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The Florists^ Review 



SErXKMBEK 18, 1913. 



For twelve varieties hybrid tea roses, 

 three blooms of each, there was a fine 

 display, showing the value of these 

 roses for late blooming. A. W. Pres- 

 ton, J. L. Smith, gardener, was first 

 with Dr. O'Donnel Brown, Etoile de 

 Prance, Mme. Melanie Soupert, Kaiser- 

 in Augusta Victoria, Gustavo Regie, 

 La France, Gloire de Dijon, President 

 Taft, J. P. Clark, G. C. Waud, Farbon 

 Konigin and Betty. T. N. Cook was 

 second and third. Geo. Page had a fine 

 vase of the old Marechal Niel. 



Various Notes. 



William J. Patterson, the popular 

 young WoUaston florist, one of the 

 executive committee of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists ' Club, and Miss Jean West- 

 wood, daughter of T. H, Westwood, of 

 Forest Hills cemetery, an ex-president 

 of the club, were married September 

 12 at the home of the bride, Union 

 Terrace, Jamaica Plain. The house was 

 beautifully decorated for the occasion, 

 and among the guests were a number 

 of florists and salesmen at the Boston 

 Flower Exchange. The presents were 

 numerous and beautiful, attesting the 

 popi^arity-of the young couple. Mr. 

 and Mrs. Patterson left on a short 

 honeymoon trip, being given" a good 

 sendoff by their friends. On their re- 

 turn they will reside at WoUaston, 

 Mass. 



Albert Roper, of Tewksbury, has 

 5,000 plants of Alice Coombs, his sen- 

 sational new pink carnation, coming 

 along in fine shape. He has about 

 5,000 plants of a clear pink, of En- 

 chantress shade, which Mr. Roper be- 

 lieves - will put Pink Delight in the 

 background. Another of Gloriosa type 

 is also looming up well, and there are 

 many others of great merit being tried 

 out. 



J. A. Budlong & Sons Co., Auburn, 

 R. I., are this season growing 63,000 

 chrysanthemums, and will commence 

 cutting about October 1. 



The Boston Flower Exchange sold 

 140 stalls at the annual auction Sep- 

 tember 6. There are some sixty re- 

 maining stalls for late comers. 



Visitors last week included H. A. 

 Barnard, representing Stuart, Low & 

 Co., London, England; T. W. Head, 

 Bergenfield, N. J.; John Young, New 

 York; C. H. Hovey, Pasadena, Cal. 



Henry Penn has been elected a di- 

 rector in the Florists' Telegraph De- 

 livery Association of America. 



Frost on the evening of September 

 9 severely damaged the dahlias of a 

 number of large local growers, includ- 

 ing J. K. Alexander, of East Bridge- 

 water, and G. W. Page, of East Bil- 

 lerica. 



A. S. Parker, of Stoneham, has un- 

 usually fine asters in quantity, which 

 realize $2 per hundred when many 

 flowers go begging at one-fourth this 

 price. 



F. J. Dolansky is cutting fine Golden 

 Glow mums, and a fine lot of Cattleya 

 Triana;. 



J. D. Twombly, of Winchester, and 

 David Duncan, of Arlington, are doing 

 n lirely business in nephrolepis these 

 days at th^ Boston Cooperative Market. 



A. G. Pembroke, brother of and sales- 

 man for A. A. Pembroke, of North 

 Beverly, is due back from an English 

 trip September 18. 



EdwArd Bingham, of Dedham, is mar- 

 keting jin extra fine lot of Golden Glow 

 mums this week. 



The garden committee of the Massa- 



chusetts Horticultural Society visited 

 the fruit orchards of A. A. Marshall, of 

 Fitchburg, September 10, to inspect 110 

 acres of apples, containing 6,500 trees. 



Lester H. Mann, of Randolph, has 

 been quite sick for some days with 

 malaria. 



N. M. Silverman, on Winter street, 

 finds business starting up nicely. He al- 

 ways keeps an attractive and well- 

 stocked store. 



M. F. Ruane, in addition to his Wal- 

 tham store, now has a flower stand at 

 the Brockton public market and reports 

 business good at each. 



Penn's, in one of their windows Sep- 

 tember 13, had a beautiful specimen of 

 the flamingo plant, Anthurium Andrse- 

 anum, carrying over thirty spathes. 

 They also had a fine display of crotons, 

 caladiums and other colored-leaved 

 plants. 



The Brooklands Gardens, of Woburn, 

 are sending shipments of high-grade 

 gladioli to the Boston Flower Exchange, 

 including such high-quality sorts as 

 Mrs. Frank Pendleton and Niagara. 



H. L. Shedd, of South Lowell, and 

 J. W. Foote, of Reading, are each send- 

 ing in good new crop carnations to the 

 Boston Flower Exchange. 



George H. Noyes, of Needham, is 

 back in the Boston Flower Exchange, 

 and is handling good shipments of car- 

 nations and asters from S. J. Goddard, 

 of Framingham. 



