FEBRUARY 



ISi'S. 



The Weekly Florists* Review* 



439 



lific and regular, strong and chaste, 

 with Lizzie McGowan as a companion 

 and Outcast, the roljust crimson. Mr. 

 Goldring spealis highly of Kaiserin 

 Augusta as an all season's rose. He 

 prefers it to the Bride. 



John Dingwall was on deck with a 

 choice lot of azaleas, which sold freely 

 at Christmas. Had he anticipated such 

 a rush he would have doubled the num- 

 ber, having a fine stock holding back 

 for Easter. Simon Mardner is a grand 

 forcer, the very best here. Bulbous 

 stock is being brought in. La Reine 

 tulips are in demand for design work. 

 Spring stock is in good trim. 



L. Menand was busy storing ice, with 

 which he supplies the demands of his 

 big refrigerator during the season. 

 His stock with houses are fully up to 

 the usual excellent standard. Mr. Me- 

 mand (3d) takes a lively interest in 

 ihe business. Three generations of one 

 family, same name and similar taste's, 

 are remarkable, even in our elevating 

 profession. W. M. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Trade is generally good. Roses seem 

 'to be off crop and rather scarce. Bulb 

 stuff is coming in freely and of good 

 ■quality. Violets and valley took a big 

 •drop during the week, and were some- 

 what of a drug. Beauties range in 

 price from $S to $50: tea roses, $2 to 

 |lO; carnations, $1 to $2; Romans, 75': 

 to $1.50; paper whites, $1 to $2; Von 

 Sions, $1 to ?3; tulips, $1 to $3; valley, 

 75c to $2; violets, 50c to $1. 



Mass. Hort. Society. 



At the weekly exhibition last Satur- 

 day. John Barr, gardener for Mrs. B. P. 

 Cheney, was awarded a silver medal for 

 12 plants of Primula obconica grandi- 

 flora. a remarkably fine hybrid of P. 

 obconica. Carl Blomberg, gardener for 

 Oakes Ames, exhibited two beautiful 

 cattleyas, for which he was awarded a 

 (.■ertificate of merit. They were Cat- 

 tleya Trianae var. Amesiana, a very 

 rare variety, sepals and petals white, 

 lip very delicate pink, citron-yellow 

 throat; "and Cattleya Trianae var. uni- 

 color. very rare, a well formed flower, 

 lavender pink, orange-colored throat, 

 lip very finely fringed. James Comley, 

 superintendent of the Hayes estate, 

 showed a very fine collection of Camel- 

 lias, two vases of Coelogyne cristata, a 

 vase of Eriostema myrtifolia (very sel- 

 dom seen nowadays), Lasandra ma- 

 crantha (seldom grown, although a 

 showy flower), and a tecoma from 

 Japan, of which he does not know the 

 name. It is a very showy flower, 

 orange-scarlet in color. For his exhibit 

 he was awarded a gratuity prize. Jack- 

 son Dawson, of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 showed a dish of fine dendrobium 

 blooms, among which were some hand- 

 some blooms of D, Ainsworthii. Norris 

 F. Comley, of Lexington, was awarded 

 a gratuity for turnip radishes; Arthur 

 F. Coolidge, of Cambridge, for lettuce, 

 radish and parsley; C. H. Hovey, South 



Pasadena, Cal., for Lorillard tomatoes. 



A silver medal was awarded to J. E. 

 Rothwell, Longwood, Mass., for Odon- 

 toglossum Vuylstekeana, a very rare 

 variety, the specimen shown being said 

 to be the only one in the United States. 



A lecture on nuts and nut culture 

 was delivered before the society by Mr. 

 Frank M. Bartram. of Parry, N. J. He 

 stated that in 1S97 the United States 

 imported nuts to the value of over $2,- 

 000,000, the greater part of which could 

 be produced here. He spoke of the 

 culture of the various nut-bearing trees 

 and pointed out the importance of 

 stimulating an interest in nut culture. 



Various Items. 



Information is wanted of a gardener 

 named James J. Curran. Address Thos. 

 J. Grey & Co., 32 South Market street, 

 Boston. 



James K. Paul has retired as man- 

 ager for A. P. Stokes. Lenox, and has 

 been succeeded by Wm. Ellas, the 

 farmer. 



Carl Jurgens, of Newport, paid us a 

 visit, and reports business fairly good. 



