Mat 22, 1919. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



SCHEZAITTHUS WISETONENSIS. 



Friends of Thomas W. Head, super- 

 intendent of J. Ogden Armour's Mel- 

 lody Farm, Lake Forest, 111., will be spe- 

 cially interested in the accompanying 

 illustration. Mr. Head was a well 

 known figure at trade gatherings while 

 he was located in the east, but he has 

 not been heard from frequently since he 

 moved to the Chicago district. The 

 illustration will show that he has lost 

 none of the skill with which he directs 

 the growing of plants. 



This schizanthus is one of a pair re- 

 cently exhibited at a meeting of the 

 Lake Forest Horticultural Society. The 

 plants were six feet across and scored 

 ninety-eight points, which seems to be 

 as near perfection as one can expect to 

 attain in plant production. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



There was a fairly good market last 

 week and prices have held up well for 

 the third week in May. Eoses of grand 

 quality continue to arrive; in fact, I 

 do not remember seeing so many fine 

 flowers at this season. Even varieties 

 like Ward, Sunburst, Ophelia and the 

 Killarneys, which ordinarily arrive of 

 inferior size and color at this date, are 

 still equal to midwinter quality. The 

 same is true of carnations. Sweet peas 

 are much more abundant and somewhat 

 lower in price. Short-stemmed stock 

 goes as low as $5 per thousand, while 

 specials realize $2 per hundred. 



Some splendid gladioli, chiefly Mrs. 

 Francis King and America, are arriv- 

 ing. Prices on these have dropped con- 

 siderably; also on the small-flowered 

 sorts like Peach Blossom and Blushing 

 Bride. Antirrhinums continue druggy. 

 Of ten weeks' stocks there is a large 

 supply, which would be valuable for Me- 

 morial day but is hard to clear now. 

 Early shipments of candytuft realize 

 little. There are good supplies of both 

 Spanish iris and Darwin tulips. Callas 

 are decreasing in numbers and lilies are 

 scarce. 



A good supply of valley is now obtain- 

 able from frames and outdoors, and 

 there is an abundance of lilac and sprays 

 of Comus florida. Yellow marguerites 

 are excellent and sell at from $1 to $3 

 per hundred. Other flowers include 

 calendulas, forget-me-nots, anemones, 

 ixias, sparaxis, pansies and hardy lark- 

 spur. The latter grows under glass. 

 The Cattleya Mossiae crop still holds 

 out well. 



Various Notes. 



The Horticultural Club visited the 

 Arnold Arboretum and Boston park sys- 

 tem May 15. Among those present 

 from a distance were Leonard Barron, 

 Garden City, N. Y., and F. E. Pierson, 

 Tarrytown, N. Y. At the arboretum 

 few lilacs were found in bloom, but the 

 large collection of malus was specially 

 fine, a noteworthy variety being Ar- 

 noldiana. The azaleas, such as Ksemp- 

 feri and Vaseyi, cornus, loniceras, 

 halesias, kerrias, fothergillas and other 

 trees and shrubs, made a fine display. 

 E. H. "Wilson piloted the party through 

 the arboretum and James B. Shea 

 through the parkways. Dinner was 

 served at the Parker House in the even- 

 ing and the concluding meeting of the 

 season was held. 



A small flower show was held at Hor- 









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Schizanthus Wisetonensis from the Armour Greenhouses, Lake Forestt III* 



ticultural hall May 17. James Marl- 

 borough, from the Thomas Proctor es- 

 tate, had a fine display of handsome 

 pelargoniums and received a cultural 

 certificate for a superb vase of Carna- 

 tion Laddie. Hillcrest Farm received 

 first prize for collection of wild flowers. 

 Faulkner Farm and Oliver Ames di- 

 vided the vegetable prizes. 



The newly organized Boston Florists' 

 Association held its second meeting at 

 the Parker House May 20. A dinner 

 was served and entertainment furnished 

 by Sailor Eyan. Matters of business 

 were later discussed. There was a fair 

 attendance. Henry Penn presided. 



William H. Elliott, in speaking of a 

 recent visit to Philadelphia, states that 

 the vase of Eussell roses shown by Al- 

 fred Burton at the last meeting of the 

 Florists' Club there, was unquestion- 

 ably the grandest ever staged. 



Frank J. Wheeler, son of James 

 Wheeler, of Natick, has the sympathy 

 of many friends in the death of his 

 litle 4-months-old son, who succumbed 

 to an attack of double pneumonia 

 May 16. 



Wollrath & Son, of Clematis Brook, 

 have a grand stock of bedding plants 

 for Memorial day and a handsome lot 

 of rhododendrons in a variety of colors. 

 They have a large lot of ten weeks' 

 stocks, Darwin tulips and other flowers 

 for Memorial day. Of cyclamens and 

 begonias they have thousands of plants. 

 Some cyclamens are already in 6-inch 

 pots. Melior has'largely displaced Cin- 

 cinnati and other begonias. Of Optima 

 a fine batch was noted. 



A conference of local members of the 

 National Association of Gardeners was 

 held at Horticultural hall May 16. W. 

 N. Craig, Eobert Cameron and Duncan 

 Finlayson were appointed a committee 

 on resolutions on the death of William 

 J. Stewart. A number of matters per- 

 taining to the gardening profession 

 were discussed. Among tnose present 

 from a distance were M. C. Ebel, Madi- 

 son, N. J.; Thomas Hatton, New Lon- 



don, Conn., and A. McKay, Newport, 

 E. I. 



The beautiful, clear weather attracted 

 thousands of visitors to the Arnold 

 Arboretum Sunday, May 18. The lilac 

 display will not be at its best until May 

 25, but many other handsome trees and 

 shrubs were to be seen. 



The B. A. Snyder Co. is receiving a 

 large lot of Memorial day orders and 

 looks for the biggest turnover for that 

 holiday Boston has ever had. 



John K. M. L. Farquhar had a nar- 

 row escape from pneumonia, but care- 

 ful work on the part of his physician 

 pulled him through nicely, I am glad 

 to report. 



Mr. Saffron, of the Garland Co., of 

 Cleveland, was among our callers last 

 week. He reports business as being 

 extremely good. 



A local orchid specialist just back 

 from a visit to the Dale Estate, Bramp- 

 ton, Out., told me that the orchids there 

 were the finest lot he had seen in Amer- 

 ica, also that stock of every kind was 

 in a remarkably fine condition there. 



James Wheeler, of Natick, is now our 

 heaviest local grower of Euonymus 

 radicans var. vegeta, pachysandra and 

 Taxus cuspidata. He has dropped mar- 

 guerites and has his big house entirely 

 planted with carnations. Two other 

 houses are planted with tomatoes. Car- 

 ter's Sunrise, John Baer and Comet. 

 On the earliest of these picking will 

 commence early in June. 



James Bond, of Port Chester, N. Y., 

 was among our callers last week. He 

 is a brother of Charles Bond, the orchid 

 grower of Naperville, HI. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 had an excellent attendance at its meet- 

 ing May 20 and Fred E. Palmer's lec- 

 ture was thoroughly enjoyed. A fuller 

 report will appear in our next issue. 



Superb America and Mrs. Francis 

 King gladioli are coming in from C. B. 

 Johnson and Fred Holbrow, of Dor- 

 chester. 



C. T. Beasley & Co. are still picking 



