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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



July 22, 1»«§. 



pentstemone. T. D. Hatfield had fine 

 Browallia speciosa in pots. W. A., Riggs 

 had a capital new seedling delphinium. 

 Thomas E. Proctor, James Marlborough 

 gardener, received a silver medal for a 

 collection of nectarines, peaches and pears 

 in pots. 



A basket of the so-called Wonderberry 

 in the fruit department and a fruiting 

 plant in pot of the same Burbank crea- 

 tion excited some interest. Robert Cam- 

 eron and other authorities pronounced it 

 to be Solanum nigrum, and absolutely 

 worthless. Some who had courage to taste 

 the fruit were of the opinion that they 

 would prefer a quart of blueberries to a 

 barrel of Wonderberries. Next year Won- 

 derberries will be as scarce around Bos- 

 ton as Burbank potatoes have been for 

 pome years. 



Vatioui Notes. 



Nothing but pleasant weather is needed 

 to insure the complete success of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club's picnic 

 at Randolph Grove July 28. A hand- 

 some lot of prizes has been secured, and 

 there promises to be a keen rivalry for 

 their possession. The committee in charge 

 of arrangements has worked hard. Tick- 

 ets are selling fast, and everything points 

 to a big attendance. Class 6 in the ath- 



mont row, contained an unusually at- 

 tractive display of sweet peas and lilies 

 last week. 



W. W. Rawson & Co. are making a fine 

 display of sweet peas in T. F. Galvin's 

 Tremont street store, which attracts con- 

 siderable notice. 



The shareholders and stallholders of 

 the Park street market will hold an im- 

 portant meeting July 24, to decide 

 whether they will hire more commodious 

 quarters, centrally located, or remain as 

 at present. 



A. W. Kidder, the violet specialist, is 

 spending his vacation at the Rangeley 

 lakes, in Maine. 



William Carr, salesman for the W. W. 

 Edgar Co., left July 26 for a visit to St. 

 John, New Brunswick. 



Willow Hill Greenhouses, of West Rox- 

 bury, are sending quantities of callas to 

 the Park street market, equal in quality 

 to those seen in midwinter. 



The next exhibitijon at Horticultural 

 hall will occur August 7 and 8. Peren- 

 nials, phlox, annuals and herbaceous 

 plants will be special features. 



The leopard moth has appeared in con- 

 siderable numbers on shade trees in Bos- 

 ton and vicinity, and will be found a 

 diflBcult foe to combat. 



C. Villard Smith. 



letic program will be a 100-yard handi- 

 cap race for boys under 18. 



Thomas F. Galvin is out with a 

 strongly-worded advertisement in the 

 daily press denunciatory of those florists 

 who persist in making a practice of so- 

 liciting funeral work. 



F. Roberts, of W. E. Doyle's force, is 

 enjoying his vacation at Sterling, Mass. 



William Nicholson, for so late in the 

 season, is sending in an unusually fine 

 lot of fancy carnations. 



J. Newman & Sons ' windows, on Tre- 



The town of Newton has this season 

 spent $150,000 in the war on insect pests, 

 including gypsy moth and elm beetle. A 

 force of 135 men and a number of power 

 sprayers have been employed, and their 

 work has been well done. W. X. C. 



LOWS BUSINESS CHANGE 



In the REVIEW of June 24 I noted the 

 announcement of the change which has 

 taken place in this firm, and also the 

 letter written to the Review by our Mr. 

 Barnard. In some wav, an error has 



crept into this letter, and I would beg the 

 favor of your space to correct it. 



The firm that I have formed hae taken 

 over the nurseries, both here and in ihe 

 country, occupied by the late firm of 

 Hugh Low & Co., now dissolved, together 

 with the larger part of the orchids a ad 

 the whole of the other stocks, and las 

 been fortunate in retaining practically 

 the whole of the staff of the late busi 

 ness, but as neither the book debts nor 

 good will were included in the transac- 

 tion, and as my late partner in the old 

 firm intends carrying on business in the 

 country, it was mutually agreed that 

 there were to be no " successors " to t he 

 late firm. Stuaet H. Low. 



OBITUARY. 



C. Willard Smith. 



C. Willard Smith, a traveling m&n fur 

 many years employed by the Leonard 

 Seed Co., Chicago, met hie death by 

 drowning in Lake Michigan on Sunday 

 morning, July 19. He had been playing 

 tennis with his brother, Albert H. Smith, 

 who is office manager of the Leonard 

 Seed Co., and after finishing the game he 

 told his brother that he would take a dip 

 in the lake near the Chicago Beach hotel 

 before he went home. The sea was run- 

 ning quite high on the lake and the sup- 

 position is, Mr. Smith being somewhat 

 warm, that striking the cold water gave 

 him cramp. He dived off the pier and 

 was in deep water. Apparently he did 

 not have strength enough to eontend 

 against the strong wind and high waves, 

 although he was an excellent swimmer. 



Charles Willard Smith was born iu 

 Richview, 111., in 1876. His boyhood was 

 spent at that place and at Lawrence, Kan. 

 At the age of about 16 years he removetl 

 to Chicago and was with the Commercial 

 National Bank until he was 21 /ears old, 

 at which time, finding that the indoor 

 worjc in the bank was not good for his 

 health, he decided to get an outdoor posi- 

 tion and took the situation ae seed trav- 

 eler with the Leonard Seed Co., which 

 firm he has been with from that time 

 until now, a period of about twelve years. 



Mr. Smith had many friends in the 

 trade, and many among the canners who 

 deal with the seedsmA. He has eoTcred 

 all the eastern portion of the United 

 States, from the Gulf north, and all ol 

 the central states, having a large trade 

 acquaintance in all of the states of the 

 Union east of the Mississippi river. He 

 was a young man highly thought of by 

 the trade, a keen trader, a good mixer, 

 genial and aggressive. His many friends 

 will miss him, and so will the house that 

 he so ably represented for so many years 

 Mr. Smith was not married. The only 

 near relative he leaves is his brother 

 Albert H. Smith. Mr. Smith had just re 

 turned from a trip, and was enjoying ii 

 few days' vacation when the terrible en< 

 came. 



Otto C. Leoz. 



Otto C. Lenz, of Providence. R. I. 

 who in the later years of his life took an 

 active interest in floriculture, died July 

 10, of lung trouble. He was born in Stutt- 

 gart, Germany, May 18. 1837. He came 

 to this country about fifty-five years ago 

 and settled in Warren, R. I. On remov 

 ing to Providence, he went into the man- 

 ufacturing of jewelry and shortly after 

 became a member of the firm of William 

 Smith & Co. About twenty-five years ago 

 he retired from active business life and 

 had since devoted his time to the study of 



