The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



177 



A basket bed of Flowering Plants. 



one good watering ami tlieii cover an 

 incli or so with some spent hops of some 

 light material. This will obviate so 

 imich watering ami boariU can be 



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BOSTON FERNS. 



What size of Boston feni> arc must 

 salable in New York'.' I am in the snb- 

 mil of Hartford and can sell more six- 

 inch pans for 25 to 40 cents than any 

 other size, but in the city center .iO to 

 y.) cent sizes go the best and but a few 

 .$2 to .$3 plants can be sold. I am grow- 

 ing a large stock of fine plants with a 

 view of fending some to the New York 

 market and would like to get an idea as 

 to the proportion to glow of I In- .lifTer- 

 ent sizes. In l,00li plant- Irnxv iriany 

 should be in 6-inch, li.nv iuaii\ in 7 inch, 

 8, 9. 10 and 12-inch y I L'ruu niv j.lants 

 very thick at the Ixjttom. 



CoNXECTK rr. 



It is dirticult to answer the above sat- 

 isfactorily. In New York here a few 

 growers make a specialty of growing 

 Boston ferns to sell at from .$30 to .$40 



per 1,000. We would be inclined to ad- 

 vise any one so far away as Hartford to 

 grow for that class. Then there are 

 others who ^'row to -up|ilv the auct'on 



]ii)t and pan them a month or so before 

 sent to the city. There are so many 

 growers around this city, and the stock 

 is so abundant that buyers and the 

 general public have become extremely 

 critical. We doubt if it would pay any 

 one such a distance to depend on this 

 maik.'t mil.'-- lii- -t.i.k was extra fine 

 ami III iliali wiili .in honest element. 

 Tlicii :i;j.iin l.ii\(i- ii-ually prefer to sec 



However, Boston fern is good stock 

 to grow, and many a chance there is for 

 some one to make money by extensively 



cultivating it. The sizes most valuable 

 ill \i\\ "i..ik. ,111.1 «!• may say in every 

 lai..:c .-ii\. .II,. tin,-,, in from 8 to 12- 

 in.l, i.aii-. Ill -I/..- -mailer than 6-inch 



work. Wl 



room it IS wi-cr I.. ui..xv m -mall -i/c-. 

 for then the -tu.k .an li.^ gi.iHii .L.scr 

 together: it is an easy matter to make 

 up plants, yet the market demands that 

 they be established. A Boston fern must 

 be 'very good to be worth $3 to the 

 trade. 



No one could figure on the proportion 

 of sizes you ought to have in 1,000 

 plants nnlcN- vi.u luuc.llnni all ci|iial 

 now and \\ i-h to ,l..ai tliian.ml t Mu,.t Ii.t. 

 The best plan i- i., |ii..m.I.- t.n -ii. .c- 

 sion, alway- lun ing a dozen or two of 

 every size ready for shipment ; in this 

 way we would keep 600 plants as re- 

 serve, and in vour case 200 6-ineh, 1.50 

 S-inch. 40 lO-indi and 10 to 12. Cir- 

 cum-lancc-. we kn.iw not „f may alter 



sion that if Hartford. New London. New 

 Haven and such places were properly 

 catered to good prices could be had; 

 many of the florists in those places come 

 to New York for their stock. Boston 



nn very often be bought here for 

 in fnices quoted by our Hartford 

 IvER.i. 



CHICAGO TO BUFFALO. 



tion .■ iilt.c lia- aiiaii..,.| with the 



Wal.a-h railu.iK I.., i i .i n-,,-., tal ion to 

 the BulValu c..ii\ cnlioii of the Society of 

 American Florists, Aug. tith to 10th. 



The party will leave Sunday, Aug. 4. 

 exact hour vet to be determined, and 

 reach Buffalo ^Nbimlav iimrning. The 

 committee e.\|i.'. i- i.. Ii.n. ,iu iiim-ually 

 well appoinlcil -|...ial tiam. Tlie rate 

 will be $13.00 foi tli,' round trip, and 

 less should there be anj- cut in rates by 

 the railroads for that week. The sleep- 

 ing car fare will be $3.00 a berth each 

 way. An excellent dining car service is 

 assured. 



Florists in the west and northwest are 

 cordially invited to travel with the Chi- 

 cago party. 



Berths may be reserved bj' addressing 



enil^r of the 



fomniittee as belo 



L. GlUNT. 



334 Dearborn St. 



.T. H.\rswiRTH. 

 223 Michigan Ave. 

 F. WlXTEKSO.V. 



4.5 Wabash Ave. 



Thk annual Convention Number of the 

 FLORIST.S' Review will be issued Aug. 

 8th and will contain a report of the 

 BufTaJn convention. 



