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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



JUNE 23, 1898. 



ing for $2 per hundred, while a few 

 elegant blooms brought as high as 

 J1.50 per dozen. 



Carnations are still a dead letter, 

 with large quantities of very poor 

 stocl<, handled mostly by the fakirs, 

 whose cry of "Only a nickel a dozen" 

 is heard on almost every street corner. 

 Good stock is held at from 50 cents to 

 $1. fancies selling for $3. 



Valley is increasing in quantity; 

 very popular for brides' bouquets; held 

 at $.3 to $4 per hundred. Lilies plenty 

 at $6; paeonies selling well at from 

 $2 to $4 per hundred. Odds and ends 

 generally cleaned up daily. Sweet peas 

 about the same as last week, with 

 quality not so good. 



The Plant Trade. 

 Another week will finish the plant 

 trade around Boston, and with few 

 exceptions it has been a disappoint- 

 ment to the grower, the volume of 

 business done having fallen off fully 

 one-third. Buyers are the ones who 

 are making the prices, and it is now a 

 case of taking the first offer. 



The Saturday Exhibition. 



The weekly exhibit of the Horticul- 

 tural Society on Saturday was devoted 

 mostly to paeonies, and the upper hall 

 was a gorgeous sight. Nature has 

 been very kind this year to lovers of 

 hardy plants, and the blooms that 

 have been shown could hardly.be im- 

 proved on. Paeonies were exhibited by 

 Dr. G. C. Weld, T. C. Thurlow and 

 Geo. Hollis, and were all magnificent 

 blooms. Among other candidates for 

 pubnc favor were two excellent col- 

 lections of foxgloves from John L. 

 Gardner and Miss M. A. Walker, while 

 W. N. Craig and others showed fine- 

 collections of rare seasonable varieties 

 of hardy flowers. Among other exhib- 

 its, that of W. A. Manda, of blooms 

 of his new type of roses, Jersey Beau- 

 ty. Gardeniflora, Evergreen Gem, and 

 an unnamed seedling of Meteor cross- 

 ed with Wichuraiana, seemed to at- 

 tract the most attention. Wm. Nich- 

 olson, of Framingham, exhibited some 

 exceedingly fine blooms of carnations. 

 Daybreaks, Mrs. Geo. M. Bradt and El- 

 dorado, and pyrethrums were shown 

 In excellent shape by Dr. Weld and 

 Rea Bros. 



Prizes were awarded as follows: The 

 Kelway silver medal for Paeonia albi- 

 flora, collection of eighteen named 

 varieties, to Dr. C. G. Weld, and sec- 

 ond prize, a bronze medal, to T. C. 

 Thurlow. Dr. C. G. Weld also cap- 

 tured first for vase of paeonies ar- 

 ranged for effect, and second on col- 

 lection of doubles, named varieties; 

 also securing both first and second on | 

 specimen blooms. T. C. Thurlow ob- 

 tained first for collection of doubles; 

 also first for collection of single varie- 

 ties. Geo. Hollis got second for col- 

 lection of singles, third for a collection 

 of doubles, and second for vase ar- 

 ranged for effect. The Mt. Vernon 

 Nursery Co. also showed a vase, ob- 

 taining third prize. John L. Gardner 

 was awarded first on collection of fox- 

 gloves, with Miss M. A. Walker sec- 



ond. Oakes Ames was awarded a first- 

 class certificate for a specimen plant 

 of Cattieya Mendelli. Gratuities were 

 given to James Comley for a magnifi- 

 cent display of seasonable flowers; 

 Oakes Ames, G. L. Clark and Rea 

 Bros, for hardy flowers; Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill, for roses and paeonies; estate of 

 J. S. Fay, for rhododendrons, and Rea 

 Bros., for pyrethrums. 



News Items. 



Carbone is the successful bidder for 

 the decorating and flowers at the Har- 

 vard college commencement, W. E. 

 Doyle, who has had the work for the 

 past five years, being his strongest 

 competitor. 



James T. Carroll, formerly with Jos. 

 Breck & Sons, seedsmen, is now in the 

 real estate business and is making a 

 specialty of greenhouse property 



It is said that Pierson & Co., of Tar- 

 rytown, N. Y., will close up their Bos- 

 ton store during the summer months. 



Our old associate, W. A. Manda, and 

 his trusty salesman, Mr. McRorie, 

 from Orange, N. J., paid the Hub a 

 visit, exhibiting and introducing their 

 rose novelties. 



