Sefteubeb 24, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



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AVERAGE DATE OF FIRST KILLING FROST IN AUTUMN. 



and other features might well be included 

 another year. These were almost entirely 

 absent at the late show. Much of the 

 success of the exhibition was due to the 

 tireless energy of Maurice Fuld, the en- 

 ergetic secretary. 



At a business meeting of the New Eng- 

 land Dahlia Society, September 18, the 

 following officers for the ensuing year 

 were elected: President, William F. 

 Turner; vice-president, H. W. Kendal; 

 treasurer, N. L. Lindsay; secretary, M. 

 Fuld; executive committee, J. P. Bodge, 

 E. W. Ela, T. H. Tyndale, W. D. Moon 

 and G. H. Walker. It was voted to in- 

 corporate the society under the laws of 

 the state of Massachusetts. The society 

 now numbers over 350 members and is 

 steadily growing. 



Various Note*. 



The various flower stores are making 

 features of dahlias in their windows at 

 present, quite a number having named 

 collections. The same holds good at the 

 seed stores. 



Visitors last week included Ed. Eoehrs, 

 Eutherford, N. J. ; T. J. Allen, Lewiston, 

 Me. ; A. MacLellan and E. S. Manuel, 

 Newport, K. I. 



In common with other sections of the 

 country, Massachusetts is suffering from 

 a severe drought and rain is urgently 

 needed. 



Farquhar & Co. have this season seven 

 acres of dahlias at their Sharon and 

 Roslindale establishments. 



Albert Scott, of the Willow Hill 

 Greenhouses, has a splendid lot of speci- 

 men Nephrolepis Whitman!. 



Mann Bros., of Eandolph, are market- 

 ing some handsome dahlias. 



Henry A. Stevens, of Dedham, has 

 built a small addition to his greenhouses, 

 to be used for violets. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club has 

 invitations to hold field days in 1909 at 

 the Framingham Nurseries and with E. 

 J. Shaylor, Wellesley Hills. 



There is to be a contest over the will 

 of the late W. W. Eawson, who died in 

 August, leaving real estate and personal 

 property to the value of about $500,000. 

 Contesting parties are grandchildren. 



W. N. C. 



THE DROUGHT. 



The Weather Bureau at Washington 

 says that the last week was characterized 

 by unusually warm weather for the sea- 

 son of the year and by the absence of 

 any appreciable precipitation over nearly 

 all the great agricultural districts. The 

 intense heat, together with the long con- 

 tinued drought, especially over the lake 

 region and New England, intensified con- 

 ditions favorable to the further develop- 

 ment of forest fires and these continued 

 over large areas in the above districts, 

 resulting in much damage and some loss 

 of life. Some frosts occurred at exposed 

 points September 16 and 17, but without 

 material damage. 



Sunshine was abundant over nearly all 

 districts, especially over the corn belt 

 and all eastern districts except in the 

 lake region, where much smoky, heavy 

 weather prevailed. 



The continued absence of rain over 

 large districts in the Missouri, upper 

 Mississippi and Ohio valleys, lake region. 

 New England and the Middle Atlantic 

 states is seriously affecting many inter- 

 ests. The ground is becoming baked, 

 vegetation is at a standstill, streams are 

 lower in some sections than for many 

 years, and the water supply is rapidly 

 failing. Some heavy rains occurred along 

 the immediate Gulf coast and good show- 

 ers were general over the southern por- 

 tion of the cotton belt and sufficient rain 

 for present needs occurred over a large 

 portion of Texas, Oklahoma and the sur- 

 rounding portions of Arkansas and Kan- 

 sas. Eain was also fairly abundant and 

 well distributed over Montana, Idaho and 

 portions of eastern Oregon, North Da- 



kota and western Minnesota. Light show- 

 ers in the upper Michigan peninsula 

 checked to some extent the forest fires in 

 that district. 



Washington, D. C, Sept. 22. — The 

 Weather Bureau has issued the following 

 forecast: A barometric disturbance will 

 cross the country from about September 

 24 to 28, attended by rains that will set 

 in over the central valleys about the close 

 of this week and extend over the Atlantic 

 states by the beginning of next week. 

 Following the rains thCTe will be a sharp 

 fall in temperature, with frost in the 

 central valleys and eastern states north 

 of the fortieth parallel. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Last week there was again little doing 

 in the cut flower line. The warm weath- 

 er has a great deal to do with complaints 

 of dull business, not only in our line, 

 but in all other trades. Of course, there 

 is a spurt occasionally, or a good bit of 

 funeral work. What is needed to stimu- 

 late our business is frost and cool days. 

 The wholesalers, too, are complaining of 

 having to dump too much stock. They 

 cannot even dispose of all at job lot 

 prices, as those who handle this class of 

 stock are suffering with the rest. 



There is plenty of stock of everything 

 in season and of all grades. Beauties 

 are plentiful, as well as other roses. Car- 

 nations are still too short in stem, but of 

 fairly good bloom and color. There is 

 plenty of fine valley. Cosmos is not in 

 yet. Asters, tuberoses and dahlias are 

 more than enough for all. 



Variotts Notes. 



Philadelphia was well represented in 

 the line of traveling salesmen last week. 

 They were: J. J. Karins, representing 

 Henry A. Dreer; S. S. Skidelsky, of Ski- 

 delsky & Irwin Co., and B. Eschner, of 



