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The Florists' Review 



AUODST 7, 191X. 



decoration for the dreadnaught battle 

 ship Eivadavia, built for the Argentine 

 Republic by the Fore Eiver Shipbuild- 

 ing Co., of Quincy, and which passed 

 through the draw August 3. 



Samuel Wax, of Wax Bros., has re- 

 turned from his successful fishing trip 

 to Newfoundland. He sent home nearly 

 two barrels of salted salmon, the largest 

 being twenty-eight pounds. He also has 

 a box of beautiful pearls secured from 

 fresh water clams. 



Peirce Bros., of Waltham, are large 

 aster shippers now, to the Flower Grow- 

 ers ' Sales Co. E. A. Peirce will attend 

 the Minneapolis convention. 



Donald Carmichael, of Wellesley, has 

 work well advanced on a new King pipe 

 frame house, 38x225, to take the place 

 of the two old houses, and will start 

 planting the same the coming week. 



F, J. Dolansky, of Lynn, still is cut- 

 ting some good Cattleya Dowiana and 

 Gaakelliana. He will have labiata about 

 the middle of August. 



Harry Quint finds summer business 

 not at all bad at 164 Tremont street. 

 He has booked quite a few landscape 

 orders, to be carried out in the fall. 



Ellis Girney, of Wax Bros., returned 

 from his vacation August 4. Mr. and 

 Mrs. Elijah Girney, of the same firm, 

 have gone to Belgrade Lakes, Me., for 

 a month's vacation. Miss T. V. Laza- 

 rus, bookkeeper, has returned from 

 three weeks spent at the Thousand 

 Islands. Harry Cedar and Frank Alt- 

 man have also come back well tanned 

 ifrom a month's rustication in the coun- 

 try. Harry Matthews and George Wat- 

 kins left August 4 for a Massachu- 

 setts trip, while Millard Bicker went 

 the same day for a vacation in Ver- 

 mont and at Fitchburg, Mass. 



The Boston Cut Flower Co. always 

 seems to be busy with funeral work. 

 Mr. Rosenthal says he is well pleased 

 with summer business to date, and fears 

 he cannot neglect business long enough 

 to take a needed vacation. 



Henry Penn left August 1 for a vaca- 

 tion at York^^iffs, Me. William Penn 

 returned fromfiis trip July 29. 



Anderson BrosA of Woburn, are lead- 

 ing shippers of abters, sweet peas and 

 gladioli to the Boston Cooperative Mar- 

 ket. 



At this time it looks like a delegation 

 of thirty or thereabouts from Boston 

 and vicinity to the Minneapolis con- 

 vention. A spokesman will go along to 

 boost Boston's claims to the 1914 con- 

 vention. The last convention held here 

 was in 1890. 



Gustave Olson, of Woburn, is still cut- 

 ting fine white marguerites in addition 

 to good sweet peas and gladioli. 



Wm. Diehl, decorator at Penn's, 

 leaves August 9 for a fishing trip at 

 Sebago Lake, Me. Harry Stone also 

 leaves the same day. Julius Fagan re- 

 turned August 4 from a pleasant trip. 

 N. H. Canan, the head shipper, also 

 leaves August 9, and A. Daniels will 

 take his vacation in New Hampshire 

 and New York. Miss Lyons, book- 

 keeper, left August 4 for a vacation at 

 Maranacook, Me. 



Ernest H. Borowski, of Roslindale, 

 has several thousand each of beautifully 

 grown cyclamens and Cincinnati bego- 

 nias. I doubt if any better are to be 

 found in Massachusetts. Mr. Borowski 

 is a first-class grower. 



Louis Cohen, Nyman Leibson and 

 Joseph Sloan, the two former employees 

 of H. M. Robinson & Co. for five years, 

 will, about August 15, open business at 



276 to 278 Devonshire street under the 

 name of the New England Flower Co. 

 They will deal principally in greens and 

 general supplies at the outset, but will 

 probably add cut flowers later. The 

 young men are all well known and 

 should do well. Miss Lipson, formerly 

 bookkeeper in the supply department of 

 H. M. Robinson & Co., will be book- 

 keeper for the new firm. 



A. E. Walsh, head salesman for the 

 Flower Growers' Sales Co., left August 

 1 for a vacation at Belgrade Lakesj Me. 



At this season, when good carnations 

 are scarce, it is worthy of note that 

 George W. Ayer, of Reading, has them 

 almost equal to winter quality. 



Penn's, on Bromfield street, has some 

 large funeral orders for E. A. Taft and 

 A. Hansen, widely popular railroad men, 

 and they are kept moving all the time. 

 The "dutch farm" continues to draw 

 the crowds. 



Galvin's, on Tremont street, had one 

 window arranged with liliums rising 

 out of a tank of nymphseas. Another 

 window was prettily arranged with 

 Gladiolus America, white sweet peas 

 and white asters. The sweet peas they 

 receive from the Mount Desert Nurs- 

 eries, Bar Harbor, Me., are much the 

 finest coming into Boston. 



W. W. Edgar Co. is erecting new 

 coldframes of an aggregate length of 

 600 feet, and installing new boilers. 

