January 10, 1920 



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IRIS TEST GARDEN. 



The New York Botanical Gariien, 

 Bronx Park. New York City, will 

 establish next spring an Iris test 

 garden, eontaining approximately two 

 acres. The Director of the Garilen has 

 asked the American Iris Society to co- 

 operate with him in establishing this 

 garden and through his kindness this 

 will become the Society's first test 

 garden. Here there will be a perman- 

 ent collection of all available spt'cies 

 of Iris, and also of all available hor- 

 ticultural varieties to date. A special 

 portion of the garden will be devoted 

 to the testing of unnamed seedlings. 

 Special committees of the Society will 

 conduct various types of work in this 

 garden, and members of the Society 

 will be asked to contribute plants. 

 The situation of the garden is ideal 

 and it will undoubtedly be visited by 

 many thousands of people. The gar- 

 den will lie under the direct charge of 

 Dr. H. A. Gleason. who has been one 

 of the prime movers in the organiza- 

 tion of the Iris Society. 



It is understood that Iris exhibition 

 gardens have been begun in St. Louis 

 and Minneapolis. As the Society 

 grows older it should co-operate In 

 every way with the directors of these 

 gardens and should endeavor to have 

 a public Iris garden established In 

 every large city. Additional test gar- 

 dens should also be established in the 

 different climatic sections of the 

 country. 



THE BOSTON MARKET. 



The market has Ijeen easier this 

 week, although there has been no 

 serious break. White carnations have 

 sold as low as 6c., good colored carna- 

 tions have brought around 12c.: Lad- 

 die, which has topped the market, has 

 gone as high as 20c. There has been 

 a decided increase in the number of 

 callas offered, and because of the lack 

 of Easter lillies they have sold readily 

 at 3 and 4c.. which growers consider 

 very good. The supply of Stevia, 

 which for a few weeks was over- 

 abundant. Is now becoming short and 

 it is noticeable that some sweet 

 alyssum Is beginning to come in that 

 will help to replace it. Doubtless it 

 will sell better from now on. Freesias 

 are showing up in fair supply and 

 some very excellent wallflowers are 

 coming in, being taken readily. Snap- 

 dragons are short and of very poor 

 quality. There Is an undersupplv 

 sweet peas, the dark weather hav- 

 ing Interfered seriously with their 

 growth, making the buds drop badly. 

 Altogether the week has been a good 

 even one for the trade. 



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BOSTON. 



The next meeting of the Gardeners" 

 and Florists' Club of Boston is to be 

 held on the evening of January 13, a 

 week ahead of the usual date. It will 

 be ladies" night and dancing will fol- 

 low the serving of a collation. Officers 

 will also be installed at this meeting. 

 Carnation night will come in Febru- 

 ary, and is expected to be a particu- 

 larly important event. 



Mr. E. Engelmann, a noted carna- 

 tion grower of Safron Waldron, Eng- 

 land, has been visiting growers around 

 Boston the past week, being the guest 

 much of the time of Samuel H. God- 

 dard. Mr. Engelmann expressed him- 

 self as much pleased -with the houses 

 which he inspected. After leaving 

 Boston he will go to Chicago to attend 

 the annual meeting of the American 

 Carnation Society, January 21 and 22. 



.Mr. Engelmann liiniself lias between 

 five and six acres of carnations under 

 glass, and ships many carnation plants 

 to Brazil and other South American 

 countries. He says that in Brazil 

 practically all carnations are grown 

 out doors the year through although 

 some glass is now being used to give 

 protection during inclement weather. 

 A new range of greenhouses has re- 

 cently been erected for A. R. Jirrell, 

 of BrookUne, by the Lord and Bum- 

 ham Co. 



PRES. MILLER IN BOSTON. 



The new president of the S. A. F. & 

 O. H., Mr. A. L. Miller, of Jamaica. L. 

 I., has been a visitor in Boston this 

 week, calling on a number of the plant 

 growers. The Horticultural Club of 

 Boston and the Boston Florists' Asso- 

 ciation were particularly fortunate in 

 having Mr. Miller with them at their 

 meetings. 



