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HOKT I CULTURE 



June 12, 1920 



HYDRANGEAS 



ASSORTMENT OF BEST FRENCH SORTS AND 



OTAKSA 



Nice Si inch plants for growing on, $16 per 100, $150 



per 1000 

 Strong 21 inch plants, $8 per 100, $75 per 1000 



I I RFIITFR rn ^'""' 15 Cedar St., WATERTOWN STA. 



*-•• »'• Ivl-iw 1 LiIX V^Vy. Brokers boston, mass. 



Short P. O. Address: L. J. Reuter Co., Boston 72, Mass. 



Kroescbell Bros. Co., Chicago. 111. 



Liggit. C. U., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Lord & Burnham. Co., Chicago, III. 



McCallum Co.. The, Pittsburgh. Pa. 



-Manda. Inc., W. A., So. Orange, N. J. 



.Michell Co., H. F., Philadelphia, Pa. 



.Moninger Co., John C, Chicago, 111. 



.Morehead Mfg. Co., Detroit, Mich. 



Nebel Mfg. Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 



Neidinger Co., Jos. G., Philadelphia, 

 Pa. 



Pennock Co., S. S., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Peters & Reed Co., So. Zanesville, 

 Ohio. 



Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., Pitts- 

 burgh, Pa. 



Poehlmann Bros. Co., Chicago, 111. 



Proto-Feed & Guano Co.. Chicago, 111. 



Pult, C. J., Detroit, .Mich. 



Quality Krands Co., Cleveland, Ohio. 



Randall Co., A. U, Chicago, 111. 



RaedUn Basket Co., Chicago, 111. 



Rice Co., M., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Roehrs Co., Julius, Rutherford, N. J. 



Schloss Bros. Ribbons. Inc.. New 

 York City. 



Skinner Irrigation Co., Troy, Ohio. 



Southfield Flower & Foliage Co., 

 New York City. 



Spokane Concrete Flower Pot Ma- 

 chine Co., Spokane, Wash. 



Stern Co., Jos. M., Cleveland, Ohio. 



Vaughan's Seed Store, Chicago, 111. 



Wayside Gardens Co., Mentor, Ohio. 



Wing Seed Co., Mechanicsburg. 

 Ohio. 



John YorN(;, Secy. 



43 West 18th Street, 

 New York. 



BOSTON. 

 Mr. B. P. Letson, of Carbone's. spoke 

 at the convention of the Associated 

 Advertising Clubs, on Flower .\rrange- 

 ment at a recent meeting of the Wor- 

 cester Garden Club at the summer 

 home of Mrs.- Matthew J. Whittall in 

 Shrewsbury. 



.Mr. Henry Penn is absent from Bos- 

 ton this week, and is enjoying himself 

 in Indianapolis. Ind., with the Pilgrim 

 Publicity Association. 



FAREWELL DINNER IS GIVEN FOR 

 E. H. WILSON. 



E. H. Wilson, assistant director of 

 the Arnold .Arboretum, was given a 

 farewell di.iner at the Parker House 

 by the Boston Horticultural Club. Mr. 

 Wilson is about to start on a year's 

 trip for botanical research in the in- 

 terests of the Arboretum, most of the 

 time to be passed in New Zealand 

 and .Australia. He will sail via Eng- 

 land and the Cape of Good Hope and 

 pass some time on his way out study- 

 ing the flora of South Africa, and on 

 his return trip will visit India. 



President John K. M. L. Farquhar of 

 the club, who presided at the dinner, 

 said it is unfortunate that Mr. Wilson 

 will be prevented by a Federal quaran- 

 tine from bringing back new plants. He 

 said horticulturists consider the quar- 

 antine "unnecessary and excessive." 



Members of the club last week vis- 

 ited Arnold Arboretum and inspected 

 the lilac display. 



NEWS NOTES. 



The Horticultural Society of Niagara 

 Falls has elected W. L. Wilkinson 

 president. 



The Pennsylvania Horticultural So- 

 ciety is to give the entire proceeds 

 from its Main Line Flower Show to 

 the Bryn Mawr Hospital. 



Mr. H. Heistad. Florist, of Rockland, 

 Mr.ine, has furnished the flowers, in- 

 cluding cannas, geraniums and gladioli 

 for decorating the Court House and 

 County Jail premises. 



THE MARKET. 

 The market has been well supplied 

 during the past week and has been 

 governed mostly by local fluctuations. 

 In Boston, for example, the knowledge 

 that two of the suburban towns 

 were to have special flower days on 

 Saturday helped to tighten up carna- 

 tion sales towards the end of the 

 week, and possibly induced some 

 growers and salesmen to hold back a 

 little on their stock. As a rule, the 

 Boston market held its own pretty 

 well, principally on account of cloudy 

 and cool weather which prevented any 

 rush of stock. 



Roses sold from 3 to 12c. last week, 

 wliite roses being particularly in de- 

 mand and bringing good prices be- 

 cause of numerous June weddings, In 

 fact weddings have a marked effect 

 upon the markets throughout the 

 country. In .New York the supply was 

 somewhat cut down, especially on 

 roses and carnations owing to weath- 

 er conditions, and caused some ad- 

 vance in price. Peonies have been 

 the dominant feature in the New York 

 market, and in fact have been plenti- 

 ful enough in most of the markets. 



In Pittsburgh, roses have com- 

 manded an average of 8c. and this 

 would probably have been a fair price 

 in most of the other cities. Carnations 

 average 2 to 3c. and sweet peas are 

 bringing from 7.5c. up according to 

 quality, some being very poor while 

 others are fairly good. Snapdragons 

 are selling in Boston as low as 50c. 

 while they are quoted somewhat high- 

 er in other cities. Marguerites sell 

 for 1 and 2c. Tulips are about fin- 

 ished, a few being offered at 6c. In 

 Boston, peonies are 8 and 12c. which 

 is about as high as any market shows. 

 Callas are quoted at $10. per 100 in 

 FMttsburgh and lilies at the same 

 price. That seems to be about a mini- 

 mum price in most markets. 