 The plants for fall and winter tirade 

 never looked better. 



Frank J. McDonald, salesman for F. 

 J. Dolansky, who has been on the sick 

 list, is again on active service. 



John McFarland, of North Easton, 

 continues to cut fine gardenias. His 

 crop came in late, but he states that it 

 has paid him remarkably well, garde- 

 nias now being scarce. 



A large exhibition of children's gar- 

 den products will be held at Horticul- 

 tural hall August 30 and 31. The an- 

 nual dahlia and fruit show is scheduled 

 for September 12 to 14, and the vege- 

 table exhibition, October 4 and 5. 



W. J. Cain, of Newtonville, is not one 

 of the big growers, but he is now pro- 

 ducing sweet peas and bachelor's but- 

 tons of fine quality. 



Andrew Christensen, of Stoneham, 

 one of our largest carnation growers, 

 will not start throwing out his plants 

 until next week, when he will rush the 

 work. He is particularly taken with 

 Benora and Rosette among the newer 

 ones, and will include Matchless on his 

 next season's list. 



Recent thunder showers have wonder- 

 fully improved vegetation locally, and, 

 in spite of the severely dry summer, 

 crops are looking well. Growers with 

 irrigating facilities have made money 

 this season. W. N. Craig. 



PITTSBUEGH. 



The Market. 



Pittsburgh has been in the grip of the 

 torrid wave for almost a week. This 

 had some effect on trade in general and 

 also on the quality of stock, but enough 

 good stock is still received so that a 

 satisfactory selection can be made of 

 roses and carnations. With these and 

 good Beauties, gladioli and lilies, one 

 is able to fill orders. Those who are for- 

 tunate enough to have carnations of 

 quality to cut at this time are receiving 

 returns that compare well with winter 

 prices. As asters are scarce and poor, a 

 good demand for carnations continues. 

 Relief in the aster situation is promised. 



as the northern shippers report that, 

 though the early crop was unprofitable, 

 the later flowers are now ready and will 

 be of good quality and quite plentiful. 

 Some fine gladioli are shown by all the 

 wholesale houses and are offered at $4 

 to $6 per hundred. 



Various Notes. 



Charles Koenig, one of the large grow- 

 ers of lilies, is cutting fine lilies and 

 valley. 



P. S. Randolph & Sons are in the 

 midst of a crop of gladioli. Their 

 Americas are among the best seen here 

 for some time. 



James Higgins, of Mrs. E. A. Will- 

 iams' force, is in Johnstown, Pa., super- 

 intending a large wedding decoration. 



The Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co. is cut- 

 ting a nice lot of cattleyas and white 

 orchids, as well as good roses and car- 

 nations in quaintities. 



William Lauch, of New Galilee, is 

 shipping in daily some fine Enchantress 

 and white carnations. 



The A. W. Smith Co. is busy on sev- 

 eral large landscape jobs. This branch 

 of the firm's business has developed 

 into a large department and Mr. Smith 

 reports that lack of efficient workmen 

 is the only hindrance to -its success. 



The E. C. Ludwig Floral Co. is mak- 

 ing good progress on the new plant at 

 Mars, Pa. 



Mrs. Page, wife of Ray T, Page, audi- 

 tor of the Pittsburgh Cut Flower Co., 

 was one of the injured in the P. R. R. 

 wreck at Tyrone last week. Mrs, Page 

 is still confined to her room. 



B. L. Elliott, proprietor of the John 

 Bader Co., and Fred Kocher, Jr., will 

 join the Pittsburgh delegation to Min- 

 neapolis. 



Henry Meuschke, of the Ludwig 

 Floral Co., who is touring in Europe, 

 writes from Leipsic that he will visit 

 Holland, Switzerland and France before 

 returning home. 



Harry Balsley, of the Detroit Flower 

 Pot Co., was a caller. He reports good 

 business and an increase in fall deliv- 

 eries over 1912. J. D. Christiansen, rep- 

 resenting the Hummel ,& Downing Co., 

 the Milwaukee box firm, was here visit- 

 ing the trade. J. Rosnosky, represent- 

 ing the H. F, Michell Co., of Philadel- 

 phia, reports good business. P. 



INDIANAPOLIS, IND. 



The Market. 



Trade has been quiet for the last 

 week ; a little funeral work was all that 

 was doing. Stock is plentiful enough to 

 go around. Gladioli are still arriving in 

 large quantities. There are few asters 

 to be had this year, most of them hav- 

 ing dried up during the dry, hot 

 weather. 



Various Notes. 



The premium list for the floral exhib- 

 its at the state fair, which will be held 

 September 8 to 12 this year, has been 

 mailed. Anyone not receiving a copy 

 may secure one from the state board of 

 agriculture, or from Secretary Oliver 

 Steinkamp. The entries close August 

 23. There should be a good exhibition 

 this year, as the premium list is ex- 

 tremely liberal. 



C. R, Greene, with A. Wiegands ' Sons 

 Co., is back on the job after a three 

 weeks' vacation in Brown county. 



Mr, and Mrs. E, A. Nelson are spend- 

 ing a couple of weeks fishing at Web- 

 ster lake. 



