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The Florists^ Review 



AnocsT 7, 1019. 



reservations; so if you cannot attend, 

 mail in your check so that it will reach 

 me by this date and avoid confusion at 

 train time. 



For hotel accommodations, write E. A. 

 Fetters, vice-president of the S. A. F., 

 17 East Adams avenue, Detroit. 



If you desire further information, 

 communicate with the chairman, A. L. 

 Miller, whose postoffice address is Ja- 

 maica, N. Y. 



A. L. Miller, Chairman. 



NEW YOBK. 



The Market. 



Summer conditions continue. The de- 

 mand for flowers is small and not at all 

 regular. There are small rushes occa- 

 sionally, but the greater part of the busi- 

 ness is within small compass and about 

 the volume customary for this time of 

 the year. Asters and gladioli are ar- 

 riving in great quantities and seem to 

 move fairly well, although the prices 

 range widely. There are some good as- 

 ters and gladioli, but when the best have 

 been sold there is an enormous balance 

 to be taken into account and prices run 

 down to the bargain point. If one were 

 to be critical, it might be said there are 

 some asters arriving which are not even 

 entitled to reach the bargain point. The 

 weather the last few days has been de- 

 lightful in character and similar to that 

 of early May. Consequently, the qual- 

 ity of indoor flowers has been better. 



,Boses continue to arrive in quantity 

 aild the quality is better than has leen 

 seen . for many days, which stimulates 

 sales. There is a fair supply of Ameri- 

 can Beauties, but summer prices pre- 

 vail. Hybrid teas are also plentiful, 

 with little, if any, change in prices. 

 Most in demand are Hadley and Francis 

 Scott Key, if Premier is excepted, as it 

 is not in great supply. A few carna- 

 tions are coming in, but the quality is 

 poor. They are anything but a stock 

 proposition for retail trade and there is 

 an evident disposition to pass them up 

 for the season. Orchids are rather scarce 

 in supply. Some fairly good Cattleya 

 gigas are available and bring a top 

 price of $1.50; inferior stock sells as low 

 as 35 cents. Lilium auratum is arriv- 

 ing in fair quantity and is bought freely 

 at $10 and $15 per hundred for the best 

 blooms. Easter lilies are not in good 

 supply and, as their movements are not 

 active, $12 per hundred is the top price 

 for them. Miscellaneous flowers are 

 fairly abundant and the variety of of- 

 ferings is large. The weather is favor- 

 ing the cut and quality in general is 

 better than usual. Dahlias, buddleias 

 and physostegias are newcomers. 



Various Notes. 



Herman Komitsch, of Secaucus, N. J., 

 has sold his range to W. S. Chapin, of 

 Gardner, Mass., who will continue the 

 business. The orchid collection has 

 been sold to A. C. Burrage, of Boston. 



A. L. Miller, chairman of the New 

 York Florists ' Club 's transportation 

 committee, is sparing no effort to gather 

 a large party for the Detroit convention. 

 He has hopes of securing enough to war- 

 rant a special train, instead of special 

 car accommodations. Some members of 

 the party propose to return by way of 

 Toronto, in order to see John H. Dun- 

 lop's new rose. 



The severe storm of July 28 did dam- 

 age to Henry Weston's range at Hemp- 

 stead, L. I., to the extent of approxi- 



mately $400. Many large trees in his 

 neighborhood were uprooted. The storm 

 was more violent than any that has be- 

 fore occurred within the memory of the 

 oldest resident of the community. 



Secretary Young, of the S. A. F., left 

 last week for Detroit, where he will re- 

 main until after the convention. 



J, H. P. 



There will be a gladiolus exhibition 

 August 23 and 24 in the Museum build- 

 ing. New York Botanical Garden, Bronx 

 park. Schedules are ready' for distribu- 

 tion and will be sent on application to 

 the secretary, George V. Nash, New 

 York Botanical Garden, Bronx park. 

 New York. In this connection attention 

 is called to the large collection of gla- 

 dioli in the horticultural gardens of the 

 New York Botanical Garden, in the 

 south part of the grounds, only a short 

 distance from the south gate. Here are 

 brought together about 250 kinds; 

 about 21,000 corms were set out. The 

 primulinus hybrids have been in bloom 

 for some time and are still flowering. 

 The other varieties are now blooming. 

 In addition to the above there is a col- 

 lection of about forty kinds of cannas. 

 Here is an opportunity for a compara- 

 tive study of both gladioli and cannas. 

 Each kind is plainly labeled. 



George V. Nash, Sec 'y. 



The exhibition of the American Insti- 

 tute at the Engineering building Septem- 

 ber 23 to 25 will be chiefly of dahlias. 

 The American Dahlia Society has offered 

 twenty special prizes in conjunction 

 with the institute 's show. The chrysan- 

 themum exhibition wiU be held Novem- 

 ber 5 to 7, at the same place. The Chrys- 

 anthemum Society of America will offer 

 prizes in addition to those of the Ameri- 

 can Institute. Prize schedules for both 

 exhibitions have been issued. 



BOSTON. 



