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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



15 



wholesalers is reooiviu^' gonoral attention 

 ;jii(l the ]>rospeot is :i universal agree- 

 ment for o \>. III. <laily for July and Aug- 

 ust. 



.luly - fuuns tlie New York Florists' 

 Club's annual i.utiug. Already the suc- 

 L-ess of the annual festival is assured, 

 with a guarantt'o account of nearly 

 .$1,000 in ]iuri-hased tickets, advertising 

 patronage and ]ri/.e donations. 



Last week Wednesday the New York 

 ]''lorists ' (Jlub's iield day did not draw 

 :i large attendance. Those who made the 

 trip to Ix-autiful Bronx park were well 

 1 ('warded. (;t<irg<' V. Nash, the superin- 

 tendent, iiift the delegation and escorted 

 tlie niendiiis through the conservatories 

 and the grounds, after which the exhibits 

 ill the Musiiini tmilding were inspet-ted. 

 Ail;iiii Miller, another of the club's ineni- 

 liers, u;is ill rliargi» of the Horticultural 

 Society'.-^ exhibition. The disjilay was 

 Hot e.\teii-<i\e aiiil the attendaiiee of the 

 yi'iieral juibiic light. Among the exhib- 

 itius were the I'. I\. PiiM-suii Co., of Tar- 

 rytowii. N. v.: Lager i\: Ilurrell, Suiii- 

 iiiit, N. .1.: (ieorge Hale, Ked Bank, 

 N. J.; Williiiiii .Me<olloiu. Islip, L. 1.; 

 •lulius lleiirliii. South Hraiiitree, Alass. ; 

 Howard NidioN, Voiikers, N. Y. 



Tlie beauty i.l' general window box ef- 

 feets is now iiuieh in m ideiicc; on all the 

 juincipal avenues of New York, scarcely 

 ;i hotel nv (lu'o liejug without them and 

 hnmireds of private luuises having el.-ib- 

 orate ijeroiat ions in liiis line. Some ar(» 

 kept tlioniiiylii\- up-to-<hile by fre(|uent 

 eliaiiges llirou;.i,]iout. the season. 



|)a\id 1 low. 'IN. at the Knickerbocker 

 hotel, lia< prmbiceil a tine etfect on the 

 hotel's teriaci- ^ar<ien and the inergreen 

 deccu'at ioiiN by Hiram T. .loiies, of Eliza- 

 beth, inassi\e ainl e.\teiisi\e. furnish an 

 object ]e>.;-^(.n the .itiier big hosti'li'ies are 

 Hot slow tw f..lloW. 



Myei-. Ml' Maiii-"M a\enue, has been 

 <|oing smiie li'e- lainUi-ape work at Nor- 

 folk. < 'nil II. 



W. A. IImIImI,,,,. liad the I'ie.ller we<i- 



• liiej thi^ werk. h'Oise aihl church, at Lit- 

 t!"' Sihei. N. .1. I'iiik peonies and ]iink 

 .•iiid \\hit>- iiis>- wrr.' the pi'e(hiinin;it iiig 

 Mowers. It wa^ ..no of those "no limit" 

 decoralio'iv 1 1,,. r.,-tail llorist is alwavs 

 Ill-All to i:iii.|. 



• Iniie i:;. tl,,. \.t,.ran, ('. T^. .Mien, of 

 I'ioral I'ark. L. 1.. celelirated iiis seventy- 

 iiintii binhilay. He is <Hie of the young 

 old men .ii 'Horticulture, umlerstamls 

 true, scieiiiiii.- li\i)m and is as sjiry and 

 .•iiiibitions as a man of 4n years. Tiierc 

 was :i h.ipjiv family cidebr.alion of the 



.•\ elll. 



MV. lli'k^ ha^ r' tired from tiie lirni 



• if Hicks \ I ra^v^llcK, Brooklyn, and on 

 -Inly 1. riehr the title of Hicks \- Co., 

 will open a wiedi-sah' cut tlower estab- 

 li-hnieiil a! '>■_ West Twenty-eiolith 

 -iirct. N, w N'.ik. Mr. llenshaw then re- 

 in. i\in^ 111 1,1- II, 'w -tore at 41- West 

 Tuenty-einhiii -iieiT. Mr. Hicks is well 

 known to tic- TKeh' and .t young man of 

 "Nci'lleiit chaiai-Tcr and reputation. Hi^ 

 shoiihl win !iis ~iiare in the rapidly de- 

 \elo|iiiin w ii.ilfv.de liusiness of tlie uie- 

 trojcilis. (",,r -ihm!, clean, upright deal- 

 ing and taitlitiil attention to iliity there 

 is alw.ays i.i,i!ii in c\ery line of lloricul- 



lure and tl Id an^l widl established 



houses go ii<;iit on joldiiig to the volume 

 <if their tiiisiiievs .vory year. 



