and fellow townsman, is one 

 ot' the most beautiful combinations of 

 color 1 ha\e S(>en, being old lu^e wiili 

 golden tijis to th(! petals. It is ;ui Aiis 

 ir.dian seedling and was exhibited as No. 

 ■'){). To yet the lovely color of tliis 

 variety at its best i\o not lake a bud 

 before Sept<'tnber 1 if you .an lielp it, as 

 eailier buds, wiiilc tiiev ]iid(liice laiger 

 lloweis, do not siiow stu-Ji line cidor. 



-M. <J. ]\i\al is a I'l-eiicji sport fi-oni 

 J'a(da IJadaelli, A\iu(ii was a line thing, 

 but a pool', undecided cojur. b'isal i-; a 

 line deep yellow, deeper in color tlian 

 Col. Ai>pleton, and will lie uf good ser\- 

 ice. ;is its growth is line in every way. 



Other Good Australians. 



Tliert^ ai'o sex'eral other ;^imm! kinds in 

 1lie Australians, (1. ,1. P.ioojvs, .Merslham 

 ( rin!S(Mi and \V. Wells, but time am] 

 spr'ce f(ubid of ^(dng into theiu in detail, 

 'i'lie last name(| v\ill probalily show up 

 nuK-li better this coming season tlian it 

 (lid last, because stock was linuted and f 

 ex|ierinienled <i\er a wide range of Imds 

 to find the best one. 



'I he iniioduct ions of other dissemi- 

 natoi's I cannot speak of \\il!i any de- 

 gree (if knowledge, not having seen any 

 of them to sjieak of. Tiie I'. i\. Pierson 

 r'o. 's (llcnxiew. a bronzy nd, is a good 

 one and well wortii a trial. 



Xath.ni Smith and II. W. P.uckbee 

 both hav(^ theii- usual list of new seed- 

 lings, Init 1 cannot sjieak lui them, not 

 iiaving seen them, and we must wait i'm 

 another yeai- to jiass jmlginent. 



Valuable Object Lesson. 



^'ou may, |'i rhajis, ask what is tiie use 

 of buying in n(>w kinds every y<^ar when 

 so many ol the older ones are so fine. 

 If you are an exhiiiitor you must keep 

 up with the times and keep inlying tlu^ 

 I (est. 



A valuable (diject lesson was g;\en at 

 the ]'hilad(dphia show, where, in the 

 special (lasses, e\ery |>ri/,e-w inner was a 

 new \ariely, or not over two velars old, 

 and there were lots of the (dder vari- 

 eties ciMtipefing. TIh! (di\ious h'sson is 

 that while jnogress nmy be sln\\. nmer- 

 theless it is progress all the time, and the 

 end is not yet by any means. 



<'. W. Ward says it takes nearly a 

 thousand years to add an incji t() the 

 s'lY.f of a carnation. rrnyress in the 

 ehrysantlieinum is very nuich faster than 

 that ; if ymi will look back and see what 

 iias been done in the jia^t twenty ye.ars 

 it is leally startling, and. while im- 

 }>rove(| metiiods ot' culture li.axe ininiglit 

 out a u,'""d deal, caretiil and --y^tematii' 

 hybridizing is brin^in:; eiit \er\ mmdi 

 more. 



Unr exhibition last y(>ar was the best 

 we ever had ami the flowers were cer- 

 taiidy.the largest we ever had staged. 

 This coining fall 1 know we shall make 

 more [irogress in this direction and the 

 varieth's we h.avc been discussiiig this 

 evening will lia\e no small part in the 

 gr;inil procession. 



Col. E. H. R. Green. 



A lliudul 111' Vear^ ayn < nl. (■reell lif-- 

 e.Vme i nlere-1 1 ' I PI llnlien h II re a lid i I 

 , . , , , . ,, . ll'O:; erunili/e.l lile (lleell I'Idlal alHt 



industrial development ol all sect ^ ,.| \„,.,.,v .,,. uitl, Himself a-^ piesidci. 



THE SOUTHWEST. 



