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The Horists^ Review 



June 27, 1912. 



not been advanced by the strike set- 

 tlement this year. Buckwheat No. 1, 

 commonly used in office buildings, fac- 

 tories and greenhouses, is selling at 

 $2.75, and the No. 2 is quoted at $2.25 

 per ton." It is said that the tonnage 

 situation during July and August will 

 depend a great deal upon the attitude 

 of dealers and consumers in the matter 

 of advance purchases. 



Joseph Dickson, of Dickson & Eddy, 

 says that prices will rule higher from 

 now to September, when the winter 

 schedule goes into effect. He said that 

 the Koosevelt strike commission in 1902 

 fixed the basis of price for egg and 

 atove coal from $4.50 to $5, and that 

 there has not been a change for ten 

 years. 



"The production of anthracite," 

 said Mr. Dickson, "is decreasing every 

 year. Every available piece of prop- 

 erty is being worked, and we are grad- 

 ually reducing our sources of supply. 

 Since the Eoosevelt commission made 

 its report, there has been no increase 

 in price, notwithstanding the fact that 

 the cost of production has increased 

 enormously. Every item of expense, 

 such as state taxes, the cost of tim- 

 ber and inside haulage, has been in- 

 creased. The labor cost is only about 

 fifty per cent of the total operating 

 expense, and the 25-cent increase in 

 the-- price to consumets will not begin 

 to cover the increased expenses com- 

 pared with 1902 that the coal oper- 

 ators have to meet." 



OUiN COVE, N. Y. 



The annual summer exhibition of the 

 Nassau County Horticultural Society 

 was held at the Nassau Country Club, 

 Glen Cove, June 18. The display was 

 up to the usual good standard of pre- 

 vious years, although the roses were a 

 little off, owing to the late date. In 

 the class for hardy flowers, H. L. Fratt, 

 H. Gaut, gardener, carried off the pre- 

 mium honors with a fine display. A. 

 Mackenzie, gardener to Percy Chubb, 

 exhibited a table of orchids and glox- 

 inias which was decidedly attractive, 

 and was awarded a cultural certificate. 

 J W. Everett, gardener to John Pratt, 

 was awarded a- cultural certificate for 

 three vases of delphiniums and a^-vase 

 of La Fra'hce roses. M.! 



Other special awards were: Cultural 

 certificate to L. G. Forbes for collection 

 of roses; honorable mention to James 

 Holloway for perennials; honorable 

 mention to Percy Chubb for lilies, snap- 

 dragons and spiraea; honorable mention 

 to H. L. Pratt for English iris; honor- 

 able mention to E. Pester for new 

 climbing roses, violet blue; honorable 

 mention to H. L. Pratt, F. O. Johnson, 

 gardener, for Tuberosa Hichardsonii, 

 and honorable mention to W. V. Hester, 

 Herman Boettcher, gardener, for sweet 

 .^^eas. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Nassau County Horticultural Society 

 was held at Pembroke hall, June 12, 

 with President Johpeton in the chair. 

 Communications were read from Kob- 

 ert Angus, Tarrytown; William Duck- 

 ham, Madison, and H. Nicol, Yonkers, 

 accepting invitations to act as judges 

 at the chrysanthemum exhibition in the 



fall. 



There was one petition for active 



membership. 



The judges for the evening's ex- 

 hibits were Messrs. Holloway, Macken- 

 zie and MacQueen, and their deci- 



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