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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JULV lo. 1000. 



is it ii;iti\i' fit Mt'xicii, licinji iiit roduepil 

 t(i i;ii;;l;ir'l ill I^IH. 'I'lic variety mimJus 

 is iiiiuf I'diiU'^t ill lialiit tiiaii tiic ty|)c, 

 tlie lldwcrs also liciiiy iaiyt'r. It is one 

 nf the most jiersisteiit hlooniiiij;' of or- 

 chids. ()iir ]ihiiits iiivarialily tliiow a 

 good cro]! of s])ikes holii in fall and 

 s])rini4. The Mowers, which are |uire 

 ■\\hite, ar<' iiroducui^l on lliin luit \viry 

 stems. Tiiey are delii-ioiisly frajirant. 

 the ocjor liein;i not unlike that of lily of 

 tile valley, and it is sometimes called the 

 lily of the valley orehid. 



The flowers keej) fresh for several 

 weeks and for boiitonnieres, small 

 ei)ei'>iiies or choice funeral work are ex- 

 ccdlent. It siicceeils Well under condi- 

 tions the revei-se of suitable to su(di 

 varieties as crispum and Pescatorei. and 

 for these reasons is well worthy of the 

 attention of commercial jirowcis. The 

 leaves, ]ir(>dueeil in pairs t roni tiie dark 

 grt'en Inillis. are (luite narrow and ovoid. 

 The jdants <;ro\v well in ])aiis of spha;^- 

 iium moss and diojijied fei ii lilier in tlie 

 cool orchi<l house, a ikuIIi Inuise beiiij; 

 uecessarv in summer. 



AV. X. ("lIAKi. 



VALLOTA PURPUREA. 



\'allota jiurpiirea is not iiiiicli ^rown 

 Commer.dally. its lloweriiiji' time is Auji 

 list, when the demand for pot i>laiit.s is 

 at a -oiiiewhat low ebb. There are, how 

 ever, not a tew retail growers who ha\i' 

 call for lloueriny- jdants duriii;^' the sum 

 mer mouths, and for them the Scarbor- 

 oirdi lilv, as it is coiiimoiijy called, would 

 be extremely usetul. Introduced fnuii 



tlie <'a] fCood llojie ];'..") years a-^d. it 



is surprising to liiid how m;iiiy ]ieople are 

 vet uiia(M|ii;iiiiteil witii it. IJotli here and 

 "in l-;iiiope it is a favorite with amateur 

 (frowers who jiossess no iireeiihouse.'^. and 

 line specimens are often si'cn in cottage 

 windows which excite the eu\y of the 

 }loi-i-<t or L^aideliei'. 



Wiiilc bel.iii-iii^ to the family Aiiuiryl 

 lidafeje. the \allot;is do not want any 

 winter le^t . as do the aiiiary llises theiii- 

 sohes, and failures in culture can lisutllly 

 be traced t<i drying off in winter, and to 

 overpottiiiLi. I. ike the (liii'insey lilies, or 

 nei'iiies, the \allota< ai<' iiiiiiat ieiit of root 

 disturbance, and will not Mower unless 

 the pots are matted witli roots. A suit- 

 able cciiiipost c(Uisi>ts ot librous loam and 

 drv c.iw iii.-iuiiie ill e(|ual parts, aildin;,' a 

 lit't Ir Maky le;it' mold. -<harp sand and 

 chaiv(ial. The luilbs sluMild not bi' cov 

 (■red. Init sh.Mild lise abo\e the .-iirface. 

 as ill thi' ca'-e of auiaryilis. A litth' frost 

 will not injure the plant-, which can be 

 carried o\er winter in an nnhetited ]iit 

 or frame. In ('alifoinia and some of the 

 more lialmy -oulhi'ni -tales thesi' bulbous 

 iilants succeed well out<loois. ( »nce in 

 lliice 1(j li\e >eais i- a- ofti'li as the 

 plant.- will rei|uire re|,ottiiii:. They re- 

 quire no shade, and siicci'imI well outdoors 

 from .Mav xn ( tdober. 



Tu::i>\iii. ONI. .1. II. liunhip report- 

 nil excellent -ea-oii. but sa\- retail bu-i 

 lies- ha- now fallen away. (leo. .M. 

 Ceia-htx -ay- he think- it e\<ui ijuieter 

 in ;i retail way in Tmout.i in summer 

 tlian It i- ill -dine eitie- farther south. 



I'i.MKi \. 



