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The Florists' Review 



August 14, 1013. 



Whitman, M. Sullivan gardener, had 

 gladioli and herbaceous plants. F. E. 

 Dwyer had a nice dahlia display, the 

 first of the season. 



E. L. Lewis had a good collection of 

 pweet pea». Mrs, J. L. Gardner, Wm. 

 Thatcher gardener, Anthericum Brownii 

 and other decorative plants. A. W. 

 Preston showed sweet peas, and Mrs. 

 E. M. Gill a^general display. 



Perennial phloxes were largely shown. 

 For twelve named varieties. Eastern 

 Nurseries, W. Whitman and F. J. Eea 

 won in the order named, while for 

 thirty varieties F. J. Eea led, followed 

 by Eastern Nurseries and T. C. Thurlow. 



L. W. Roso secured a certificate of 

 merit for Canna Miss Agnes Fitzgerald. 

 For fifty vases of asters William Whit- 

 man was first. For best collection of 

 annuals, not less than thirty species, 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner led, followed by 

 William Whitman. There were fine dis- 

 plays of both fruits and vegetables. 



Various Notes. 



The following firms and individuals 

 contributed prizes for the successful 

 picnic of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club: Lord & Burnham Co., Wilfrid 

 Wheeler, Duncan Finlayson, Kenneth 

 Finlaysou, F. E. Palmer, Frederic J. 

 Bea, A. H.' Hews & Co., B. Hammond 

 Tracy, J. Breck & Sons, W. W. Edgar 

 Co., Wm. Downs, W. N. Craig, Fottler, 

 Fiske, Rawson Co., Peter Fisher, M. A. 

 Patten, Thomas Roland, T. J. Grey Co., 

 H. M. Sobinson & Co., Penn the Flo- 

 rist, Boston Cut Flower Co., John P. 

 Shea, Boston Plate & Window Glass Co., 

 Henrj- W. Clark, and R. & J. Farquhar 

 & Co. 



The garden committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society went to 

 Bar Harbor, Me., August 3, and visited 

 the Mount Desert Nurseries, owned by 

 Geo. B. Dorr, where A. E. Thatcher, 

 formerly of Boston, is manager. Hardy 

 herbaceous ])lants here were superb, as 

 were mftny annuals. Phloxes, pent- 

 stemons,. antirrhinums and sweet peas 

 were grand. The private estate of Mrs. 

 J. 1^" Kepn^dy, W. T. Burton superin- 

 tend^nt^ was inspected, the Italian gar- 

 den "being specially admired; also the 

 Japanese garden of Dr. Robert Abbe, 

 and the gardens of Henry L. Eno and 

 George Bowdoin. The committee re- 

 turned August 5 after a delightful 

 outing. 



S. J. Goddard 's carnations are look- 

 ing extra well and are all housed. He 

 and Miss Helen Goddard are going to 

 the Minneapolis convention. 



In H. R. Comley's window on Park 

 street, August 9, 1 noticed among other 

 plants well flowered billbergias, glox- 

 inias and celosias, also passifloras, 

 fancy caladiums and white Scotch 

 heather, of which latter Mr. Comley 

 claims to be the only Boston importer. 



David J. Quinn, of Coolidge's Corner, 

 whose store was gutted by fire last 

 January, will reopen there in Septem- 

 ber, and has the good will of a large 

 number in the trade. 



Names got mixed last week in two 

 news items relating to two estimable 

 Natick young men and I am glad to 

 make the amende honorable to the 

 same. Frank Wheeler, while headed 

 that way, is still single and starts for 

 Panama August 15, and will go to Bio 

 de Janeiro. Geo. P. Barr is married 

 and spent a delightful honeymoon at 

 Orchard Beach, Me. He may visit Pan- 

 ama, but not this season. 



F. H. Houghton reports his volume of 

 Jul}"^ business as fully double that of a 



year ago. He likes Gladiolus Dawn 

 much better than America, not only on 

 account of its color, but also its keeping 

 qualities, 



Robert Montgomery, of Natick, has 

 been enjoying a few weeks ' vacation -at 

 his summer cottage, Bastins Island, Me. 

 N. F. Comley has spent a vacation, at 

 the same place. 



Anderson Bros., of Woburn, are mar- 

 keting quantities of Astermums of 

 grand quality on 24-inch stems. 



M. H. Hambro, of H. M. Robinson & 

 Co., is receiving congratulations on the 

 birth of a son, after seventeen years of 

 married life. He has two girls, but the 

 advent of a son and heir gives him 

 great pride. 



John Hirsch is filling J. M. Cohen 's 

 place as salesman at the Boston Co- 

 operative Market during the latter 's 

 absence on his vacation, and does his 

 work well. He is preparing for his 

 marriage in September. 



W. S, Grassie, of Waverley, is strong 

 on asters now at the Boston Flower 

 Exchange. 



John Barry, of Greenwood, has the 

 sympathy of many friends in the death 

 of his wife, August 7. Interment was 

 August 10 and many in the trade at- 

 tended. The floral designs were numer- 

 ous and included one from the Boston 

 Flower Exchange, where Mr. Barry is a 

 stallholder. 



