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The Florists^ Review 



19 



The Boston Gardeners' and Florists' Club Holds Its Annual Banquet and Gala Night. 



ill .'!'j iiicli or t hull [lOts tdr sjiriiii^ 

 sail's, sow tho sceil now. For heddiiiy 

 purposes the intermediate types are, on 

 the whole, preferable to tiie tali and 

 dwarf strains, pink, pure wliite, yellow 

 and led lieiiijj^ the favorite colors. You 

 also can take cuttings from the green- 

 liouse stock and get almost equally good 

 plants at the time they are wanted, 

 but it is well to remember that such 

 plants possess much less vigor than 

 seedlings and will be sure to develop 

 more stem-rot in case we got such a 

 wet spell as we had last .Tuly and Au- 

 gust. 



For a ^femoiial day crop tlie present 

 is a suitable time to plant out snap- 

 dragons. They give an enormous quan- 

 tity of bloom and few flowers are bet- 

 ter ailapted for bouquet work. It is not 

 necessary to disbud the shoots se- 

 verely for ii Memoi'ial day crop, for, 

 as a rule, spikes of moderate size are 

 preferable to the larger ones. Let your 

 young plants run up to flower and at 

 least show color before piiuliiiig back. 

 The plants will then branch much more 

 vigorously than if the pinching was 

 done while the shoots wei(> soft. 



Plants which have been flowering 

 since fall should now have a good toji- 

 dressing of cow manure, or pulverized 

 sliecp manure. Mix the latter with an 

 equal jiroportioii of damp, screened 

 loam before using it. Tliis pre^■ents 

 the manure washing into ridges in the 

 iii'iiclies, as is often the case wlien the 

 dry maiiiui' is ap|di<^d alone. A night 

 tciiipcrat lire (d" ■^'^ to •'i'^ degriM'^s sliould 

 not be exceedeil for siiapilr;ii.fnii<. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



l,;i^t Week was not a satisfactory one 

 I'l.r i-i,t flo\- er growers. Sui>plios were 

 iiiiisiili-rabK- in e\<M";s of demand, ox 

 lept in the case of roses, which continue 

 otV i-rop. Weather lias befii. on the 

 wliol(<, cold ;nid decidedly wintry in 

 cliaracter. with nioie snow than we 

 lia\e previously had. \'aleiit ine 's day 

 ::a\e consideralde of a fillip to the mar- 

 Kit, such llowei-s .'IS \iol(^ts. \alle\-, 

 sweet [icas, cattleyas and rn^f-; iiciriL'" in 



the strongest deiiiaiid, and the outlook 

 is now slightly iiii|(i'o\('(|. ( 'aniatioiis 

 are in heavy suppU- and there is an 

 unusually large number of split flowers, 

 lOindiantress and Heacoii being spoidally 

 bad in this respect. Roses ;ire lud in 

 h(>a\y sup[)ly and there is no trouble 

 ill cleaning all up at e\c(dlent pric(>s. 

 Of Hussell the supjilx- at present is 

 limited. Heauti(>s also are scarce. Kil 

 lariiev P.iilliant and Sunburst are i-om- 

 ing oil' color with several growi'is. For 

 the little Mile, ('ecile Hrunnei there is 



all excellent demand at >:.' to :il.\"iil per 

 lilliidied. 



X'iolets had a a;reat ^ale Im Valen- 

 tine's ila\ and made a-^ high as $1 for 

 iMiicx- siiiL;le<. but ha\e now dmpjied 

 I'acK aL;ain. SiinielidW \iidet< are not 

 so [ici|iiilai a-^ tlie\ were a I'ew years 

 ago. Sweet |ie;is are arriving in large 

 i|iiaiit it ie<. For the Spencer type the 

 demand is ^^ood. l-lnllniiiv llnwers rule 

 lower in jirice. owing to the hi>avily 

 increased siipjdy. but prices are much 

 better than a vear aLio, < '.alendiilas 



have bei'ii sidling well, also ytillow mar- 

 guerites and jiiiik ^iia[Miragons. Of 

 lilies and callas the Mipjdy is in excess 

 (d' tho demand. .Mignonette is now of 

 line (pi.ality, but moves slowlv. 



Forget-me not is eagerly bought uji 

 and Knglish primroses and corntlowers 

 clean up well. CJardenias have been 

 x'aice and still sell at .*»! per dozen. 

 Cattleyas arc in abundant supply and 

 sidl at from $?, to $•". per dozen, accord- 

 ing to quality. For ;ispara;:n>; there 

 i-- a deci<|edly better market. 



Club Banquet. 



'I'lie ;inniial banqiKd of the fiardeners' 

 and Florists' Club at the New .Vmer- 

 icaii llmise l'^ briiar\ '.• was a -iuccess- 

 liil aiol enjoyalde mie. There was an 

 attendance of ;!(Mi, including a number 

 oi' guests. The tables were, as usual, 

 iHaiitifullv decorated with orchids, 

 loses, cnriiat ions, f i-e(>sias, sweet peas 

 and other i-ut llower~ and jiot [dants. 

 • lames Meth\cn acted as toastmaster at 

 the postprandial exendses. The speak- 

 ers included Willi.ani P. T\ich, who re- 

 sponded t'or the Mas-achiisetts Horticul- 

 tural So.i.'ty; \ViH'ri(l Wheeler, secre- 

 tary of the state board of agriculture, 

 who spoke for that bod v ; William X, 

 •'raig, who replied on bidiall' of the 

 .\;ition;il Association of (Jjirdeners; 

 ^V'illiaiM < . SticKid, t'or the Moston 

 Flower llxchaiii;!'. and .lolm Md'.irland, 

 lor the I'.ostoii ( dopei'.at i\e Flower .NLar- 

 i^et. The eion ludiiiL:- Speaker was the 

 '"■^\ \ !'■>■ presi.leiit. William -l I'.atter- 

 son. 



I'ditertaiiiineiit w.-i^ nn n i-le',| iiy Miss 

 Barbara. M;iyei'. eontraltn: Miss An- 

 nette Liuick, e(.ntralto; C'. K. Talker, 

 'eiior; (iilinipre (orbin, innnidognist ; 

 Raymond Pugh. ]uanist. l^'Mlhiwing tho 

 -peechm.aK ing .and eiiteri.-iinmeiit . d.aric- 

 ing was enjoyed until niidnight. Don- 

 ald .F Crigliton was l1ooi- director, his 

 aides being .1. R. \ess. .!. [,. l.'ussell, 

 Fduard K'ose, Goo. W. Tlannr, Luther 

 Woldi and b'cdiert i; Mimru'Mmeiv. 



Club's Carnation Night. 



The aiinii.-il ciniuitiun meetitiL: id' tlie 

 • iardeiiei's' and Flerists" (JInb was held 

 I'ebriiarv I.") in Hortb nit ural hall. The 

 mil rail showed an attond;i n.f of 175 



