AiGtsT 12, 1900. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Establishment of Henry £. Reimers, Spokane, Wash. 



A SPOKANE ESTABLISHMENT. 



Alidut five vciirs iiyo Jloiiry K. KciiiK'is 

 ^laitcd uliat is tod.MV one (if tlu' most 

 ii|i loduto ffrconlioiise cstalilishinciits in 

 i :h' I'acific ii()i'tli\v(>st. at Spukaao. Wash. 

 i'lir [tri'scnt I'aiijjc of <ilass consists of 

 one house ;U).\L'4l). (ill(> 2().\'24(l, two l(i\ 

 liMi and Olio lO.xldd. 'I'he accoiiipaiiyiiij^ 

 1 1 hist rat ion is troin snapsliots recently 

 i.ikcii at the jdace. One \ iew sliows the 

 ;iihiiirahle location, on a side hill with 

 ^iiiitliein ex|)o.siire, just outside of town 



they eali it .Sunny Slojie addition. 



Mr. Keiiiiers does an ex(dusiv(dy whole 

 •>.ile cut liower business in his well 

 i'i|iii|iped ])laiit. 'Vho crops yrow u ;ife 

 piiiici|ially roses, carnations and chrys- 

 :iiillieniuiiis, with lilies takiiiji the plnc(S 

 made \acant liy tln^ cuttinjr of the iniinis. 

 A jicneral line of pot jdaiits also i.s 

 L'rown. 



.Not many eastern nienihers of the craft 

 ippreciate liow fast the Pacific north- 

 \Mst is firowiii>r, tloricult iirally as well as 

 I'llierw ise. 



EUROPEAN NOTES. 



THE OLDEST POTTER. 



•hri.stiaii i\ Keller estalilislu'd in Nor 

 ! istowii, nearly fifty yeais a^o. the pot 

 icry hiisiii(>ss ■which is carried on so sue 

 '•essfully by his sons today. When Mr. 

 Keller first started in business ^las-; aiel 



• liiiiaware were so expeiisi\e that pottery 

 >viis iniicli in voj^ue for ifciuMal pnr|)oses. 

 \fter the war was o\cr the prices on 

 -dass ;iiid china were riiluceil. (liaclu 

 dly the sale of pottery became re 

 tiicted. 



.Mr. Keller's three sons. Ivhvard, 



• liarles ami William, were admitted to 

 llie business when they reached inaiihood. 

 M w;(s di'cideil a few years later to 

 -piciali/.e on (lower pots and jiaiis, aii<l 

 "11 llie^e lines a s|pleiii|iil business has 

 ''Cell iiiiilt ii|i. The factory has been 

 ■iilarj^eil ; new iiiachiiK'iy has been iii- 

 ■lalled; the business in all depaitments 

 'i!is kept abreast of the times. 



.Mr. Keller, hale and he;irty. soiiieliines 

 n'o|is ill at his sons' establishment. 

 ■I'ldino to the pleasure dt' \isilors by his 

 'dndiv i>reetiim. 1*1111,. 



International Visits and Shows. 



.\ larf^c party ot' I'^reiicli horticulturists 

 liaxc be(Mi toiirinyf in (o'linaiiy. visiting 

 many of the leading mirscMies. 'J'liey re 



SdiTii b'nv AL.sTdX. Mass. .\ con 

 'lactor with a yauy df ei^ht men is ex 

 ''a\atiiiy tor two ^^reeiilKuises tn be built 

 I'y Iv J'.. Ilansiui a; this pine,.. 



Christian F. Keller. 



turned III their respecti\<' Iniuie^. earlv in 

 .\uyust. in time to reci'i\e lli-itish Imrti 

 ciilturists. wild tia\eh'd in l-'raiic t'ldiii 

 .Xii^usl 7 Id 17. visitiny all the p.iiicipal 

 uuis.'ries in < aeii. I'ssy. .\nyers and Oi- 

 lcans. a< vvell ;;s jilaces {i\' interest ill 

 ••iiid ardiiihl I'.-iris. 'i'liesc i nleniat idua 1 

 visits in:iy be siimmeil up in the wnid- 

 >'\' t III' C( iipiet : 



"IIi'liiilil ill il.iM' uhal IrKiirc li..urs ilcinand, 

 Aiiniscineiil iiml iiistnaiiuii IkuhI in IkiiuI." 



Ainoiijf im|iortaut inteinutioiial exhilii 

 lions, \isitois to Kiiiope should make a 

 note of the exhibition miw being ludd at 

 .Nancy. J'^raiu-e. wliiidi runs until the end 

 of Si'pteinber ; the /eist. Holland, exhi- 

 bition, from .\ii<;ust L'.'i to September Hi; 

 Haarlem. Holland, in .March and April, 

 IUlO; Hiussels, lielgiiim. which will bo 

 opened in .May. llHii, and run on a gi- 

 gantic scale. Thi'ii, fur liMl. the Koyal 

 Horticultural So(dety of l']uglaiiil has a 

 movement on foot to hold au interna- 

 tional exhibition in London, and pre[)arii- 

 tions are being made at I''|orence, Italy, 

 for 1!H1 also, iiududiiig the following 

 s(H*tioiis: Ornainent.-il plants of recent 

 intiddiiction. colonial plants, landscape 

 gardening, history of gardening, packing 

 fruits, flowers, vegetabhs, seeib, etc., for 

 transport. 



.\fter thirty years of acti\e work, i'aul 

 Mann, a brother of the founder of the 

 liriu of ()tto Mann, bi'ip/.ig, (u'rinany, 

 well kiiowu ill the lily of the \allev ex- 

 |iort trade, let ires from the Inisines-; on 

 .iccoiint of ill health, and ix'udolf .\I;inn, 

 a Sou of the founder, becomes a partner. 



iMiist Heiipel has ioined the (irm of 

 llerr ."-^ievers. at ilalsteiibek. (iermaiiy, 

 and the title of the (inn is now alteri'd to 

 S'.ievers (.V lleiipel. Ilalslenbek. 



Among the Recent Introductions. 



At a congress of (iermaii lose growers 

 recently ludd at Saugerhaiisen. a iliplom;i 

 was awarded to Hermann Kiesse for Ivose 

 l/eiiclit feiir. a hybrid from Oiiiss an Tep 

 lit/., and on the |iro|iiisit inn of II. IMitzer, 

 of Stilt tyji It . I .amlieit 's rii~e. biaii Karl 

 l)riis,-hki. w;is awiiided a silver gilt 

 ined;il. This aw.-inl i-innes siuiewhai late 

 ill the day. but II. I'htzer, in iid'erring 

 td the pdjiiilarity nt' the \;iriety, stated 

 tli;it it-> merits were not iiliseiAed when 

 it (ir-^I cnme bet'nre the society. It w;is 

 stated that the new b'es:i caniiia hybrids 

 olitaiiieij by ciiissin<4 b'. c,-iiiiii;i with K. 

 Wichnra iaiia and other li;irdy specus are 

 expected tn Llive ^plendiil I'lsult'-. 



'file i\f\\ neplii'dlepis wliicli li:is been 

 put inid cdinmerce by Herman Schol/el, 

 nainely. .Nephiolepis Scliol/.eli. is a 

 t'riiiiied s]idi-| fidiu N. Scdttii and is of 

 erect. ciuii|i;ict habit. < In .■iccount of its 

 many i^ 1 i|ualities. it -Iniuld liecomo 



pii|Mll:ir ill l-aildpe. 



