AKMST 14, ]91:J. 



The Florists' Review 



19 



ra'mly j>U'iisetl with the uptotlato 



,. finance of things. The plant con- 



,< ot" liftoen houses, most of them 



L!00 feet, with ])lenty of room out- 



They have their own j)umping 



i;t, getting their supply of water 



'11 a creek that flows by the place. 



. ivthing was looking well for a good 



of flowers early in the fall. Mr. 



v uses solid beds for all of his car- 



lons except White Wonder, and 



■ms that he gets much better re- 



♦ v. than he caii with raised benches. 



>iays White Wonder does best on 



ihes. lie grows his peas and his 



.'S for summer bloom in solid beds 



1. Everything else is grown on the 



;.il benches. We were esi)ecially in- 



-ted in a bench of Mrs. Kussell 



'- that were growing by the side 



!ii< American Beauties. They a[)pear 



lit' of equally strong growth, and 



color is nearly the same, though 



- too early to be sure of this. 



A'e understand that Joe Brown has 



idcd that he will start for Colorado 



"Ut August l-i. He has been making 



jood fight against failing health, but 



. '!, I'xtreme heat has been against him. 



liaury & Sons are making good prog- 



<< on their two new houses, each ;5tlx 



111 feet. They expect to have them 



• tir in time to get a crop of flowers 



i'.r ( hristmas. 



Ihe .loys are cutting a good supj)ly 



I roses at present. Thev find plenty 



t ilcMiand for all they can get. They 



-;i\ that business has been good latelv. 



F. B." 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



\ot much that is encouraging can l)e 

 -;ii.| about the business of the last 

 v\ii'k. for it has been decidedly flat. 

 A^tns continue to be the leading 

 •I'lWcrs. and it would really seem as if 

 •wry grower was this year handling 

 ilniii. It is too bad to see so many 

 I '-ally fino flowers going for a mere 



- "Hu'. or not being sold at all. Tn addi 

 'loll to Queen of the Market, some fine 

 ' omet and Astermum are coming in. 

 '■I'oiioli continue in unwieldy sujiply; 

 •wi, America has lost its one-time 

 i"'|iiilarity and goes begging for cus- 

 '■•iiicrs. 



b'osps are not in much demand. Ship- 

 ■I'lits are light or there would be con- 

 -•ltr;ible waste in them. T noticed nice 

 ""w,.is of Beauty, Milady, Taft, Kil- 

 ' I'licy Queen. Kaiserin and Miller this 

 ■"■"■k. Cfjrnations are miserable apolo 



- ' -. and far inferior to asters. They 

 III >;c!ir('(dy jiay for exjtress charges. 

 '"•'■•' i< not much call for lilies, of 

 'Mill thci(> is an ample sui^jily, or for 

 ' ''-y Sotiio nice gardenias aro coming 



'•lit c.-ittleyas are deci.ledly short. 



^'■'t jioas are poor. <;oo(l llowcrs 



iiM biiniT ;i fancy price now. Some 



'In- ■loiibb. gypsojdiila is still coming 



•il^o the ;innu:il \iiricty. re[iiMi<. A 



" 'laldias are s(>cn. but these are 



^'•' in much demand h<>re. Mi<cel- 



■iion-. llowfis are not wanted, .•ind 



"'i -upplies ;ire dull. 



Exhibition. 



'lie exhibition at Molt icnltnr:il hall. 

 '-ii^t '.) Mil. I ID. w;is a spieM.Jid one. 

 tiiliit< Were numeidus and varied. 

 ■' '|iiality excellent. (lladioH were 

 \'i" ''iiowii hert^ in larger numbers, 

 'I -•'edlings of high grade were nn 

 'lou-;. l"or twelv(» \arieties first prize 



• 'It to C. \v. 1-!inwn(\ with grand 



• ''^'•'' of Aniarvllis. I'anama, ver\ fine; 



"WHO'S WHO-AND WHY" 



M. C. EBEL. 



C()MI'.\K'.\TiVI']L\ speaking, the >ecretary of tlie national organi/.at loii oi li.e 

 ''ornamental horticulturists.'' the private gai'li'nei >;, is :i newc-omer in the iraiie. 

 I'orn in Brooklyn, in 1^7l', as a voung man M. < '. libel engaged in the shipping lui-i- 

 ne-s, iiinning a line id' -^ailing vcssi'ls to West Indian poit-^. Then, for a nnniber of 

 ye.ars, he |iublislied :i financial joniiial. When t oilier 's Weekly ' ' (lisco\ ereil " ' a cer- 

 tain insecticide Mr. |-!!>el had a \i>ioii ot ;^reat pos-iibilit ies and olVeied to a--~;^t tin- 

 iiixcntor in devclopine jijs; tnaiket. Semi t liei ca t'l c r it became apjiareiit that he niii^T 



clioos' l:et\\ee'i sIi('Miioii> Wall sticet ai'd 



simple life of' Madi-^on. N. .1. < on 



se(|nently, lie di-pcKed it' his jinlilii-at ion and Im three years ha^ devoted all \i\< tiim 

 to the holt iciilt iiral trade-, le-oii.in;' a w^'ll known iii;ure. 



^fongolian, .1. C. <'larl;e, tlaietv, (lolden 

 W(>st, Faerie, tieorge I'anl. Mr<. (i. W. 

 .^^0lllton. Hohen-^taiitVen. Improved May 

 and X.athalie Bourseiil. Second also 

 went to C. W. I'.rovviie. third to A. W. 

 Preston. .1. I-. Smith gardener. l"or Iim 

 vases arranged for etVect. Mrs. I'reder 

 ick Ayt>r, (ieo. Page gardener, won with 

 a fine display. 



P.. Hammond Tracy ha<l a large and 

 artistically arranged disj.lay. fancv bas 

 kets being usecl as receptacdes to good 

 .advantage, ami cfdors were liainioiiions- 

 ly arrangecl. His Bjirbara was fivvarded 

 honorab!(> mention. 



(diamberlain ..<; t^age. South Xatick. 

 ^fass., had a superb collection, many of 

 the seedlings being line. llxtra fine 

 were .Mvrtle. which will be a great com- 



mercial variety in a year or two; ^ri<. 

 ^f. Chamberlain and Mr<. 1,. Merton 

 •■ai^^e. grand whites, ahead of ('hicauo 

 White. Mrs. Ti. Merton <iage liM-eived 

 honorable mention, also (laietv. 



.lohn K. Alexandi-r. i:a>t l!ii.|-i' 

 water, had ;i tine collection ot' i;ladioli. 

 as had till? ()l(l Town Xur-i'iie^, .NTr^. ' . 

 <i. Web], \V. ('. K'ust gaiileiier. and 

 other exhibitors. 1\. \- .(. Fanpihar \- 

 Co. r.^ctdved a silver nieihil for l.iliiiin 

 llenryi. They also showed the new 

 l.iliiiin Sargentii. The Mount lie-eii 

 \ur<eries had a large di-<pl;iv- of liai'iy 

 herbaceous perennials, liliums ami ^wc.r 

 peas. The Old Town Nurseiie- and 

 lla^tiM'n Xui'series also had lar^^e pereii- 

 ni.al collections. Mrs. 1'. Aver liad a 

 collection of montbret ias. William 



