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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



1405 



i Iji'V ^t'Ciued to have some nasty idea 

 il.oiit i-arvin' us up into individual por- 

 liuiis, if they couhl evei" lay their (daws 

 r; us, and we didu 't like it. 



' ' The hotel accommodations was niiser- 



iile, too; sometimes there was a rock 



I , crawl under, aiul sometimes there 



>. ;isu't, and I must say that after eatiu' 



I \- liour and tea for a week or two we 



[Miih got i)retty tired o' the bill o' fare. 



"I must say, tuo, that Jolmsou began 

 I uoniplaiii of his chilblains most out- 

 i;igcous; he says if you give him his 

 lioice between chilblains and bubonic; 

 [.jague he'll take the plague every time. 

 I told him, soothin' like, that the plague 

 M be fatal, and he says that's why he 

 prefers it to chilblains. lie seemed 

 lilooniiu' vexed, too, along of a snow 

 liopard tiiat kep' hangin' around tryin' 

 I. rush us wheu we wasn't lookin'. lie 

 ;-ays tliose chaps in London seemed to 

 expect two much for two pound tea a 

 week. ■ ' 



"Well," remarked tlie pro[)agator, 

 ;-ulemuly, * * it seems to me he was eu- 

 litled to make a kick. But wasn't there 

 nothing Ijut rocks and savages 1 ' ' 



"There was," returned Jaggs, with 

 teeling, "there was mountains and rag- 

 in' torrents, and extinct volcanoes, and 

 a whole mess o' wolves that give us a 

 circus performance every night. When 

 the leopard wasn't on duty the wolves 

 was. 1 s 'pose tiiey thought a brace of 

 nice, juiiv plaut collectons was a real 

 treat. 



•'Johnson said arter all he felL sorry 

 for them poor wcdvcs; we wasn't neither 

 of us in prime condition, and two chaps 

 like us wouldn't go far in that bunch, 

 oven if they made a fair divvy. 1 didn't 

 like his way of lookin ' at it, but then 

 I he poor fellow seemed low in his mind. 

 He kept talkin' about all the plant col- 

 lectors he'd known that was drowned 

 in shi|iwrccks, and eat by crockydiles, 

 and liit by cobras, and done up by 

 cholerv and cannibals; you'd have 

 thought me and him wa.s the only chaps 

 left in the business, and he didn "t seem 

 to think we was extra salubrious. When 

 it oami' to shakin' hands with calamity, 

 Jolmsou was all to the mustard. 



"Weil, as 1 was sayiu', we kept cir- 

 clin' around over the rocks and snow, 

 never kiunvin' whether we'd bring out 

 at Oinaiia or the North Pole; we'tl lost 

 count of dates and about all we thougkt^ 

 of was lakin' plenty of exercise and 

 keepin' a few laps aheail of tlu^ native 

 population. .Fohnson reckoned that if it 

 kept up nuudi longer he'd be ready to 

 sympathize with one o' them Standard 

 Oil rliap< dodgin' a subpiena server. 



"One day we was restin' a iiit on the 

 side of line o' them mountains; uotiuuk 

 but snow and roek-s and more nnuintaius, 

 as far as we could see. There was a 

 precipii'' in I'lout and how we was goin ' 

 to elitnli 'liiwn we didn't know. We 

 was <tandiii' nn tlie siiow, just lookin' 

 around, wleii I hears a stone rattle 

 down, anil iIm-io abo\i' us was six of 

 them -a\aL;''^ \\ilh tiieir carxin' l<nives 

 rt.\ady. iiyin" lo sneak \\]> iieiund us I 

 And wli.-it >tiiirk' mi' as lirjTi' ijuite a 

 joke mi ilirjn natives, there was a ]iai-k 

 <>' wiiKiw, thiiiy I'r I'orty, sm\akiii' U[) 

 behind, nyin' to ('(Uin'r them!" 



Jaggs stnpped to till Ids pijie. after 

 demanding: i i romn stra\'/ to ini|iro\o 

 its draw i U'j; i jiialit ies. 



"lint \iiii inuldn't get away dnwu 

 till- I'll ' i pi'-i , ■ " --aid the liri'inan anxinus 

 Iv, 



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is.dy wliat .Icijiii-nn ^ays 









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Egg-Shapcd Receptacle for Lily of the Valley. 



to me," contiiuuMl Jaggs. "We made 

 a rush forward, and the next thijig uc 

 know that there snow fi(dd was slidiu' 

 down lull like sliootin' the chutes. I 

 see a big ravine with a ragin' torrent at 

 the bottom, but we took it like a bird, 

 and .after that 1 didn't know nothink 

 for a while. The m'xt thing 1 know 

 I hear Johnson askin' it' any gent 'ad 

 come across his collar button, and a big 

 red-headed Scotciunan pulls me out of a 

 mess o' snow and tells nu; 1 was tres- 

 [lassin' (ui ])rivato projierty. Say, I 

 reckon me ami Johnson ijusted all IIh! 

 speed limits for sure oii that trip.'' 



