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The Florists' Review 



April 6, 1916. 



weeds, watering, disbudding and seeing 

 that the plants are kept growing 

 straight in their frames, etc. 



In some sections of the south the 

 young plants are already set out in the 

 field, and everywhere in the south 

 should planting out be finished before 

 Easter. A good early start in this is 

 necessary if you would have strong 

 plants at housing time. Prepare the 

 ground thoroughly by plowing, disking 

 and harrowing, getting it as fine as 

 possible. If the ground had no cover 

 crop, spread a good coating of manure 

 before plowing. After plowing add a 

 top-dressing of about three tons of 

 ground lime per acre. Have the young 

 plants well soaked before planting out 

 and be sure to avoid deep planting. Let 

 the top of the balls of the plants be 

 merely level with the surface of the 

 ground. Rains are infrequent in many 

 sections of the south, but if you can 

 manage to get the planting done just 

 before a good rain you are over the 

 worst diflSculty. Sixteen inches be- 

 tween the rows is the usual width, with 

 the plants set ten inches apart in the 

 rows. L. 



OUB NITW^ ENGIiAND TBAVELEB. 



At Framingham, Iifass. 



At the William R. Nicholson range, 

 carnations are the leading specialty, al- 

 though a variety of other stock is 

 grown. The establishment never looked 

 better than this season, the carnations 

 being specially fine. Pink Delight and 

 Alice are both grown as light pinks. 

 The plantings of Alice will be doubled 

 here next season. Matchless looked 

 uncommonly well and, while somewhat 

 slow in winter, is always in crop. 

 White Wonder also is grown in quan- 

 tity and is well liked. Beacon carried 

 an immense crop, but at present bursts 

 badly. Some Belle Washburn will be 

 tried next season. In deeper pinks, 

 Pink Sensation, Mrs. Ward, Good Cheer 

 and Peerless Pink are grown. Mrs. 

 Akehurst will be dropped. Benora 

 showed up well. Mr. Nicholson has 

 rooted a nice batch of a pure white 

 sport. Pocahontas and Fenn are grown 

 as crimsons, but this will be the last 

 season for Fenn. A seedling from 

 Pocahontas is quite brilliant and just 

 the color the market needs. 



Yellow marguerites are grown in 

 quantity here. A pale yellow form is 

 being selected as being likely to take 

 well. Mignonette is always superb and 

 this year is no exception to the rule. 

 Snapdragons, myosotis, Rose Queen 

 sweet peas and Gypsophila elegans, and 

 such Memorial day crops as double 

 feverfew and candytuft, are also 

 ijgrown. 



I have never seen the Godfrey calla 

 better flowered than here. It is grown 

 on narrow shelves along the sides of 

 the large carnation houses. These are 

 grown mostly three tubers in an 8-inch 

 pot and up to March 9 had averaged 

 more than eight flowers per pot, with 

 hundreds of flowers and buds in sight. 

 The flowers were just as large as any 

 of the old type and much purer in 

 color. 



S. J. Goddard. 



At S. J. Goddard 's, Pink Sensation 

 looked well and, for a large variety, 

 was blooming quite freely. Rosette ap- 

 peared to be Good, but will be dropped 

 in favor of Rosalia. Pink Delight and 

 Alice are both grown, but the last- 



named will be dropped and Domer's 

 Nancy will be planted next season. 

 Some Gloriosa is still grown and found 

 to pay well. Yellow Prince was not 

 bursting as at some other establish- 

 ments. Beacon looked splendid, with 

 hardly any burst flowers. Good Cheer 

 is being carefully selected and will be 

 tried again. Mr. Goddard has a long 

 bench devoted to his own crimson seed- 

 lings and they are a fine lot. The best 

 one has been named Doris. This has 

 been seen under number at some of the 

 leading exhibitions. 



Considerable general stock suitable 

 for retail trade is grown here. I noted 

 soriiti fine standard fuchsias and gera- 

 niums; also good batches of cyclamens, 

 marguerites, mi^onette, snapdragons 

 and English primroses. 



J. T. Butterworth. 



Orchids are the feature at the J. T. 

