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The Florists^ Review 



Pkbeuaby 17, 1916.: 



and nine iiew members were added to 

 the list. S. J. Goddard, of Framingham, 

 spoke on the recent St. Louis carnation 

 convention and of his visits to Chicago, 

 , Indianapolis, La Fayette and Richmond, 

 Ind. Charles S. Strout, of Biddeford, 

 Me., also gave an interesting talk on 

 the carnation convention and said he 

 believes the superior climate is the 

 reason for the superior blooms and 

 stems of carnations in the east. David 

 S. Ward, of Queens, N. Y., spoke in- 

 terestingly of the convention, with spe- 

 cial reference to new varieties. Wil- 

 liam Downs then gave a talk on carna- 

 tions from the private gardener's point 

 of view, and Peter Fisher, of Ellis, 

 Mass., spoke on the culture of the car- 

 nation, saying that he believes in early 

 planting. B. W. Curtis, of Cornell Uni- 

 versity, and John H. Stalford, of Bar 

 Harbor, also were speakers. The latter 

 spoke enthusiastically of this year's 

 sweet pea show, which will be held at 

 Bar Harbor, and for which the club 

 donated a $25 prize. 



The exhibition was large and of high 

 quality. The F. Dorner & Sons Co., of 

 La Fayette, Ind., was awarded reports 

 of merit for Rosalia, Good Cheer and 

 Pink Sensation. This concern also 

 showed seedlings grown by S. J. God- 

 dard, who was given a report of merit 

 for his crimson seedling No. 16-12. C. 

 S. Strout staged Pocahontas, Matchless, 

 Champion and Beacon. Nelson Seaver, 

 of Dover, N. H., exhibited a good va- 

 riegated seedling and Peter Fisher was 

 awarded honorable mention for his ex- 

 hibit, which included new seedlings 

 and Alice. E. K. Farr, of Stonehani, 

 Mass., showed Harry Fonn and Benora. 

 Littlefield & Wyman, of North Abing- 

 ton, Mass., staged Miss Theo. The Cot- 

 tage Gardens Co., of Queens, N. Y., 

 won a report of merit for Crystal White 

 and an honorable mention for Cottage 

 Maid. Wadsworth & Co. were given an 

 honorable mention for Samuel Wheeler, 

 a good light pink. Eclipse mignonette 

 was shown by the T. .1. Grey Co., of 

 Boston, and an entry of Superb cycla- 

 men, exhibited by Borowski & Son, was 

 awarded a cultural report of merit. 



Florists' Bowling League. 



Interest in the bowling league con- 

 test grows as the competition draws 

 toward a close. The present leaders 

 are by no means sure of their positions, 

 as the other teams are now coming 

 strong. The standing up to and in- 

 cluding February 10 is as follows: 



Total 



Team— Won. Lost. Feb. 10 



(Jalviirs 41 2:{ 124S 



Carbone's 40 24 1240 



Flower Market 40 24 12r>0 



Zlnn's 'U .SO i:{9:! 



Flower Exclmnse 2S .SO 128f. 



Ronton Cut Flower Co 2K W, l.-Wr. 



Robinson's 2r, :!S 12.-S 



Mc.Xlpine & Mcllonajd. . . 10 4.' i:{40 



De Courcey won the highest single 

 score, 126, and the highest triple score, 

 299. 



Various Notes. 



William J. Marshall, of Campello, is 

 sending W. A. Hastings a splendid lot 

 of Formosa lilies; also Murillo tulips, 

 freesias, Von Sion narcissi and other 

 bulbous flowers. He has a good white, 

 fringed serdling carnation. 



William H. Ward, of Montvale, is 

 strong on forget-me-not at present and 

 still has excellent freesias. Among car- 

 nations he has fine Rosette, Benora, 

 Pink Delight, Beacon, White Wonder 

 and Matchless. The last named with 



him proves much less free flowering 

 than White Wonder. 



J. Seaver, of Framingham, grows a 

 fine assortment of carnations, includ- 

 ing Pink Delight, Alice, Matchless, 

 Benora, Fenn, Beacon, White Wonder 

 and White Enchantress. 



Robert Montgomery and wife, of Na- 

 tick, made the trip to St. Louis for 

 the carnation convention and thorough- 

 ly enjoyed it. They are planning to 

 spend a few days in Philadelphia dur- 

 ing the run of the National Flower 

 Show. 



James Wheeler, of Natiek, has a sal- 

 mon sport of Pink Delight which he 

 considers desirable. His Pink Delight 

 and Matchless are unusually fine. He 

 is having a good call for rooted cut- 

 tings. Yellow marguerites here are more 

 largely and better grown than else- 

 where in this section. 



E. J. Ahern, of Wellesley, the yellow 

 marguerite specialist, is mourning the 

 loss of his mother, who died last week. 



