The Weekly Florists' Review. 



If we could get our llower shows to 

 be society events, wlieie tlic people came 

 really In sec :\iiil lie seen, as most peo- 

 ple ;:ii li> f;i-lii'iii:ililr rliinclies; admire 

 ami ciijuy llir imuh.' :.i.,I incidentally 

 haM' a Idiik ;il I he llou. i-, I lien we would 

 be ill i;rral lii.k, Imi I hat day is not 

 the |iM-rnl. Smiiic I It lis have fine halls 

 in wliicli In liohl till II -lidws, notably 

 B<i>tnii. niila.lrl|l,ia. Tuiunto, and there 

 may be others, Ihat lightens the risk 

 of a. deficit very much, but even with 

 that they are not financial successes, 

 and where u heavy hall rent is paid, to 

 make them pay is out of the question. 

 Still for the good of the trade at large 

 they should be continued against all ob- 

 stacles.. 



We notice that in every city there are 

 found some patrons and lovers of horti- 

 culture who help to encourage our 

 flower shows. Tliry -.nr lik.ly (.. in 

 crease in niiniliri - n pm,|hi I\ iLinainl. 



A greater SUrrr-, ,'.,nl<l hr innlr 111 li:.lll\ 



localities if all t]u- 11. him- oI I lir nciyll. 

 borhood would lend a helping hand. 

 They may not be able to make an exhibit, 

 although many eould that do not, but 

 they cimld give their good will and help. 

 They cmild talk to their customers, 

 praise it up, get them interested and (To 

 many things to help along the good work, 

 instead of a sneer and a turn-up of the 

 nose, as we are certain is often the ease. 

 My particular reason for troubling 

 vou now on this sulijeot is that I have 



of the thing is bad and contemptible 

 and emanates from small motives. 



Kioto. 



BOSTON. 



Trade Conditions. 



no increase in retail trade and tliey 

 rightfully protest against exorbitant fig- 

 ures on goods under such circumstances. 

 chvysMiit liciiiiHiis. stevia and paper 



"liiic. vMili :i liitlr ;i-sistance from hya- 

 ■ iiiili- .iihl hhr-, li.u,. kept prices from 



mmIiu t(.r the iaIe-Harvard contest, 

 \\ lini I lie figure ran up to $1.75 to $2 per 

 H"i, liuin 50 cents to 75 cents and $1 

 iliiiiiig the rest of the week. Red roses 

 have been much perturbed on account of 

 scarcity. Best American Beauties, about 4 

 feet long, bringing $G per dozen. A few 

 of the best pink and white have stood at 

 $2 per dozen and nothing has been sold 

 at less than 2 cents each. Carnations 

 are selling at from 1 to 2 cents on ordi- 

 nary kinds and chrysanthemums range 

 from 25 cents to $3 per dozen; $1.50 gets 

 pretty good ones, and those at 50 cents 

 are not to be despised. The crop is ex- 

 pi 1 (ill lo hold out in force until Thanks- 



\- I he growing crops are all getting 

 liritn and better it is worthy of note 

 Lawson pink seems to be de- 



presidcntial campaigns ago, being now 

 80. 



K. Holmes is bringing in sweet peas 

 from his Dorchester place and means to 

 cut them right along. 1 don't know 

 whether they are late ones of 1900 or 

 early ones for next year. 



A Visit to J. W. Howard, Somerville, Mass. 



There are really but few nii-ii who 

 nuike good business acquaintances and 

 good personal friends at one and the 

 same time. But 1 am not thinking of 

 J. W. Howard at Winter Hill, Somer- 

 ville. In scurrying across the country 

 1 ran across his place the other day and 

 went through it as being preferable to 

 going over the top of the new $500 

 chimney, some sixty feet tall. I was 

 astonished. His street front simply 

 consists of a nice store about 30x40 feet, 

 where 111.' Ill Ml I |part of the elegant 

 Doiigin liMiri- iiiii to feel as much 

 at li r :i ilirv I vir did in their pala- 

 tial Jiii-hiu ipiaiii-is. Here he carries 

 in stock as fine a collection of cut (low- 

 ers as almost any retail store in the 

 state. A force of six men besides him- 

 self are employed here, two at the re- 

 tail branch in Charlestown, and Mrs. 

 Howard makes herself as useful to the 

 business as any of them. 



had til. 

 dous I 

 saw. 

 enouL'li 

 good- 1 



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Part of the Tarrylown, N. Y., show. 



during the exhibition week, and in large 

 cities a little extra advertising by any 

 firm will make no dilierence to the suc- 

 cess I.I till lAliil.iti.n. liut m small 

 cities. wlicM. tlir l:iiL.('-i liim has a most 

 prciiiiMiriii ;nUri I i-iiiiriii ill thc dally 

 papi-is thi- Mjiy day i.t ihe show, which 

 reads: "Chrysanlhemum Show every day 



at R ", is anything but friendly. 



How can you succeed with a flower show 

 with such help as this? The only con- 

 solation — and that is not a certain one 

 — is that the imhlic will notice these 

 things and in tlirir good moments weigh 

 them over ami p:i-s jiuluiiicnt according- 

 ly. We all kiiiiw ili.it Mill can do this 

 lawfully, anil iii:iii\ ntlin- things with- 

 out infringiii'.^ tin- l.iu. I,ut the spirit 



veloping better than last year, if not 

 better than ever. Some of the best I 

 have seen were on the stand of Benys 

 Zirngiebel at the Park street market. 

 But Mr. Zirngiebel has a habit of ex- 

 pecting his product to look well. 



Various Items. 



John Spalding, the venerable florist 

 of New London, Conn., has been in Bos- 

 ton consulting the oculists concerning 

 his gradual loss of eyesight, as the re- 

 sult of catarrh and other complications. 

 They tell him there is nothing to be 

 diiiii' at |pri-iiit. but his many floral 

 fill II. I- will Inipe for speedy relief from 

 11"| I till. 1 1.. 11, The old gentleman passed 

 Ills "iliMrs,,ii|. years and ten'' four 



white pinks, which I will not men- 

 tion, .just out of pure politeness. There 

 are three large cellars on the place 

 stocki-il lull lit li..\is ,,i liiilh goods piled 

 cob-li(iii-i' t:i-liiiiii. ,iih[ .li\ siiirage room 

 enouuli I., iill .1 l:ii-r taiiii lidl of envy. 

 But hi, huge liullir ulilizcs it all, in- 

 cluding a roomy and substantial dwell- 

 ing and a large stable. 



Mr. Howard hitched up one of his 

 four teams and took me over to his 

 Woburn greenhouses. The drive is one 

 of eight miles, through as pretty a resi- 

 dential part of the old Bay State as 

 can be found except for the last mile, 

 where we diverged into what seemed like 

 wood-road through one of na'ture's back 

 lots. Strangers in that section must be 



