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BlCPTEMBBB 28, 1911. 



The Weekly Fbrists' Review. 





AVERAGE DATE OF FIRST KILLING FROST IN AUTUMN. 



Sons, Beading, England, was in the city 

 last week. 



Mr. Krawel and Mr. Speelman, Jr., 

 of Speelman & Sons, Sassenheim, Hol- 

 land, are among the foreign arrivals, 

 the advance guard of a multitude of 

 salesmen. 



J. W. Davis, of Davenport, la., visited 

 New York and left an order with Lord 

 & Burnham Co. for three houses 43 x 600, 

 the whole to be devoted to cucumber 

 growing. The same company has se- 

 cured the order for the greenhouse in 

 the Buffalo park. M. C. Wright will 

 change from the New York to the Phila- 

 delphia oflSce. Dennis Connor, the Phila- 

 delphia agent for Lord & Burnham Co., 

 was in New York September 23. 



The Mt. Kisco Horticultural Society 

 will hold its fall show Friday and Satur- 

 day of this week. Great crowds will at- 

 tend the Mineola exhibition all the week, 

 the nearness of the aviation meet drawing 

 an enormous attendance and so "killing 

 two birds," etc. The flying men and 

 women are almost as great an attraction 

 as the flowers and jpumpkins at this won- 

 derful county fair, which every florist 

 on Long Island religiously attends. 



Several New '<Ljorkers have signified 

 their intention (JP Attending the annual 

 dahlia and flower show of the Maryland 

 Horticultural Society on Tuesday and 

 following days at the establishment of 

 E. Vincent, Jr., & Sons Co., White Plains, 

 Md. 



Two novelties that attracted much at- 

 tention at the dahlia show in New York 

 were Lovett's Catawba-Concord grape 

 and his ever-bearing red raspberry. 



The Bevere Bubber Co. has added to 

 its enterprises the manufacture of rub- 

 ber heels and E. W. Holt, the New York 

 representative, is offering a pair to every 

 bowler who makes a 200 score from now 

 until the club wins the championship in 

 1912 at Chicago. 



Percy B. Bigby, of the Pennock-Mee- 

 han Co., says the company is now offering 



daily roses of these varieties, among 

 others: Melody, Taft, Cardinal, Mrs. 

 Ward, Badiance, Baltimore, Dark Pink 

 and Double Pink Killarney. 



Harry Lewy, 784 Sixth avenue, has 

 doubled the size of his store and is doing 

 a fine dinner and theater trade, with Mrs. 

 Lewy at the desk as his assistant and 

 booHieeper. 



Craig Muir, formerly with C. A. Dards, 



Taking Greeleys Advice, 



has opened a neat store on Forty-second 

 street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. 

 He is a popular young man, an artist and 

 inventor of a violet shield that is a use- 

 ful addition to florists' requisites. 



The auctions are beginning to draw 



and every Tuesday and Friday untU 

 snow flies the persuasive voices of the 

 men behind the batons will be heard. 



Badgley, Biedel & Meyer have been 

 celebrating for a week the passing of 

 their first milestone, and all look cheerful 

 and prosperous. 



Gunther Bros, were much pleased with 

 the success of their dahlia growers, Her- 

 bert & Sons, at the American Institute 

 exhibition. They handle all the stock 

 of this house that reaches the New York 

 market. 



B. T. Brown, of the Cottage Gardens 

 Co., is back from his annual European 

 visit. 



The seedsmen all are busy. The bulb 

 business this fall is immense and not a 

 few houses find night work a necessity. 



W. E. Marshall is making a western 

 trip, extending beyond Chicago. The 

 firm has greatly improved its store front. 



Charles Millang has been enjoying a 

 week with his family in the mountains. 



Mr. Kervan, Sr., has returned from a 

 happy outing vdth his G. A. E. post at 

 Providence, B. I. 



B. S. Slinn, Jr., has moved his office 

 and icebox close to the entrance of the 

 second floor of the Coogan building. 



Kessler Bros, have filled their store and 

 conservatory with flowering plants, ferns 

 and palms. 



Bowling begins in earnest October 6. 

 There will be practice every Friday eve- 

 ning at Thum's alleys, and the officers 

 of a permanent organization wiU be ap- 

 pointed on the date mentioned. The 

 preliminary bowling September 22 pro- 

 duced the following scores: 



Player ist 2<1 3d 4th 



Chadwick 213 195 205 191 



Manda 181 168 174 168 



Kakuda 178 183 168 171 



Holt 175 132 156 134 



Shaw 131 166 



Nugent 118 116 



J. Austin Shaw. 



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