Mr. C. H. Maynard, brother of Prof. 

 Maynard. of the Massachusetts State 

 Experimental Station, is representing 

 the American Jadoo Company, and is 

 at present located in this city, look- 

 ing after the trade in this vicinity. 



C. H. J. 



CHICAGO. 



Club Meeting. 



At the last meeting of the Florists' 

 Club three new members were elected. 

 Chairman Hauswirth reported progress 

 on behalf of the committee on carna- 

 tion convention, as previously noted in 

 these columns. The committee has se- 

 lected Mr. E. Wienhoeber as treasurer, 

 and contributors to the entertainment 

 fund may mail checks to him at 417 

 Elm street. 



The paper by Mr. Joseph Reeve on 

 pot plants for market appears else- 

 where in this issue. It was listened to 

 with close attention, and brought out a 

 very instructive discussion. Mr. G. 

 StoUery told of the pot plants noted 

 during his recent eastern trip, men- 

 tioning especially Dracaena Sanderi- 

 ana. Asparagus Sprengerii, Crimson 

 Rambler Rose, Bougainvillea glabra 

 Sanderiana and heaths. 



A vase of the new white carnation 

 Evelina from Mr. R. 'R^itterstaet- 

 ter, Sedamsville. O., was much ad- 

 mired. It certainly is a beautiful flow- 

 er, and seems to leave nothing to be de- 

 sired. 



The next meeting of the club (Febru- 

 ary 10) will be "retailers' night," and 

 the retailers should be out in force. 

 The full program will be announced 

 next week. 



Market Conditions. 



There is a slight improvement in the 

 supply, but the demand is stfll in ex- 

 cess of it and prices hold up well. The 

 outlook for a further increase in the 



supply is good, and it is hoped that the 

 demand may soon be fully met on most 

 items. 



Death of Mrs. Krick. 



Josephine Krick, wife of George 

 Krick, and well known to the florists 

 of this city as "Mother Krick," died 

 last Sunday, aged 67 years. Mrs. 

 Krick was a landmark in the trade in 

 this city. She had acquired consider- 

 able property and was supposed to be 

 worth about $300,000. 



Various Items. 



Mr. G. H. Pieser, of Kennicott Bros. 

 Co., will start next week on an ex- 

 tended southern trip, including New 

 Orleans, in the interest of the "Novelty 

 tulip." 



Mr. Lloyd Vaughau, of Vaughan, Mc- 

 Kellar & Winterson. left recently on an 

 extended western trip in the interests 

 of his house. 



The wife of Leopold Ine, of Irving 

 Park, died last week. Mr. Ine has the 

 sincere sympathy of a host of friends 

 in the trade. 



Mr. Smith, of Smith & Fetters, 

 Cleveland, was a recent visitor, Mr. J. 

 M. Clark, Des Moines, la., is in town. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Of Interest to Growers. 



Philadelphia growers may be inter- 

 ested in comparing some of the meth- 

 ods employed in producing roses tor 

 the New York cut flower market, as 

 seen at Madison, N. J., with those of 

 the best places in the suburbs of our 

 own city. The houses at Madison are 

 nearly all three-quarter span to the 

 south and from 150 to 200 feet in length. 

 a few being longer. They have no very 

 high, even-span houses, with ground 

 beds, such as those of Myers & Samt- 

 man and Edwin Lonsdale, and in most 

 cases have no front glass; the long 

 slope of the roof being of decidedly 

 sharp pitch and meeting the front wall 

 very close to the bench, thus giving the 

 roses planted on the front table scant 

 head room. A few of the newer houses 

 had front glass, but no front ventila- 

 tion. The high position of Madison may 

 make this ventilation unnecessary, 

 whereas here in the hot months it is of 

 benefit, judiciously used. 



The roses in Madison are uniformly 

 planted, with Beauties and teas in the 

 same house; the former on the center 

 benches, the latter on the front and 

 back benches, and occasionally also on 

 the lowest center bench, where the 

 angle of the roof is so sharp as to bring 

 this bench too near the glass; here each 

 variety is given a house to itself. While 

 the roses were certainly in splendid 

 condition over there, and the growers 

 claimed having two or more varieties 

 together made no difference, I do not 

 think our growers will be tempted to 

 follow this plan, as there are titnes 

 when such a system would be a disad- 

 vantage. There is this to be said in 

 favor of the plan, that if our market. 