David Welch, lately home from his 

 tenth European trip, is enthusiastic 

 over it, and it is delightful to hear him 

 recount his experiences. P. Welch, who 

 has been at Old Orchard Beach, Me., 

 will go to Minneapolis. 



J. Seymour, of Carbone's, leaves this 

 week on a trip to Germany in the inter- 

 est of his firm, Frank Rupert, of the 

 same firm, is spending his vacation at 

 Hough's Neck, Mass. 



The New England Florists' Supply 

 Co. has comfortable and convenient 

 quarters at 276 Devonshire street. Au- 

 gust 11 quantities of hardy ferns, laurel 

 and other greens and miscellaneous sup- 

 plies were on hand, and towards the 

 end of the week things will be quite 

 shipshape. The members of the firm 

 are hustling for business and should 

 make good. 



George Hamer, the popular assistant 

 manager of the Boston Flower Ex- 

 change, is enjoying a vacation at 

 Rochester, Niagara and other attractive 

 points. 



Leonard Cousins, of Concord Junc- 

 tion, who was badly hurt when his auto 

 was wrecked near Marlboro a few 

 weeks ago, is still in the hospital, but 

 improving. • Charles Oberlander, who 

 was a victim of the same accident, is 

 able to be around, but has lost his hear- 

 ing on one side. 



I am glad to report Mrs. William 

 Nicholson, of Framingham, who has 

 been quite critically ill, as now con- 

 valescing nicely. 



Joseph Ruane, of Waltham, has a fine 

 new Velie delivery car. 



The Boston delegation, which leaves 

 August 15 for Minneapolis, is less nu- 

 merous than had been hoped for, but 

 all who are going anticipate a delightful 

 trip. 



James Sullivan, of Waltham, left last 

 week on his Stanley steamer car to at- 

 tend the Shriners' convention in 

 Denver. 



The garden committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society visited 

 B. Hammond Tracy's gladiolus farms 

 at Wenham, Mass., August 11, and 

 found them in good condition. August 



13 the same committee visited the well- 

 kept estate of Oliver Ames, North Eas- 

 ton, where Edward Parker is superin- 

 tendent, and spent a most enjoyable 

 afternoon. 



A. Leuthy, of Roslindale, who hit a 

 been away on his annual European trii> 

 in quest of azaleas, palms and other 

 plants, is expected home this week. 



Fred E. Palmer, of Brookline, has a 

 batch of 1,500 as fine cyclamen in 3-in( h 

 and 6-inch pots as I have seen this 

 season. 



William R. Nicholson, of Framing 

 ham, has a large part of his carnations 

 housed. He plants a little over 30,000, 

 and his stock has this year made fine 

 growth in the field. 



W. H. Elliott is cutting some good 

 roses, including American Beauty, 

 Ward, Christie Miller, Kaiserin and 

 Taft. 



Both the wholesale flower markets 

 are preparing for their annual auction 

 sale of stalls, to take place in three 

 weeks' time. 



H. M. Robinson & Co. experienced 

 good business in July and anticipate 

 active fall trade. 



Visitors: ^M. J. Pope, Naugatuck,. 

 Conn.; R. P. Benedict, Syracuse, N. Y.; 

 A. E. Thatcher, Bar Harbor, Me. 



W. N. Craig. 



William C. Bowditch, of Roxbury, has 

 secured a judgment of $1,800 against 

 the city of Boston and the Brookline 

 Gas Light Co., as a result of a suit 

 brought by him in the Superior court. 

 This amount is for damage done to the 

 plants and flowers in his greenhouses at 

 25 Georgia street, when gas escaped 

 from the broken service pipe of a gas 

 lamp opposite. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



The Market. 



Normal conditions prevail in this 

 niaiket, with just enough funeral work 

 to keep things from becoming entirely 

 dormant. Asters and gladioli form the 

 principal stock at present, with roses 

 and a few carnations. 



Various Notes. 



Frank McCarthy, with T. O'Connor, 

 returned last week from his vacation, 

 which he spent at Washington, D. C. 



Robert E. Burns, of the Burke & 

 Burns Co., left last week, accompanied 

 by Mrs. Burns, for a ten days' automo 

 bile trip through the New England 

 states and Canada. 



Henry Patri, with Johnston Bros., 

 has returned from a two weeks' vaca 

 tion passed at Newport and Block Is 

 land. 



J. A. Budlong & Son Co., at Auburn 

 is shipping between 20,000 and 30,00i' 

 roses to the Boston and New Yorl: 

 markets, which bring from 1 cent t'- 

 15 cents each. 



Joseph E. Koppelman has just regis 

 tered a new twenty-three horse-powe' 

 Ford automobile with the state boar'' 

 of public roads. 



Thomas Galligan, head of the design 

 ing department of T. O'Connor, is at 

 Block Island for his annual vacation. 



Robert Johnston, of Johnston Bros., 

 has been on the sick list the last week, 

 suffering from stomach trouble. 



Julius Cohen, bookkeeper for W. S. 

 Pino, is takins: his two weeks' vaca- 

 tion at Newport and vicinity. 



George McWilliam, gardener for G. 

 M. Whitin, at Whitinsville, was oper- 



