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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



.ii i.v s^. m«j*. 



|itiit,st('inonB. T. ]). Jlalficld lunl lino 

 liro\\allia sjn'cinsii in pots. W. A. i»*iji};s 

 liiid a capital lU'w seedling (icjpliiiiiiiiii. 

 'riiuiiias K. I'roctdr. .lames MailljDi'ough 

 <;ar<i(Mi('i', r('c('i\('(i a silver iiiodal for a 

 collect ion of iH'ct all ncs. p(>acli('s and pears 

 in [lots. 



A basket of tlic .so called W'onderherrv 

 in tiie frail department an(| a fruit iny 

 plant ill pot of tile same Hiiiiiank erea 

 tion ex(dtiMl some interest. l\ol)ert Cam- 

 eron and other authorities pmnonneeil it 

 to be S(damim ni<;riini. and aiisolutelv 

 wortiilcss. Somi' who had conraiic to taste 

 the fruit were of tiie opinion tliat they 

 would prid'er a (luart of blueberries to a 

 barrel of Wonderberries. Next year Won- 

 ilerberries will be as scarce around i'.os 

 ton as Hurbank jiotatoes haxc been Idi- 

 some years. 



Variout Notes. 



.\othinj; but ])leasant weathei- is needed 

 lo insure tiie eomplete .success of the 

 (iarijeners' and Florists' ('lub's piciuc 

 at Randolph (irove July L's. A hand- 

 some lot of prizes has been secureil, and 

 there jtroinises to be a keen rivalry I'or 

 their possession. The committee in (diar^e 

 i)f arrangements has worked hanl. Tick 

 ets are sidliiisr fast, and excrvtiiiny points 

 to a ]nix attendance, t'lass (i in the ath 



mont low. contained an unusually at- 

 tracti\-e display (d' sweet peas and lilie:^ 

 last week. 



W. \V. Kawson & Co. are making a line 

 dis|ilay of sweet ])oas in T. F. CJahin's 

 Tremont street store, which attracts con 

 siderable notice. 



The shareholders and stallludders of 

 the I'ark street market will hold an itn 

 portant meeting July 12-1, to decide 

 whether they will hire more commodioua 

 quarters, centrally located, or remain as 

 at present. 



A. W. Kidder, the violet specialist, is 

 sp(>iiding his vacation at the Kangeley 

 lakes, in IMaine. 



William Carr, salesman for the W. W. 

 i:dgar Co.. left July lM! for a visit to St. 

 .b)hn. New Brunswick. 



Willow Hill (ireeiiliouses, of West Kox 

 bury, aic sending (|uantities of callas to 

 the I'ark street market, ecpial in iju.ality 

 to those seen in midwinter. 



The next exhibition at Horticultural 

 hall will occui' August 7 ami 8. Peren 

 nials, phlox, annu.-il.s and herl)aceons 

 plants will be special features. 



The leopard imdh has appeared in con- 

 siderable numbers on shade trees in Bos- 

 ton and \i(Mnity, ami Avill be found a 

 ditlicult foe to cduibat. 



C. Willard Smith. 



letic prn^ram will be a loiiyard haiidi 

 c.ip r.ace for boys under Is. 



Thomas ]•'. (iahin is nui with a 

 -imngly unrdi'i] adxrrt i^ement in the 

 ■ laily jiiess denuiiciatoiy of those llorists 

 who persi-^t in making .a practice cd' so- 

 liciting funeral work. 



r. B(d)erts, of W. K. Doyle's fi.rce. is 

 enjoying his vacation at Sterling, .Mass. 



William Nicholson, for so late in the 

 season, is sending in an unusually fine 

 !i)T (d' fancy carnations. 



.1. Xewnian \ Sons' windows, on Tre 



Tile to\\n of Newton has thi-. seas(m 

 >pent $ I ."lO.iiiKi in the war on insect pests, 

 includine gy|isy moth and elm beetle. A 

 tcirce lit l.'!.*) men and a iiumbei- et' power 

 .•-prayers lia\(' been employed, and their 

 work has been well done. W. \. < '. 