A iece.it lire at :J--'l 



SiMitii Adam- -ticet. next dom' to the 

 iioKd where I'. Nichols ha- his Mower 

 stand, e,-,iued -iich headw.ay tliiit yreat 

 elVort was ne.-essary to ]ire\ent its 

 siM-ea(iini,f to the nei^liborini,' biiildin^^s. 

 .Mr. NiclTels was the lirst to lend ii hand 

 in fiuiitin^r the tlaine- and reuden^d ^al- 

 liint -1 r\ ice. 



CKoia.i-s Mii.i.s. \. II.— .Mr. Hidiard- 

 soii, ot' Walt ham, Mass., is at work for 

 ludieri (lould. the local llorist. 



(^ii.\<v. Mass. - K. Ariiohl, Iho llorist 

 at l."iO."i liauco(k str<'et, in the Music 

 Hall I lock, has o|iiMied ice cream parlors. 



Li-No.x, .Mass. — l-lrnest .Miii'sh has com- 

 pleted his work at the Mini Court green- 

 houses and has sailed for lavei'pool, f'li^- 

 land. 



Kvi:i;i;iT, .Ma.ss. — The board of ;ilder- 

 meii iias ordered ;in api.ropi'iatioii of 

 .'rl.oOO for the I'ejiairin^ of the green- 

 house- at (ilenwood I'emett'i'y. 



lidw iioixiiAM. Mi:. — I-;. I!. Spra^ite 

 was Jii W'oidwiidi recently, i|eli\'eriii<f 

 7.0IMI cabbaye jdants and sexcral thou 

 sands of celery to 1'. W . Carlton. 



P.iiiAi,(i. X. ^'. - .Mrs. William Scott, 

 whose comlilioii recently was reported as 

 -1 I iou-, is now able to be about the house 

 and her condition j^ives promise of coiii- 



Jilete leco\ (>ry. 



IIiaioKl.iM:. .Mass.- The (iriii of J. Y. 

 K I'. .1. <^)iiiiiii. on llar\ard street, has 

 been dis-(d'\'e(l. James I'', coiitiuuin<i' at 

 the idd stand ami |)a\id d. yoiuM to the 

 IJeaci.n street store, at Coolido(. corner. 



Xi:i;naii. Wis. — l.oiiis Otto has torn 

 down his old yreeiilnuises and has bejiun 

 Work on the construction of a new raii^c 

 The material I'or the new houses is fur- 

 nished by tile d<ilin C. Moniiiger ( 'o.. 

 ( liicajio. 



I'lTNAM, '(iNX. K. .M. Arnold, who 

 alreacly has two larj;(,' greenhouses on 

 farrows street, is tiboiit to ei'ect two ad 

 ditioiial ones. This llorist-iiJirdeiier ic 

 ports an unusually brisk business so far 

 this suiiimei. 



lit-; vriMei-;, .\i-;i!. Tlie Nebraska State 

 1 lort icult u r;il Socdety will meet here duly 

 I'l and L'L'. A feature of the entert;iiii- 

 llient the -ei-ollij day will be ;i ride 

 thnuiyh Curl S<Midrey;;er "s uiirs(U'y and 

 a visit to the e icenhoii-e- ol' the I'ole' 

 I'loral Co. 



Di.XoN. Il.i.. C. II. t'all-lrom. for ;i 

 number ot' years ;issociated with one of 

 the hadin;^ llorists et' C||j|.;|u(i, li;is 

 fijieneil a llow(U' shop ;it Imi i'''ir-t street, 

 lie will handle all kind- of cut llowtus 

 and potted jilants in season, makinjj; a 

 specialty of desieus ;nid lioll<|Uets. 



|)\i,iu.\, .Mass. -The cout r.-n-t has betui 

 let I'm the erection of an eiiiht-romn 

 cohuiial re-idence 1'o|- the use of ,)(din 

 Shield, llorist lui l"rei| C. ('laiie's estate. 

 Tills cottage will <'ost .*'.!. oiin .and will be 

 coii\ eidi'iit ly located with rtd'ereiice to the 



Lireeld.oli-e- which were recently built 

 oil the ( lalle proplTt.N. 



I'.A^ Cri N . .Mint. In the ereat indus- 

 trial |i;irade mi the sei-,uid day of the 

 cd\"- semi cent eiinia 1 celebration, diilv 

 (i, two liriii- ot' llorist- made a showing 

 that \va- hieli|\- cicijit.uble to the Iraile. 

