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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



Decembek 2, 1897. 



afforded for the inspection of the plants 

 In' their visitors. 



Mr. John Galvin, father of Thos. F. 

 Gahin, laid the foundation of this now 

 extremely large business in 1847, ^^ 

 Sonierville, and by his indomitable energy 

 soon carried his business into Boston, on 

 Washington Street, and in 1S63 removed 

 again, this time, to Tremont Street, 

 ■where it has been steadily increasing, and 

 in later years under the able management 

 of the present owner iMr. Thos. F. Gal- 

 vin), has still continued on the road to 

 success. May vou .still tread the same 

 successful course Mr. Thomas, and good 

 luck attend. 



The Gardeners and Florists' Club of 

 Brockton, Mass., will hold a meeting dur- 

 ing the ensuing week for the election of 

 officers to manage their business for the 

 coming year. Although a new club they 

 have many very successful growers and 

 able talent among them, and we wish 

 them every success. 



Thomas J. Grey it Co., seed merchants, 

 etc., will connnence to remove to their 

 new store, 30 and 32 South Market street, 

 about December 1st. Their new prem- 

 ises are much larger and more commo- 

 dious than those they are leaving, and 

 they hope by the middle of the month 

 to be open for business. C. H. J. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



An interested visitor to the recent 

 chrysanthemum show was Paul Binder, 

 Sup't of the H. A. Parr estate at Sher- 

 wood, Md., where mushrooms are raised 

 for profit. Two thousand pounds were 

 marketed this season, a Baltimore liouse 

 handling the product at a good margin. 



J. L. Dillon, of Bloomsburg, told of the 

 fine house 300x22 feet he has ju.st com- 

 pleted for the new seedling carnations of 

 which we shall hear more later on. 



A. M. Herr, of Lancaster, showed 

 some splendid blooms of carnations Flora 

 Hill and Triumph that vied with locally 

 grown stock for honors. Messrs. Schroyer 

 and Barr, of the same city accompanied 

 him. 



I believe it is the first time Geo. Fan- 

 court missed taking in our show. Win. 

 Carr, of Kingston, who was along, ex- 

 plained his absence on account of an ex- 

 tra rush of business just at that time. He 

 is sending some grand stock to New 

 York. 



H. Weber, Jr., of Oakland, Md., was 

 one of many who complimented our .su- 

 perintendent upon the excellence of the 

 show, which is the best he has yet seen. 



Messrs. Jlontgomery, of Natick, and 

 Kicholson, of Framingham, astonished 

 the natives, the former with magnificent 

 blooms of Golden Wedding and Mrs. 

 Jerome Jones; the latter with a grand 

 bunch of a seedling /link carnation which 

 met with most favorable comment. 



Hugh Graham is upholding the reputa- 

 tion of the Keystone State in naming his 

 superb sport after it; it will doubtless 

 prove as valuable as has its parent, Phila- 

 delphia. The exhibit of orchids made by 

 this firm deserves especial mention; it 

 was arranged as natural as it could possi- 

 bly be and evoked much praise. 



Chas. Fox exhibited some noble speci- 

 mens of Areca lutescens, the like of 



which has seldom if ever been seen in. 

 public before. Chester Davis, gardener 

 to INlr. Hinzey, also had a superb plant in 

 his group; it is only upon such occasions 

 as this one sees these plants at their best. 

 Chas. F^ox, Jr., had a fine display, the 

 first I believe that he has made; it 

 augurs well when the outsiders fall in so 

 gracefully. 



Henry A. Dreer made the largest ex- 

 hibit ever yet attempted, filling 500 

 square feet of space scattered in various 

 groups about the upper and lower halls, 

 most effective; especially so was a 

 group of (. ocos Weddeliana, each plant 

 nearh- six feet tall. The golden latania 

 (L. aurea) showed up well under the 

 electric light. The Mexican tree 

 fern (Cibotum Schiedeii) was very- 

 handsome. This is a most graceful 

 plant and comparatively eas}- of cul- 

 ture. Their magnificent sweet bays 

 were loaned after the show to the Bourse, 

 to which much of the stock was also 

 laken liy other exhibitors. 



Robert Craig cheered the hearts of the 

 veterans with his splendid show of cro- 

 tons, admittedly the finest ever seen in 

 this hemisphere, and we strongly ques- 

 tion if ever eclipsed in the other. 



Jno. Shellem staged a fine lot of cro- 

 tons and dracienasof exquisite color. 



It pays to have a center of attraction. 

 There has always been one here since the 

 time of Jno. Thorpe's famous blue chrys- 

 anthennnn. This year it was the new 

 cypripedium "Edwin Lon.sdale," theonly 

 duplicate or companion being on exhibi- 

 tion at New York and computed by a re- 

 porter of one of our dailies to be valued 

 at i^ 15,000, and so the world wags. 



