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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



jA.NLAItV 10, 1902. 



I have on trial twelve plants of Mrs. 

 Nelson, the Indianapolis seedling, which 

 for that shade of pink puts Ethel Crock- 

 er, Joost, or any other variety of that 

 shade out of the' race altogether in point 

 of productiveness, size, length of stem, 

 habit of growth, form of bloom, and last, 

 but not least, selling qualities. It is a 

 high grade flower, bringing 75 cents to 

 $1 per dozen, and its record by the 15th 

 to tlie 20th of January will be eight 

 blooms to the plant and plenty coming 

 along. 



I think it hardly time to refer to Pros- 

 perity, as it is too soon to give a de- 

 cided opinion. 



As to Lawson requiring skillful hand- 

 ling, I would ask Jlr. Baur if he knows 

 of any up-to-date carnation not requir- 

 ing skill, that is, to be anywhere near 

 the band-wagon. 



Hartford is in Connecticut, and when 

 "Conn." is in Hartford, will be pleased 

 to have him call and see me. 



Geo. S. Osboen. 



THE GOV. WOLCOTT CARNATION. 



Owing to numerous inquiries regard- 

 ing the Ciov. Wolcott carnation, I think 

 it only fair and my duty toward the 

 trade in general to answer tliose ques- 

 tions through the trade papers, so that 

 all desirous of purchasing stock may 

 know the true character of this variety. 



Gov. Wolcott is a white seedling of 

 1899, from Flora Hill and Lawson, pro- 

 ducing blooms of fine form and sub- 

 stance, witli a uniform average of three 

 inches in diameter, on long, stiff, wiry 

 stems, two to three feet in length. 



The habit of the plant is almost ideal, 

 healthy and vigorous, and like the Law- 

 son (its pollen parent) keeps throwing 

 a succession of new shoots from its base. 



Its season of blooming is later than 

 Flora Hill and much earlier than White 

 Cloud or Lorna, coming into bloom early 

 in November and continuing to give a 

 succession of grand attractive llowers all 

 through the season. It is a productive, 

 fancy, commercial white, a splendid 

 keeper and shipper. 



A vase of 100 blooms was certificated 

 by the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety at their November exhibition. 1901. 

 Its Faults. — Splits some during the 

 short dark days of winter, but in very 

 .small proportion. A month late in com- 

 ing into bloom to make an all-se.ison va- 

 riety, but worthy of a fair trial by all. 

 Peter Fisher. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



GOOD CUT OF WHITE CLOUD. 



We have a house of White Cloud car- 

 nations, 22x200, and from Dec. 20 to 

 Dec. 31 inclusive we cut 8,496 flowers, 

 al! on 24-ineh stems, which wholesaled 

 at as high as $8 per 100. 



We had more of them than antici- 

 pated, so on Monday- morning before 

 Christmas we decided for the first time 

 in the season to send 1,000 to Chicago on 

 consignment. It was the lot a corre- 

 spondent soon after described a "superb 

 lot of white" which arrived late. 



W. J. & M. S. Vesey. 



Fort Wayne, Ind. 



Okakge, N. J. — The New Jersey Flor- 

 Icultural Society will give its annual ban- 

 quet at Lindsay Hall, 240 Main street. 

 on Wednesday evening, Feb. 5. 



Have been well pleased with the Re- 

 view. — Philip Gauges, Washington 

 D. C. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market i> buoyant. 

 Prices of choice roses have an upvyard 

 tendency, with supply rather limited. 

 Last week's quotations will apply ex- 

 cepting that those figures are held more 

 firmly. Pink and white roses have been 

 going well, even the poorer grades. One 

 dealer laughingly said it was harder to 

 get them than to sell them. Golden 

 Gates have in some cases served where 

 Brides could not be obtained. Carna- 

 tions are in over supply and have fallen 

 badly. There is a fair demand, but every 

 one "seems to be in full crop now. Last 

 Saturdav the street got up some lots at 

 $10 and" even $7.50 a 1,000— poor stuff, 

 but many had been fair; $1.50 per 100 

 buys nice ordinary stock, while $2 and 

 $3* is the price for select; fancies bring 

 $4 and $5 per 100. Edward Reid has a 

 fine red seedling in tliis class. 



White sweet peas are to be had now in 

 addition to pink; $1.50 to $2 per 100 is 

 the price. Single violets continue in 

 oversupply. The small flowers are sold 

 at so many bunches for $1; the fine sin 

 gles bring' 50 to 75 cents per 100; doub- 

 les sell well at $1.25 to $1.50 per 100. 

 Cypripediums are moving better than at 

 any time since Christmas. Cattleyas 

 and other orchids are rather scarce. 

 There is hardly any local supply and 

 there is certainly an opening here. Green 

 goods are in demand. Valley is going 

 well; Romans and paper whites, slowly; 

 freesias are more plentiful. 



W. K. Harris has had tulips since New- 

 Year's. Scarlet Due was the first vari- 

 ety; now white and yellow can also be 

 seen in, limited quantities; the stems 

 are rather short, but they will soon 

 lengthen like the days. 



Holiday Business. 



A brief review of the holiday business 

 as compared with previous seasons may 

 prove interesting. Cut flowers — supply 

 greatly increased; more fine stock than 

 ever before; demand suflftcient to take 

 everything nice at prices equal to those 

 of former seasons. The grading w 

 closer and poor stuff harder to sell than 

 it used to be. The stuff sold on the 

 street did not deserve a better place. It 

 is a mistake to think that the price of 

 this bruised, discolored or old stock has 

 any bearing on the price of good stock. 