Peiriee Bros., of Waltham, among 

 other roses are growing quite a number 

 of Mme. Cecile Brunner, the dainty 

 little variety so popular on the Pacific 

 coast, and it should take well here. 



W. N. Craig. 



DETROIT, MICH. 



The Market. 



Business remains good, exceptionally 

 brisk when we consider the season, it 

 being still too early to expect a rush of 

 business. Stock is fair. Roses are of 

 excellent quality, fine color and foliage. 

 Carnations are improving as the season 

 advances. Asters, snapdragons, gladioli 

 and lancifoUum lilies are all in large 

 supply and of satisfactory quality. 



Various Notes. 



Charles Hufford is no longer associ- 

 ated with the Hufford & Maebius Co., so 

 far as their store at 249 Randolph street 

 is concerned, Walter Maebius being sole 

 proprietor. 



W. B. Brown had an attractive win- 

 dow during Made-in-Detroit week, a 

 pretty feature being an old-fashioned 

 well made of flowers. 



William Hielscher took active part 

 in the Made-in-Detroit window dis- 

 plays, showing the public what can 

 be made of wire. 



Albert ■ Havrane, of Walkerville. 

 Ont., is a successful tomato grower and 

 his crop coming along for early winter 

 is said to be the flnest ever seen in this 

 vicinity. 



E. A. Scribner, in his address to the 

 Detroit Florists' Club at the last meet- 

 ing, referred to the falling off in the 

 attendance of the older members of the 

 &,■ A. F. The following committees 

 w«fB appointed by President Danser, 

 of the Detroit Florists' Club: Grow- 

 ers' publicity committee, Thos. Browne, 

 Chas. Plumb and Ed. Beard; retailers' 

 publicity committee, E. A. Fetters, M. 

 Bloy, J. K. Stock and F. Holznagle; 

 publicity committee, J. F. Sullivan, R. 

 W. Unger and A. Pochelon; entertain-. 



ment committee, R. Rahaley, \\ . 

 Taepke, Theodore Michel and Thomji^ 

 Browne. A vote of thanks was e.\ 

 tended to Robert Flowerday and tb. 

 employees of the Belle Isle greenhouse- 

 for the generous manner in Which tli 

 members of our club and their ladi( 

 were entertained during our recent oii: 

 ing at Belle Isle. H. S, 



GREENWICH, CONN. 



The monthly meeting of the West 

 Chester and Fairfield Horticultural Sn 

 ciety was held in Wordus hall Septeni 

 ber 12, President Robert Williamson ii 

 the chair. The chief topic of the eve 

 ning was the fall show, which will In 

 held in the Armory at Stamford, N(i 

 vember 7 and 8. The final schedule i- 

 now (dn the printer's hands and will 

 be on the table at the next meeting. 



An interesting and instructive ad 

 dress on the hickory bark beetle wa- 

 given by Mr. De Viver, of Bronxvillo. 

 N. Y., showing specimens of the beetlr 

 and the havoc it is doing to the hickorv, 

 also instructing the members how id 

 combat this new pest, which is doinj; 

 so much damage in the New Englaml 

 states. 



The prize offered by A. R. Kennedy 

 for the best collection of hardy flower- 

 was won by A. Whitelaw, P. W. Pop] 

 being second. Other exhibits were a- 

 follows: 



p. W. Popp. certificate of merit for coUectioi 

 of named gladioli in sixty-five varieties. 



Thos. Ryan, honorable mention for collection ni 

 hardy grapes. 



O. A. Hunwick, honorable mention for pair <>t 

 egg plant fruits. 



O. P. Chapman, Jr., Westerly, R. 1.. 

 staged a splendid collection of dahlias: 

 although somewhat damaged in transit. 

 the large blooms and wonderful colois 

 proved the grower to be an expert in 

 the culture of dahlias. 



A special prize is offered at the next 

 meeting for best collection of dahlias. 



O. A. H. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



The Market. 



With the return of cooler weather 

 business is picking up. Plenty of roses 

 are now to be had, of good qualitv 

 Some carnations are seen, but they ar' 

 not yet cut in quantity. Frost was re 

 ported last week. 



Various Notes. 



The Bon Ton Flower Shop was 

 awarded the silver cup for the best 

 wreath at the Connecticut fair. This 

 store has had some attractive windcnv 

 displays during the summer, the estab 

 lishment being all that the name im 

 plies. 



At the greenhouses of John Coomb?- 

 everything is in fine shape for another 

 season's business. 



The Whiting greenhouses, at West 

 Hartford, are all filled with fine stock. 

 The roses, particularly, are looking 

 well. One house of Taft and Kaiserin 

 still is producing well and the flower;* 

 are borne on remarkably long stern? 

 Manager Peterson says he changes ono 

 third of the roses each year, with ttif 

 exception of the summer varieties, which 

 are carried over much longer. Two 

 houses have been rebuilt this summer. 



A. N. Pierson has returned from hi- 

 trip abroad. 



A. N, Pierson, Inc., has installed two 

 new boilers, each of 250 horse-power 

 One new house 40x186 is just bein? 