 Butterworth place and anyone at all 

 interested in these plants can spend an 

 hour or two profitably there, as they 

 are well grown and seem to thrive bet- 

 ter in houses not of the most modern 

 type. Odontoglossums were in splen- 

 did health. O. crispum was carrying 

 some grand spikes. A batch of Mil- 

 tonia vexillaria looked extremely 

 healthy. Cymbidium Sanderae, with its 

 beautiful erect spikes of pink flowers, 

 carried numerous spikes. I counted 

 nineteen flowers on one plant. Other 

 eymbidiums were carrying numerous 



spikes. A fine plant of Cattleya 

 Thayeriana superba carried fifty flow- 

 ers. The cattleyas, cypripediums and 

 other orchids all looked remarkably 

 well. Dutch bulbous stock is heavily 

 grown here. Walter T. Ware is well 

 liked as a white-winged, large trumpet 

 variety of narcissus. Murillo and La 

 Reine are the favorite tulips. A dou- 

 ble form of Narcissus Campernellii 

 rugulosus was pretty and proves to be 

 a wonderful keeper. In the carnation 

 house Alice, Matchless, Beacon, Benora 

 and Champion are grown. 



Jolm A. Nelson. 



No one should visit Framingham 

 without calling on John A. Nelson. 

 He grows about 40,000 carnations and 

 they are in grand condition, carrying 

 an immense crop of flowers. Owing to 

 the long spell of dark, cold weather, 

 some varieties are bursting more than 

 usual, but this trouble is now passing. 

 It is hard to single out any special 

 kind for mention where everything is 

 so well grown, but Pink Delight, Alice, 

 White Enchantress, Ward, Enchant- 

 ress, Benora and Matchless, which are 

 the leaders, are all splendid. Ward is 

 doing specially well, and Alice is stead- 

 ily improving as the days lengthen. A 

 splendid lot of young stock was noted. 

 Some sweet peas and snapdragons are 

 practically the only other flowers 

 grown here. W. N. C. 



Burlington, Vt.— W. E. Peters has 

 leased the store at 128 Church street 

 and will hold a formal opening April 15. 



Newton Center, Mass. — Paul J. Kent, 

 formerly employed by John C. Clark, 

 has been appointed manager of the Cot- 

 ton greenhouses. 



Portland, Me.— Miss Bertha F. Lou- 

 gee, formerly of the Portland Flower 

 Store, has opened a store of her own 

 at 647 Congress street. 



Cximberland Center, Me. — L. J. Mil- 

 ler, H. P. Sweetser and M. A. Blanch- 

 ard have reorganized and incorporated 

 the Sunnyside Greenhouses. 



Hanover, Mass. — Axel Sorenson, who 

 has been with the Hanover Greenhouses 

 for a number of years, has moved to 

 Marlboro to go into business on his 

 own account. 



Lynn, Mass. — John M. Barnett and 

 Walter H. Danforth, who have grown 

 dahlias during the last ten years, have 

 announced their intention of engaging 

 in a general florists' business. 



Plttsfleld, Mass.— The Viale Floral 

 Co. has made contracts for the erection 

 of three greenhouses at Lenox avenue 

 and Wahconah street. An office build- 

 ing and workroom also will be erected. 



Lowell, Mass. — Bids for the submis- 

 sion of shrubs and trees for Larcom 

 park were as follows: J. J. McMan- 

 mon, $114.20; Whittet & Co., $90.65; 

 Haynes, the Florist, $85.40. The last- 

 named was awarded the contract. 



Newport, Vt. — Two greenhouses, a 

 dwelling house and two barns, owned 

 by J. Farrant, recently were destroyed 

 by fire. The loss was estimated at 

 $10,000. 



Plantsville, Conn. — A. C. Strom, of 

 New Britain, has purchased the green- 

 houses formerly operated by Olson & 

 Lunden, at a price of $6,000. Mr. 

 Strom has plans for building several 

 new houses. 



Stoneham, Mass. — Plans are being 

 made by Everel K. Farr for the erec- 

 tion of a King house this spring, 42x142 

 feet. The new house will be planted 

 to carnations and sweet peas. Mr. 

 Farr's stock is marketed by the Boston 

 Cooperative Flower Market. 



New Bedford, Mass.— At the monthly 

 meeting of the New Bedford Horticul- 

 tural Society, the executive committee 

 was instructed to make schedules for 

 the flower shows to be held this year. 

 There will be four shows, peony, roise, 

 dahlia and chrysanthemum. As a re- 

 sult of a campaign for new members, 

 thirty-seven were voted in. 



Plttsfleld, Mass.— When the Flower 

 Shop wants an F. T. D. window it noti- 

 fies the telegraph company. In a short 

 time the telegraph salesman calls with 

 a load of "props" for the window, in- 

 cluding a telegraph outfit, desk, minia- 

 ture poles, wires, etc. The company 

 figures that any window that adver- 

 tises F. T. D. service advertises the 

 telegram. 



