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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



Makch 24, I'JIO. 



WOMEN WE MEET. 



'J'lio r(>t;iil llorists' l)iisiiH'ss lias iiiiuiy 

 attractions as an ocfiijiatiiui I'tir AVditu'ii 

 anil each s('as(.)ii finds a l;ir}^(>r iiiinibcr 

 tiiiiiioi'd jn it, many of tlx^ni inakinj^ pro- 

 iionni'cd sncct'ss. 



At Des Moin.>s, la.. .Miss l-rta K. Me- 

 Milieu liandlcs tlio retail eat llowor store 

 of the liutlirie Lorenz Co., of which she 

 is secretary and treasurer. Tln^ couceni 

 last antiunn removed to tlie corner of 

 Se\e)ith street and (irainl a\t'niie. taking 

 a lar>;(' corner store. Jn addition to cut 

 llowers. sei^ds and poultry supplies are 

 handled and so ra]iiiily has t lie business 

 ^rown tliat liiis spring the a<ljoininii 

 stoi'e was secuTi'd and llic part it ion re 

 moved. Miss McMiJJen's i-iil tjuwci' de 

 partnifnt iMrii]i\ i ii;^ one side n\' the (Ml 

 hiii^eil jocniisrs. 



LILIUM SPECIOSUM RUBRUM. 



I I < iw s|i;i 1 1 I haih 111' 1 .1 1 Mini ni I >i':ini . 

 \, ii nil will a II I \ I- April I ' Shall I plan I 

 I liciii Mill diMii^, <'\' in pMl--. oi (HI a jicih-ii 



1 II 1 III ^ll'cllllMll^l ' W'IhMI '-a II I r\|ll'r' 



' l|il!i 1,. M'H.II: ' I ■ A. I' 



I s|||i|.,i-. \(.|| l.'t'rl M' l.lllMMi s|perli' 

 Mlh' SIli'Tlllll. \ pi ll IS hllr Inr |Hin lim nr 



|,|,-itii iiiM ,,ii: ih.-c i'lill'-. riir\ lisiialK' 



,1 1 li \ 1' ;i I M ml Mir i'ImI of \ ii\ rliii "1 . W i • 

 ; il-ii 1 " I'la III iMitu.i.ii ~ ;il Mih-i'. l,;i\ I h^: 

 |,|,.\ i,,||-|\ |,i i.I.m-Iim! IIh' ;^r.Mlllii wlh'I'r 



ili,.\- ;ii(' 1.1 ^ii with ^traw. (■ii\ cii ii^ \\.r 

 i,ill'l.v .■iIm.uI ci-lil ill. -III-. I'Mltrd ;il I li.-il 

 liilM' iiiid ^tiplrd ill ;i roid ri'll:i| ,.r I'liisl 

 ],i-iMpr pil. ihcy will iii'i:iii 1.. sliHW 

 . ,',,\\ I h-. ;i IkiiiI i lii-- ; illH-. a lid 1 I' w ai|li-d 



are less satisfactorv than those secured 

 in late tall. " C. W. 



PHILADELPHIA SPRING SHOW. 



Tiie spring;' show of tiie Pennsylvania 

 Horticultural Society Avas ojiened in 

 Horticultural hall, Broad street, below 

 Locust, Tuesday evening, Mar(di ITi, and 

 contiiuH'd until St. J*atrick's day was 

 o\er. 



Thiough the courtesy of l)a\id Jiust, 

 secretary of the society. I was enabled 

 to go over the exhibition just before the 

 judges went to work, which was a tim' op- 

 jMirtunity to see the Howcrs at thcnr best. 

 The lirsl man I met inside the hall was 

 William Kleinheinz, of l/ynnwood Hall. 

 ]oesident id' tiu> National Associaticm of 

 (iardeneis. .Mi'. Kleinheinz |>raised the 

 i|iialily iif (lie exiiibits desciAcdIy, t'or 

 the siork shown was nniforndy gnod; 

 siiiiii' of it \vas extia tine. 



