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HORTICULTURE 



December 23, 1920 



of Holland, white shading to light 

 pink. 



Plantings of gladiolus at the present 

 time would indicate a supply of blooms 

 early in the spring fully up to the 

 average, if not ahead of other seasons. 



.T. W. Minott & Co.. of Portland, Me., 

 have an exceptionally fine lot of Cycla- 

 men plants in 6, 7 and 8-inch pots, 

 particularly well flowered, and they 

 are fortunate in having such a good 

 supply for their store trade. In fact, 

 there are several hundred plants which 

 are to be wholesaled beyond the orders 

 already booked. It is stock of good 

 quality and is a credit to the Minott 

 Co. . I was also pleased to find their 

 place in general in such good condi- 

 tion. Some of the carnation planting 

 was made late, but a large part of the 

 stock- is heavy and carrying good 

 crops, and there will be a steady cut 

 from now right into the spring. Mr. 

 Minott is very well pleased with White 

 Delight. He has a bunch of it in very 

 good condition, and it is evidently a 

 sort which takes kindly to his grow- 

 ing conditions. 



Carnation growers will be pleased to 

 know that Dorner & Sons are putting 

 out a new red carnation called Happy 

 Day. It has all the ear marks of a 

 good sort, an excellent bright red 

 shade, clean grower, and is evidently 

 one of the kind that will turn out not 

 only good quality blooms but plenty 

 of them, as it breaks away quickly. 

 and as I have seen it several times 

 during last winter it keeps busy all 

 the time, S. J. Goddard, of Framing- 

 ham. Mass., has a batch of it growing 

 so that those in the east who are in- 

 terested can go there and look it over. 



Growing Callas in spots has been the 

 general method for cut flower pur- 

 poses, and not until I saw a house of 

 Godfrey Callas at James Wheeler's 

 place in Natick, Mass., had I seen them 

 growing in solid beds or right on the 

 ground. He has his Godfrey callas 

 planted right into the soil in the 

 ground, without any beds being pre- 

 pared at all, and they have turned out 

 a fine crop during last year, and evi- 

 dently will do equally as well this 

 year. 



Quidnick Greenhouses, of Anthony, 

 R. I., are growing a house of Calla 

 Aethiopica. planted right into solid 

 beds. This is also the second year 

 with this method of culture, and it is 

 a decided success. They are cutting 

 heavily at present, with an excellent 

 showing of buds coming along, and 

 the blooms are of good size and bring 

 top prices in the market. 



Since writing the paragraph about 

 .lohu J. O'Brien's plan of having at- 

 tractive plants along the sidewalk in 

 front of his store on Beacon St., Bos- 

 ton, I have been interested to observe 

 that the i)ractice is being continued 

 even in the winter months, and the 

 evergreens standing outside the build- 

 ing add much to the general appear- 

 ance of the store, and undoubtedly are 

 a source of business. The more attrac- 

 tive flower stores can be made, the bet- 

 ter the opportunity there is for in- 

 creasing trade. 



Perhaps so much attention was 

 never given in the past to the beauti- 

 llcation of retail stores as at the pres- 

 ent time. Florists are beginning to 

 learn that the general appearance of 

 their premises is a big item in their 

 success, and this fact is being stressed 

 at the conventions. Of all the stores 

 I have seen, though, none has im- 

 pressed me more than that of P. R. 

 Pierson, of Tarrytown. N. Y. Of course 

 it is impossible for all florists to have 

 such commodious or pretentious quar- 

 ters, but to a certain extent they can 

 approximate the air of refinement and 

 restraint which makes this establish- 

 ment unique among florists' shops. 



I was interested to learn that the 

 Cakes Greenhouse in Westfield, Mass., 

 recently observed the fiftieth anniver- 

 sary of its existence. This long es- 

 tablished business is well known in 

 the western part of the state, and is 

 flourishing finely under the manage- 

 ment of Mrs. Katie H. Cartter, the 

 present owner, who is a daughter of 

 William N. Oakes, who established 

 the business in 1870. It is seldom that 

 a store remains so long in one family, 

 and it is pleasant to find that Mrs. 

 Cartter is upholding the traditions of 

 the business in showing all the enter- 

 prise of a modern florist. 



NEW YORK FLORISTS' CLUB 



The New York Florists' Club has 

 elected the following officers: Presi- 

 dent, I. S. Hendrickson; vice-president, 

 Roman J. Irwin ; treasurer, W. C. 

 Rickards; secretary. John Young; 

 trustees, Joseph A. Manda, Anton 

 Schulthesis and Percy B. Rigby. 



Alfred Hunt, of Norwich. Ct.. has 

 sold his greenhouses to Carl O. John- 

 son This is an old establishment, the 

 business having been started by R. H, 

 Goldsworthy about thirty years ago 

 Mr. Johnson, the new owner, has been 

 employed in several large green- 

 houses., including A. N. Pierson's at 

 Cromwell. Ct. 



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