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The Florists^ Review 



April 27. Vri2 



phiniums are now coming in, as well as 

 a few caudidum lilies. Both of these 

 sell on sight. There is a tremendous 

 glut of snapdragons, which are now in 

 heavy crop, and only a fractional part 

 are sold. Deep pink is far the most 

 popular color. 



There are rather more cattleyas com- 

 ing in, but not a great many gardenias. 

 One or two local growers lost prac- 

 tically their entire stock of the latter 

 from the yellows. Lilies of the valley 

 sell fairly well. 



The demand for pot plants has not 

 l)een robust. This ia natural, following 

 the heavy and satisfactory Easter trade 

 in tliem. 



Club Meeting. 



At the meeting of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club April 18, there was a 

 splendid attendance, although the sea- 

 son is a busy one with all growers. Two 

 new members were elected. It was 

 unanimously voted to endorse the 

 amended bill for the protection of the 

 mayflower, or Epigsea repens, in Massa- 

 chusetts. It was also voted to contrib- 

 ute a group of plants for the House 

 Beautiful exposition in Mechanics' hall 

 April 24. 



The exhibits table was well filled. 

 Carnation Betty Jane from Eoman J. 

 Irwin showed up finely, although it had 

 been en route for five days, and it re- 

 ceived an award of merit. Members 

 seemed to like this variety. The W. W. 

 Edgar Co. had a splendid vase of 

 Lilium candidum, and James Donald 

 had a fine assorted vase of exhibition- 

 sized spikes of antirrhinums. From 

 Walter H. Golby came several vases of 

 huge Marinelli carnations, Le Miracle 

 and La Merveille Francaise. These ex- 

 cited much interest. Mr. Golby said the 

 plants averaged four flowers each, that 

 the cuttings propagated readily and 

 that they did well in benches, treated 

 like other carnations. They were 

 awarded honorable mention. Thomas 

 W. Little had a fine group of specimen 

 flowering plants, Senecio multibrac- 

 teata, which were awarded a report of 

 merit. These should prove a splendid 

 annual commercially for the Easter 

 trade. The plant is bushy and carries 

 large quantities of pink cosmos-like 

 flowers, succeeding well in a cool house. 

 Mr. Little also received a report of 

 merit for fine, blue Cineraria stellata. 

 He showed, in addition, large plants of 

 Schizanthus wisetonensis, white mar- 

 guerites and genistas. 



Prof. Clark L. Thayer, of Amherst, 

 gave a most interesting and instructive 

 lecture on floriculture at the Massa- 

 chusetts Agricultural College. He 

 showed many stereopticon slides of the 

 various buildings, campus, plantings on 

 the grounds, classrooms, etc., and told 

 of the instruction given to students and 

 the .advantages to the youth of such a 

 college course, no matter whether he 

 planned to enter commercial floricul- 

 ture, landscape gardening or private 

 rstate work. The cost for a year at 

 Amherst, including room, board, books 

 and other incidentals, is about $4r)0. a 

 good proportion of which stu<U'nts 

 could earn during the vacation periods 

 if they wished. Many Viovs performed 

 duties at the college wnich allowed 

 them free board. There is now a fine 

 range of modern greenhouses and every 

 faiility to give boys an excellent 

 grounding in many necessary subjects 

 which can not be taught outside such 

 .'in institution. In nddition tf> 1lie icyii- 



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