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July 2, 1008. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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James S. Wilson and His Staff Upon the Occasion of His Leave-taking. 



Stroudsbueg, Pa. — Howard Stone 's 

 branch store, above Hotel l\ilmer, has 

 been closed for the summer season. Dur- 

 ing the summer the business will be car- 

 ried on at 383 Scott street. 



Whitman, Mass. — Mrs. S. A. Moir 

 will continue to conduct the store in the 

 Snow block, which she recently fitted up. 

 The store here was not included in the 

 sale that she made of her Brockton es- 

 tablishment. 



Alliance, O. — The storm Friday 

 night, June 19, did considerable damage 

 at the greenhouses of the Lamborn Floral 

 Co. Nearly 150 of the large panes of 

 glass were broken, and many valuable 

 plants in the beds outside the green- 

 houses were destroyed. 



Jersey Citt, N. J. — Mrs. James Mc- 

 Mahon, the florist on Grove street, was 

 married June 29 to James E. Kelly, for- 

 merly police commissioner. It is said 

 that Mr. Kelly met hig fate several 

 months ago while ordering flowers at 

 Mrs. McMahon's store. 



Knoxville, Tenn. — Karl P. Baum, 

 son of Charles L. Baum, was married 

 June 25 to Miss Agnes Idelle McCamp- 

 bell. The couple will return from their 

 wedding trip about July 15, when it is 

 expected that their new residence, at 

 Smithwood, will be completed and. ready 

 for their occupancy. 



Ironwood, Mich. — The greenhouses 

 and stock of R. Lutey were damaged by 

 a storm which raged here for an hour 

 on Thursday evening, June 18. The ex- 

 tent of the loss is not definitely known, 

 but is believed to be heavy. Showers of 

 hail were borne on a forty-mile gale from 

 the west, and most of the west windows 

 were shattered in the residences of this 

 locality. 



Corning, N. H.— W. J. Cheney has sold 

 to Dr. F. H. Starr, of West Pulteney 

 street, the two front greenhouses at 256 

 West Pulteney street, for removal to the 

 Reynolds property near by. The work 

 of removing the greenhouses has already 

 been begun. Dr. Starr has arranged with 

 Eugene Dusenberre, of Geneva, a nursery- 

 man, to conduct an up-to-date florist's 

 establishment, using the glass from the 

 older greenhouse in the new structures. 



TESTIMONIAL TO J. S. WILSON. 



On Wednesday evening, June 24, the 

 employees of Vaughan's Greenhouses, 

 Western Springs, 111., had a great sur- 

 prise in store for James S. Wilson. 

 The surprise was the presentation of 

 a silver service of six handsome pieces, 

 each piece monogrammed, as a farewell 

 gift to Mr. Wilson, who had resigned 

 the management of the establishment, 

 to take effect July 1, to manage his 

 own greenhouses at Des Moines, la. 

 Accompanying the gift was a most ap- 

 propriate card, giving the following 

 sentiment: 



"We bestow upon you this small gift 

 as a token of our appreciation for the 

 many kindnesses shown us, and all join 

 in wishing you the greatest success in 

 your new undertaking." 



The card bore the signature of sixty- 

 eight employees, many of whom had 

 been with Mr. Wilson for many years. 

 After the presentation and when Mr. 

 Wilson had "come to" he went out 

 into the greenhouses, where the boys 

 had all gathered, eager to see the ef- 

 fect of their good will, and amid great 

 cheers made a fine speech, which was 

 loudly applauded. The happiness of 

 giving and receiving was surely mu- 

 tual. 



It has been stated that Albert T. 



Hey, of Springfield, 111., will be Mr. 

 Wilson's successor. 



A VALUABLE HYBRID PEONY. 



Through the courtesy of M. Ren6 Rou- 

 hard, of the nursery of the Museum of 

 Natural History of France, I have been 

 able to see whit promises to be a valu- 

 able break in peony hybrids, says a 

 writer in the Gardener's Chronicle (Lon- 

 don). In 1900 Mons. L. Henry crossed 

 Peony Ville de St. Denis with the new 

 Peony lutea, and the resulting cross has 

 now flowered for the first time in Paris. 

 It produces flowers both on the terminal 

 and the lateral shoots, thereby following 

 the habit of Peony lutea. The flowers 

 produced on the terminal shoots are 

 large, well formed, double, and yellow 

 in color; but that on the lateral shoot 

 is as interesting as it is beautiful. The 

 shape it has assumed is that of a large, 

 double, yellow begonia, tipped with rose, 

 and on the flrst examination it can hardly 

 be distinguished in shape from the latter 

 flower. If only this form can be defi- 

 nitely fixed, we shall at once obtain a 

 valuable and original addition, in shape 

 as well as in color, to our herbaceous 

 peonies. The Jardin des Plantes is to be 

 sincerely congratulated upon the success 

 of the first attempt of this cross. 



Testimonial Presented J. S. WUsoo by Employees of Vaughan's Greenhouses. 