(Ireat as ha^ lieeii the commercial and 



the Uniteil States in the |ia.st half do/eii 



,\ears, no |iiiitiiiii dt' our cnuntrx has 



made ore;iter strides than the '-diitli, that 



section in which tloi'icii It lire iia> been l:i\e ■Idiii' \\ell 



slowcsi to assume ]iro|"irt imi^ nf iiii|iiirt 



anee; and of the smith, that yreat a iva ,• >, v.^ars. inindreds ,,!' thou-ands ,,f do 



^vest of the .Mis.^i.;,-~i|,pi )ias |oiii:ressed 



fastest of all. It is ju^t beginning to 



liii^i Me < iiilev ^e.-reiar\ and \'. N'iailh 

 inanaLlci. 'I'Ioa liiiilt --ix imiisi'' lllxloi' 

 nil M r. ( ' reell '^ fa rin a t Teriel I a in i 



The lill-nie^-- III til*' 



illi lia^ Liriiwii imiiieii'-elv in the last 



Lars" v.nrlli nt' cut Ihiwias beiiit;' shipped 

 t'lMin till inotli ill the ;i 1 isi'iiee nl' loe.a! 



olli'; a Ilea 



lie I'e.alized tnat in the si,ut li\\e-^i lies an -,i|,[,|\. and \lr lireen i- 



•'"'I''''< ''i'-l' 111 •''!' "l'' pessilulities ,,f ,^|,,^ ■^^^^, |,,,||,1,,,^ , , ,• ., l,j^ ,,,,,, ,.,,,- 



fniitfiiiness which are .attractue to ,|,,,, ,., j,,.,,,, ,,,, |„^ |,|.,,.,, |,|^, ,„|,.,,|,. ,,f 



-tron:4, lesnurcefnl men of hn-e atVairs. i),,||..,.. v, |,,.,,. |,,. „|,.|ke. his Imme. Mate- 



l^vervoiie at all famili.ai willi the 

 llorists' bu--iiies>^ knnws that the demand 

 1'or fhtwers ediiie^ .at'ti'i' the call t'nr tin- 

 necessities h.-is lieen >u|p|iliei| ;iml that 

 the biisine^-- in which we are eiiM;ij^..,| 

 nmy stiaiy^^le almid fur ve.ars dnriiiL; the 

 pii.ineer periiid but always :.oie- fnrward 

 at a leap ' n any (•Mmmiinil \ w hen it- 



penph^ have Wi'lked ti'eir wav 111 a ]<n^\- 



tiiui of |iri ivjierit \ .and are re;id\ t'lo 

 sonn* id' the ph-.a^iires ..|' Ijie. 



l"or the OeXelnpmellt i 1 1' tile ■^ol 1 1 ll W e>~| 



I'al li.a- lie.'ll .odelc d t'nr seXeliti'i'Il 

 I -e>. \llle are ti. l,e e;|r|| L's\l'llll, 



liv.- Jlv'iHi ;ind thre, |ii\l'iii. .\ par'. \^ 

 ■ 'I ill'' plant |s Id li.' ii-(Fii I'ranie, built 



l.\ the Itliril!!,: II II !telllllL;s I'ierSdl; ( d. 



'I'!m iddl' m.ileri.al Inr tie- cypress lidU-es 

 ' dill. V t'ldiii I lie I .dcklaiid Lumber < d, 



1 i ' laUdi I- Id lie i-dm|i|eled li\ .llilv I . 



Tic |,|;in jv t,, ,|e\ die I he ,'||t lie ev|;|l,- 



h~l.me|ll Id cut t|d\>ils I'd] W lldle-a lillU' 



Id the lldri-l- dt ihe -dllthw e.sl . \\||d l|d\\ 



iita\\ the JiiilK d|' tli.ir -iMiiili.'-. I rditr 



a gi'e.at measure dt' credit imi--I he ^i\eii xaii^a- < il\. S|. 1, dills ;iiid < hica^o. and 



the railroads .aiul tn mie railidad man wlinse reijuir.-'ineiit- arc e\[ iei| ir, 



a considerable p.ait ot' the dexelopnient -le.-elilv incri'ase, (-|ieiiall\ wImh i; j- 



id" (loiicult n re is likely to be clue. (id. t,ds.i|,|,. t,, -.,.cui-,. si,,,k williin a lew 



I'!. II. 1>. (ireeii went til Texas Kiidwa lidiirs .it' hdinc. 'I'lii laii:^.' is i,, 1 ,e ad.j.-.'. 



dllly I- the sell dt' Hetty (W'eell. lie has '■■ :i- till- I. irildlV is ,|c\ eld|M'.|. 'rill- 



attained a posltidii nt' pripiiiiiieiice in ihe |ilaiii tiadi will n.ii t.i idu.-li.'il .-ii |.r.-- 



raili'oad aiV.aiis nt' the cduniiv. Iieing 

 Jiresiiie'it dt' tlie T«xa'< Mi.ll.and and in- 

 1<Me<le.l m many dthei enter|irises. 



cut. I III a.l|diiiiiid liie d I •'■iiiidii-.s 



ll!ir-e|\ .1 t\'ellt\ \\\i- a. lis ts l,,i||^ . 



'ablisl.cl :,|).I \' ill I.e ie;id\ next fall. 



