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May 17, 1006. 



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is growing tomatoes heavily under glass 

 again this season. 



From present indications a magnificent 

 peony exhibition will be seen when the 

 American Peony Society meets in Bos- 

 ton next month. The Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society has sixteen classes 

 allotted to them in addition to those 

 provided by the national society. 



^'rosts and some uamage to early crops 

 occurred the past week. A shade tem- 

 perature of 85' degrees on May 13 

 marked the highest point reached during 

 the present year. W. N. Craig. 



Charles P. Grimmer, one of the best 

 known florists of Boston, died suddenly 

 May 10, at Chatham, Mass. He had been 

 in failing health for the last two years. 

 He came to this country from Germany 

 when a young man. After spending a 

 few years in St. Louis and New York, 

 he came to Boston and established a 

 florist business in 1877 at the corner of 

 Tremont and West streets, and has re- 

 mained in that vicinity ever since. He 

 carried on a large and successful business 

 and was known to be a man of strict in- 

 tegrity in all his business transactions. 

 BesidOfl his widow Mr. Grimmer leaves 

 five children. 



DAYTON, OHIO. 



G}nvention Preparations. 



The Dayton Florists' Club is rapidly 

 getting things into shape for the August 

 convention of the S. A. F. Harmony 

 prevails and everyone is working with a 

 will. Dayton is exceptionally well lo- 

 cated, being very central for our trade, 

 and offers unexcelled railroad connec- 

 tions, all of which goes to insure pos- 

 sibly the largest attendance which has 

 ever been recorded. 



Horace M. Frank has been appointed 

 superintendent of trade exhibits and has 

 prepared plans showing the space at the 

 disposal of exhibitors. The exhibition 

 building is octagonal, 150 feet in diam- 

 eter, with two floors, the lower floor 

 being reached by four entrances, making 

 all the locations equally choice. The 

 dome is high and the second floor, 

 reached by two stairways, is equally as 

 desirable as the first. The rotunda 

 opening is fifty-five feet across, insur- 

 ing good light. Superintendent Frank 

 will send prints showing the allotment 

 of space to any intending exhibitor. 



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Class A is to occupy the space imme- 

 diately below the rotunda opening. 

 Classes C, D, F and G are also located 

 on the first floor. Classes B, E and any 

 overflow from class G will be on the 

 second floor. 



The outdoor display will be one of the 

 special novelties of the convention and 

 one of the most interesting features. 

 There is abundant room for this depart- 

 ment. 



The ofiicers of the Dayton Florists' 

 Club are: President, J. B. Heiss; vice- 

 president, Chas. Lutzenberger ; secretary, 

 Horace M. Frank; treasurer, H. H. Bit- 

 ter. The committee chairmen are: Re- 

 ception, F. W. Eitter; hotels, J. B. 

 Heiss; entertainment, Chas. Lutzen- 

 berger; finance, H. H. Eitter. The en- 

 tertainment of the ladies will be in 

 charge of a committee headed by the 

 Misses M. and L. Johnson. H. M. Al- 

 tiek, vice-president of the S. A. F., is 

 in charge of the bowling. 



Montgomery's book on Grafted Eoses 

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ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The past weeK found very little 

 change in the cut flower business. A 

 little spurt now and then, with funeral 

 work or a small wedding, is about all 

 that is going on among the retail men. 

 On the other hand, the greenhouse men 

 are very busy with bedding and the sale 

 of plants. The past week the weather 

 was quite cool, with a slight frost, 

 enough to kill some of the tender plants. 



The wholesalers are still over-stocked, 

 although the prices are somewhat better. 

 The market is short on really fancy 

 stock. Carnation receipts continue heavy 

 at all the commission houses, the bulk 

 of the stock being of very good quality, 

 with prices never so low as the past two- 

 weeks. 



In roses the fancy grades are in de- 

 mand, white first, and seconds too plen- 

 tiful to sell at anything like a fair price. 

 Sweet peas are in good supply and sell- 

 ing exceptionally well. Peonies are com- 

 ing in quite heavily and are in good de- 



