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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



JANUARY 27, 1S9S. 



a rest of three years and now should 



be ready to support it. Just here let 

 me say. regarding the much-discussed 

 -'why flower shows are so hard to make 

 even both ends meet." it is simply that 

 flower stores, or rather their windows, 

 are so attractive, the displays made 

 more artistic than any display seen at 

 a flower show, and the public know it. 

 This is not an original conception, but 

 that does not detract from its truth. 

 We are certainly better equipped now 

 than ever to hold a show, for we have 

 as contributors the fine houses of the 

 North Park, the fine decorative plants 

 in Forest Lawn and the choice collec- 

 tion of the Professor at the Botanic 

 Oarden. If our president should call a 

 meeting it is to be hoped that he would 

 «ngage Mr. Adams or some other popu- 

 lar member to introduce us to our 

 brother florists. What, with death, 

 emigration, retirement, collapse ami 

 new blood, we would be most all 

 strangers. 



Visitors have not been plentiful. We 

 record the visit of Mr. Andei'sou, of 

 New Jersey, offering trees and shrubs, 

 and the monthly call of Mr. Mott, who 

 offers, in addition to his smile, every- 

 thing from mushroom spawn to Phal- 

 aenopsis Rivertouiana. W. S, 



BALTIMORE. 



Business Slightly Improved. 



Business has shown somewhat of an 

 improvement. We still admit the aw- 

 ful truth that things are dull and not 

 up to the season's demand, yet we are 

 by no means discouraged. 



The wholesale price-list remains 

 about the same as last week, with per- 

 haps a few exceptions. Owing to an 

 excessive spell of cloudy weather good 

 roses are somewhat scarce. Perles. 

 however, are plentiful and of good 

 quality. I^a Prance are coming in pale, 

 while Brides, Kaiserin and Maids are 

 scarce. Meteors are of moderately 

 good supply, but have little demand. 

 Beauties are exceptionally scarce. Car- 

 nations, though always in demand, are 

 getting so plentiful that the commis- 

 sion men have to resort to cut rates 

 in order to handle them all. Scotts, es- 

 pecially, are being shipped in profu- 

 sion, but there is still a scarcity for 

 good white varieties. Violets, though 

 plentiful, are about equal to the de- 

 mand. Home valley and tulips are now 

 being shipped; also plenty of miscel- 

 ianeous stuff. 



Among the Retailers. 



Among the retailers numerous small 

 entertainments such as receptions and 

 afternoon teas have taken their atten- 

 tion while on the other hand there has 

 been not only a lack of transient trade, 

 but the funerals have also been con- 

 spicuous by their absence. No fancy 

 prices now prevail, as everything has 

 reached rock bottom. 



The Markets. 



The markets presented a dismal ap- 

 pearance when the writer visited them 



Saturday afternoon. The inclement 

 weather prevented many of the stall- 

 holders from putting in an appearance, 

 while it played havoc with the trade of 

 those who did venture out. The pe- 

 destrians were even few and far be- 

 tween, the cold, drizzling rain having 

 frightened them away also. Little busi- 

 ness was done and disconsolance 

 reigned supreme. On a clear day dur- 

 ing Lexington market hours a continu- 

 ous throng parades the streets along 

 the shopping district to the market- 

 house, from all points of the compass; 

 and one passes en route, stall after 

 stall of miscellaneous collection of cut 

 flowers, plants and immortelle work. 

 There one sees competition on every 

 side, with a motto of "Undersell or 

 else be undersold." A select few, how- 

 ever, have their regular customers and 

 are above the influence of this antago- 

 nistic spirit. 



Various Items. 



At a recent visit to the greenhouse 

 of Mr. A. Stoll. his sons. Messrs. 

 Adolph and Leopold, courteously 

 showed the undersigned over the place. 

 These gentlemen grow a miscellaneous 

 lot of stuff for market sale, principally 

 Perles, violets, carnations, smilax, bul- 

 bous stock and potted plants, all of 

 which are looking in good condition. 

 They are. however, having exception- 

 ally bad luck this season with diseased 

 Harrisii bulbs, about .75 per cent hav- 

 ing completely gone back on them. 

 They look in perfect health until they 

 attain the height of about 18 inches, 

 when the crown becomes deformed and 

 withered. Their entire range of houses 

 have recently been equipped with a 

 new hot water heating apparatus. 



Messrs. Samuel Feast & Sons have a 

 bench of Allen's Defiance mignonette 

 varying from 24 to 36 inches tall and 

 showing hundreds of flowers 7 to 10 

 inches long. This is the flrst year that 

 the firm has grown this variety to any 

 extent, and they are more than pleased 

 with their experiment. 