Of the plants of recent introduction a 

 pretty saintpaulia was shown by H. 

 Thatcher, gardener to Mr. Dissel, also 

 some Erica hyenialis, reminding one of 

 Covent Garden Market at this season. 

 The new Dracetna Godseffiana shown by 

 Henry A. Dreer is a departure amongst 

 dracajnas. The spotted aucuba like 

 foliage makes it distinct and novel. The 

 winter flowering Begonia Gloire de la 

 Reine introduces one of the most free 

 flowering and attractive varieties to the 

 public. 



W. K. Harris had a fine specimen of 

 DracEena Sanderiana on show. Grown 

 in a pan and topped to sucker this makes 

 a handsome plant. 



Jno. Westcott's pair of noble vases, 

 filled as only he can fill them, and J. 

 Kift's Beauties took the cake. 



The S. Moon Co. and Stoke-Pogis 

 Nurseries made excellent displays of ever- 

 greens. Chas. Ribsam & Sons, of Tren- 

 ton, owing loan accident were prevented 

 from exhibiting. They have a first-class 

 collection of well-grown btock. 



The Model House interested the adults 

 and charmed the young folks. Jno. 

 Reig's illustration of an European 

 grapery was well done and deserved the 

 encomiums passed upon it. 



Jno. T. Morris exhibited a sturdy plant 

 of the uncommon Musa cocci nea, grown 

 in a lo-inch pot, throwing two flower 

 spikes on the order of a gladiolus. The 

 following description by Nicholson is en- 

 tertaining: "A native of CochinChina. 

 Flower, inflorescence terminal, about one 

 foot long, furnished with spathes of a bril- 



liant scarlet tipped with yellow, flower- 

 ing at various times throughout the sea- 

 son. Leaves entire, oblong, about three 

 feet in length and six inches in breadth, 

 color bright green. Height of plant 



about four feet. 



W. M. 



CHICAGO. 



Kennicott Brothers Company report 

 that their business for the month of No- 

 vember was fully double that of the same 

 month last year. This is certainly a very 

 cheering report and is a good harbinger 

 for better business this season. They 

 find the quality of stock improving and 

 an excellent demand for extra grade 

 stock, which brings very good prices. 

 They find violets scarce and quality not 

 up to the mark. In fact they consider 

 the price rather high in view of the in- 

 ferior quality. They are beginning to 

 receive Roman hyacinths and narcissus, 

 which are very good, 



Bassett A: Washburn also report busi- 

 ness for the last month as fully double 

 that of last 3ear. They are receiving 

 some very fine stock from their place at 

 Hinsdale, and sales are very satisfactory. 



Reinberg Brothers are receiving some 

 remarkably fine La France roses and are 

 showing some grand specimens of carna- 

 tions. Mayor Pingree, Flora Hill, and 

 Triumph. They are receiving from their 

 houses at Summerdale a very large sup- 

 ply of roses — the only shortage being in 

 Brides and Bridesmaids, which are now 

 off crop. La France, Meteors, and Beau- 

 ties are now coming in in quantity. 



E. H. f-unt reports receipts as rather 

 lighter than usual, and it wovild appear 

 that many of his growers are off crop at 

 present. Carnations have been quite 

 scarce until within the last day or so, 

 when the cut increased, and :iow the 

 supply is fair. 



Vaughan, McKellar i.<: Winterson re- 

 port supply and demand about equal and 

 business not as brisk as it might be at 

 this season but all stock received finds a 

 market and particularly extra good 

 stock. They report good sales of bou- 

 quet green and wreathing and show 

 samples of some very fine sheet moss. 



Winter & Glover found carnations 

 scarce early in the week and white sorts 

 are still somewhat scarce. The supply 

 of colored sorts is now larger. The stock 

 of roses about equals the demand for 

 them. 



A. G. Prince & Co. find supply and 

 demand about equal and feel encouraged 

 over the outlook for the season. 



A. L. Randall is receiving liberal con- 

 signments of good stock but found car- 

 nations rather scarce early in the week. 

 Stock is now coming in better. 



The Rogers Park Floral Co. are fortu- 

 nate in that they are in full crop with 

 the stock in their greenhouses at Rogers 

 Park. They are having large receipts 

 and sales are good, both shipping and 

 local. They find business verj- much 

 better than last year; in fact twice as 

 large as for the same period last season. 



E. C. .i^mling finds supply and demand 

 about equal, with business a little le.ss 

 brisk than a few days ago. Indications 

 of an improvement are, however, notice- 

 able. 



