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The Horists^ Review 



Decbmbeb 11, 1919. 



Arnold Arboretum, Jamaica Plain, Mass. 

 He has spent more than twenty years in 

 exploring and collecting the flora of the 

 far east. Of this period eleven years 

 have been devoted to western and cen- 

 tral China and three more to Japan and 

 its outlying imperial possessions and to 

 Korea. A part of the results of this 

 work has been the addition to the gar- 

 dens of America and Europe of nearly 

 2,000 species, a larger number of intro- 

 ductions than anyone else can claim. All 

 are invited to attend. Interesting or 

 unusual plants or flowers may be brought 

 to the meeting and facilities will be sup- 

 plied for their display. A fund has been 

 placed at the disposal of the exhibition 

 committee for the purpose of awarding 

 prizes to worthy exhibits. 



George V. Nash, Sec 'y. 



ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



The Market. 



As is quite customary after a period 

 of big business such as was seen in this 

 city for Thanksgiving, trade has fallen 

 off considerably. Practically every- 

 thing that was in sight was picked for 

 that event and consequently the market 

 was not at all crowded with flowers last 

 week; perhaps fortunately, the demand 

 has been slower. Chrysanthemums, 

 which have been quite plentiful this 

 fall, are slowly diminishing in sup- 

 ply and only a few reach the market 

 each day. They are the Bonnaffons and 

 some white and pink varieties; these, 

 being the last of the season, are not 

 specially good. Several varieties of pom- 

 pons are seen and sell readily. The daily 

 shipments of roses arrive in fine condi- 

 tion and are of excellent quality. Colum- 

 bia is in good supply and long-stemmed 

 stock brings good prices. The medium 

 grade is in the best demand. Ophelia, 

 Ward, Sunburst, Kussell, Maryland and 

 the Killarncys are also in good demand 

 and are bringing winter prices. Excel- 

 lent Hoosier Beauties are seen, but are 

 not in large supply; however, the out- 

 look for Christmas is quite encouraging. 

 The supply of carnations is good, but 

 not overlarge. They arrive chiefly in 

 pink and white. Prices continue good. 

 Paper Whites and yellow narcissi are 

 on the market, but not in heavy supply. 

 Violets, both the Californian and those 

 from the eastern growers, are not sell- 

 ing so readily as they might, although 

 their quality is good. Cypripediums 

 arrive in large supply and are of high 

 quality. These sell fairly well. Sweet 

 peas are not seen frequently in this 

 market and lilies are also scarce. There 

 is a good supply of stevia arriving, and 

 the market for it is good. Smilax, As- 

 paragus plumosus, boxwood and other 

 greens are plentiful. There is a slim 

 showing of good potted plants, but the 

 growers promise good stock for the 

 holidays. Some of the Christmas greens, 

 such as ground pine, laurel roping and 

 boxwood, are arriving daily and are sell- 

 ing well. 



Florists' Association. 



The Eochester Florists' Association is 

 facing calamity unless some strong ef- 

 fort is put forward to save the life of 

 this once active society. In order that 

 a good representation of its members 

 should be present at a meeting to decide 

 on its continuance or otherwise, the com- 

 mittee arranged among themselves a 

 dinner and put on a boxing match at the 

 Osborn House Wednesday evening, De- 



cember 3. Over 100 members attended 

 and an especially pleasant evening was 

 spent. Vocal, elocution and trick artists 

 were also in attendance. The question 

 of changing the place of meeting was 

 taken up and is being favorably con- 

 sidered, since a good room, well car- 

 peted, heated and lighted, is offered by 

 the manager of the Osborn House at a 

 reasonable rent. The next meeting will 

 be held Friday, January 9, 1920. 



Various Notes. 



Among the visitors who called on 

 the local tradesmen last week were 

 Charles Felton, of the Felton Flower 

 Shop, Buffalo, N. Y.; Manuel Oppen- 

 heim, of Olean, N. Y., and Harry H. 

 Brandt, of Wertheimer Bros., New York. 



Horace J. Head, representing George 

 B. Hart, has just returned to the city, 

 having had a successful business trip 

 in the provinces of Quebec and Ontario, 

 Canada. 



The Utica-Rochester Floral Co. has 

 recently moved to 109 North street. The 

 store is lighter and considerably larger, 

 and is better adapted to the firm's 

 needs. Business is goo^, having been 

 exceptional for Thanksgiving. 



All the downtown stores are making 

 preparation for the big rush which will 

 soon be upon us. Baskets of artificial 

 flowers and Christmas greens are seen 

 on every hand, while strawflowers 

 worked up into artistic creations are 

 seen in all flower stores. Sales for these 

 are good. H. J. H. 



LOWELL, MASS. 



