July 23, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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New Evidence of the Durability of Cypress. 



setts Agricultural College, Amherst, on 

 or about August 12, are also in progress. 



The Bellevue Nurseries, West Roxbury, 

 is a promising new concern, making a 

 specialty of herbaceous perennials. A. E. 

 Poetsch, who is in charge, is a good, 

 practical grower. 



A number of carnation growers are 

 now busy housing their plants. These, 

 owing to the drought, average smaller 

 than usual, W. N. Craig. 



Charles Rose, who is 18 years old and 

 was formerly an employee of Wax Bros., 

 at 143 Tremont street, has been arrested 

 on tie charge of entering that firm's 

 store at several diflferent times and steal- 

 ing small sums of money from the cash 

 drawer. It is thought that he gained 

 entrance to the store through the rear, 

 with skeleton keys. 



On the evening of July 17 a fire, sup- 

 posed to be of incendiary origin, de- 

 stroyed a part of the greenhouses at 

 Adams and Wrentham streets, the prop- 

 erty of Thomas Mead, of 615 Adams 

 street. The blalie started in the rear of 

 the building and became quite spectacu- 

 lar, attracting a big crowd. The firemen* 

 extinguished it in an hour. Nearly 1,000 

 panes of glass were shattered, the total 

 damage being $500. 



LASTING QUALITIES OF CYPRESS. 



During the present excavations through- 

 out the older portion of New Orleans, 

 for the new sewer system, quite a num- 

 ber of unknown or forgotten burial 

 grounds have been traversed and mfeny 

 coflBns, constructed of cypress, in a per- 

 fectly sound condition, have been unearth- 

 ed. Some of these, from the coins and 

 buttons found, undoubtedly contained the 

 remains of Spanish soldiers, but until 

 July 8 no coffin had been found bearing 

 a date or other means of identification. 



It so happens that nearly all coffins con- 

 tained metal name plates and those found 

 were so badly corroded that nothing could 

 be deciphered. During excavations at 

 St. Louis and Basin streets, a coffin was 

 brought to light which contained the 

 inscription "Hendric Miller, 1803," 

 carved in the wood. This coffin, ex- 

 cept for the discoloration of the wood, 

 was as sound as the day it was made and 

 the illustration herewith shows the end 

 board of the coffin, a portion of which 

 has been surfaced to show the grain. The 

 illustration also shows the pkull of Hen- 

 dric Miller and the iron cross which un- 

 doubtedly surmounted the grave, the lat- 

 ter being so badly rusted that only a few 

 letters and the date are decipherable. 



The interest in this centers in the 

 oft repeated story of the durability of 

 cypress and the fact that the hand- 

 forged nails of which the coffin was con- 

 structed were not rusted where they were 

 driven into the wood. These nails are 

 shown in the illustration and should set 

 at rest the theory that has sometimes 

 been advanced, that cypress contains an 

 acid which will rust nails. 



DES MOINES, L^. 



The home of Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Wil- 

 son, on Thirty-fifth and Woodland avenue, 

 was the scene of a beautiful wedding 

 July 20, when their daughter. Miss Clara 

 Graham Wilson, became the bride of Earl 

 Jay Weaver, The guests, who numbered 

 thirty-five, were received by Mr. and Mrs. 

 Wilson, parents of the bride, Miss Maude 

 Weaver, a sister of the groom, and Miss 

 Wilson and Mrs. Weaver. The parlors 

 were beautifully decorated in the color 

 scheme of green and white, flowers and 

 ferns being used in profusion. 



Preceding the ceremony, which was 

 performed by the Rev. James P. Bur- 

 ling, of the Greenwood Congregational 

 church, the bride's brother, Alexander 



Wilson, sang ' ' I Love You Truly, ' ' by 

 Carrie Jacob Bond, and following the 

 benediction, James Rogers ' ' ' Dear, When 

 1 Gaze" was sung by Mr. Wilson, »ac- 

 companied on the piano by Miss Perle 

 Fulmer. Refreshments were served in 

 the dining-room, following hearty con- 

 gratulations. 



Miss Wilson recently came to Des 

 Moines with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 

 J. S. Wilson, and by her charming per- 

 sonality has won a large circle of friends, 

 who regret her departure from the city. 

 Mr. Weaver is a prominent young busi- 

 ness man of Bloomington, 111., and is 

 manager of -the Pantograph, the largest 

 daily newspaper published in Blooming- 

 ton. P, B. F. 



DETROIT. 



The Market 



There is considerably less funeral work 

 being called for this July, as compared 

 with last year. This can hardly be at- 

 tributed to the financial condition of the 

 country. Last year many of our promi- 

 nent citizens passed away about this 

 time of the year and some expensive 

 work was called for. 



When a good order does happen in, it 

 is a pretty hard matter to scare up 

 enough stock to fill it. A few roses and 

 some good peas are about the only avail- 

 able flowers. The roses are small flow- 

 ers, but the color is good, as also is the 

 stem. 



What few asters are on the market 

 are only fair in quality. 



Carnations are still holding on, al- 

 though we could get along as well with- 

 out them, excepting probably when it 

 comes to making up designs. 



Qub Meetin£. 



Upon invitation of our kind-hearted 

 secretary, the last regular meeting of the 

 Detroit Florists' Club was held on the 

 lawn at his greenhouses," qut on Gratiot 

 road. The president and other officers 

 occupied chairs on the well lighted ve- 

 randa, while some fifty members were 

 seated about the lawn, A number of 

 Japanese lanterns added to the pleasant- 

 ness of the surroundings. This new in- 

 novation was such a success that it is 

 hoped more will follow. 



Before calling the boys to order. Presi- 

 dent Scribner called on Philip Breit- 

 meyer for a few words. Mr. Breitmeyer, 

 it will be understood, is in the race for 

 mayor of this city. He had little to say, 

 except that he expected the support of 

 every member when the time for voting 

 comes. This he was assured, even by 

 the stanch democrats. 



Several other members said a few 

 words in favor of Mr, Breitmeyer, among 

 them being Mr. Rackham, who would not 

 say how he would -vote, but did say that 

 never can he remember seeing the work 

 in the public parks of this city handled 

 in such a business-like way as it has 

 been under the supervision of Park Com- 

 missioner Breitmeyer, 



The meeting was then called to order. 



Under miscellaneous business, it was 

 moved that the secretary be instructed 

 to change the club 's by-laws to read that 

 henceforth the secretary and treasurer 

 be exempt from dues; also that what 

 was now due from the present officer* 

 be remitted to them. The whole matter 

 was placed on the table, to be settled at 

 the meeting of July 5. 



The members present all seemed to 

 favor the above move. Both the secre- 

 tary and treasurer, and especially the 



