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The Florists^ Review 



Jdnb 24, 1920 



that the visitors to the S. A. F. conven- 

 tion could admire the displays. 



James MacLaughlin, of the committee 

 on hotels for the S. A. F. convention, is 

 making every effort to locate each appli- 

 cation to the best possible advantage. 

 Accommodation in Cleveland at any 

 time of the year is at a premium. 

 W. M. 



BOSTON. 



The Maxket. 



If we had been favored with pleasant 

 weather last week, business would have 

 been decidedly above normal for the 

 season, but with four consecutive days 

 of rain, hail, fog, gales and low tempera- 

 ture more suggestive of early November 

 than mid-June, there was little wonder 

 that buying lagged. Prices were ahead 

 of a year ago, 'tis true, but there was 

 considerable stock carried over from 

 day to day, especially in the case of 

 white flowers. With more favorable 

 weather this week and Harvard and 

 other class days calling for considerable 

 stock, business has developed more life. 



Boses vary from $2 per hundred up- 

 ward, with $16 as the top price on fancy 

 grades. Ophelia, Ward, Columbia, 

 Kaiserin and Miller are all proving good 

 sellers. Carnations are deteriorating 

 rapidly and many flowers shipped in 

 soon fall asleep. White varieties are 

 <iruggy. Sweet peas have sold well and 

 all good flowers sell quickly. A lot of ten 

 weeks' stocks comes in and is difficult 

 to dispose of. Snapdragons, calendulas 

 and feverfew no one seems to want. 

 There is a fair call for lilies, but callas 

 are hard to sell. Good marguerites are 

 in demand and gladioli meet with quite 

 fair sales. 



Small lots of bouvardia sell on sight. 

 Cattleyas are scarce and dear. A fair 

 lot of other seasonable orchids come in 

 and small lots of gardenias. Peonies 

 were heavily damaged by gales and 

 rains. They will be at their height here 

 about June 25, while roses are only now 

 commencing to bloom outdoors. Smilax 

 and Asparagus plumosus have both been 

 in good demand this month. 



Club Ladies' Night. 



The June meeting of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club attracted an attend- 

 ance of over 200, including a large num- 

 ber of the fair sex, it being ladies' 

 night. Three new members were elected. 

 Announcements were made regarding the 

 annual picnic to be held in Cunningham 

 park. East Milton, July 22, which 

 President Bartsch promised would once 

 more beat all records. There were 

 numerous exhibits, including superb 

 Lilium oandidum from Daniel Whyte, 

 peonies from James Methven and others, 

 aquilegias and pyrethrums from W. N. 

 Craig, roses and cattleyas from Peter 

 Arnott and numerous other outdoor 

 flowers. 



Business was shortened as much as 

 possible, so that the entertainment of the 

 evening could be enjoyed. This proved 

 the finest the club has ever had and 

 every selection received enthusiastic 

 enctrcs. J. C. Harris, of Penn's, 

 furnished all the talented artistes and, 

 with them, was accorded a rising vote 

 of thanks at the close. The Common- 

 wealth quartette sang superbly. Miss 

 Ruth Stickney, of the New England Con- 

 servatory of Music, brought down the 

 house with her violin selections, and 



Miss Emily Edgar sang charmingly. 

 Messrs. Ecker and Shaughnessy in duets, 

 and Messrs. Eobinson and Ecker in solos 

 scored great successes. John Liden as 

 a humorist proved inimitable and kept 

 the audience in a roar of laughter. 



The hit of the evening was made when 

 the quartette sang "Say It with Flow- 

 ers," Miss Stickney playing a violin 

 obbligato, while the Misses Julia and 

 Cecilia Ecker, of Boston, scattered 

 choice flowers from their baskets 

 through the audience. Copies of the 

 song were furnished to all present with 

 the compliments of Penn the Florist. At 

 the conclusion of the entertainment a 

 collation was served and following this 

 an orchestra furnished music for danc- 

 ing until midnight. There will be no 

 club meetings during July and August. 



Damage by Hail at Framlngham. 



The weather has proved variable and 

 erratic this season, with frequent tor- 

 rential rains. June 15 there was a severe 

 electrical storm accompanied by a deluge 

 of rain, and hail fell in many places. 

 At Framingham the hail storm proved 

 exceptionally severe. The stones were 

 of great size and covered the ground to 

 the depth of three inches. At the es- 

 tablishment of William R. Nicholson the 

 most serious damage was done, over 

 5,000 squares of glass being broken and 

 great damage being done to the young 

 chrysanthemums ready for planting out 

 and to all other indoor crops. Outdoors 

 were over 20,000 carnations and these 

 were badly cut and battered. Mr. Nichol- 

 son estimates his damage at some thou- 

 sands of dollars. Stock which looked 

 promising is badly crippled. He always 

 made a special feature of early chrys- 

 anthemums and a great proportion of 

 these are entirely ruined. 



