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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



FEBRUARY 10. 189S. 



BROOKLINE, MASS. 



"I never did so much business on 

 paper as during the past year," re- 

 marked James Quinn. All gilt-edged, 

 but there's the rub, and it rubs some 

 of the craft pretty hard. too. Mr. 

 Quinn did a big thing in putting in an 

 extra house of the Boston fern. There 

 has been a large if not a larger de- 

 mand for it than in previous years. 



Miss Vass had ii fine lot of poinset- 

 tias. Some by actual measurement 

 from tip to tip were IT inches across. 

 T. O'Connor, of Providence, had the 

 largest number I have seen in the east, 

 but these were the finest. 



P. E. Palmer was an unwilling pro- 

 secutor of his former clerk, who has 

 just been committed to serve a sen- 

 tence of five years for forging Mr. 

 Palmer's name to a check. Mr. Palmer 

 had previously overlooked several less 

 serious acts upon his promise to re- 

 form. This happened at an unfortu- 

 nate time, when business was excep- 

 tionally heavy, holiday trade with him 

 being the largest on record. 



M. B. Bunker disposed of 10,000 vio- 

 lets alone, by actual count, at his 

 stands at the Parker House and the 

 new palatial Hotel Touraine. While it 

 could not be called a violet Christmas. 

 Beauties, those which Philadelphia can 

 grow, went fast, with carnations in 

 their wake. 



Azaleas grown by W. W. Edgar sold 

 like hot cakes. He and Mr. Becker 

 made a good double team, with Edgar 

 slightly ahead in size and numlier. 

 quality about the same. Mr. Edgar has 

 a grand batch of longJHorums foi- East- 

 er — two houses full. Among them are 

 about 100 pots with seven and eight 

 strong plants in a pot. How did you 

 do it? Of course there were some dis- 

 eased, but they are "out of sight." 

 Ferns are being studied here. I noted 

 particularly a bed of Adiantura cune- 

 atuni, cut over for holiday trade, 

 throwing up another crop of higher 

 fronds. Hydrangeas, acacias, rhodo- 

 dendrons are. with azaleas, looking 

 fine, with promise of being just right 

 at Easter. 



Lilacs will not he overlooked. Fred 

 Palmer will force quite a number for 

 his store. Even if they do not sell as 

 plants the flower is useful and 

 highly fragrant, especially the kind 

 Mme. Legraye. pure white; can be 

 forced early, with plenty of foliage. 



W. M. 



WILKESBARRE, PA. 



Ira G. Marvin has what might be 

 termed a crystal store, having the 

 whole panelled with plate glass mir- 

 rors. The effect is very striking and 

 one seldom sees one's self so many 

 times at once as in such a place. It is 

 a Mecca for the gentler sex. Fine stocks 

 are always kept on hand, supplied by 

 additions made recently to the green- 

 house plant. 



W. M. Eldridge & Co. intend adding 

 two houses to their plant. Business is 

 reported by Mr. Humphrey as being 

 very good. - W. M. 



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