July 2, lOOS. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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



STROLnsHtRG. 1*.\. — Howard Stone's 

 braucli stove, above Hotel I'lilmer, has 

 been elosed for tlic summer season. Dur- 

 ing the summer the l)usiness will be car- 

 ried on at 383 tSeott street. 



Whitman, Mass. — ^frs. !S. A. Moir 

 uill 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 10. did considerai)le damage 

 at the greenhouses of the liamborn Floral 

 (-0. Nearly 150 of the large jnines of 

 glass were broken, and many \aluablo 

 plants in the betls outside the green 

 houses were destroyed. 



Jersey ('itv. X. .T.-^Ii-:. .Tames ]Mc 

 Mahon, the Horist on Orove street, was 

 Miarrictl dune -0 to .lames !■'. Kelly, fcn- 

 merly police commisslouer. It is said 

 I hat ^Ir. Kelly met his fate several 

 months ago while ordering llowi^rs at 

 Mrs. .McMahon's store. 



KxoxviLi.K. Tknn.-- Karl P. T^.aum, 

 son of ('liarles L. Baiun. was marri(>d 

 .luue '2~> to Miss Agnes Idelle ^b-t'amp 

 hell. The coujile will return frotu tiieir 

 wcd«ling tri|) about .luly l."i. wlieu il is 

 expecte<l that tluir new resideuee. at 

 Smitlnvood, will be completed and. ready 

 for their occupancy. 



IkoN'WooI). Mh II. 'I'lie greenhouses 

 and stock of li. i.ute>' were damaged by 

 a stoi'ni wliicli raged lieie for .an hour 

 on Thursday e\eniiig, .lune 1 *<. Thi' ex- 

 tent of the loss is uot deliniti'ly known, 

 hut is b(di<>\ed to he hea\y. Showers of 

 hail wei'e borne ou a forty-mile gale from 

 the west, and most of the west windows 

 were shatteri'd in the n'sideiu'es of this 

 locality. 



Corn INC, X. If. — W. .T. Chenev has sold 

 to Dr. F, ir. Starr, of West' Pnlteucy 

 street, the two front greenhouses at 25(5 

 West Pulteney street, for removal to tho 

 1{eynoIds property near by. The work 

 of renio\iiig the greeidiouses has already 

 l)cen begun. Dr. Starr has arranged with 

 Hugeiie Dusenbcrre, of Geneva, a nur.sery- 

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

 estal)lis!iment, using tin; glass from the 

 nlder greeiilinuse in the new stru'-tures. 



TESTIMONIAL TO J. S. WILSON. 



On AVednesday evening, .Tune 24, the 

 employees of Vaughan's (ireenhouses, 

 Western Springs, 111., had a great sur 

 ])rise in store for dames S. Wilson. 

 The surjn-ise 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 T, to manage his 

 own greenhouses at Dos Moines, la. 

 Accompanying the gift was a most ap- 

 propriate card, giving the following 

 sentiment : 



"We bestow upon yon this small gift 

 as a token of our apprc^ciation for the 

 many kindnesses shown us, and all jcdii 

 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 iiresentatiou and when Mr. 

 Wilson had "come to'' he went out 

 into the greenhouses, where the Imys 

 had all gathered, eager to see the ef 

 feet of their good will, and amid great 

 cheers made a tine speech, which was 

 loudly applauded. The liappiiu'ss of 

 giving and reci-iv iug was suiely mu 

 iual. 



It has lieeu stated lliaf Albert T. 



lley, of S])ringfieh 

 Wilson's successor. 



111., will be Mr. 



A VALUABLE HYBRID PEONY. 



Through the courtesy of M. Kene Kou- 

 hard, of the nursery of the Museum of 

 Natural History of France, L lia\e been 

 ahle to see whj>.t promises to be a valu- 

 able break in j)eony hybrids, says a 

 writer in the (!ardener's ('hi'onicle (Lon- 

 don). Tn lOiin Mous. L. Henry crossed 

 l'e(jn\' A'illo de St. Denis ^\ ith the new 

 Peony lutea, and the I'esultiiig cross has 

 now dowered for the lirst tiuu' in I'aris. 

 It produces flowers holh on the lermiual 

 ;nid the lateial shouts, theieiiv t'ollowinti 

 IIk; habit of I'eony lutea. The (lowers 

 produced iiu the terminal shoots are 

 large, well t'lUuiiMl, dnuhle. and yellow 

 in eiiliir; hut that nii t,lie lateral shoot 

 is ;is interesting as il is ipeautit'ni. The 

 shape it has assumed is that of a lar>^e. 

 diMihle. yellow Ijcgouia. tipped \\itli rose, 

 nid on the lirst examination it cau hardly 

 lie distinguished in shape from the latter 

 tlower. If only this form can he defi 

 iiilely lixed. We shall ;it once obtain ;j 

 \aluahl(' .and oiaginal addition, in shape 

 ;is Well ;is in eidor. to oni' hirhaceous 

 |ie(Oiie-.. The .lardiii des Phuiti-- is to be 

 sincerely congratulated upon the <u<<'es3 

 of the lirst attempt of this cro>-^. 



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



