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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



J3 



Joseph Heacock. 



(Niiiniuated uDanimously September 7 for President of the Florists' Club of Philadelpliia.i 



$l.."in per dozen nro the i-ctail prices. 

 Sweet peiis lire still in hlouiii; they reai- 

 i/e any s^rt of price. CSladioli help out 

 well. C)utilonr Ihnvers are (|iiite plentiful. 

 The housiiii)- of carnations is nearly 

 coinpleteij. The |)lants in this section 

 lia\e doni' faii'ly well, consideiiiijr the 

 lony drought we liaNC had and are sti'' 

 lia\ iny. 



Various Notes. 



I'eter .Mm ray lias some fine BostoTi 

 and Whiiinani feni'^. Ills j>!ace is in 

 excellent shape. 



-V daidia sonirwhat ont of the ordinary 

 is one shown liy W. F. Tii'.iier A: ('o.. of 

 liiis city. It is hall shaped, formed by 

 the intiT^cct ion of three heads, and 

 wi'iyiis a ipiarter of a |iomid. Thi.s is 

 t|nite a freak. 



Wni. II. Richardson, of this city, shows 

 four serdlinif dahlias, one of them a 

 cactus, one a decorative, ami two show 

 dahlias. The cactus is a rich plum color, 

 without shailin^', with a >;(ioil center ami 

 stem. The decorative is hlusli white, 

 heavily slnnleil with pinki.sh laxcmler, aiiil 

 is of tine ilecorative form. ()ne of lh(> 

 show \aiieties is oraiij^e liiilV, sluxled 

 inin-ii ijeeper ill the center, and of line 

 jietal and t'nini. while the other is car 

 diiial red. with a line, hij^li center. .Mr. 

 K'ichai'dsoii has lucn niakini^ <|iiite ;i 

 study of liiiii^iiii; ont new \aiieties from 

 seed, which ale liyliridi/.ed niid ^nnw n in 

 Ills liehls. and thus far he has ln'cii (piite 

 silcce.ssf 111. 



.1. II, < leaiy has a nice line of canarv 

 liirds. nil ^ood sinyeis; also c.ajjes and 

 liiiil supplies. Tracle is a little (piiet 

 with him just now. lie is receixinjr some 

 nice asters from I'.ostoii. 



The jrarden and seed coiiiniitlee of the 

 Mat ta|ioi.set t I inpro\-enieiil .\ssociation, a 

 tew miles from here. a\\arde<l the prizes 

 in the sclioid yardeii contest on the 

 school grounds last week. The commit 



tee was deliijlited with tin- tdforts of the 

 hoys and jjirls of the town a.nd with tlie 

 im|irovenient over last year. The speci 

 mens from the children's gardens were 

 on e.xhiliition, and prov(>d to he an inter- 

 esting collection. 



Win. liixcsey has a nice hatch of smi- 

 la.\ plants wlii(di he is ship{)inir to the 

 tiade. 



1\*. H. Woodlioiise 's carnations are look 

 iny line. 



The stores were closed ail dav Labor 

 'l:t.v. W. i.. 



WAYSIDE NOTES. 



i'". i\. Dienst, of .Middletowii, \. Y., 

 carried off all the honors in the trade 

 section at the county fair, occupying al- 

 most the <'iitire teiit. Mr. Dienst, Jr., 

 promises to follow in his father's foot- 

 steps as a floral artist, his wa<,n)n loaded 

 with jdants bidiiu oiw of the features of 

 the exhibition. 



I*:. .\. Loreiit/.. id' .Middletowii. is al- 

 ways busy. ,Jiist now he is leiiivf hening 

 two houses, usiii^ iron and cement wher- 

 c\er possible, lie is fortunate in haviiij^ 

 lielp of a nie(diaiiical turn, which enables 

 him to do his own work. 



'I"he Drunnners' l{etreat, at .Middle- 

 town, described recently in the li'KViKW, 

 IS almost fiiiisli(<d and will be the .Mecca 

 "f niauy a knij^dit of the ^rrip wi,,, kn,,\vs 

 the sociability of fh,. yeniai proprietor, 

 "ho. bv the way, is park commissiouer 

 and f-ives nimdi id' his valuable time to 

 th<' beautifying of the several prettv 

 I'iiiks here. 



