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The Florists^ Review 



31 



New Store of Simon Pontricbt in the Suburban District of Louisville* Ky. 



business, allowing the founder to re- 

 tire from active work after twenty years 

 of industry. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



A weaker tone now prevails all along 

 the line. Last week saw several con- 

 gested days, with a brace at the close. 

 February 22 being a holiday, stock ac- 

 cumulated and, but for several dark 

 days, conditions would have been worse. 

 Supplies are steadily increasing and the 

 tendency is toward lower levels. 

 / Roses have declined less than other 



flowers and are not yet in heavy supply. 

 Short-stemmed flowers are a little lower 

 and fancies also show a slight decline. 

 Special Hadley made $25 to $30 per hun- 

 dred, while of the other varieties $20 per 

 hundred is now top price. "White sells 

 more tardily than colored varieties. 

 There has been some decline in carna- 

 tions, averaging $2 per hundred, as com- 

 pared with a week ago. Violets also 

 show a drop. Sweet peas are doing bet- 

 ter, with the best making $4 per hun- 

 dred. These latter have stems about 

 eighteen inches in length. 



A considerable amount of bulbous ma- 

 terial is now coming in. Golden Spur 

 and Victoria are the leading daffodils. 

 Few Darwin tulips are seen, but plenty 

 of the early type. Among the latter 

 are Couronne d'Or, Prince of Austria, 

 Flamingo, Pink Beauty and other good 

 varieties. Blue iris, freesias, ornatus 

 and campernelles are other bulbous sub- 

 jects coming in. Callas are druggy and 

 Easter lilies move slowly. Snapdragons 

 make from $4 to $20 per hundred, ac- 

 cording to quality, which is much im- 

 proved. Calendulas are abundant and 

 cheap; so are forget-me-nots and sweet 

 alyssum. Marguerites continue to sell 

 well. Cut acacia is in quite good supply. 

 Colored freesias of fine quality are an- 

 other welcome novelty. There are still 

 fair supplies of Cattleya Trianse and 

 sufiicient gardenias and valley. 



In pot plants now are to be had roses 

 — ramblers, polyanthas and hybrid per- 

 petuals. A considerable number of 

 assaleas are now seen, as well as French 

 hydrangeas of excellent quality. Dar- 

 win tulips are now the leaders among 

 bulbous plants and are remarkably fine. 

 Pans of mixed bulbs prove popular also. 



There are still some fine cyclamens and 

 quantities of cinerarias. 



Club Meeting. 



The annual carnation night of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club never 

 fails to draw a big attendance and Feb- 

 ruary 23, in spite of the night being 

 dark, damp and disagreeable, the hall 

 was filled with an enthusiastic audience. 

 A. K. Eogers, for the executive commit- 

 tee, said tickets were selling rapidly for 

 the banquet February 28 and all would 

 probably be disposed of. The commit- 

 tee on resolutions for the late Mar- 

 cellus A. Patten presented suitable reso- 

 lutions, which were accepted by a rising 

 vote. Gustave Thommen, S. J. Goddard 

 and Peter Fisher were members of the 

 committee. Eight new members were 

 elected to the club. 



Exhibits were numerous and of re- 

 markably fine quality, filling all avail- 

 able table space. W. D. Howard, of Mil- 

 ford, Mass., had handsome vases of Ben 

 ora. Eureka, White Delight, Pink De- 

 light, Cottage Maid, Mrs. C. W. Ward, 

 Bernice and Laddie, which were award- 

 ed honorable mention. 



Coombs, Hartford, Conn., showed fine 

 vases of Laddie and Belle Washburn. 

 N. C. Osborn brought along this exhibit. 



James Methven had an excellent vase 

 of Belle Washburn. 



Edward Winkler received honorable 

 mention for Little Gem and a vote of 

 thanks for vases of White Perfection 

 and Benora. He also showed a collection 

 of excellent seedlings. 



William Sim received an award of 

 merit for his new variegated, Mrs. Grace 

 Coolidge, and honorable mention for 

 Gold Dust and seedling No. 17. He also 

 showed a fine lot of seedlings. 



S. J. Goddard received a report of 

 superior merit for a wonderfully fine 

 vase of Laddie. A small vase each of 

 Mrs. Lawson and Helen Goddard were 

 staged alongside for comparison, to 

 show the advance made in the last 

 twenty years. He received honorable 

 mention for Harvester, The Lark and a 

 fine assortment of Dorner's newest seed- 

 lings, included among which were some 

 splendid varieties, likely to be heard 

 from later. 



From Patten & Co. came a splendid 

 ^vaee each of Thomas C. Joy and Natalie. 

 William J. Folsom showed Laddie 

 well. 



From Strout's, Biddeford, Me., came 

 excellent flowers of Rosalind. 



L. C. Seagrave had a beautiful speci- 

 men plant of Myosotis Sutton's Pot. 



Charles F. Beasley & Co. showed a fine 

 collection of bunches of their handsome 

 pansies, some being of remarkable size. 

 Each of the five last-named exhibits re- 

 ceived honorable mention. 



Speaking of Natalie, Harold J. Pat- 

 ten said the firm's plants had yielded 

 eight flowers per plant and nineteen per 

 square foot up to January 8. W. D. 

 Howard, when asked about the produc- 

 tiveness of Cottage Maid, said it was 

 practically the same as Mrs. Ward, but 

 he found it a good seller and the price 

 averaged $2 to $3 above Ward. S. J. 

 Goddard spoke highly of Harvester and 

 Red Rosalia; Dorner's 135-16 he classed 

 as a remarkably good light pink. He uses 

 sheep manure, cow manure and dried 

 blood as foods for carnations. Mr. God- 

 dard made an appeal to growers and 

 dealers to stop calling carnations 

 "pinks." It was a too common prac- 

 tice, he said, in Boston, one which did 

 no credit to those using it. He hopes 

 the practice will be abandoned. The va- 

 rious talks, reported on a forward page, 

 brought out good discussions and the 

 meeting proved to be a most success- 

 ful one. Among those present from a 

 distance were George E. Buxton, 

 Nashua, N. H.; Mr. Whitney, Biddeford, 

 Me., and N. C. Osborn, Hartford, Conn. 

 Mr. Osborn spoke highly of Ruth Baur. 



Various Notes. 



The many pedestrians passing along ' 

 Beacon street February 22 noticed in 

 the windows of the Beacon Florist a 

 remarkable display of more than fifty 

 different portraits of Washington, to- 

 gether with photographs of Washington 

 relics at Mount Vernon, such as Wash- 

 ington's military tents, camp equipment 

 and uniform, now the property of the 

 United States. Jack Eisemann, known 

 among his confreres in the trade as "the 

 literary florist," is fond of old books, 

 antiques and pictures, and his window 

 displays on special occasions and anni- 

 versaries usually have a literary turn. 

 The portraits shown, which were all dif- 

 ferent, showed Washington as he ap- 

 peared to the artists and engravers of 

 his time. In addition to all the well 

 known portraits of Washington, there 

 were reproductions of some of which 