Mr. Samuel S. Pennock. of Philadel- 

 phia, paid us a flying visit last week. 

 He is looking extremely well and is as 

 genial as ever. 



Mr. Ernest Ashley is now in town 

 and, as usual, on the hustle. 



C. F. F. 



BOSTON. 



Weekly Exhibition Mass. Hort. Society. 



At the weekly exhibition of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 Carl Blomberg, gardener for Oakes 

 Ames. Esq., showed a very flue Den- 

 drobium Wardianum, a fine specimen 

 with bulbs four feet long and well 

 flowered, for which he was awarded a 

 gratuity. Mr. Clinkaberry, gardener 

 for J. E. Roebling. Esq.. Trenton, N. 

 J., sent a seedling cypripediura of great 

 merit named President McKinley, a 

 cross between Cyp. insigne Chantinii 

 and Harrisianum superbum, for which 

 he was awarded a first class certificate 

 of merit as a new American seedling. 

 John Mutch, gardener for J. E. Roth- 



well, Esq., Longwood, showed a nice 

 healthy bit of Cyp. Leeanum var 

 Kothwellae, Odontoglossum Cyro-glos- 

 sum with a fine spike about three feet 

 long containing about 24 fully devel- 

 oped flowers, and Vanda Caerulea in 

 fine flower, for which exhibit he was 

 awarded a gratuity. 



Mrs. E. M. Gill, Medford, staged an 

 exhibit of miscellaneous cut flowers, 

 among which were some fine blooms of 

 Coelogyne cristata. Mr. Geo. B. Brown, 

 gardener for James L. Little, Esq., 

 Brookline, showed Bignonia diversi- 

 folia, which was very attractive with 

 its masses of orange scarlet flowers. 

 W. E. Coburu, Everett, showed three 

 dishes of Chinese primula flowers of 

 good size and texture. James Comley, 

 superintendent for The Hayes Estate, 

 Ijexington, made his usual attractive 

 display by showing a piece of Philo- 

 dendron Andreanum iu flower, four 

 vases of seedling acacias and some 

 fruit of the guava iPsidium Cattleya- 

 num) and a jar of jelly made from 

 some fruit, which was a very delicate 

 flavor, and was awarded a gratuity. 



The usual Saturday lecture was giv- 

 en by the Hon. Aaron Low, of Hing- 

 ham, the subject being vegetable grow- 

 ing and originating new varieties, 

 which brought out considerable dis- 

 cussion. There was a very good at- 

 tendance. 



Exhibition at the Flower Market. 



The carnation exhibition held at the 

 Boston Flower Market was well at- 

 tended and some very fine flowers 

 were shown. The most attractive va- 

 riety exhibited was a seedling raised 

 by Peter Fisher, Ellis, Mass.. which ho 

 has named Mrs. Thos. Lawson, an ex- 

 ceedingly large flower, 4 to 4 1-2 inches 

 across, bright clear pink, ■with a good 

 calyx holding the flower in perfect 

 shape, never bursts. He also exhibited 

 a very good yellow named Klondike, 

 and Morning Star, a very flne white, 

 deeply flmbriated and very fragrant. 

 Mr. C. AV. Ward, Queens, L. I., made a 

 flne exhibit, as follows: John Young, 

 a fine white, large and good form; 

 White Cloud, very fine; Storm Queen, 

 a very good flower and deeply fimbri- 

 ated; Bon Ton showed up in great 

 shape, a dazzling scarlet on strong 

 stems; Mrs. James Dean, fine pink; 

 New York, very fine; Mrs. G. M. Bradt, 

 extra large flowers; Gomez, very large 

 dark flower about 3 1-2 inches across, 

 very fine, said to be a sport from Ma- 

 ceo; Gold Nugget, good yellow. Sewall 

 Fisher, of Framingham, exhibited Ser- 

 via, a white of good form and sub- 

 stance. A. Roper, Tewksbury. Mass., 

 exhibited two varieties. Mayor Quincy, 

 a very fine pink, good flower, for which 

 he was awarded honorable mention at 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety show, and May Whiteley. a va- 

 riety on the style of Daybreak, but 

 deeper in color and with a charming 

 fragrance. Wm. Simm, of Cliftondale, 

 showed a vase of Edith Foster, a very 

 fine flower, pure white, excellent form 

 and substance. 



J. D. Twombley, Winchester, showed 