An auto jiarty, consistiufr of H. jirv 

 :>iit, of the ll.'us Pottery Co., and your 

 corres|ioudent. piloted by" K. Harry ('ath- 

 cart, .Ir., of the Vuess dardens Co., paid 

 ••I visit to the well-known plant of Adam 

 l-aiib eV: Sons, linjrhsonville, where we 

 were Joined by T.ewis Wood, of Wood 

 l^i'os., I'ishkill, who c;inie over in his 

 '•'"''"•■"• -^ tour of the i.aiib place. 



where evi'rything was f(niiid in apple-pie 

 order, and a chut with the l.aiibs. senior 

 and junior, made time ||y and a ijuick 

 run was made to the •'ollege < il\-, where 

 a round of the craft was in oidi'f. The 

 \fteraii Salt ford was found looking o\er 

 his i-;ittleyas, noting the promising 

 growths shooting out here ;iiid there, 

 represent iiig so inany gold dollars later, 

 when Vassar's (|ueeus demand the best 

 of Flora's products. .Mum was the woni 

 as we looked over the vigorous stock in- 

 doors and planted outside, between the 

 houses, for early crops, following whi<di 

 sweet iieas are sown for spring flowering, 

 (ioldeii Clow is first, .Monrovia next and 

 tlK'ii lioiinalfon. which is ;i f;i\oiite with 

 all. 



Miirjihy \- Scliaumbiirg, at I'ougb- 

 keepsie, were busy cleaning up after the 

 busiest season on record. 



<'onrad C. (iindra. of I'oughkeepsie, 

 has his modern plant in excellent shape. 

 \ iolets look jirouiisiiig. 



West .Xewburgh was iie.xt on the pro- 

 gram. Here the .Xewburgh I'loral Co. 

 vyas found adding one house, for bulb 

 forcing, which is .|uite a factor with this 

 linn. 



The modern plant of the Vuess Car- 

 'h'lis Co. is close by. Percy Herbert, 

 the able grower, is justly proud of the 

 thrifty stocks of nuinis 'and carnations. 

 A fine storage shed and barn are beiu>.' 

 limit. Downtown the store is being deccP- 

 rated, in keeping with a general plan 

 being earned out by all the jirogressive 

 merchants, in celebration of Hudson- 

 I'ulton week, which is expected to just 

 I>our the shekels into someone's treasmv 



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M. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market 



The summer is over and we look for 

 the return of the busy season, when we 

 can once more .stock up witli an assurance 

 of sales. Stock in variety is limited lusr 

 "<'w, and no doubt will" be for a 'few 

 weeks, (iood asters are scar.-e. with hun- 

 dreds of shorts going to waste. .Vsters 

 are selling on the market at In cents per 

 'lozen. (iladiidi are good ami in fair 

 sup|)ly. .Mums continue to be on the 

 tnarket ami will be seen steadily now until 

 the last of the late varieties are -rone 

 in viewing the stock in this viciniTy it 

 apiiears everyljo.ly has goim into 'late 

 mums heavily. Beauties are sellino- well 

 especially in short .stock. Oth.T roses are 



""^ « '• ^^Jtl' ii .sean-ity of ivaiserin and 



I ariiot. ( arnatKuis are coining in small 

 i|iiantities and short stems. 



Various Notes. 



^I'venil small alterations .-ne beinir 

 niad.' by tli.. grcwiiiouse men about town 

 .Ml tile stores are redecorating in some 

 way and everybody is trving to make :i 

 goo.l appeirance. Two n'ew stores are in 

 the hehl this season ami all this makes 

 competition keener. 



,.,'V"' '■'■^"'="' " 'i"« "f the Florists' 



l"l. was hel,| Sepfmber 7. at which Mr 

 ^.■gg w.-is to ivad u paper on j.arks of 

 Biilialo. 



.Mr. Wise, grower for Wm. F. Kasting 

 ■" '•■'■'e, visite.l P.uirah. last week. 



R. .\. S. 



l)\NV,..l_rnir7i. .\. Dubois, of the 

 'anville Ih.ral Co.. h..,s recovere.l the 

 hors.. which he lecently lost. It was re 

 •'"•'H'd l)y :i small boy" who had s 1 Mr 



*"'""«' '<•' •■""1 into whos,. vard the 

 htu-se h.ad straved. 



