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AoGUST 19, 1020 



The Florists^ Review 



53 



fc King, of Winnipeg; F. G. Dicks, of 

 ^fedon; F. B. Smith, of Hamilton; W. 

 tTHall, of Montreal; H, G. Dillemuth, of 

 Toronto, and J. J. Higgina, of Toronto. 

 The organization, in its new form, has 

 aspirations to be to the retail florists' 

 business in Canada what the F. T. D. is 

 to the trade in the United States. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



There is little change in flower mar- 

 ket conditions. The, demand is ex- 

 ceedingly weak and the supply, although 

 hardly abundant, is much greater than 

 the demand. 



Gladioli and asters are the chief ar- 

 rivals and in quanity such as to make 

 remunerative prices impossible. The 

 finer gladioli, such as America, Panama, 

 Pendleton and similar varieties bring 

 occasionally 50 cents per dozen, but in- 

 feriors go at five bunches for $1 or even 

 less. The quality of the asters is not 

 of the best and clearances are made 

 quite frequently at eight and ten 

 bunches for $1, while a few good 

 bunches bring 25 cents pier bunch. 



Boses are not plentiful and move fair- 

 ly well at the prices quoted last week. 

 The quality is poor throughout and the 

 stock shows the effect of the close, 

 muggy weather experienced through 

 many days. 



There are practically no carnations, 

 except a few from field-planted stock. 



White lilies are abundant and clear- 

 ances hard to make. The prices have 

 dropped to a range of $4 to $6 per hun- 

 dred. Lily of the valley is in short 

 supply and the quality is below normal. 



There are not many cattleyas, nor is 

 the demand strong for them. About $50 

 to $150 per hundred is the range of 

 prices for the better grades. 



There is an immense supply of herba- 

 ceous material, much of which is moved 

 only with difficulty. 



Various Notes. 



C. H. Totty, of Madison, N. J., was 

 expected to arrive home August 17 

 or 18. 



'^Mrs. A. M. Henshaw, with Mrs. Wal- 

 lace R. Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn., 

 started for Cleveland by automobile, in- 

 tending to stop a day in Pittsburgh en 

 route. In Cleveland they expected to 

 be joined by their husbands. 



William A. Eagleson, for many years 

 secretary of the American Institute, 

 died at his summer home in Spring Lake 

 last week. He will be remembered by 

 the trade as prominent in connection 

 with the many flower shows held in the 

 Institute building. J. H. P. 



PITTSBURGH FIELD DAY. 



- Visit to Secwlckley Estates. 



The annual field day of the Pittsburgh 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club Wednes- 

 day, August 11, will linger long in the 

 memory of the members and friends who 

 attended. It was a great success in 

 every way. Promptly at 10:30 a. m. the 

 long line of automobiles left Sewickley 

 Station to visit the beautiful estates of 

 Sewickley Heights. 



The first stop was made at the estate 

 of Mrs. J. B. Oliver, where F. B. Eieg 

 i« gardener; everything showed good 

 «•»« and the walled garden was excel- 



V. E. Groves. 



(President-elect of the Canadian Florists' and Oardcners' Association.) 



lent. Effective planting of shrubs and 

 evergreens was noted at E. H. Woods' 

 estate, of which A. Etherington is gar- 

 dener. The excellent care of George 

 Shaw at B. H. Boggs' estate and John 

 Carman at Colonel ^hoonmaker 's estate 

 was then noted. Next in order came 

 the estate of J. F. Beyers, where A. E. 

 Bonsey is gardener; the grounds of the 

 Country Club, where J. Pressler is in 

 charge, and the Van Voorhis estate, of 

 which H. A. Baumgarten is gardener. 



The noon stop for lunch was made 

 at the estate of J. D. Lyon, where John 

 Barnet, the genial president of the club, 

 holds sway. There everything was in 

 tiptop shape. Much credit was due the 

 lunch committee, consisting of John Bar- 

 net, Manus Curran, R. Boxell and Wil- 

 liam Thompson, for the bounteous repast. 

 The lunch was followed by a few 

 speeches; especially noteworthy was the 

 one by Mr. Cook, of Cleveland, inviting 

 the members of the club to Cleveland, 

 not only for the convention, but at any 

 time. 



Care and SkiU Shown 



The first visit of the afternoon was 

 to W. B. Schiller's estate, of which E. E. 

 Norton is gardener and which was found 

 to be in great shape. W. P. Snyder's 

 estate was found to be a magnificent 

 place and well taken care of; William 

 Thompson is the gardener here. Espe- 

 cially noteworthy were two specimen 

 stag-horn ferns, Platycerium alcicorne, 

 and the formal garden planted solidly 

 with pink geraniums. At W. R. Willock's 

 estate, where R. Boxell is gardener, a 

 fine vegetable garden greeted the vis- 

 itors and everything else was in good 

 shape, showing good attention. The 

 estate of Mrs. E. M. Stone, where Manus 



Curran is gardener, gave evidences of 

 creditable management; in particular, 

 the onions were some onions. 



Next came the estates of H. B. Daling- 

 ton, Jr., whose gardener is Robert Clark ; 

 of Alex. M. Laughlin, whose gardener is 

 Thomas Sturgis; of Mrs. W. Thaw, Jr., 

 whose gardener is John M. Jones, and 

 of H. L. Mason, whose gardener is James 

 Murphy. All these places showed skill- 

 ful care and attention. The annual and 

 perennial gardens on the Laughlin es- 

 tate, the rockery and fine lawn on the 

 Thaw place and the greenhouse grapes 

 on the Mason place were well worth 

 mentioning. The last stop of the after- 

 noon was made at the summer home of 

 Mrs. H. H. Rea, where Alex. Davidson 

 is gardener. The evergreens and peren- 

 nial borders were well worth seeing; Mr. 

 Davidson deserves great credit for his 

 able and efficient management. 



Carl Becherer, Sec'y. 



INSECTS ON FOUAOE. 



I am sending you some linden foliage 

 infected with a disease. I should like 

 to know what to do to remedy this con- 

 dition. J. B. D. — ni. 



This is not a disease, but is due to the 

 attacks of an insect. As a preventive, 

 spray with arsenate of lead early in the 

 season, as soon as the foliage is fairly 

 well expanded, using paste lead at the 

 rate of four pounds to fifty gallons of 

 water, or dry lead half this strength. 

 A little soap added will make it even 

 more adhesive. Use a fine spray nozzle 

 and always select a clear, dry day for 

 the operation. A spraying given at once 

 will probably help your trees. C. W. 



