. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 6o The americaiv Florist. Sept, 75, CtlX F):,OWERS. Jas. Vick, gladioluses, certificate of merit; H. A. Dreer, new cannas, certifi- cate of merit; F. M. Hiiie, BufTalo, pansies, honorable mention. MISCELLANKOUS. R. F. Lawrence & Co., bouquet holder, honorable mention; C. J. Kogge, hose mender, honorable mention. Buffalo Notes. It was a pleasure to observe that among the five hundred florists who attended the convention there were none who were not interested in the proceed- ings. These gatherings are both plea
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 6o The americaiv Florist. Sept, 75, CtlX F):,OWERS. Jas. Vick, gladioluses, certificate of merit; H. A. Dreer, new cannas, certifi- cate of merit; F. M. Hiiie, BufTalo, pansies, honorable mention. MISCELLANKOUS. R. F. Lawrence & Co., bouquet holder, honorable mention; C. J. Kogge, hose mender, honorable mention. Buffalo Notes. It was a pleasure to observe that among the five hundred florists who attended the convention there were none who were not interested in the proceed- ings. These gatherings are both pleasant and profitable. AT THf;sE conventions between Can- ada and the United States there is no boundary. We are one people, one great happy family, and meet together on one common basis—our mutual benefit and to know one another and love one another. Ampelopsis Veitchii was freely used for covering the stone and brick walls of houses, but not nearly so extensively as it should be or probably will soon be. The florists can get up a large stock ex- peditiously, and when grown in pots it can be transplanted to the open ground in midsummer with just as much safety as in spring or fall. It needs no special care and it is as available for the hum- blest cottage as for the most pretentious mansion. And it clothes the stems of trees quickly and beautiiully. For veranda screens the Virginian creeper holds chief sway, but occasionally 1 noticed purple clematises and common relastris. My attention was attracted to a residence on one of the principal streets and which, all except the >oof, was completely covered with the densest mantle of Virginian creeper, even the upstairs windows were almost smothered out of sight with the vine. I thought this was a too free use of it. No fences, no flowers—Could you have a more pointed illustration of this proverb than that of the principal resi- dence streets of Buffalo? The entire absence of fences and the well kept belt of grass between the ho
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