 I'xiehriiii^er I'ro-. had a tine displav. sur- 

 mounted by -now white doves, one driv 

 iiiLi a tlock by means of pink ribbons 

 held in iier be.-ik. The AVilliam Ivopthke 

 i'loral Co. had a beautiful bower in 

 vvhiidi sat a yoniiy woniiin ]>layiiiy a floral 

 li;irp, while iround her were sevci'al prct- 



lilv die— ed little 'dlls. 



Sfkncei;, 1x1). — A. (iray, of this place, 

 is now shipping gladiolus blooms in large 

 i|uantltios. The stock this year is e.xtra 

 fine. Jle will cut this year about 100,000 

 blooms, under ordinary conditions. Mr. 

 (.iray grows nothing but gladioli and 

 gives his entire time to gladioli for cut 

 flowers. 



^Tadisox, X. ,r. — Charles II. Totty has 

 taken over the Florliain Farms green- 

 houses on a lease and so, after a lapse of 

 five years, returns to the scone of his 

 etirlier efforts. He will run the Florhani 

 Farms, houses in conjunction with his own 

 pdacc and will have facilities for enlarg- 

 ing ]ns wludesale business in young stock 

 of ( hiysaiitheinums, roses and carnations. 



WiciiiT.v, K.\x.— The Gulp Florist Co. 

 litis outgrown its f|uarters at Kim tind 

 .Marki^t streets. It is .just about to move 

 into a ])lant three times ;is huge as the 

 original. The new greenhouse will cover 

 l.SUO scjuare feet, while the projierty com- 

 prises a whole block at Dort and Harrison 

 streets in West liivcrside. The company 

 will now be able to grow all its cut Mow- 

 ers on the premises. 



Ki:ai;xi;v. Nkh. — W. ].. Hunt, for the 

 last year or so nmnager ol' tli(> Kearney 

 J'loral C|,., li-is g( lie t(^ Ixockford, 

 111., \\here he will engtige in business 

 for himself. Downing iV: Sou. jtrojirietors 

 of the greenhouses, stiite that the new 

 maiiaiicr, ]-]dward W. Schuider. of Cin- 

 (iniiati, ()., will arrivo in Kearney Au- 

 gust ], to taki' charge of tlu^ houses. In 

 the metintiine I'aul < arndl, who has been 

 under the tutorage ot .Mr. Hunt for sev- 

 eral years, will look after the place, as- 

 sisted by the Downiiiys, ^!r. lliinr has 

 built the Hovvning houses up to a high 

 standard of excellence. 



('AMBinooi:, .Mass. — The store at 1927 

 Massacdiusetis avenue, fornieily o<-cupied 

 liy John .McKen/.ie, and the old house 

 ad,jacent to it, have been torn down, jire- 

 ptiratory to the erection by .Mr. .McKen- 

 zie on the same site ot' a modern four- 

 stiu'v brick apaitnieiit Imu-e wlTudi is to 

 ciuitjiin fourteen ap;ir1 iiieiits and a new 

 stoic I'or .Mr. .Ml K<'iizie, which will be 

 niiudi larger and more conveni(Mit than 

 his old store, lie expei-ts that the l>lock 

 will be coiiipleteil by Ndveinber 1. In 

 the meantime he is to conduct his busi- 

 ness I'foni his die,.||||,||,k;|,v^ which tire lo- 

 cated on Whit t eiimre street, at the foot 

 (if Maeiiiin street. 



<'i:]i\i; I'Ai.is, lA.--.luly 1 w;is the 

 sixtieth we<ldiiig tinniv ei-s;iry of .Mr. and 

 .Mis. lose|di liaiicrot't, ;ind the occasion 

 was celebrateil on Monday, .Inly '>. by 

 the faiiiiiv and by a p.aity ot' about ITT) 

 friend- and iieieh lor-, .assembled at tlie 

 IJaticiot't iimne. Tin' hi'alth and strength 

 ot' tile best, and hostess imlictited that 

 the year- had de.alt kindly with them. 

 Tlii^ -ons ,'iiid tlii'ir wive-. Mr. .and .Mrs. 

 .1. W. itaucroft ami .Mr. tind .Mrs. (George 

 liancioft, ;i--i-ted in entertaining the 

 company. 'fhe rooms vvei'e mtide at- 

 tr;icti\e Avitli (dndce Mowers and potted 

 plants. l'(^stoons of smil.ax were (Irapect 

 over the dining room ttible and tied with 

 red, white and blue ribbons, while Hags 

 were (nervwlnu'e in eviilem-e. Two ele- 

 gant chairs, tipiiolstered in leather, were 

 presented to the honored cou]il(\ 