Tlie Market. 



The two dominant flowers on the mar- 

 ket are the gladiolus and aster. Both ar- 

 rive in increasing numbers, but up to 

 date there has been no particular glut of 

 either, due, in great measure, to mod- 

 erately cool weather. Gladioli, thanks 

 to copious July rains, are of exception- 

 ally fine quality. Prices vary from $3 

 to $8 per hundred, with some fancy va- 

 rieties dearer. Asters have sold ex- 

 tremely well and until this week few 

 went below $2 to $3 per hundred, with 

 select blooms at $5 to $6 per hundred. 

 Queen of the Market is the only variety 

 yet in evidence. A few small carnations 

 still come in, but they cut little figure. 

 Roses are moving well at $2 per hun- 

 dred and upward. Of newer varieties 

 ■some nice Hearst, Prima Donna, Colum- 

 bia and Premier are arriving. A few 

 longiflorum lilies are seen and small lots 

 of a variety of annuals. The only cat- 

 tleyas now available are the medium- 

 flowered varieties. Miss Williams and 

 Harrisonise. One or two growers are 

 sending in Bouvardia Humboldtii, and 

 it sells readily at $2 to $3 per dozen. 

 Demand for asparagus is light. 



Various Notes. 



Owing to the great demand for Car- 

 nation Morning Glow, Edward Winkler, 

 of Wakefield, the raiser, has decided to 

 offer it to the public again. Mr. Wink- 

 ler two or three years ago started to ad- 



vertise it, but later decided to keep the 

 entire stock in his own hands. It has 

 proved to be a great seller in the Boston 

 market. 

 ■ The sincere sympathy of numerous 

 friends goes out to Alexander P. Duven, 

 manager of the B. & J. Farquhar & Co. 

 seed store, who lost his 18-year-old son 

 and only child in an automobile accident 

 at Scituate, Mass., July 27. Funeral 

 services were held July 30, at St. Paul 's 

 Episcopal church, Dedham, and were 

 There was a magnifl- 

 tributes from sym- 



largely attended 

 cent display of flo 

 pathetic friends, 

 was closed on the 

 neral. 



John W, Foote, 

 Holbrow, of Do 

 fine shipments .o: 



quhar 's seed store 

 moon of the fu- 



ading, and Fred 



j are sending in 



beautiful pure 



white Bouvardia' Humboldtii. 



Eeport of the death of Eobert Mont- 

 gomery appears in the obituary column 

 of this issue. 



George W. Hamer, W. A. Hastings 

 and W. McNamara, of the Boston 

 Flower Exchange, are enjoying their an- 

 nual vacations. 



Arthur F. Estabrook, one of the trus- 

 tees of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society for many years, and also one of 

 its past presidents, died at his ranch in 

 Porto Rico July 27, in his seventy-third 

 year. Mr. Estabrook was an enthusias- 

 tic patron of horticulture and will be 

 greatly missed. 



C. B. Johnson, of Woburn, is sending 

 in some splendid gladioli and asters and 

 still has some fairly good carnations. 



July gave us more than a normal rain- 

 fall, the amount being 4.63 inches, an 

 excess of 1.27 inches. The mean average 

 temperature was 74 degrees, or 2.7 above 

 normal. The highest temperature in the 

 shade was 101 degrees, lowest 55 de- 

 grees. There were seven clear, ten 

 partly cloudy and fourteen cloudy days. 

 A. C. Burrage, of Beverly Farms, on 

 the north shore, will soon be the largest 

 owner of orchids in the United States, 

 if he does not already hold that posi- 

 tion. He is now building a block of 

 eleven houses for orchids. He has just . 

 purchased the entire collection of Her- 

 man Komitsch, Secaucus, N. J. This is 

 undoubtedly the biggest individual pur- 

 chase of orchids ever made in this coun- 

 try. He had a representative in Europe 

 making large purchases before Quaran- 

 tine 37 went into effect. 



The Quidnick Greenhouses, Arctic, 

 E. I., are well pleased with Mrs. W. E. 

 Hearst and Prima Donna roses and at 

 present are sending in good blooms of 

 th^se and several of the older varieties. 

 Cooler weather seems to be stimulat- 

 ing interest in the S. A. F. convention at 

 Detroit. Surprise and indignation are 

 expressed at Dr. C. L. Marlatt being on 

 the program as one of the speakers. 



Thanks to the splendid rains we have 

 had of late, there is every indication 

 of a splendid gladiolus exhibition at 

 Horticultural hall, August 9 and 10. 



Mr. and Mrs. William H. Judd are en- 

 joying a vacation at Topsfield, Mass. 



J. T. Butterworth, of South Framing- 

 ham, has the local market on eattleyas 

 largely to himself these days. His spe- 

 cialty at present is the beautiful hybrid, 

 Miss Williams, of which he has probably 

 the largest and finest stock in America. 

 The North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety held a successful midsummer exhi- 

 bition in Horticultural hall, Manches- 

 ter, Mass., August 6. Exhibits were nu- 

 merous and fully up to pre-war averages. 



W. V. C. 



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