At S. J. Goddard's, about half a mile 

 distant, damage amounted to about 

 $1,000, but stock here was not seriously 

 damaged. At John E. Nelson's about 

 250 squares of glass were broken, while 

 at South Framingham J. Seaver & Sons 

 and J. T. Butterworth escaped un- 

 scathed. This proved to be the most 

 severe and destructive hail storm which 

 has visited this section in years. 



Peony Exhibition. 



After being battered by four days of 

 successive rain, which only ceased on 

 the evening before the exhibition of 

 June 19 and 20 opened, it was little 

 wonder that the peony display was 

 smaller in size and inferior in quality 

 to those of former years. Many of the 

 flowers were weather-stained and much 

 finer ones will undoubtedly be shown at 

 the next exhibition, coming June 26 and 

 27. Far the finest display in the show, 

 with the highest quality blooms, came 

 from George N. Smith, of Wellesley. 

 His general display was much ahead of 

 any others staged. For twenty varieties 

 Mr. Smith was an easy first, with fine 

 blooms of M. Jules Elie, carnea elegans. 

 Cherry Hill, M. M. Cahuzac, Marie 

 Stuart, Venus, Mme. Ducel, Mme. Calot, 

 Mme. de Verneville, Modeste Guerin, 

 Virginie Philomel, Princess Beatrice, 

 Lady Alexandra DufF, Karl Rosenfield, 

 cdnlis superba, Mme. Emile Lemoine 

 nnd Alexander Dumas; second, T. C. 

 Thurlow's Sons Co. 



For the best specimen bloom, George 

 N. Smith won with a handsome flower 

 of M. Jules Elie; second, Mrs. Percy C. 

 Brown. For twelve named varieties, 

 single, T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co. won 

 with Whitleyi major. Black Prince, 



Clairette, Prince Alexander, Hesperus, 

 Queen of May, Lady Lillian, Ogle, 

 Duchess of Portland, Madeline Gunther, 

 Purity and Stanley; second, McKissock 

 Gardens. 



For twelve named varieties, John 

 Morris, gardener for Robert C. Morse, 

 won with Mme. Crousse, Felix Crousse, 

 Georgiaua Shaylor, Therese, Due de 

 Wellington, MUe. Rousseau, Lady Alex- 

 andra Duff, Eugene Verdier, festiva 

 maxima and L 'Independence. The 

 same exhibitor won for twelve blooms 

 of pink and twelve blooms of white. 



T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co. won the 

 American Peony Society's silver medal 

 for a general display, but the flowers 

 were in poor condition, owing to the 

 weather. Uncompeted classes will be 

 competed for June 26. 



Hillerest Gardens had fine displays of 

 cut flowers, vegetables and strawberries. 

 Henry Stewart, gardener to Miss Cor- 

 nelia Warren, showed hydrangeas, roses, 

 carnations and Oncidium tigrinum. 



J. T. Butterworth put up a magnificent 

 bank of Miltonia vexillaria. Some 

 seventy-five plants were included and 

 arranged so as to show the individuali- 

 ty of each. The flowers were of large 

 size, carried up to eight or ten flowers 

 per stalk, and showed superb culture. 

 This exhibit was worthily awarded a 

 gold medal. 



Douglas Eccleston, superintendent for 

 A. C. Burrage, staged a grand group of 

 100 specimen orchids, containing choice 

 odontiodas, odontoglossums, oncidiums, 

 phalsenopsis, brassocattleyas, vandas, 

 cypripediums and other genera. He al- 

 so staged a fine special group of 

 Cattleya gigas, finely flowered; also a 

 large specimen of Vandopsis gigantea 

 and Vanda tricolor planilabus. A huge 

 specimen of Sobralia Amesiana carried 

 fifty open flowers, and a large mass of 

 Cattleya Mossiae carried 200 flowers and 

 was awarded a silver medal. Thanks to 

 the pleasant weather, the public attend- 

 ed the exhibition in large numbers. 



Various Notes. 



The Boston Florists' Association will 

 hold its annual dinner and picnic at 

 Wardhurst, Lynnfield, June 26. Auto- 

 mobiles will leave Massachusetts avenue 

 opposite Hoffman's store about 1:30 p. 

 m. A good attendance is looked for. 



While the rhododendron display in 

 the Arnold Arboretum this year is far 

 below the average on private estates, 

 these beautiful broad-leaved evergreens 

 are blooming magnificently, the abun- 

 dant rains being much to their liking. 

 Kalmias now flowering are not making 

 so fine a show as in 1919. 



Subscriptions are coming in freely for 

 the club picnic at Cunningham park. 

 East Milton, July 22. There will be 

 baseball games for married and single 

 ladies, commercial growers and private 

 gardeners, and boys, with some twenty- 

 five other athletic events on the list. 



The wholesale flower markets and 

 commission houses will start early clos- 

 ing July 3 and continue through the 

 months of July and August. 



Welch Bros. Co. are doing a great 

 business in peonies these days and are 

 handling more than any other firm in the 

 city. They have a splendid lot of roses 

 and report extra fine June business. 



At Penn's wedding orders are numer- 

 ous at present and keep the staff busy. 

 William Penn and wife leave on a five 

 weeks' vacation in Maine next week. 



W. N. C. 