LOWS BUSINESS CHANGE 



In the K'KVIKW of .lune 24 I noted the 

 announcement of the change which has 

 taken ]dace in this firm, and also the 

 letter written to the Hkvikw by our .Mr. 

 IJain.ard. In <i<]\\r \\;\v. an ernu' has 



crept into thi.s letter, and 1 would beg h,. 

 favor of your space lo correct it. 



The firm that I have formfd has tai .n 

 over the nurseries, both here and in !n 

 country, occujiied liy the late firm n 

 Hugh Low iJi: Co., now dissohi'd. toget!.i 

 with the larger part of the orchids ; ni 

 the whole of the other stocks, and : is 

 been fortunati' in I'etaining practica i\ 

 the whole of the staff of the late bi i 

 iiess, but as lUMther the book debts i .r 

 good will weri' included in the trans, c 

 tion, and as my late ])artner in the . k] 

 firm intends carrying on business in i ic 

 country, it was mutually agreed tl ii 

 there were to be no "successors'' lo t „■ 

 late firm. Stuart H. IjOw 



OBITUARY. 



C. Willard Smith. 



( '. Willard Smith, a traveling imhh i i 

 many years employetl by the JjeoiKi'i 

 Seed Co., Chicago, met his death 1 \ 

 drowning in l>ake .Michigan on Sunday 

 morning, .Inly Ii). He had been playii - 

 tennis with his brother, Albert H. Stnitli. 

 who is office manager of the heomii'i 

 Seed Co., and after finishing the game L. 

 told his brother that he would take a >\.\- 

 in the lakci near the Chicago Beach hot' 1 

 before he went home. The sea was run 

 niug (juite high on the lake and the su| 

 position is, .Mr. Smith being somewluii 

 warm, that striking the cold water ga\i 

 him cramj). He divt'd off the pier an^l 

 was in deep water. Apparently ho di'l 

 not have strength enough to conteii i 

 against the strtuig wind and high wa\e- 

 although he was an excellent swimmer. 



<'harles Willard Smith was born in 

 Ki(diview, 111., in 1S7(). His boyhoo<i w.i~ 

 spent at that place and at Lawrence. Kan 

 At the age of about Hi years he reinove-i 

 to Chicago and was with the Coiumercia! 

 National Bank until he \vas '21 yearn oM. 

 at whicdi time, finding that the indooi 

 work in the bank was not good for hi-^ 

 health, he decided to get au outdoor posi 

 tion and took the situation hb seed tra? 

 (der with the Leonard Seed Co., whicl 

 firm he has been with from tiiat tini' 

 until now, a jieriod of aliont twelve year> 



.Mr. Smith hiid many friends in tli' 

 trade, and many among the canners* wli< 

 deal with the seedsnnli. He lias (ioverei 

 all the eastern portion of the Unitei 

 States, from the (iulf north, and all o 

 the central states, having a large trad' 

 ac(juaintance in all of the statt^s of tin 

 rnion east of tin; Mississippi river, lb 

 was a young man highly thought of h} 

 the tra<le. a keen trader, a good mixer 

 genial ami aggressive. His many friemi 

 will miss him, and so will the house tlia 

 he so ably represented for so many y<'ar^ 

 .Mr. .Smith was not married. The onl; 

 near relative he lea\es is his brothei 

 .\lbert H. Smith. Mr. Smith had just r. 

 turned fiom ;i trip, and v\as eiijoyinu : 

 few days' \ai-ation when the terrible rie 

 ca me. 



Otto C. Lenz. 



( )tto c. Lenz. of I'lox ideiice. K". I 

 who ill the later years ot' his life took ai 

 active interest in lloiicult ure, died .liil^ 

 lo, of lung trouble, lie was liorii in Stiiti 

 g.-irt, (iermany, .May is, ls.",7. He cane 

 to this country about fifty fi\c years ag' 

 and settled in Warren, b*. 1, On reiiiov 

 ing to Proviilence, he went into the man 

 nfactiiring of Jewelry and shortly ;ittei 

 b(>caine a member of the firm id' Williau 

 Smith (Si Co. .\boiii twenty li\(' years ag' 

 he retired from actixc business lifi' .'iie 

 hail since i|e\oteil his time to tlie stmlv ot 



