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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBEB 14, 1918. 



are a good number grown locally and 

 a large quantity grown in the state. It 

 is necessary, however, to have many 

 shipped in from California and Chicago 

 and other northern markets. Roses are 

 arriving in excellent condition and good 

 quality. Carnations are just beginning 

 to come in good grade. 



With the anticipation of 50,000 or 

 60,000 more soldiers, or , about double 

 what we had last year, prospects are 

 bright for an unusual season this win- 

 ter. The soldiers, more particularly the 

 officers, are quite liberal spenders for 

 flowers, always wanting the best. 



I notice, of course, considerable de- 

 crease in the more elaborate decorations, 

 but I am pleased to note orders are 

 coming in large numbers, even though 

 the amounts are not so great. This is 

 due largely to the increased wages paid; 

 also those who have never spent money 

 for flowers are now buyers. As a whole, 

 business is far above the average. 



Vaxious Notes. 



Mr and Mrs. Arthur Newell, of Kan- 

 sas City, Mo., spent several days in 

 Houston visiting their son Walter, who 

 has been seriously ill at Camp Ellington. 

 The young man is on the road to recov- 

 ery and was permitted to go home with 

 his parents on a 30-day leave of ab- 

 sence to recuperate. 



Kerr, the Florist, reports a large 

 funeral design business, not only locally, 

 but out of town. 



The R. C. Kerr Co. is making nice 

 cuts of roses and mums. 



The American Florists' Co., successors 

 to Atwood & Fagan, now owned by Mrs. 

 Fagan and Leon Hahn, reports a record- 

 breaking business, not only in funeral 

 work, but in the general cemetery work, 

 it being located near the cemetery. The 

 prospects for a fall business are bright. 



The Houston Floral Co. reports a 

 most excellent wholesale as well as 

 retail business, local florists demanding 

 about everything they could cut. Mr. 

 Hauser reports that he is now ready for 

 frost any time it comes. ^ ^^ , *i 



O & S. Florists, Kutschbach, Kuhl- 

 mann, Carroll and Boyle & Pendarvis 

 all report a heavy month's business. 



L. E. i! • 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Considerable improvement has taken 

 place in cut flower circles within the 

 week. Prices show a fair advance and 

 supplies are tolerably well cleaned up 

 daily, in spite of the fact that chrysan- 

 themums are at their height. The num- 

 ber of mums coming in is much reduced 

 compared with a year ago, but prices 

 are much more satisfactory to the grow- 

 er The old reliable Bonnaffon is being 

 received in quantity and remains the 

 most popular commercial sort we have. 

 Chadwick, Chieftain, Rager, Oconto and 

 an assortment of other varieties are 

 coming in; also a fine lot of pompons. 

 Roses are doing better, with short- 

 stemmed stock averaging $10 per thou- 

 sand higher than last week. Ophelia 

 continues to be the most popular of 

 hybrid teas. 



Carnations, with cooler weather, are 

 arriving of better quality; the same 

 holds true of violets. Some small lots 

 of sweet peas are seen. Lilies are 

 scarce, but callas are arriving more 

 freely. Antirrhinums do not sell well 

 and marguerites drag. There is a good 



supply of cattleyas and oncidiums, with 

 a fair lot of other orchids. Asparagus 

 continues to sell fairly well. 



j Horticultural Society. 



The fall exhibition of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society, November 6 

 and 7, was a small one. No prizes were 

 offered, which accounted for the paucity 

 of exhibits, but as a matter of fact the 

 society made absolutely no effort to se- 

 cure material for a show. The present 

 year has proved beyond question that, 

 if creditable shows are to be held, in- 

 ducements must be offered to exhibi- 

 tors, which the society could well af- 

 ford to make. It is pleasing to note 

 that a less penurious policy will prevail 

 in 1919. A silver medal was awarded 

 to W. I. Anson, orchid grower for A. C. 

 Burrage, for a splendid group of choice 

 orchids, well arranged with foliage 

 plants. A similar award went to Joseph 

 Manda for a fine display of Cypripedium 

 insigne Sanderse. Peter Arnott, gar- 

 dener for E. S. Webster, received a sil- 

 ver medal for a dozen splendidly flow- 

 ered begonias of the Mrs. Heal type, 

 including Fireflame, elatior, Rosalind, 

 Moonbeam, Optima and Exquisite. The 

 last named varieties received a special 

 silver medal. 



Certificates of merit were awarded to 

 Carnation 119 from F. Dorner & Sons 

 Co., shown by S. J. Goddard, and to 

 Chrysanthemums Monadnock and Nash- 

 awtuc, from Miss F. P. Mason. The 

 variety Radio received honorable men- 

 tion, also Carnation No. 167, from F. 

