JUNE 30, 1S9S. 



The Weekly Florists* Review. 



103 



nese Iris, twenty varieties, from the 

 Andorra nurseries. Tliey consider a 

 fine white iris, Roljert Craig, as very 

 desirable, on account of its durability. 

 The last table was a beautiful display 

 of orchids from H. Clinkaberry, gard- 

 ener to C. G. Roebling, of Trenton. N. 

 J. Mr. Manda also had an orchid, a 

 new laelia. The Dreer Co. had several 

 choice varieties of peas. 



The paper of the evening was on the 

 Culture of Dendrobiums, by John 

 Thatcher. 



Notes. 



Two weeks ago I spoke in these notes 

 of the pretty vase effects attainable 

 with Boston fern and geraniums, with 

 certain green vines trailing over the 

 sides. I intended to say white gera- 

 niums. '"Swan" was the variety used 

 in the vases described, the idea being 

 to confine the colors in the vase to 

 green and white, the white blooms ap- 

 pearing under the drooping fronds of 

 the fern. 



A bed of longiflorum lilies in full 

 bloom, six to twelve flowers on a stem, 

 perfectly even, made a taking effect in 

 a garden last week. 



I saw something the other day which 

 I believe to be unprecedented in the 

 annals of horticulture. It was in an 

 old-fashioned greenhouse on the back 

 of a side bench that a sweet pea vine 

 of the variety known as Extra Early 

 Blanche Ferry was growing. It had 

 two perfect blooms and was in the 

 same pot, a 2x3. with a perfect plant of 

 Pandanus Veitchii. J. W. Y. 



AFTER THE HAIL STORM. 



The accompanying engraving is from 

 a photograph of the greenhouses of the 

 Humfeld Floral Co., Kansas City, after 

 the hail storm of May 14. By this 

 storm 17,509 square feet of glass were 

 broken out of their total surface of 

 21,073 square feet. In some of the 

 large rose houses there were only 

 eleven lights unbroken on the south 

 slope. The palm house happened to 

 he covered by lath shading at the time 

 and the storm was so severe that many 

 of the laths were broken and the glass 

 crushed beneath them, though no se- 

 rious injury was done the palms. 



The glass was insured in the Flor- 

 ists' Hail Association, and they have 

 received a check for the amount of 

 their loss in broken glass. They de- 

 sire to express their appreciation of 

 the prompt adjustment and settlement 

 by the association of their loss. 



BOSTON. 



Review of the Market. 

 The improvement ■ noted last week 

 has continued during this, and both re- 

 tailers and wholesalers are perfectly 

 satisfied with their week's business. 

 Roses have been the leader, owing- to 

 the demand created by the ■'sweet girl 

 graduates," and there has almnKt been 



a scarcity, something unknown at this 

 time of the year. Brides and Brides- 

 maids have averaged about $5.00 per 

 hundred, strictly choice bringing $8.00. 

 Kaiserins are elegant in quality and 

 bring $10 per hundred, while out-of- 

 door roses are plenty and sell well. 

 Jacks and Brunners are the varieties 

 most in evidence, and are going with- 

 out much difficulty at prices ranging 

 from $4.00 to $8.00 per hundred. 



Carnations of extra quality find a 

 ready market, but there are quantities 

 of poor stock, which require lots of 

 forcing to make a sale; 50 cents to $1.00 

 per hundred is the asking price for 

 such stock, while $1.50 is easily ob- 

 tained for extras, and $3.00 for strict- 

 ly fancy. 



Sweet peas are plenty, both from in- 

 side and out of doors; 30 cents per 

 hundred is an average price. Lilies 

 are about done. Valley plenty; held at 

 $4.00. The fii-st asters of the season 

 came in this week; quality poor; sold 

 at $1.00 per hundred. 



The Plant Trade. 



The plant trade is virtually over for 

 this season, and every three out of 

 four have still got a little to sell yet, 

 so the prospect is that there will be 

 plenty of stock plants this fall. 



The trade has been very unsatisfac- 

 tory, and has fallen off fully 25 per 

 cent in volume, with much lower 

 prices. The call has been largely for 



Page, the estate of J. S. Fay, Dr. 

 Weld, Mrs. E. M. Gill, and Mrs. A. W. 

 Blake, and prizes were distributed 

 amongst them. The Theodore Lyman 

 prize for 24 distinct varieties went to 

 the estate of J. S. Fay, while for ex- 

 hibit of 16 named varieties the first 

 prize was also awarded to the J. S. 

 Fay estate. Jas. H. White received 

 first for twelve varieties, with Dr. O. 

 S. Page second. J. S. Fay also re- 

 ceived first and second on three named 

 varieties. 



For 24 varieties, one bloom of each, 

 Dr. O. S. Page received first, Mrs. A. 

 W. Blake second, while J. H. White 

 got first on 12 varieties, one of each, 

 and J. S. Fay second. For 24 blooms 

 of Gabriel Luizet, first prize was 

 awarded to J. S. Fay, second to Dr. O. 

 S. Page. 



On individual varieties, six blooms 

 each, Mrs. A. W. Blake got first prize 

 for Baroness de Rothschild and John 

 L. Gardner was awarded first for moss 

 i-oses. For general display, 100 bottles, 

 the first pi-ize went to Mrs. E. M. Gill, 

 second to W. N. Craig, third to Mrs. B. 

 P. Cheney. Mrs. E. M. Gill also re- 

 ceived first for basket of roses, ar- 

 ranged for effect. W. N. Craig obtained 

 first for display of Sweet Williams, 

 Mrs. M. S. Walker, second, and Mrs. 

 A. W. Blake, third. For Spanish iris, 

 John Jeffries was awarded first prize. 

 Mr. T. C. Thurlow exhibited paeonies 



Greenhouses of Humfeld Floral Co., Kansas City, after the Hail Storm. 



odds and ends, especially for seedlings, 

 such as asters, while geraniums, the 

 usual bedder, has had the "go by." 



The Rose Show. 



The quality of the hardy flowers ex- 

 hibited so far this season has in most 

 cases been very fine, but roses have 

 been very much below the average, 

 and were a disappointment to the 

 growers. They did, however, make 

 quantity a substitute for quality, and 

 made a good exhibition. The heaviest 

 exhibitors of roses were Dr. O. S. 



and obtained a gratuity. For vase of 

 flowers, best arranged, Mrs. E. M. Gill 

 was awarded .first. Miss Hattie Win- 

 ter, second. W. N. Craig received a 

 gratuity for a nice display of roses. 



On orchids, John L. Gardner and W. 

 P. Winsor received all the prizes, ex- 

 hibiting some fine specimens-. Robert 

 Laurie, of Newport, R. I., was award- 

 ed a gratuity for display of begonias 

 and bloom of chrysanthemum Inde- 

 pendence. James S. Little was award- 

 ed first for gloxinias, and also for 

 tuberous begonias. The usual exhibits 



