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The Florists^ Review 



FiiBBCAttx 18, 1919. 



THE PLACE TO BUY ORCHIDS 



J. S M. S. VESEY, 



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Fort Wayne, Ind. 



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a heavy crop, with no split flowers. 

 Many of Dorner's sfiiBdlings are on trial 

 here and some fine things are included. 

 Benora remains the leading vajriegated. 

 Yellow Prince looks well, but will not 

 be grown another season. Fine batches 

 of snapdragon, good Eussell and Ophelia 

 roses, sweet peas, cyclamens, show pelar- 

 goniums, polyanthus, callas and other 

 plants were noted, a great proportion of 

 these being for the retail trade. 



At William R. Nicholson's, Carnation 

 Belle Washburn shows up remarkably 

 well, having strong stems and large 

 flowers. Matchless, in one house planted 

 from flats, looks grand, vastly superior 

 to stock in another house lifted from the 

 field. Albert Roper proves disappoint- 

 ing as a winter bloomer. Too many 

 flowers come off color. It is a grand 

 warm weather variety, however. White 

 Benora was in heavy crop and will bear 

 watching. Pink Delight is the standard 

 light pink grown. A truly wonderful 

 sight here are the rows of Godfrey 

 callas in 8-inch pots around the sides of 

 the carnation houses. They are smoth- 

 ered with spikes. Other interesting 

 crops noted were wallflowers, forget-me- 

 nots. Gladiolus primulinus hybrids, 

 sweet peas and great numbers of Gypso- 

 phila elegans in flats, which is a great 

 specialty here. 



Various Notes. 



Schedules are out for the exhibition 

 of plants and flowers to be given by the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club in Horti- 

 cultural hall February 18. Some fifteen 

 classes are allotted to carnations, while 

 all seasonable pot plants and other cut 

 flowers have classes. In addition to 

 cash prizes, medals and certificates of 

 merit will be awarded. Everything 

 points to an excellent show, which the 

 public will have an opportunity to visit 

 free of charge. 



Arthur E. Horton, a prominent local 

 engineer, delivered a splendid practical 

 lecture on drainage at Horticultural hall 

 February 8. He held the close attention 

 of his hearers for nearly two hours and 

 answered many questions. There will 

 be a record attendance at the closing 

 lecture of the season February 15, when 

 Dr. B. T. Galloway, chief adviser to the 

 Federal Horticultural Board, will lec- 

 •ture. Both the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society and the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston have asked 

 their members to attend this meeting 

 and Dr. Galloway is sure of a welcome. 



Seed stores report business as active, 

 due to the exceptionally mild winter we 

 are experiencing. All have had great 

 difficulties in getting their catalogues 

 out, due to labor shortages, but have at 

 last succeeded. 



It is gratifying to know of the many retail florists who 

 appreciate a \Vholesale House that has taken the lead 

 to conform to the principles of "Wholesale Only." 



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C. S. Strout, S. J. Goddard and 

 other specialists will speak on vari- 

 ous phases of carnation culture at the 

 club meeting to follow the exhibition 

 February 18. 



A half -page St. Valentine's day ad 

 appeared in all local Sunday papers Feb- 

 ruary 9 from the florists of greater 

 Boston. Those participating were the 

 W. W. Edgar Co., Wax Bros., H. W. 

 Cotton, the Copley Florist, Alice B. 

 Merrill, H. E. Comley, W. C. Bowditch, 

 Frank Edgar, C. T. Beasley & Co., Har- 



Flower Shop, John 

 E. Holbrow, Frazer, 



ris, the Eawson 

 Walsh & Son, C. 

 Zinn, and Harry Quint 



The Waban Rose Conservatories, es- 

 tablished in 1870 by E. M. Wood, always 

 in the past a wholesale firm, has entered 

 the retail field and come out with a half- 

 page advertisement in Boston's leading 

 papers February 9, offering roses at re- 

 tail. The varieties this firm specializes 

 in are Ophelia, Hadley, Bussell, Killar- 

 ney Brilliant and Mrs. Bayard Thayer. 



Feeling in regard to Quarantine No. 