 Dorner & Sons Co. Allston Conserva- 

 tories had a nice group of foliage and 

 flowering plants. 



Nominations of officers of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society for 1919 

 were as follows: For president, W. C. 

 Endicott; for vice-president, Nathaniel 

 T. Kidder; for directors, J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, R. M. Saltonstall, A. F. Esta- 

 brook and George E. Barnard. The 

 election and annual meeting of the so- 

 ciety will be held at noon November 16. 



Various Notes. 



E. J. Beatty, who joined the British 

 army four years ago and has been fight- 

 ing in France for over three years, was 

 reported killed two years ago, but a 

 letter received from him last week 

 proved him to be much alive. He has 

 received the French Croix de Guerre and 

 has also been mentioned for gallantry 

 in Field Marshal Haig's dispatches. 

 Mr. Beatty, who is a member of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Bos- 

 ton, has had four brothers killed in 

 action. 



J. A. Nelson, of Framingham, is send- 

 ing in fine flowers of Matchless, Ward, 

 Pink Delight and Benora carnations, 

 also Bonnaffon and pompon mums. Mr. 

 Nelson is well supplied with coal, but 

 finds the labor problem a hard one. 



Paine Bros., of Randolph, who are 

 large bulb growers, have now received 

 most of their bulbs and in good condi- 

 tion. To show the excessive cost of 

 bulbs when freight, etc., is added, 

 Chester Paine states that one case of 

 Victoria narcissi, containing extra 

 large bulbs, cost $6 pe> hundred de- 

 livered. Some splendid Bonnaffon mums 

 are now being cut. 



Abraham Glick, salesman for Mc- 

 Alpine Bros., at the Flower Exchange, 

 left for Camp Lee, Va., November 10. 



Recent visitors included George E. 

 Baldwin, Mamaroneek, N. Y., and 

 Joseph Manda, West Orange, N. J. 



The National Association of Garden- 

 ers will hold a local conference at Hor- 

 ticultural hall, Boston, November 22. 

 Several prominent speakers from a dis- 

 tance will be present. 



H. W. Vose, of Hyde Park, is cutting 

 some excellent flowers of Chieftain and 

 Rager mums. Mr. Vose always does 

 these varieties particularly well. 



November has proved unusually mild. 

 Many tender plants were still flowering 

 in the open, November 12, while a num- 

 ber of hardy perennials were blooming. 

 Hybrid tea roses continue to bloom pro- 

 fusely. 



William H. Elliott is getting a fine 

 lot of roses from his Madbury, N. H., 

 range. Ophelia is the best of all, but 

 Miller is fine. Among pot mums Chal- 

 fonte, Mrs. Frank Beu, the Caprices 

 and some excellent singles are notable. 



Do not forget the club meeting No- 

 vember 19. Nominations of officers for 

 1919 will take place and there will be 

 an exhibition of late mums and vege- 

 tables. 



Letters received from William G. 

 Iliffe, son of Daniel Iliffe, show him to 

 be at the American Aviation base at 

 Queenstown, Ireland. He reports the 

 Americans as making big aeroplane 

 preparations and is charmed with the 

 horticulture of Ireland as seen on some 

 of the large estates. 



At Philip L. Carbone's, on Boylston 

 street, fall trade has been exceptionally 

 good not only in plants and cut flowers, 

 but in the many accessories which this 

 enterprising firm carries in quantity. 



C. B. Johnson, of Woburn, whose 

 chief specialty is high-grade carnations, 

 is cutting an average of 100 dozen fine 

 Bonnaffon mums daily, which M. Lieb- 

 man has no trouble in selling quickly. 

 W. N. C. 



CLEVELAND. 



The Market. 



The market has been cleaning up 

 nicely, although the big rush of funeral 

 work of the last month has quieted 

 down. Carnations are arriving in larger 

 supply and bringing good prices for all 

 grades. Roses are clearing well, with a 

 good demand for all grades. Pompons 

 and chrysanthemums also clear daily. 

 Violets are coming in good condition 

 and meet a good demand for both single 

 and double varieties. 



Various Notes. 



When Cleveland was awakened the 

 morning of November 11 by shrill whis- 

 tles and clanging bells which announced 

 the signing of the armistice, business 

 throughout the city was at a standstill. 

 Such work as had to be sent out was 

 taken care of and then all joined the 

 crowds in one of the biggest and noisiest 

 celebrations the city ever has known. 



Charles Bastian, formerly with the 

 Cleveland Florists' Exchange, has taken 

 a position with the Cleveland Plant & 

 Flower Co. 



The influenza ban has been lifted in 

 Cleveland and the flower shops all have 

 gone back to their regular hours again. 



Harry Dow is gradually getting back 

 into the traces, after the accident which 

 resulted in an injury to his knee. 



W. F. B. 



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