H'lir bai-kiione of the sliow was in tlic 

 lluwriiii;^ bulbs and I'ools, show 11 I'd! the 



s IsiiiiMi "- prizes. Tulips, nai'rissi. Iiya 



i-iiill;^. lilii's and sjiiiaas wcie shown in 

 <|iiaiii ii v. The lulips wiTc jiarticularlv 

 lint' Till' displ.'iys ni' a single \aiietv 

 Ml .'I lar^r pan ga\r an rxrellt'iit oiipm 

 liiniiN fur riuiiparison. (if (lie whiles. 

 .liKisi \iiii \'<iiid('l. single, and Murilln. 

 duiible I pii-.^il,|y this slmiiM lie (dassed as 

 -•ifi pink I, ap]irariMl to advantage 

 <)lliir ^lllld oiii's -were: ^'ellow Mun 

 'i ir-iir, siiiiilc; red. \'t'ruiiliou j'.rilliani ; 

 pink, b'li'^f l.uisanic, single; J'ink Heaui.v. 

 ^iiiglr; Snlvalor b'osa, donl.ile; orange, 

 < uiirnnne d'Or; terra cotta. Toreadcu. 

 dniibji'. Among the hvacinllis. the fnl 



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Miss Let.. E. McMilK-n. 



• ,,! '^M,:<ic 1 ihwr. iiiu '-an b<- -!■! i.ni an\- 

 ' iiiii' -I It, i M:iy 1 I wi'iiM ad\ i-i' _\ on 



;,. |,m1 iIm' Inilbs. |,nir nr li\i' ill an s 



,,i,.j, |„,i. s-l;ind in .a cmd nllar. (ii\'' 

 i,,i, -i„,i| wiilrrillii. Thru krc'p ^i Uncw lial 



di\ until ^rnulli- ajiiicar. Th'' pl.aiiis 

 riiii la',11 I" idarcd in a cihiI ^icrnlnMi.-r. 



W hnr t Im'\ W ill l^iM' \ nil nillrll bi'Mi I 



lliiwii- than by plant ing .ouldiiurs. ^',,u 

 .•an .-lis., nrow liirni in bfiM-s lixr ii. six 

 iiM-lii'- d<T|i. Spring planti'd bulb- lia\r 

 l,,vi ,-.,i|S|,l.-r:il.lc iif thfir ^italil\ ;in.l 



,'mv« in- |....ki .■ wi'll : President b'Oi'se- 

 '.nli. ^.ili |.ink. ii'scnibling tlm iddi'r \;i 

 jiety, t In 1 riidi' ; I. a (u.amlesse, white, 

 and <^)uren ni' thf J'.lues, sky blue. The 

 (dder \aiieties of narcissi. Von Sion, dou- 

 ble, (udden Spur and J]injiernr, single, 

 ontshoim their newer riv.ils. 



'J'he promoters of these prizes e.ach h.ad 

 fine exhibits of their own. Henry A. 

 |)reer had the stage tilled with choice 

 fidiage |d;inls, n'lt .aecordirifj fo the old 

 biitanieal i-olle.t inn idr^a. but a few varie 



ties and some twenty-live of each in n 

 diuni sizes — an effective plan. The ■ - 

 rieties were: Begonias, His Majesty a; 

 iMrs. S. ]L ]\Ioon, both livx varietit 

 ('ocos Wedilelliana (there is none bi 

 ter) ; Plurnix Kocbelenii; Ananas sati\ 

 variegatns, soon to be commercialize' 

 Anthurium Scherzcrianum and J'tei 

 Childsii. 



The Henry R Michell Co. had 

 unique exhibit at the entrama', elect n 

 ally lighted. This comj)rised four lit! 

 girls, prettily dressed, one about to In 

 lier garden, another to sow sweet |>e;. 

 another to sow grass scmmIs. while t. 

 fourth was swinging, electrically, rop^ 

 of St. Patrick green. A Wheelock win 

 fence surrounded the garden. There w.. 

 a table of line spring bulbs in fron 

 This Avas Phili|i I'^reud's bright idea. 



