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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



JuNi: -24, 1909. 



imlii's ol' suil 111)- \vu\ i-:iiuMtioii.- and 

 let it all be luw. " A. V. J. B. 



EUROPEAN NOTES. 



liNtaljlislii'd I'mt licarlv a (■eiituiy and 

 litdd in i.M>()d ic|Hitc_' at lioiin' and aliioad, 

 tlif iiaini' i<\' l!iit;h l.nw \ (.'n. is nun ol, 

 Init till' liiiii L^dc^ III) a-- IjcliiH'. under ilir 

 litlr i>\' Stuail ].o\\ \ <■(;., ISusli Hill 

 I'ark, Idi^^land. Stuail Low and liis 

 liiutlici', !■;. \'. Low, lia\f dissidxi'd part- 

 ni'isld)!; beuce tliu new title. .Sluail 

 Li)w is well known throughout Euroj)e 

 ab a piuyiessixe bortieulturist. He lia.s 

 l)een on llie jury oi' many oi the leatling 

 internal ion.al (>.\]ni)itions and a lew years 

 a^d lie was president ol' liie Uortieu!- 

 tural Trades Assoeialiou ol' lireat lirit- 

 .•lin and Irehmd. Orcdiids, palms, carna- 

 tions and roses are speeial lines with tlie 

 firm. 



.lohii \\'a1ei'(>r ic 8oii.->, ivtd.. l!af;sliol, 

 arc running tlieir annual rliododendron 

 sli'jw at the Koyal I.otanie (Jardcn.s, 

 London. .Nearly I'dO varieties are on 

 view, arranged in !<)- foot-high banks of 

 bloom, in masses of gorgeous eolons. the 

 ienterj>ieee a great pile of Pink Tearl. 



A iiuneinent is on foot to present 

 llariy ,1. Veiteh, V. -M. 11.. of James 

 Vcitcli vV Sons, Ltd., London, with his 

 portrait, jiaiuted by one of the leading 

 artists. The sum of (JUU guineas -wili 

 be iei|nired and a lonsideiable i)art of 

 this has already been sub.scri"bed. 



The jiuteh Inilb growers continue to 

 gi\ e good accounts of the crops, particu- 

 larly of iiyaciiitii.s and tulips, ami orders 

 liooked for the latter, especially market 

 varieties, are up to the average. Xar 

 cissi promise well. Trocuses may turn 

 out to be scarce, as there is a brisk 

 demand. 



Hubert t!v: L'o., the largest gro\ver.s and 

 exporters of narcissi in the Channel 

 Islands, who turned their attention to 

 narcissus growing in America a few 

 ye.ars ag(j, are now proS]iecting with a 

 \iew to growing tulips on tlieir American 

 lariiis. The manager, .1. tdiille, has been 

 over lieie on ;i visit and, in company 

 with V. J. Hubert, inspected largo areas 

 of the tiilij) culture^ in Holland, with the 

 l)uriiose of ptiichasiug bulbs to grow on 

 loi sale ill America. Bek. 



ROOF LADDERS. 



1 would like to iiujuiie as to what are 

 the iisiiiil nietiiods of getting onto the 

 idol'.- Ml ;^reenhouses when repairing 



iheiii. I li;i\e I II using a I \ I _' board 



-i\Ii,ii I'eci long with (deat.^ nailed 

 rros'-ways, but liiid it unhand}. .\ly 

 ■MCI idiou^es lia\t' saslib.-ir- eighteen feet 

 )n„M. P. H. 



.\|m~i ^loweifc ii-e a luntrivanc similar ! 

 lo your own. cMi'pt that a nuinljer ol 

 cid^sjiieees ale nailed on the under side, 

 long enough to exieiid over the saslibars 

 on eac-h ,-idi-. ilie.-e Indd the Ladder away 

 from III'' gla-s. 'I'lie ladd.'r should be 

 long eiiouLili !" reach o\r.r the ridge and 

 >||.iiild have :; rioat on the iiiidei side at 

 ihc end l.-iiLi'' '■iiougli to hook over the 

 ii,|M|. ;,!el isiip t'le hidd'i tiom slipping 

 dou~ii. H. O. 



CORRECT ADDRESS. 



There I- considerable mail roiiiiug t<i 

 Arcaile, 111.. addres.sed to Thoin.-i- .1. 

 'I'eiinv. No doiilit tlii- adtliess is iii- 

 leiuk-d fo)- mine, as there is no one else 

 Ir, iiig here vvlio^e mine' resembles Teiiny. 

 I,,.: ill,- trade know the mail lists are 

 vM,,iio. Tim-,. .1. iii:,\Nv, 



KdjidMo. l.xi).— W. W. Coles is at 

 t>d<.'n, .Mich., (Ml his .annual trip for re- 

 cuperatiiiii .-il'ter the busy seasiui. 



Lkktuma, O.-ilarry (i. Wolfgang has 

 had an exceptionally good trade this 

 spring and lias cleaned out everything 

 salable in the line of bedding jdanls. 



Eureka Si'KIXgs, Auk. — Clayton 1. 

 I'oor, formerly of donesville, Mich., is 

 now located at this fine summer resort, 

 and is building a range of glass and a 

 store. 



Elgin, 111. Fire in tlie liarn of 

 George Souster did $i'Ud damage dune 

 IG. The local papers make much of the 

 rescue of the horses by Mr. Souster's 

 two daughters. 



Wavxesuoro, Pa. — Henry Eichholz is 

 doing a big business in bedding out. He 

 lias done a great deal of this work in the 

 vicinity of I'en-Mar, where there is a 

 colony of summer cottages. 