Specially fine with the Budlong Rose 

 Co. are Milady, Stanley, Francis Scott 

 Key and Ophelia. A shipment of 500 

 of the latter in various grades Feb- 

 ruary 12 sold for $75. They have a 

 strong call for Mile. Cecile Brunner. 



Wax Bros, did a heavy business for 

 Valentine's day, beating all previous 

 records. Their window arrangements 

 are always so attractive that they com- 

 pel attention. They sell many thou- 

 sands monthly of the pretty little Mile. 

 Cecile Brunner rose. 



Visitors last week included Geo. E. 

 Baldwin, Mamaroneck, N. Y., who re- 

 ports his local orchid orders as the best 

 ever; J. S. Hay, representing H. A. 

 Dreer, Inc., Philadelphia; R. T. Beers, 



representing A. N. Pierson, Inc., Crom- 

 well, Conn.; Geo. F. Struck, of Knight 

 & Struck Co., New York; L. J. Renter, 

 Westerly, R. I., and C. Young, repre- 

 senting C. H. Totty, Madison, N. J. 



The firm of Cahill & Beasley, East 

 Milton, has been dissolved by mutual 

 consent. Mr. Beasley, having bought 

 out his partner's interest, will operate 

 the business alone. Pansies will con- 

 tinue to be a leading specialty. 



Penn's Valentine's day windows 

 were unusually attractive and the busi- 

 ness transacted in violets and other 

 flowers Febraary 14 was enormous, far 

 surpassing a,ll previous records. 



Andrew Christensen will plant Car- 

 nation Belle Washburn next season, be- 

 ing favorably impressed by its appear- 

 ance. Ward, Pink Delight, Matchless, 

 Benora and Beacon are his leaders at 

 present. 



The Sutermeister Estate, of Read- 

 ville, is having a heavy call for bulbs 

 in pans. In addition to tulips, hya- 

 cinths and narcissi, they sell many pans 

 of grape hyacinths and crocus. 



The Breck Robinson Co. has pur- 

 chased the noted gladiolus collection 

 of C. H. Chamberlain, of Wellesley, and 

 will specialize in this flower, with Mr. 

 Chamberlain in charge of the depart- 

 ment. 



February has proved its title of snow 

 month. The fall of snow February 12 

 and 13 was the deepest we have had 

 for several years. Fortunately, it came 

 without wind and, owing to the low 

 temperature, was light. We have not 

 yet heard of any injury to greenhouse 

 establishments, but delays in flower 

 shipments have been considerable. 



W. N. C. 



West Newbury, Mass. — Charles Morse 

 and Herbert Smith have formed a part- 

 nership and started a plant and seed 

 business. 



Natiek, Mass. — A large number of 

 lights were blown in by the recent gale 

 at the Charles Fullick greenhouses. Re- 

 pairs had to be rushed to save the stock 

 from exposure to the weather. 



Bangor, Me. — Harold L. Cushman 

 and Miss Mabel Worth, who for some 

 time have been partners in a success- 

 ful florists ' business here, under the 

 name of Cushman & Worth, recently 

 decided to make their partnership per- 

 petual and made a journey to Portland, 

 where they were tied in wedlock at the 

 Central Baptist church. The flower 

 store will be continued under the same 

 name. 



Hartford, Conn. — A 20-ton brick 

 chimney at the range of Eugene S. 

 Drake was blown over during a recent 

 wind storm and fell on three of the 

 houses, shattering all the glass and 

 damaging the heating apparatus. Mr. 

 Drake had to use oil stoves and even 

 bonfires to keep the stock from freezing 

 until it could be transferred to other 

 houses. Tlie same storm smashed 480 

 feet of glass at the range of John 

 Coombs, 



Simsbury, Conn, — One of the S. T, 

 Welden greenhouses a short time ago 

 partly collapsed under the weight of 

 snow. 



Orono, Me. — Alex. Laurie has re- 

 signed his position at the head of the 

 division of floriculture of the Univer- 

 sity of Maine, having been appointed 

 horticulturist at the Missouri Botan- 

 ical Garden, St. Louis, He will assume 

 his new duties March 10. 



Wakefield, Mass. — Edward Winkler 

 has decided not to disseminate his new 

 carnation. Morning Glow, although or- 

 ders thus far taken will be filled. Mr. 

 Winkler intends growing the variety 

 heavily next year, as it has been and 

 still is the most profitable sort for 

 him. 



New Bedford, Mass. — William Brown, 

 of 191 Cedar street, recently appeared 

 before the city council to press his 

 claim for damages done to his green- 

 house stock by fumes and gases from 

 the city asphalt mixer, which is in close 

 proximity to his range. Mr. Brown 

 stated that the smoke entered his 

 houses through the ventilators and 

 ruined 5,000 geraniums and many as- 

 paragus plants. The council appointed 

 a committee to visit the greenhouses 

 and report at the next meeting. 



