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AUGUST 14, 1918. 



The Florists' Kevkw 



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cprtainly pleased with the up-to-date 

 a]ipearance of things. The plant con- 

 sists of fifteen houses, most of them 

 30x200 feet, with plenty of room out- 

 side. They have their own pumping 

 plant, getting their supply of water 

 fjom a creek that flows by the place. 

 Everything was looking well for a good 

 crt of flowers early in the fall. Mr. 

 Geny uses solid beds for all of his car- 

 rations except White Wonder, and 

 claims that he gets much better re- 

 sr.lts than he can with raised benches. 

 lio says White Wonder does best on 

 lunches. He grows his peas and his 

 roses for summer bloom in solid beds 

 also. Everything else is grown on the 

 usual benches. We were especially in- 

 terested in a bench of Mrs. Russell 

 roses that were growing by the side 

 of his American Beauties. They appear 

 to be of equally strong growth, and 

 the color is nearly the same, though 

 it is too early to be sure of this. 



We understand that Joe Brown has 

 decided that he will start for Colorado 

 about August 15. He has been making 

 a good flght against failing health, but 

 the extreme heat has been against him. 



Haury & Sons are making good prog- 

 ress, on their two new houses, each 30x 

 200 feet. They expect to have them 

 (lone in time to get a crop of flowers 

 for Christmas. 



The Joys are cutting a good supply 



of roses at present. They find plenty 



of demand for all they can get. They 



say that business has been good lately. 



■ F. B. 



BOSTON. 



Tlie Market. 



Not much that is encouraging can be 

 said about the business of the last 

 week, for it has been decidedly flat. 

 Asters continue to be the leading 

 flowers, and it. would really seem as if 

 every grower was this year handling 

 them. It is too bad to see so many 

 really fine flowers going for a mere 

 song, or not being sold at all. In addi- 

 tion to Queen of the Market, some fine 

 Comet and Astermum are coming in. 

 Gladioli continue in unwieldy supply; 

 even America has lost its one-time 

 popularity and goes begging for cus- 

 tomers. 



Roses are not in much demand. Ship- 

 ments are light or there would be con- 

 siderable waste in them. I noticed nice 

 flowers of Beauty, Milady, Taft, Kil- 

 larney Queen, Kaiserin and Miller this 

 week. Cqrnations are miserable apolo- 

 gies, and far inferior to asters. They 

 <'an scarcely pay for express charges. 

 There is not much call for lilies, of 

 which there is an ample supply, or for 

 valley. Some nice gardenias are coming 

 in, but cattleyas are decidedly short. 

 Sweet peas are poor. Good flowers 

 would bring a fancy price now. Some 

 l^'f the double gypsophila is still coming 

 in, also the annual variety, repens. A 

 ew dahlias are seen, but these are 

 •lever in much demand here. Miscel- 

 laneous flowers are not wanted, and 

 ^reen supplies are dull. 



Exhibition. 

 The exhibition at Horticultural hall, 

 August 9 and 10, was a splendid one. 



■exhibits were numerous and varied, 

 l^nd quality excellent. Gladioli were 



lever shown here in larger numbers, 

 ^nd seedlings of high grade were nu- 

 merous. For twelve varieties first prize 

 went to C. W. Browne, with grand 

 f^pikes of Amaryllis, Panama, very fine; 



"WHO'S WHO-AND WHY" 



BL 0. EBEL. 



COMPARATIVELY speaking, the secretary of the national organization of the 

 "ornamental horticulturists," the private gardeners, is a newcomer in the trade. 

 Born in Brooklyn, in 1872, as a young man M. C. Ebel engaged in the shipping busi- 

 ness, running a line of sailing vessels to West Indian ports. Then, for a number of 

 years, be published a financial journal. When Collier's Weekly "discovered" a cer- 

 tain insecticide Mr. Ebel had a vision of great possibilities and offered to assist the 

 inventor in developing his market. Soon thereafter it became apparent that he must 

 choose between strenuous Wall street and the simple life of Madison, N. J. Con- 

 sequently, he disposed of his publication and fcr three years has devoted all his time 

 to the horticultural trades, becoming a well known figure. 



Mongolian, J. G. Clarke, Gaiety, Golden 

 West, Faerie, George Paul, Mrs. G. W. 

 Moulton, Hohenstauffen, Improved May 

 and Nathalie Bourseul. Second also 

 went to C. W. Browne, third to A. W, 

 Preston, J. L. Smith gardener. For 100 

 vases arranged for effect, Mrs. Freder- 

 ick Ayer, Geo. Page gardener, won with 

 a fine display. 



B. Hammond Tracy had a large and 

 artistically arranged display, fancy bas- 

 kets being used as receptacles to good 

 advantage, and colors were harmonious- 

 ly arranged. His Barbara was awarded 

 honorable mention. 



Chamberlain & Gage, South Natick, 

 Mass., had a superb collection, many of 

 the seedlings being fine. Extra fine' 

 were Myrtle, which will be a great com- 



mercial variety in a year or two; Mrs. 

 M. Chamberlain and Mrs. L. Merton 

 Gage, grand whites, ahead of Chicago 

 White. Mrs. L. Merton Gage received 

 honorable mention, also Gaiety. 



John K. Alexander, East Bridge- 

 water, had a fine collection of gladioli, 

 as had the Old Town Nurseries, Mrs. C. 

 G. Weld, W. C. Rust gardener, and 

 other exhibitors. R. & J. Farquhar & 

 Co. received a silver medal for Lilium 

 Henryi. They also showed the new 

 Lilium Sargentii. The Mount Desert 

 Nurseries had a large display of hardy 

 herbaceous perennials, liliums and sweet 

 peas. The Old Town Nurseries and 

 Eastern Nurseries also had large peren- 

 nial collections. Mrs. F. Ayer had a 

 collection of montbretias. William 