H. AVaterer had two tables, oiu' of lin 

 liulbs, tlie other of retpiisites, attrartnei 

 displ.ayed. There wei'e two choice oreln 

 exhibits, one i'vuiu l.ager i.\: llurrell. Sun 

 init., i\. .!., and the other 1'rom Al|iliiiii- 

 Perii-al, ( ollingdale, I'a. Hotli were e\ 

 rellent. A group of wistarias, lilacs. l",,i- 

 Irr lilies, r;ill;is nn.l nllier iutere-tii, 

 pl.an'.s riiiist iluted oiu' of the linesl fe;, 

 tares of the show. The group was lai 

 gracel'ul. and beautifully arranged wit. 

 (dioice slock- a sym|iliony in blue .am 

 \\li'le. This was a m.asterpiece of San 

 uel r.aclielor. Two exiiibits of fani\ 

 huig-stemnu'd snapdragons showed en 

 lure in ;i rare degree. There wi'vc lii" 

 exhibits iif roses, i-ariiatious and swe.' 

 peas, also sonu' wduderfiil siieeiini ' 

 azaleas, piufeclly llowered. 



The foregoing are ;i, few of the e\ 

 liibits noteil in a pretty show. 



The Lord t.^: P>uridiam Co. exhibile. 

 good photographs of their greenhouse- 

 and cons(M\atories, an orchid house \< 

 bio. nil beiiio- a fealure. I'liii . 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 

 Convention Aftermath. 



It lin- been dellii Ulsl I'a I e. I tinie ,iin 

 n;^;iin lli.ai il takes ;, wImiIc lot of |mi1 

 licity til attrart llie attention of an\ 

 i-iiiisidei'.alile pari nf tiie peo]de of ;i bi- 

 .ilv 'll ilie faet llial ;i lluwer show i- 

 wiiith \isitiiig. The \ew 'S'oi-k iiews|i;i 

 prr^ did net ii'i\r the li'iise Society tin 

 piiblirily that had beeu lio|ied i'uv. but r 

 is esliui.aled tll.at L'H.iIDU people \isite. 

 ilie exhiliitioii al ilie Anierii-an Miisenn 

 ot Natural History last week. The at 

 ;end.ani-e was largest as closine- linu' ap 

 proarhed. showing tli.at wor<l ot' llie lim 

 ilispl:i\ \\:is uoing oni from nnnilli t 



iiHMilli anion- llm ] pie, Wlule llie ;i' 



icndaiirc o! tjie -ener.al piiblir was l.arLie 

 till' attendannr of the ii-ade W.I- disap 

 |M.intiiio. Those from outside the \e\' 

 \'..ik ti'riiiov\ iiiinibered les-; than I \v 

 ..■.,!.■. Willie the show \\;i- l:ir-ei liiai 

 l;iv| \,;ir. a number of hl-t il.l-s -].r.-|:. 



pi I ininnis w ei'e not rimi|ieteil for ami 1 1" 



rllllies r|iar;irtrri/e.| nio-t of the rla-~e- 



Tlie (|ii:iliiy of lln' -lock w;i- shown n 



it s I . 111. Ill ioll ;i; I lie 1 lo-ing liolll. i 



• iitili.M- bill rose- with this keepiut,' i|a;i 

 it \ Were |il:iee.l III t lie hands of the piil 

 li.- it woidd be an immense advantage '■ 

 the rosi. growing imlustr_\, Tlie (|iialii^ 

 of .\. {".areriwald "s 1,'ichmond. judged tin 

 best (inish(>d lot of llowers in tlie -how 

 n;i\e lise to tuueli ■oinmeut 



Officers Elected. 



I llbnel-s wi'iT elei-ted ,as follows; I're- 



ident. W, 11. Idliott, Brighton, M,as«. 

 \ ice-president. .\. I'areiiw ;ild. TTillsid. 

 |";i.; secretnrv, r.eiii.amln Hammou'i 



