. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. PHILADELPHUS SPECIOSUS. Mr. Young is in a more than usually cheerful mood, brimful of quips and wreathed in smiles for all callers of respectable antecendents and good condi- tion. H. W. Wieland, up at Newtown, is another of the active florists of this neighborhood who is doing some build- ing during the hot spell. He is using the Jennings gutter and drip catcher, which looks like a good thing. There is said to be an improvement on it, however, the lengths being about twenty feet instead of five feet, and recjuiri
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. PHILADELPHUS SPECIOSUS. Mr. Young is in a more than usually cheerful mood, brimful of quips and wreathed in smiles for all callers of respectable antecendents and good condi- tion. H. W. Wieland, up at Newtown, is another of the active florists of this neighborhood who is doing some build- ing during the hot spell. He is using the Jennings gutter and drip catcher, which looks like a good thing. There is said to be an improvement on it, however, the lengths being about twenty feet instead of five feet, and recjuiring less bolting. I think the improved pattern is the Hip- pard, but am not sure. Jno. Walker was telling me about it and John knows a good thing when he sees it. I think war must have been declared between the two Darby Road nabobs, Anderson and Harris. You can hear the noise of them a mile away, as they sit on the front porch at Anderson's on a Sun- day afternoon and discuss the fine points of gunning and other sports and pastimes. The amount of wind jamming indulged in on some little subtelty that none but the Galloway born could understand, is something remarkable. There's the handi- cap, for instance. A great theme! How these two whang it and bang it, and toss it up, and throw it down, and thresh it, and smash it, scatter the remains broadcast and then gather them all up and commence over again! And bowling averages! That's another bone to worry and fight over and snap and growl at. They whisk it this way and that, they chew it in this corner and gnaw it in that, and raise such a hulla- baloo generally that the neighbors have much ado to hear their own ideas come into their heads. There are no casualties to report at this writing beyoad great effusion of breath and perspiration, three suspender buttons, four damaged chairs, one stiff hat and one old weskit. After the convention struggle is over it is expected that peace will again be restored between those two estimable cit
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