Tim Waters, of Galvin & Co., whole- 

 salers, who lives in Charleston, enter- 

 tained a company of Hub florists on 

 Bunker Hill day. They all unexpect- 

 edly showed up for business the next 

 day. 



M. H. Norton, who has been con- 

 fined to his home by illness, is much 

 better and once more able to attend to 

 business. 



The annual rose and strawberry 

 show will be held on Thursday and 

 Friday, June 23 and 24, and bids fair 

 to excel all previous exhibitions. P. 



BALTIMORE. 



Trade Review. 



Trade is quite up to the average and 

 all one can expect at this season. June 

 weddings and commencements have 

 been the retailer's chief supports. Stuff 

 is quite plentiful with the exception of 

 roses, which are somewhat poor. Sweet 

 peas and carnations are a glut. Pop- 

 pies are in and are quite a go. Some 

 of the stems are exceptionally fine this 

 year. Plant trade is about over. The 

 market people are very much dissatis- 

 fied with trade results this season, as 

 the bad weather in the spring gave 

 them a set back from which they have 

 not recovered. 



Gardeners Club. 



At the last regular meeting of the 

 Gardeners' Club, Mr. Isaac H. Moss, of 

 Govanstown, addressed the assembly 

 on the subject of outdoor roses. After 

 giving in detail the proper treatment 

 and culture of this general class, he 

 named the following twelve special va- 

 rieties which he considers the best and 

 which give the most satisfaction: Ma- 

 man Cochet, White Cochet, Safrano, 

 Hermosa, Jacqueminot, Kaiserin Au- 

 gusta Victoria, Papa Gontier, Cloth- 

 ilde Soupert, Queen's Scarlet, La 

 France, Meteor, Souv de la Malmaison. 



The subject was then placed before- 

 the club for discussion and several val- 

 uable acquisitions were added to the- 

 list. Mr. Kress named Etoile de Lyon; 

 Mr. Patterson thought the Marie Van 

 Houtte also worthy of a place. Mr. 

 Pentland gave quite an interesting list 

 of old varieties of the class of Tri- 

 omphe du Luxembourg, which at the 

 present time are seldom seen. 



Notes. 



Plant auction sales have been quite 

 in evidence this month, with a demor- 

 alizing effect upon the public. Bedding 

 stuff was fairly given away, and in 

 many cases did not bring the cost of 

 the pots. Twelve cents a dozen for 

 geraniums in 4-inch pots is a fair sam- 

 ple. In striking contrast another auc- 

 tion of a different class took place on 

 the 16th and 17th inst. Messrs. Kushi- 

 biki and Aral, of Tokyo, Japan, sold 

 a large collection of several hundred 

 artistically and curiously trained Japa- 

 nese floral and arboreal plants. As- 

 many of these were dwarf specimens 

 and very old plants they brought from 

 $5 to $75 each. 



Mr. Jas. Rodgers has closed his 

 wholesale place on Park avenue during: 

 the summer months. 



Seed trade has been quite brisk this- 

 season, but is now about over. 



The writer a few days ago was asked 

 by a dusky customer for a flve-cent 

 package of "excursion seed," but as he 

 failed to find that variety among the 

 long list of annuals, was compelled tO' 

 suggest nasturtium, which amendment 

 was gratefully accepted. 



In the interest of Vaughan's seeds 

 Mr. Burt Eddy has again visited our 

 city en route south. 



Mr. Peter C. Erdman, of Harford 

 Road, has lately taken into partner- 

 ship his brother, Mr. F. W. Erdman, 

 who formerly was with Strauss & Co.. 

 Washington. The style of the firm is 

 now Erdman Bros. They are building 

 a new rose house, 26x108 feet, to be 

 heated by a modern hot water boiler. 



Messrs. Montgomery Bros., who for 

 several years have had Mr. John Da- 

 vis's place on Erdman avenue, have 

 dissolved partnership and a'-e out of 

 the business. C. F. F. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market 



There is practically no change from 

 last week. There is an abundance of 

 all stock except in good roses, and of 

 roses there is plenty of low grade 

 stock, though even this is shortening 

 some now, as many of the growers 

 have replanted their benches for an- 

 other season's work. For good tea ro- 

 ses the price is from $3 to $4 and on 

 poor stuff the range runs down to 

 zero. For carnations the price ranges 

 from 40 cents to $1.25 per 100, with 

 the bulk of the sales closer to the low- 

 er figure. There is an immense supply 

 of under grade stock, the returns for 

 which can hardly pay for the picking. 

 Sweet peas are arriving in great quan- 

 tities and the best stock brings $1 per 

 dozen bunches. 



