-July 16, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



87 



BUY 



BOSTON 

 FLOWERS 



N. F. 



McCarthy 



awley 



84 



CO. 



St. 



BOSTON'S BEST 

 HOUSE 



Flower Market Reports 



(Continued from page 05) 



The wholesale districts 

 NEW YORK are almost deserted 



these days, after the 

 iirst little morning flurry of receiving 

 the growers' donations and supplying 

 the small requirements of the buyers 

 who have struck luck in a funeral or 

 steamer order, or who want a little 

 something to brighten their window. 

 Summer stillness pervades all the 

 ■centres of activity. The receipts of 

 flowers have been greatly reduced. 

 While the proportion of really good 

 material has run down to a small frac- 

 tion yet* there is all and more than is 

 needed for any and all requirements. 

 The only stirring event of late outside 

 of the picnics mentioned in another 

 column, is the sweet pea show. The 

 wholesale dealers would like to have 

 all their sweet pea consignors attend 

 that show and acquire new and ad- 

 vanced ideas as to what constitutes a 

 desirable quality of sweet pea blooms 

 lor the flower market. 



The first day of 

 PHILADELPHIA last week was a 



blank, of course, 

 Tjeing the Glorious Fourth — with every- 

 thing closed up tight. The balance of 

 the week was not much better, trading 

 lieing very sluggish all around. Sat- 

 urday clean-up cleaned up all right, 

 Tiut the cash returns from same would 

 have required a million magnifying 

 sas microscope to make them look 

 respectable I As Micawber put it they 

 were, "humiliating to contemplate and 

 humiliating to endure." The weather 

 is very hard on roses. They are com- 

 ing in either very tight or very open. 

 Carnations are holding their own a 

 little better and are rather more plen- 

 tiful than usual at this season of the 

 year. Orchids are in usual summer 

 style, neither large in supply nor de- 

 mand. Sweet peas are plentiful bur, 

 lack substance and their keeping qual- 

 ities are consequently below par. Gar- 

 denias are in moderate demand at the 

 decline already recorded and the ar- 

 rivals correspond. Color, quality and 

 substance, all that can be desired. 

 Gladioli are now more of a factor-^ 

 very choice stock in America, Shakes- 

 peare, Augusta, Brenchleyensis, etc.,- 

 now arriving in quantity and going off 

 fairly well. Asters just commencing. 

 Quality very moderate so far. Minor 

 items like gaillardia, candytuft, fever- 

 lew, cornnower, daisies, etc., very 

 plentiful and very slow sale. Plenty 

 of greens of all kinds; sales only mod- 

 erate. 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER 

 EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



Consignments Solicited 

 Hardy Fancy Fein Our Specialty 



38-40 BROADWAY, DETROIT, MICH. 



SOUTHERN WILD SMILAX 



Now ready In limited quantity. 



Ee A. BEAVEN 



EVERGREEN, ALABAMA. 



For Sale By 



John C. Meyer & Co. 



1500 MidiilesH Stritt, Lowtll, Mau. 



Tail tfo Othrr. 



NEW YORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



MISCELLANEOUS 



Cattleyae 



LWes 



Lily el the Valley 



Stocks 



Daisies 



Soaparagon 



Sweet Peas (per loobchs) 



Gardenias 



Adlmtum 



SmUaz 



Asparagna Plumoaua, •trings 



" " ftSpten. (loobdic) 



list Hilf of Wtili 



ending July 9 



1910 



40.00 to 

 a. 00 to 

 i.oo te 



to 



to 



1.00 



•7S 

 8.00 



■5« 

 4.00 



50.00 

 3.B0 

 s.oe 

 z.oo 

 ■50 



3. 00 

 1.50 

 15.00 



.T5 



8.00 



35.00 



15.00 



Flm Half ef Weak 



b<l<iinliig July 11 

 1910 



40.00 

 3.00 

 z.oo 



•25 



1 00 



•75 

 8.00 



• 50 

 4-< 



lO.G 



to 6o.oe 

 le 4.oe 

 le 3.00 

 to 1.00 

 •50 

 s.oo 



■•»• 



15.00 

 •75 



to 



le 35.00 

 W i5.ao 



AN OLD-FASHIONED GARDEN. 



One of the few examples of old 

 style English flower gardens in the 

 vicinity of Boston (.and probably the 

 best, tor it has won the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society's medal twice 

 against all competitors) is on the beau- 

 tiful estate of Miss Ellen M. Tower at 

 Lexington, Mass. The garden is sui-- 

 rounded by a trim hedge and arbor 

 trellises over which roses and cle- 

 matises ramble and beyond on all 

 sides are stately trees which form an 

 admirable setting for the pretty spot. 

 The walks are all of close-mown grass 

 and the borders on all sides of the 

 quadrangle are rich in foxgloves, cam- 

 panulas, larkspurs, echinops and other 

 showy favorites of the old-fashioned 

 garden — great towering clumps which 

 display in an impressive manner the 

 grand possibilities with these stately 

 subjects. These borders are various- 

 ly edged with Vinca minor, box, 

 daisies or alyssum and among the 

 lesser plants are many things little 

 known or seldom seen which in the 

 hands of the skillful gardener in 

 charge. Otto Strassenburg, produce a 

 charming effect. 



Among the formal beds which are 

 arranged in the enclosure in connec- 

 tion with a pool and fountain are 

 masses of roses, geraniums, stocks, 

 etc., the flatness relieved by standard 

 heliotropes, etc. A splendid framing 

 of English ivy appears very much at 

 home — something Boston people 

 never expect to see in this neighbor- 

 hood. Mr. Strassenburg's method of 

 carrying it so successfully over the 

 winter is by a boxed board cover, no 

 packing being used. The practice 

 with campanulas and foxgloves is to 

 set out fresh clumps every fall and 

 give them a mulch protection through 

 the winter. 



weeks' vacation in the 'White Moun- 

 tain region. 



X. B. Cartledge left on Saturday, 

 July ilth, on a yachting cruise in 

 southrrn waters. Expects to return 

 in about a month. 



The Lord & Burnham Co. are tear- 

 ing down the large palm house built 

 eight years ago for Percival Roberts, 

 and it is surprising to see how good 

 condition the iron work is in after that 

 lapse of time. No sign of scale or 

 rust, to all appearances just as good as 

 the day it was finished. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Heniy A. Dreer, Phila., Pa.— Mid- 

 Summer Catalogue 1910. Plants, seeds, 

 strawberries, implements, etc. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons, New York City. 

 — Mid-Summer Catalogue of Pot- 

 Grown Strawberry and Vegetable 

 Plants. 



M. Herb, Naples, Italy. — General 

 Catalogue of Bulbs and Seeds for Au- 

 tumn Sowing. Printed in English, 

 French and German. 



H. F. Michell Co., Phila., Pa.— 

 Wholesale Bulb and Seed Price List, 

 July and August, 1910. Illustrated. 

 Strong on florists' bulbs for fall plant- 

 ing and pansies. 



The Twin Cities, Minneapolis and 

 St. Paul, report business as quite dull, 

 due mostly to the long drought which 

 has lasted over a month already. 

 Lawns are burnt out, many ever- 

 greens have turned red and the loss 

 on new planted trees and shrubs Is 

 very large 



PHILADELPHIA NOTES. 



Arthur Maclver, floral artist at Ha- 

 bermehl's, leaves Saturday for a two 



ROBERT J. DYSART 



Public Accountant and Auditor 



simple methods of correct accounting 

 especially adapted for florists' n»«. 



Books Balanced and Adjusted 



Merchants Bank Building 

 28 STATE STREET, - BOSTON 



Telephone, Main 58. 