•lohn H.inft. of H.inft Bros., Madison 

 avenue, -ailed .lime i;;. with his wife, bv 

 Ihe AuyiisTa \i<toria for a three months' 

 tiip in Kurop. . i harles Ii. Hanft will 

 -pi'iid tie s-,;ninier at his hotel at Sea 



• liff. I-. I.. :i- i-ual. .\ tiooil maiu- <if 



Odontoglossum Cttrosmum, 



his llorist friends speml their holiilays 

 at this jiopular resort. 



A. .(. (iiittmiiu ami family lia\c inoxecl 

 to their ( liatham home for the siinimei'. 

 A y(io(| many of the wholesalers li<a\i' the 

 suburban bee in their bonnets and short K 

 will be locating where tiie roses :ind ihe 

 mosijuitoes bloom. 



and his family \MMild be like a ye.ii will 

 out a summer. .1. AisriN Sii\\\. 



mosijuitoes bloom. 

 Elliott & Son wi 



r.iuoil ct ."<oiI win cio^c III,- , on III, II 



season .Tune "_'."» with a big sah' ot' llo- 

 rists ' stock for glowing on. This has 

 been one of the most successful seasons 

 this old house has ever had and tli<' liii.al 



.••llction is ex|)ec|e(l to brill"; out one of 



the largest crowds ot' trade buyers ,\er 

 gathereil in the .auction rooms, for many 

 yivenhouses are empty, after tin' big 

 spring season, and stock is lU'cdi'il I'm- a 

 fall crop. 



fall crop. 



.losepli I'eiirich has added a swift ["iiiy 

 an^i cart to lii>^ traveling faidlities and 

 his growers may ex|pect freijiient Ira- 

 tern.al \isits during the warm season. 



.Tolm Scott, ( f I-'Iatliusli, has branched 

 out into every variety of bt^d<ling stock, 

 p.alms, etc.. in his big pl.ant in I'.inok- 



inanv 

 li\ (>ries. 



Louis Schmutz, Sr.. of Flatbush has 

 betui laid (Ui the shelf lately with rlieuni- 

 atism liut with the warm weather will 

 soon be on his feet ;igaiii. An outing of 

 the Niwv VovU chill without "' Louie"' 



ODONTOGLOSSUM CITROSMUM. 



I'nlike the majoidty of o(lonloulossiims, 

 which, owing to our hot summers, are of 

 ilillicult culture, ( Idimtoolossnm citros- 

 miini is a com|iarat ivdy easy variety to 

 grow. It is a native ot' ( !nateni;ila, from 

 whence it was first introduced into Eng- 

 land in L840. The psendo bulbs aic of 

 •a liyht ;^reen color, smooth ami shiny. 

 The foliage is oblong and ijiiite stmit. 

 Till' flowers li.avc hiH' white si'|,,als aii<l 

 jietals. the top bi'iii^ li^lii jinrple in 

 color, .and are proiluccl <iii |ieiident 

 racemes of eieht to tvvi-ntv live llowers, 

 in some cases even more bi'ing carrii^d. 

 riiere is a pure whit,' I'orni. one vulli 

 a dei'p i-osy lip ami another in wliii-li the 

 sepals and jietals are dot|,'d with juir- 

 jde. The llowers are two ,am! oiie-lmjf to 

 three inches jicross, full in (Uitlino and 

 h.ave a delicnt(^ lemon mlor. 



While the cool odontoi>lossiinis, siii-h as 

 crispum ami I'escatorei, succeed bc'^t in 

 pots or pans. ( )d(Uitoy|ossiim citrosmum 

 is best grown in baskets, a cattleya house 

 temperature suiting it. It should at all 

 times l>e hung well up to the li;;lit. Dur- 

 ing winter it should be jplaced in a sunny 

 position and kept somewhat driir at tin* 

 roots to ensure u yoo,| cro|i of rac.'ines. 

 The flowering season is .M.ay and .liiiie, 

 when such other useful orchids as La^lia 

 purpurata, Cattleya Mossia', C. M.'iidelii 

 and Miltoni.'i vexillaiia are in -I'.'ison. 



\V. \. CitVK,. 



