JUNE 15, 1S99 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



51 



Kid Glove Gardening. 



called upon for a speech. Of course 

 he had to tell us of all the great sights 

 and wonders we shall miss if we do 

 not attend the great convention in 

 August. He also called the attention 

 of Mr. Hatfield to the fact that one of 

 the greatest features of the conven- 

 tion would be the rolling of small 

 wooden balls to knock down some 

 sticks of wood. 



The boys were so infatuated with 

 botany, by the two lectures on that 

 subject, that they actually forgot to 

 mention anything about our annual 

 picnic. 



Notes. 



The florists here report a very suc- 

 cessful season. Bedding plants, espe- 

 cially red geraniums and vinca vines, 

 going at a premium. Decoration day 

 trade was by far the best ever known, 

 the demand for flowers being greater 

 than the supply. 



Mr. William G. Bertermann has re- 

 turned from an extended tour through 

 California, and seems to be in good 

 spirits and health. All the boys wished 

 him a hearty welcome. 



Visitors this week were J. E. Killen, 

 representing C. H. Joosten. of New 

 York, and Harry Balsley, representing 

 the Detroit Flower Pot Mfy. FRED. 



KID GLOVE GARDENING. 

 Our German contemporary, Moller's 

 Deutsche Gartner Zeitung, has a good 

 deal of fun at the expense of what 

 might be termed kid glove lady gar- 

 deners, and occasionally makes such 

 suggestions as that conveyed in the 

 accompanying engraving, which we 

 have reproduced from its columns. The 

 Eau de Cologne atomizer, and the bow 

 of ribbon on the handle of the fork, 

 were surely strokes of genius. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Another week of unexceptional dull- 

 ness, with no real value for anything 

 in the shape of flowers, although at 

 the market on Saturday there seemed 

 to be quite a demand for staples, but 

 principally from the fakirs, and it is 

 now "a dozen nice roses for ten 

 cents," or "fresh carnations ten cents 

 a bunch," so you can imagine what the 

 grower gets out of it. Roses are still 

 poor, especially Brides and Maid and 

 25c per 100 is all that is paid for the 

 greater portion of them. Some fairly 

 good stock is offered, which is taken 

 by the store people at $2 to $6 per 100. 

 Kaiserins are as usual the popular 

 summer rose, good blooms easily mak- 

 ing 8 cents. There is hardly any de- 

 mand for Beauties; quality nothing 

 to brag of. Sales are made from $2 

 per 100 to $2 per dozen. Carnations 

 plentiful, but of the usual quality at 

 this time of the year; from 25 to 50 

 cents per 100 seems to be the prevail- 

 ing figure. The more prominent grow- 

 ers, however, are obtaining fair prices 

 from regular customers. Valley from 

 outside is about done; lilies are still 

 plenty at 50 to 75 cents per dozen; 

 sweet peas, $1 per 1,000; stocks, paeo- 

 nies and other stock plenty, but slow. 



The Plant Trade. 



Comparing this season with last, the 

 trade for plants has been excellent, 

 and there is now quite a shortage of 

 plants for the beach trade, which is 

 now at hand. Among the growers, the 

 demand has been excellent, but at 

 average prices. At the auction it is dif- 

 ferent. The quality of the goods has 



been fine and competition lively. Con- 

 signors have done much better than 

 the retailers; the prices having av- 

 eraged fully fifteen per cent higher at 

 auction. Mr. McCarthy attributes this 

 partly to the holding of only two 

 sales a week instead of three, which 

 has been the custom. 



The Rhododendron Show. 



The annual exhibition of rhododen- 

 drons this year beat the record. Both 

 the upper and lower halls were a gor- 

 geous sight, including three finely ar- 

 ranged collections of orchids. The fol- 

 lowing were the winners of the H. H. 

 Hunnewell prizes: For twelve dis- 

 tinct varieties of unquestioned hardi- 

 ness, 1st, to James Comley; 2d, to Mrs. 

 John L. Gardner. For six distinct vari- 

 eties, 1st, to James Comley. Six ten- 

 der varieties, named, 1st, to Mrs. John 

 L. Gardner. Single truss, named, 2d, 

 to Mrs. Gardner. Hardy azaleas, fifteen 

 varieties, one vase of each, 1st, to T. 

 C. Thurlow. Twelve varieties, 1st, to 

 T. C. Thurlow. Cluster of trusses, one 

 variety, T. C. Thurlow. 



The society's prizes were awarded as 

 follows: Three paeonies, single and 

 double, named. 1st, to Mrs. John Jef- 

 fries. German iris, thirty-six vases, of 

 three trusses each, of not less than 

 twelve varieties, 1st, to Mrs. John L. 

 Gardner. For collection of hardy 

 pyrethrums, 2d to Rea Bros. Display 

 of Oriental poppies, 2d, to Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill. Aquilegias, collection of twenty- 

 five vases, 2d to Mrs. John Jeffries; 

 3d, to W. C. Winter. For display of 

 hardy ornamental trees and shrubs, 

 thirty species, foliage and bloom, 1st, 

 to T. C. Thurlow; 2d, to Miss Alice L. 

 Grinnell. Vase of flowers, 1st, to Miss 

 Hattie B. Winter; 2d, to Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill. Native plants, thirty named va- 

 rieties, 1st, to Miss Alice L. Grinnell; 

 2d, to Mrs. P. D. Richards; 3d, to the 

 Misses Doran. 



For display of orchids, arranged for 

 effect, 1st, to H. H. Hunnewell; 2d, to 

 J. S. Bailey; 3d, to J. E Rothwell. 



Gratuities were awarded to Edward 

 Butler, for a plant of Cattleya Gaskel- 

 liana; Edward J. Metton. for pelargo- 

 niums: James Conley, H. H. Hunne- 

 well, Mrs. B. P. Cheney, Mrs. John L. 

 Gardner and F. W. Vanderbilt. for 

 displays of rhododendrons; Rea Bros., 

 for Paeonia Fosteria Maxima; T. C. 

 Thurlow, for display of paeonies: Rea 

 Bros., for display of herbaceous peren- 

 nials; Mrs. E. M. Gill, for display of 

 seasonable blooms; Mrs. John Jeffries 

 for display of German irises. 



The society also awarded a first 

 class certificate of merit to H. Duma-, 

 resq for Bougainvillea spectabilis. 



The News. 



In addition to the rhododendron 

 show, the regular Saturday exhibition 

 of this week was devoted to paeonies. 

 T. C. Thurlow, Mrs. E. M. Gill and Dr. 

 C. G. Weld made some fine displays, 

 especially Mr. Thurlow, who staged 

 upward of 100 distinct varieties. In 

 addition to the above, Mrs. Gill had a 