Adams, .Mass. -A. J. Boothman has 

 begun work on his new iron-frame green- 

 house, 1S.\7.") feet, antl will hurry opera- 

 tions as nundi as possible, as he is greatly 

 in neetl of the additional space. 



Bllefiei.d, \V. Va. — This city is to 

 have a nuudi-ncedeil enterprise. Edward 

 Schneider is here for the purpose of 

 starting a greenhouse. It has not yet 

 been deci<led where it will be located. 



Tall Kivek. Mass. — Paul de Nave is 

 cutting ;i good cro|i of Cattleya Mossiie, 

 C. Ga.skelliana and C. gigas Sanderiana. 

 He has a house li.lxlOU full of orchids, 

 containing (diiefiy cattleyas, dendrohiuins 

 ••nid oncidiiiiiis. 



Sa.xuuskv, O.— rt. R. White, the Han- 

 cock street florist, has purchased the 

 Central Creenhouses, which have been suc- 

 cessfully conducted for a number of 

 years by Miss Mary Mackey. .Miss 

 .Mackey expects to leave before long for 

 Los .Vngeles, where she will Join iNIr. and 

 .Mrs. Denver J. Mackey. 



\Vavi:i:ly, I a. Mr>. I'. .\. ( asi. whose 

 hiisb.ind died in March. I'.tos, Im^ since 

 conducted the biisiiiess with the .aid of 

 lier daiiglitir and son in-law, II. P>. 

 M.atliews. The fii-m is now Case & 

 Mathews. Ilusiness h.as been excellent 

 this spring and during the summer three 

 lioiises now seventy t'eei long will be ex 

 tended to lUU feet. 



I'eiM l»(i|)(,i:. I V. ]■:. i:. Nor.lwall. of 

 the .North Floral Co., says that Decora 

 tioii day. this year, was the heaviist this 

 territoiy has ever known. This firm, 

 being locate, I ou the road to the three 

 cemeteries, wa.s aide to sell everything 

 th.at was ill liiiil mill showed eohir. and in 

 cut flower- it w;i< impos--ible to get 

 enoUL;h to meet the dem.and. 



l'[:i.\ri.i,,x, Im,. — A. A. Smith, of W. 

 .1. L'ittiiskamp 's, has saile'l for his 

 former home in Christiana. .N(U'way, 

 where he will spend several weeks with 

 his mother and other relatives. He will 

 also visit members of the trade in Hol- 

 land, and will there purchase a shipment 

 of bulbs for Mr. Ivitterskamji. His trip 

 will oci-upy .about two months. 



Hudson, Mass. — F. A. Morse has had 

 a large s;ile of plants and flowers from 

 the Trench (Jreenhouses, South Sudbury, 

 this spring. 



Bristol, Conn. — Terry & Peck re- 

 cently completed their annual job of put- 

 ting the park north of the local passen- 

 ger station into condition for the summer. 



Des ]\1oines, Lv. — The Lozier Floral 

 ( o. will occupy a new, modern building 

 at 410 East Sixth street, next door to its 

 present location, as soon as the new- 

 structure can be erected. 



Fall Eiver, Mass. — William Byard, 

 who has been confined to his home by 

 illness for several weeks, was at last re- 

 port in so serious a condition that little 

 hope was entertained of his recovery. 



■Malde.x, .Mass. — E. D. Kaulback & 

 Son furnishetl the decorations for the 

 MerrillBrackenbush wedding. The color 

 Scheme of pink and green was carried 

 out with ferns, pottetl plants and rose.s. 



Wheeling, W. \a.- .\t the Vance- 

 .Mendel wedding the house was elabo- 

 ratidy decorated by Max L. Hess. The 

 color Scheme of pink and white was said 

 to be artistically carried out in every 

 detail. 



Denver, Colo. — Some handsome floral 

 pieces were sent by various labor or- 

 ganizations to the funeral of Max Mor- 

 ris, the labor leader. The designs were 

 executed by .Mrs. L. A. T)unsmore, the 

 north side florist. 



Northampton, ^Iass. — Alexander 

 Parks luul the contract this season for 

 planting the beds in the Main street 

 park, and the plan which he has followed 

 in file work is said to be particularly 

 pleasing and artistic. 



.\ND0vi;ii, ().- .Mrs. lv. A. Pardee has 

 scdd her greenhouses to Grant Chase and 

 <'X|)ecfs to leave about August 1 for the 

 Isle of I'ines. She will be accompanied 

 by her son, ^lax, and daughter, Claire. 

 y\r. I'ardee has been located in the Isle 

 of Pines for several months, and is so 

 well pleased with the country that they 

 expect to make it their future home. 



Wayne .Ii N( tion, I'a. The florists of 

 the I'liiladelphia (.^ iveading railway have 

 about completed their annual work of 

 disi libutiiig flowers and shrubbery to the 

 various st.afions. During the last few 

 v(>ars the I'hiladelphia it Heading has 

 bei'u putting out over L'i)0,(|(i() plants of 

 various kinds, all of v\hich li.ave been 

 ^rowii at the company's own greenhouses 

 .it this place. Nearly 200 stations are 

 -npldied annually. 



Li;\\ is'iii.x, Mk. I'iriiest Saund(>rs is 

 ni.-ikiiig extensive and substantial im- 

 proveinents ;it his greenhouses, on M.ain 

 street. The new building, the frame- 

 work of v\liich is now u|i. will be 600 

 feet long. The o|il house and the oflice 

 ail' coming down and new ones ;ind gar- 

 dens will take their plate. The new 

 (dlice will be a model affair of its kind 

 ;iiii| will be located a little to the north 

 of the present one. The improvements 

 include, .also, a new boiler house, otixtO 

 feet, with a smokestack loii feet high. 