Tlie Market. 



The weather has for several weeks 

 been dark and cloudy, which has cur- 

 tailed production and depressed qual- 

 ity. For the last few days, however, it 

 has been bright and sunny, with a night 

 temperature about 20 degrees above 

 zero. Flowers are not numerous here 

 cither in quantity or in the number of 

 varieties. 



At Tewksbury. 



The M. A, Patten Co., Tewksbury, 

 Mass., has already got a large amount 

 of carnations rooted and in soil. This 

 firm expects to propagate considerably 

 more than it did last year; one order 

 alone calls for 100,000 to be delivered 

 at various periods. Mr. Patten con- 

 siders the two varieties. Aviator and 

 Belle Washburn, especially profitable, as 

 they are abundant croppers and have 

 good-sized blooms. A good white is the 

 variety Benora; in many respects it is 

 superior to Matchless, since the former 

 remains pure white all through the sea- 

 son, while the latter kind comes with 

 pink streaks and often a good many 

 singles. Harold Patten, for the last 

 five years, except when he was with the 

 army, has taken care of the propagat- 

 ing end of the business at this estab- 

 lishment. 



This firm has a fine bench of God- 

 frey callas, of which there are over 

 4,000 plants in pots and which have 

 bloomed remarkably well this fall and 

 are still blooming. The Californian 

 maidenhair fern is in good shape and is 

 a profitable variety to grow. Many 

 cypripediums were noticed to be bloom- 

 ing freely. ' 



Wilbur Patten went November 25 by 

 boat to Savannah. Ga., thence by train 

 to Lakeland, near Tampa, Fla., at which 

 town Mr. Patten has an orange grove. 



which he purchased about a year ago; 

 he has built a residence there with the 

 intention of making that his permanent 

 home, as the climate agrees with him. 

 M. A. Patten intends eventually to dis- 

 pose of the range at Tewksbury, to en- 

 able the family to be together. In addi- 

 tion to building a range of large and up- 

 to-date houses, workrooms, etc., with 

 twenty acres of land, this firm has an 

 enviable reputation as growers of choice 

 stock. It has a large quantity of bego- 

 nias of the variety Mrs. M. A. Patten, in 

 both pans and pots. This is a fine Christ- 

 mas variety. 



Various No 



Mark Eoper is cuttil^V' good carna- 

 tions, which are not plei^Kul, however, 

 owing to weather conditi(^. The sweet 

 peas at this range are Exceptionally 

 good and will soon reach the top of his 

 high houses. Mr. Eoper has been cut- 

 ting for several weeks and expects to 

 have a good crop for the Christmas trade. 

 This firm ships the bulk of its output to 

 Boston commission salesmen. 



John Gale is having a good crop of 

 carnation Winkler's Morning Glow. 

 This variety, while not a large bloom, is 

 a good producer. He still has a great 

 number of BonnafEon, Seidewitz and 

 other varieties of mums. Mr. Gale 

 opened his new garage, cement and steel 

 construction, for business December 8. 



Miss Emma Stephens sang at B. 

 F. Keith 's theater last week and scored 

 a great success with the new and in- 

 creasingly popular song, "Say It with 

 Flowers. ' ' James J. McManmon one 

 evening presented her with a bouquet of 

 flowers. 



Frank P. Putnam has just finished cut- 

 ting the last of his single mums and 

 is using the space for anemones and 

 ranunculus. 



Hershon Oliver and Clayton Colby 

 have left the employment of the Morse 

 & Beals Co. ^ E. E. R. 



GREEN CALLA BUDS. 



We are sending you under separate 

 cover three calla lily buds. You wUl 

 notice that these buds are green in color 

 and our entire stock of callas is like 

 this. When they are opening they seem 

 to bind in the center and when in full 

 bloom there is a green tinge to them. 

 We had the same trouble last year, but 

 thought the bulbs were chilled before 

 they were brought into the greenhouse. 



he plants have a vigorous growth and 

 are in a good clay loam, well fertilized. 

 We shall appreciate any information 

 you can give us regarding them. 



Q. C. F. S.— Mich. 



The cause of the trouble with these 

 callas is a puzzle, since I have never 

 met with a similar experience, but I 

 am inclined to believe that you are 

 not giving them enough heat or that 

 they are affected by escaping gas or 

 fumes of some kind. I should advise 

 raising the temperature for them and 

 watering more liberally at the roots. 



M. P. 



Sapulpa, Okla. — M. Edgar West ex- 

 pects to grow flowers in his greenhouse 

 instead of lettuce as at present. 



Waterloo, N. Y.— Mildred A. Tobey 

 has gone out of business, being suc- 

 ceeded by her mother, Mrs. Hattie 

 Tobey. 



