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The Florists' Review 



Mat 21, 1914. 



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3 New England Department 



-' A;, MASSACHUSETTS VIEW. 



It may interest some of the readers 

 of The Keview to know that the paper 

 has more subscribers in New York and 

 Pennsylvania than in aiiy other two 

 states, although in Massachusetts, Con- 

 necticut and Ehode Island it has more 

 readers than in any other territory 

 of equal area anywhere in the United 

 States. Perhaps this shows why: 



I enclose check for $2, for which please extend 

 my subscription tip 1916. 1 am well pleased with 

 The Review and consider it the belt paper for 

 •orists published in the TJ. S. A.— J. W. Slmp- 

 Bon, Woburn, Mass., May 9, 1914. 



You can tell your friends that not 

 everybody is privileged to subsci'fDe to 

 The Eeview. This paper is not so 

 anxious to make a showing of circula- 

 tion that it accepts every dollar that is 

 offered. The Eeview, beliieves the whole- 

 eale dealer should protect the retailer, 

 and it is the policy of the paper to 

 itself protect both by declining sub- 

 scriptions outside the trade. If you 

 know any florist not a subscriber, tell 

 it to him. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Business was somewhat quiet last 

 week, but cannot be called bad. Quite 

 a lot of material is arriving, but, as a 

 rule, clearances are fairly good. Eoses 

 are not much changed in price. Short- 

 stemmed flowers average $1 per hun- 

 dred, and choice long-stemmed flowers 

 $6, a few fancies making $8. American 

 Beauties now are abundant and sell well 

 at summer prices. Killarney Queen, 

 Ward, Hillingdon, Taft and EussQll^re 

 specially good sellers. Some growers 

 also are sending in excellent Sunburst, 

 which sells well. Carnations, thanks to 

 the cool weather, remain of extra fine 

 quality and a splendid crop is assured 

 for Memorial day. Double violets are 

 making their final bow this week. Sweet 

 peas, especially Spencers, are moving 

 well; few but Spencers will be seen 

 next season. 



Bulbous flowers from outdoors add to 

 the indoor supply and prices have fall- 

 en. The season, however, has been a 

 good one for the bulb men. Spanish 

 iris is somewhat too plentiful. A good 

 many Peach Blossom and Blushing 

 "Bride gladioli are coming in, and 

 large-flowered types, like America and 

 Augusta, arrive from several growers. 

 ■ Lilies are overabundant. Callas are 



Wholesale Cut Flower Prices. 



Beauty, Spedali 



Extra 



Short stemi .... 



Shawyers, Russells 



Killarney 



White KUlamey 



Dark Pink Killarney.. . . 

 Double White Killarney 



Killarney Queen 



Mrs. Aaron Ward 



Lady Hillincdon 



Richmond, Rhea Reid 



Sunburst 



RiTOlre (BuUrarie, Taft) 



Camatlona 



Cattlpyaa 



Lily of the Valley 



EaaterLiliea 



Oardeniai 



Pansies 



Marguerites 



Antirrhinums , 



Sweet Peas 



Callas 



Tulips 



Daflfodlls 



Spanish Iris 



Small Gladioli 



Larsre " perdoz..Sl 



Boston, May 20, 1914. 

 Per 100 



606 $2.00 



nearing the end. Mignonette is grow- 

 ing small and poor. Of yellow margue- 

 rites the supply is now abundant and 

 prices are lower. Valley is lower in 

 price; the outdoor crop will this seasdn 

 be at its best for Memorial day. 



Snapdragons continue hard to mote. 

 There is an abundant supply of Cattleya 

 Mossia3 and small lots of C gigas. Gar- 

 denias are lower and do not clean up 

 well. Ferns are selling well, but aspara- 

 gus meets with a slow sale. Trade in 

 pansies, daisies, myosotis, geraniums and 

 other spring and summer bedding plants 

 now is quite good. 



May Exhibition. 



There was a good exhibition at Hor- 

 ticultural hall May 16 and 17. Alexan- 

 der McKay, gardener to E. A. Clark, 

 captured first prize for six herbaceous 

 calceolarias, William Thatcher, gardener 

 to Mrs. J. L. Gardner, being second. 

 Mr. McKay also had the six best plants 

 of Calceolaria Stewartii. Martin Sulli- 

 van, gardener to William Whitman, led 

 for six fancy pelargoniums, for twenty- 

 five blooms each of Emperor and Em- 

 press narcissi, for collection of twenty- 

 four varieties of narcissi, and for forty- 

 eight pansies. C. S. Minot had the best 

 Glory of Leiden narcissi, Martin Sulli- 

 van being second. Edward Parker, gar- 



dener to Oliver Ames, was second for 

 pansies, and H. Stewart, gardenej^ to 

 Cornelia Warren, third. 



Among the miscellaneous displays, 

 H. Stewart had some fine specimen 

 plants of Calceolaria Golden Gem; Mar- 

 tin Sullivan a collection of early tu- 

 lips; William Thatcher a group of well- 

 flowered orchids, such as Calanthe vera- 

 trifolia, Cattleya Skinneri and C. Mos- 

 siffi, and Lselia purpurata, also a fine 

 vase of Clarkia Salmon Queen. Alex. 

 McKay had some fine specimen stand- 

 ard hydrangeas and laburnums. Thomas 

 Watt had a display of petunias. Mrs. 

 E. M. Gill and the Lowthorpe School 

 of Horticulture had displays of cut 

 flowers. Patten & Co. showed a large 

 vase of Carnation Princess Dagmar^ 

 and Wm. Thatcher a specimen plant of 

 Gloriosa Eothschildiana. 



F. W. Fletcher received a silver medal 

 for Antirrhinum Nelrose, of which he 

 put up excellent spikes. H. S. Eand 

 staged thirty-six varieties of scented- 

 leaved pelargoniums, in 5-inch and 6- 

 inch pots, probably the finest display 

 of the kind ever seen in America, col- 

 lected from various sources the last 

 two or three years. Th«y were awarded 

 a certificate of, merit. Some of the 

 best varieties were: Filicifolium odor- 

 atum. Scarlet Unique, graveolens, capi- 

 tatum, Dale Park Beauty, quercifolium 

 minor, Duchess of Devonshire, tomento- 

 sum. Prince of Orange, Eadula, Apple, 

 Lady Plymouth and Pretty Polly. 



The Boston Market Gardeners' Asso- 

 ciation put up a splendid display of 

 fifty bushel boxes of choice vegetables. 

 Big Boston proved to be the champion 

 in the lettuce class, and Lister's Pro- 

 lific among tomatoes. 



Convef&tion Topics. 



The convention garden now is in ex- 

 cellent shape for exhibits and it is 

 hoped for the credit of the trade and 

 the S. A. F. that all garden space will 

 be spoken for at once. Big growers 

 who take a small space, or none at all, 

 will make a grand mistake. In no por- 

 tion of America is the public more in- 

 terested horticulturally than in Massa- 

 chueettg-and neighboring states. Greater 

 Boston has considerably over 1,000,000 

 population, and within fifty miles we 

 have a population of over 3,000,000, 

 which «nly New York exceeds. This 

 convention garden will surely be vis- 

 ited by 500,000 people and surely any 



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