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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



.Nl>\ i:.mi;i:k li!, I'.il!. 



Ml cxi-cllciit. i-iiiii|il ion ;iihl luiim ■' ;;(>i»'l 

 I'l'i"'''- <)iiri.liiiiii> -.[Vt- (juitc ;tl)Uinliiiit, 

 '"'< tlicrc is little iiinrki'l Inr tliciii. 

 " \|iri|ici|iiiiii> arc selling a-ain, after 

 iia\iiiw I, |. I'll lliriisi a-i.l.' liv the trade 

 lor a .seascii. N'alley is line ami is in 

 ^rcut laxiir, es)ieeiallv I'nr cnisaees. 

 Star liou\aic|ias are also useW a j^reat 

 'leal lor that |'iir|insc. X'iolets are het- 

 li'r tliaii ever auil are sellinj; well. Prim- 

 roses, ]iet;onias ami cvelaineii are liinl- 

 iiiy abiuidaiit sale in the llow<'rinH )p|aiit 

 lint". Tliere arc still a few jxiltcil 

 'iirvsaiitlieiniiiiis to be had. ('aniellia 

 • ia])Oiiie:i has inadu its a|i]H'araiico and 

 is i)riiiyiiig a liij^- jirioo fifiiii those who 

 '■an alVord this beautiful jdaiit. 



All extraordinary run of business Oe- 

 'iirred last wi'(d\, as loads of llowors 

 vverc sent as yifts to the |ierforiMers in 

 tlie I>lay yiscn for the bonetit of the 

 'ieneral hospital. A sr''"t miinber of 

 Itcauties were (Jis|tos('d of, and nearly 

 all the downtown llorists were re|irc 

 -entc'l in tlie Jloral tributes sent. 



TUe Lamberton Show. 



The a|i))in(iati(Mi by the )>eo|de of 

 U'oidiester ot' the Laiiiberton eonserxa- 

 tories, rerently ojienod to the |puiilie, 

 has been amply deiiion?it.rated by the 

 mult itii'le-- of delitihted visitors wlio 

 liaxc throii^C'l the place. Sunday. Xo- 

 \ end)cr ". the stream of visitors was 

 almost 1 lint inuous. ()n entering oiii' 



Ihe displav was extri'tindy creditable. 

 The arra niicnicnt s for the convenience 

 of the \isitors let't notliillf^ tO lie i[i'- 

 sirc'l, and .-iliuii'lant opjiortunity was 

 .■ifliir.le'l to enjoy the lloral y[iecimens. 



Various Notes. 



The regular monthly meetinj;' of the 

 h'otdiester l'"lorists' Association was 

 ludd Momlay evening, Xoveniber li!. 

 (has. ('. Zollar f^ave a talk on color pho- 

 toyrajihy and exhibite<l color plates of 

 various flowers and plants. 



Street venders ^v•ere selling roses at 

 a sacrilico last Saturday, bceausc of a 

 i\>w warm, sunny days, which brought 

 them ill an overabundance. 



Kdward l^rockmau, of Iroudequoit, 

 X. v., is ]plaiming to ))Ut u}> another 

 Lord tV: liurnham house in the near fu- 

 ture. He is greatly pleased with the 

 house the above him erected t'or him 

 last summer. 



.lames X'ick's Sons re|iort that they 

 had the best bull) trade this fall in 

 their history. 



Kllvvanger «.^- Harry had a larye exhi- 

 bition of fruit trees, shaile trees and 

 shrubs at the American Irrigation ]0x- 

 position in is'ew York city. 



I'^dwaiil S. Osborne, secretary of the 

 Charlton Nurser\' <'o.. was (dectc'l 

 <-oinptr(dler by the Kepublican jiarty 

 \o\'emb(>r 7. 



A. X. I'ierson. Inc.. ot' ('roinwcll. 



Stephen Taplin. 



decorations in the benelit jibiN uivcn 

 here last we(d<. 



(ieo. ]\(dler's boiler for the new 

 L;reenliouse is in |ilace au'l ^\^\\\ bi' luiilt 

 ill soon. Ij. < '. .\. 



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NEWS NOTES 



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Wilmette, Ill.—lf. 1'. (ierhardt, whose 

 retail store is known as the Wilmette 

 l-Morist, is preparing to move into a 

 new and hantlsome building, on the 

 main street, where lu' will have an at 

 tractive conservatory in connection. 



Valley City, N. D.— Charles V.. ]\Ioore. 

 who began business here about six 

 ,\ears ayo and built up a lluurishing 

 trade, has now taken his brotlier, li. 

 \\'. [Moore, into ])artnership ami the two 

 are planning still itreater de\<do]p- 

 ineiits. 



Alton, 111. — fieorge Mailseii, "i the 

 .Mtoii I'loral Co., has purchased a lesi- 

 deuce on Jvist Secoml street ami will 

 occu|iy i; during the winter months 

 when the weather is too bail to allow 

 comfortable travcdine to ami liom the 

 ;.;ai'lens in Codtrey township. 



Minneapolis, Minn. — TIk annual 

 chrysanthemum show at tlu^ city park 

 Lireenhoiises was openc'l Xoveniber o, 

 to continue for two we(d;s. The show 

 was under the nianai^ement of T.,oui< 

 Hoegliu. hea<l .L:arileiier for the ])ark 

 board, and attractcl lari^e crowds. 

 Alter the close of the eshibifion, the 

 llower-- were cut ami ^I'lit lo tin' hos- 

 pitals. 



Brookline, Mass. .lame- .1. Mdilroy. 

 t'or the la^t three years .t r. -i'leiit of 

 hover, .\. II., is now in tlii< litv, where 

 he will resume his I'ormer business a-^ 

 tlori-^t aU'l pai'leiier. In as-'jciat ion with 

 his brother-in-law. he will havi- (diargt; 

 of a number ol' lariie estates. iJefore 

 removing to Dover, .Mr. MclJroy was 

 uarilener t'or .M illioii.aire Tom Law-^on, 

 at l>reamwold. 



Freeport, 111. A -'Hi-bar'..! water 



tank at the greenhouses ot .lohu 

 Itauscher. .Ir., collapsc'l on the eveninn 

 of Monday, .Xovember <>, on account ol' 

 the breaking of the hoojis, and fell 

 from the top of the tiU-foot, tower. 

 '■rashing thidu;^h 1'our ereeiihouses, 

 iiiiniiig thousands of plants ami caus- 

 ing a loss of about .■fL'.onn. A gang of 

 twenty men was put to work on the 

 tollovving nior.'-.rng, closing up the ends 

 ot' some (d' the greenhouses so as to save 

 as much of tin- stock ,is |iossib|e Mr. 

 Ik'iU-cher, Ihoutih he teels the lo<s se- 

 verely, says he colisi'li'l's it extremely 



fortunate that no one w;is injnri"!. 



New Springville, N. Y. It is state! 

 that Kinil Schra'ler, while eiigage'l re 

 cently ill an attempt to ca]iture a 

 < hii ken thief, lircl a revolv(>r shot, al- 

 most at random, and killed the thiet 

 instantly, .\ccoriiiiig to the report, the 

 thief liad enteiecl the poultry house and 

 had ;i bag of fancy Wyamlottes in liis 

 hamis when detected. lie threw the 

 bag (if fowls at ]Mr. Schrader's head, 

 .•imi it was then that jMr. Schr:ider, 

 staj^gering bai-k ,'1101 almost y)liiideil for 

 the moment, lirt-d the fatal shot. He 

 «as arrested on a charge of homicide, 

 and also on the additional charye of 

 unlicensed possession of firearms. 