Plants — The increase in the demand, 

 both for flowering and foliage plants, 

 was very marked: many more of the for- 

 mer could have been sold. The great 

 difficulty about flowering plants at the 

 holidays is the danger of severe weath- 

 er; they take such skillful packing to 

 avoid loss. This is true to a lesser ex- 

 tent of foliage plants. This season 

 was very hard on the growers, but easy 

 on the retailers, the weather moderating 

 at just the right time. This risk acts ^^ 

 a cifieok on the development of the plant, 

 especially the flowering plant business. 

 at the holidays. 



Notes. 



Samuel J. Bunting has his specialty, 

 lilies, under way. He prefers grafted 

 roses to own root stock. 



John Devlin has hee'n remarkably suc- 

 cessful with carnations this season. He 

 has a fine house each of Hill and Crocker. 

 Dana also does well. Gold Nugget and 

 Melba do not thrive in his soil and will 

 be dropped. He has a nice house of lil- 

 ies for Easter. 



David Cliffe has a nice batch of ciner- 

 arias in bloom already. Primroses have 

 done well with him. 



George Redles addressed the German- 

 town Horticultural Society pn Monday 

 evening, January 13, on "Stems," taking 

 the stems of orchids as a special feature. 



Correction. 



Stephen Mortensen's Liberties, men- 

 tioned in this column two weeks ago, 

 were unintentionally consigned to 

 Charles Fox. In reality they were hand- 

 led by Samuel S. Pcnnock. 



Club Meeting. 



The January meeting of the club, held 

 on the 7th. was well attended. Vice- 

 President Westcott was in the chair. The 

 following committee report was read by 

 Robert Craig: 



Tour committee, appointed to ascertain the 

 correct name of the rose which has been vari- 

 ously called Balduin, Red Kaiserin. Columbia 

 and 'Helen Gould, report that the true nanie 

 and only authorized name is Balduin, 



According to statements o£ reliable and com- 

 petent rose growers, the rose, which is a cro.ss 

 between Darwin and Marie van Houtte, was 

 first sent to this countrj- six or seven years 

 ago, when an unnamed seedling, by Peter 

 Lambert, of Trier, Germany, to John Cook, of 

 Baltimore, Md., for trial under glass. 



Mr Cook in describing its good qualities as 

 an outdoor rose said it might be called a "Rea 

 Kaiserin." which expression was probably the 

 origin of that name. Mr. Ernst Asmus, of 

 West Hoboken, N. J., procured some plants of 

 It from Mr. Cook and. after growing It for cut 

 flowers, sold the stock of it in the fall of 1S39 

 to Peter Henderson & Co., of New York, under 

 the name of Balduin. which was its true name, 

 given to it by Peter Lambert, of Trier, Ger- 

 many, "who introduced it to commerce in 

 1898." In honor of a celebrated bishop, whose 

 monument stands in Trier and is surrounded 

 by a bed of this rose, planted by Mr. Lambert. 



Mr. Asmus had sold the cut flowers of this 

 rose under the name of Columbia, but did not 

 sell any plants of it. excepting under its frui- 

 name Balduin. In the winter of 1S99 Messrs. 

 Myers & Samtman, of Chestnut Hill, Philadel- 

 phia, imported this rose from Germany under 

 the name of Balduin. and, after growing a 

 considerable quantity of it for cut flowers, sold 

 their stock of It to the Dingee & Conard Co., 

 of West Grove. Pa., who sent it out in 190O as 

 a premium with their publication "Success with 

 Flowers." calling it a new rose and offering a 

 premium for a name for it. As a large num- 

 ber of the patrons of "Success" suggested the 

 name of Helen Gould this name was given tn 

 It, and it was again introduced to commerce by 

 the Dingee & Conard Co. in the spring of 1901. 



Your committee strongly deprecate the re- 

 naming of this rose or of any plant, as the 

 practice is misleading and tends to confuse 

 and deceive buyers, and must therefore have a 

 bad effect on the plant business generally, 

 (Signed) EDWIN LONSDALE, 



ALEX. B. SCOTT, 

 ROBT, CRAIG. 



Committee. 



The exhibits were a feature. Carna- 

 tion "Adonis," from Robert Craig & Son, 

 was considered by the committee on ex- 

 hibits as the finest scarlet carnation 

 ever shown before the club and superior 

 to anything on the market. Theodore 

 Edwards & Bro. showed some new carna- 

 tions; an unnamed white was large and 

 fragrant. Henry A. Dreer Co. showed 

 their sport from Begonia nana compacta, 

 described in this column two weeks ago. 

 It was greatly admired and promises to 

 be a novelty of great merit. Arthur Her- 

 rington. of Madison, showed three vases 

 of Gerbera .Tamesoni. the Transvaal or 

 Barberton daisy, believed to be a coming 

 cut flower. The color is bright vermil- 

 ion; the size three to four inches in di- 

 ameter: the stems long. Personally I 

 was disappointed in this daisy. Perhaps 

 it will show up better late in the season. 



Phil.' 



BEGONIAS. 



The following letter from an expert 

 begonia grower is of interest: 



In your Philadelphia notes under the 