"And where were ye."' askoil l>a\ic, 

 symjiathetically. 



"Oh, soinewiiere in tin' sniiuidis o' 

 (.'liina.'' respondc'l .lag^^. raiojossly. 

 "That wasn't nothink to what i-oiin- 

 .al'teruards. gettin' down to the coast. 

 Wliy— " 



The <loor opened an<l the linss looked 

 in. remarking (dieert'idly : '"It's about 

 tiino you chaps turned in,'" and tiie dis- 

 serted potting' .shed was s,m,ii hi't to tiie 

 loiH'sonie night man and tii-- sympathetic 

 terrier. 



PHILADELPHIA SPRING SHOW. 



Th" I'cnnsyK ania Horticultural So- 

 ciety '■< spring sluiu" was h(dd in its home, 

 r.road street, near Locust, mi Tin'sijuy, 

 \\'edne~da\' and Thui'sday o|' la.-t weei<. 

 The aiiay oi liloonunL;' plants \\ ;i.s a 

 t'l-alurc. Tlie -peciineu a/aleas, jjoiioain- 

 \i|!. a^ aiiM -pilaeas showed adiriiralde 

 elllllile. A liandsonie >pecimell i^elijsta 



was .hclaied I he linest phiiit mi ixliilu- 

 tie):. The l,ci|s ot' hvaeinths in \ariet\-. 



^|■ow n in pots and set in mos.s, com- 

 p|■lin^■ tor the special prize, were very 

 eH'ciiive. 'i'lieie Were som(! well grown 

 i-alla lilies with a profusion of bloom, 

 many well ^rown Kaster lilies, evidently 

 I'loin -ejected liiillis, ami all varieties of 

 hulliiiMs stork, (ieraniums were shown 

 in i|iianlity, and, from out of town, a 

 i-hoice collection of oridiids and a few 

 new carnations. 



Tin tollowing were the principal 

 |iii/e winner-: .lohn Ilolison, g.irdener 

 III IvhNard A. Schmidt, Ivadnor; William 

 l.'iilieit.soii, eardener to John W. Pej)pcr, 

 li nkihtow II ; Samuel I'atilndor, gardener 

 III ' . r>. New bold, .leiiiiintnw n ; Joseph 

 lliiihy. i;ardeiier to .himcs W. I'aul. Jr., 

 K'ailtioi ; .lohn .\lc('|eaiy, gardener to 

 Ml-. 1.'. -1. " . Walker. ( ierm.intown, I'hil- 

 adi'lphia ; .lohn lledland, gardener to 

 Mrs.' \\. I... i:ikins. Illkins Park; Fred 



I |ii._;;_.|,.r. M;ir,|cn.f to (ooij-e \'aux, iiryn 

 Mawr: Thomas .1. Holland, ;^ardener to 



II r.. I.'oscn^aiten. Maherii; William 

 l\l. inlieiii/. ^iirdencr to |'. A. H. Wid- 

 ■■ner, n;_r(nit/; |);inii 1 .\eely, ;,'ardener to 

 ' iaiL;e l.ippincotr, .Meadow iirook ; A. G. 

 William-. L;;ir.|encr to .'-^.amiiel T. Bodine, 

 \'ii!a \o\a; .liii;n H. ho. Id-, ^ardetierto 

 II. S. lloppir. Xaiherlh; .\rthur .Mal- 

 lim. .Ii., i^ardi i.er to I-M;^r;ir '|'. .Seott, 

 I ali-iii,i.\ I,, ; I'. \V. H.ircl.iy, ;,e>rdeiier to 

 ' '. .\. (iiisconi, (iaveitdrd; .I.ames Cole- 

 man. Liaid-iicr to W. I.if.pincott, iiryn 

 Mawr: d'iiiimas (iaviior, ^.ardener to 

 Mis. .lohn l;. Siet-..ii. Ashbourne. 



A leit ill, :ii.' .i|' Unlit \\as .awarded 

 te li. 1.'. < ailtmi. W illoMLThliy, ()., for 

 new \ii.|,t. (;,,\rrniir llenick. This is 

 a l.ari^e -iiiLile \i,,i..t ;rT|,| ||;is proved in 

 'hi- ixhilii! i..i, I,, |„. .■! _,,,..i| keeper. A 



