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ThcWcckly Florists' Review* 



Jdne 2. 1904. 



some fine single pyrethrums, Oriental 

 poppies and other perennials were no- 

 ticed. One florist made a great strike 

 with a house of Iris Hispanica, while 

 anotlier had a batch of 10,000 Tulip Ges- 

 neriana major which sold like hot cakes. 



The Arnold Arboretum. 



There is always something to interest 

 the visitor at tlie Arnold Arboretum. 

 The lilac display this year is remarkably 

 fine. This is one of the few shrubs 

 which winter cold never seems to affect 

 in the least and it is no wonder that 

 lilacs are becoming more popular each 

 year. During a visit the past week we 

 spent two hours looking over the re- 

 markable collection of these plants and 

 took down the names of over 100 vari- 

 eties which seemed to be first class. The 

 following appeared to be extra fine, with 

 very large trusses : Marie LieGraye, still 

 the best all around white. Mme. Le- 

 moine and Comte de Kerchove are newer 

 whites of gieat merit. Furst Lichten- 

 stein is a magnificent rosy lilac variety 

 with huge trusses, an improvement on 

 the older Jacques Calot. Frau Bertha 

 Danimann is a beautiful single white; 

 Belle de Nancy, satiny rose; President 

 Grevy, a beautiful double blue, panicles 

 fourteen inches in length. I^udwig 

 Spaeth is the best of the dark, purplish- 

 red varieties. Some of the other notice- 

 able sorts were Comtesse Horace de 

 €hoi8eul, Dr. Von Kegel, President Mas- 

 sart. La Tour d'Auvergne, Geliemrath 

 Hayden, Michael Buchner, beautiful pale 

 lilac color; Ambroise Verschaffelt, Emile 

 Lemoine, Croix de Brary, Philemon, beau- 

 tiful dark variety; Lalarosa, Goliath, 

 Prof. C, S. Sargent, Belle de Nancy, 

 Mme. Abel Chatenay, beautiful white; 

 Mme. Briot Lamarck, Dr. Lindley, Al- 

 phonse Lavalee, De Humboldt, Macros- 

 tachya, beautiful blush white, and Fran- 

 cisque Morel. 



Of the newer and scarcer Lemoine hy- 

 brids Jackson Diawson pointed out the 

 following as being extra good: Cram- 

 pel, immense florets considerably larger 

 than a silver 25-cent piece; Mme. Cas- 

 imir Perire and Mme. Leon Simon. 

 Others were hardly equal to the older 

 hybrids and Mr. Dawson thought the 

 limit had been about reached in lilac hy- 

 brids. 



The earliest species to flower is S. ob- 

 lata. Other very desirable species are 

 Chinensis, Persica and the graceful pu- 

 bescens. The handsome tree varieties, 

 Japonica and Perkenensis, promised a 

 fine display of bloom later. 



The shrubby loniceras on the oppo- 

 site side of the avenue to the lilacs were 

 verj' beautiful. Some of the more desir- 

 able sorts noted were L. TartariCa in 

 varietj', L. Morrowi, L. alba, the finest 

 white variety; L. Candida, L. bejla al- 

 bida and L. Ruprechtiana. 



Mr. Dawson is at present working 

 strongly on the Crataegus family and 

 many thousands of seedling hawthorns 

 from a few inches to tliree or four feet 

 high were noted. Some 300 varieties of 

 these are already named. A batch of 

 1.100 difTerent lots of Crataegus seeds 

 have recently been sown and it would 

 look as thoueh there would be enough 

 plants when developed to stock all the 

 ornamental grounds in the United 

 States. 



A batch of rhododendron • hybrids, 

 maximum crossed with best Catawbiense 

 hybrids, came thrmigh the winter un- 

 scathed and some were showing flower. 

 In the propagating house were noted 

 boxes containing many tliousand« of 



seedling azaleas, rhododendrons and otli- 

 er plants. Particularly interesting was 

 a batch of willows, chestnuts, walnuts 

 and other plants secured by Prof. Sar- 

 gent on his recent trip to Siberia, Man- 

 churia and Korea, some of these coming 

 from the present site of the Russo-Jap- 

 anese war and being new to cultivation. 

 A strikingly handscnne tree of Japan- 

 ese origin is Acanthopanax ricinifolium, 

 foliage quite tropical in appearance, re- 

 sembling that of ricinus. The damage 

 done by the recent severe winter- at the 

 arboretum is more widespread than ever 

 before, but the copious rains of the pres- 

 ent spring have caused such a rampant 

 growth on trees and shrubs that this 

 is not now particularly noticeable. 



Variotfs Notes. 



Hitchings & Co. have a large number 

 of contracts on hand for new greenhouses 

 in this vicinity at present. The bulk are 

 on private estates and include the fol- 

 lowing: J. B. Case, Newton, range of 

 greenhouses; W. Firth, Brookline, one 

 house; F. A. Day, Newton, range of 

 houses; Miss M. S. Ames, North Easton, 

 range of houses; Mrs, A, S, Bigelow, Co- 

 hasset, range of houses ; F. Peabody, Hyde 

 Park, range of houses; H. L Wallace, 

 Fitchburg, range of houses; W. O Blake, 

 Hingham, range of houses; E, Lovering, 

 Holyoke, one house; H, D. Auchincloss, 

 Newport, range of houses; Mrs. J. A, 

 Codman, Newport, one house; Miss Alice 

 Kettletas, Newport, one house; T, Cur- 

 ley, Providence, two commercial houses; 

 E. D. Clark, Providence, carnation house 

 30x200; R. J, Erwin, Hartford, Conn., 

 one house; E, K. Hubbard, Middletown, 

 Conn., one house. 



George A. Sutherland, of Hawley 

 street, one of our leading wholesalers, 

 has made an assignment for the equal 

 benefit of his creditors. 



At Horticultural Hall on May 28 

 James L. Little showed four varieties 

 of Malmaison carnations: Prime Min- 

 ister, brilliant scarlet; Lord Rosebery, 

 bright salmon scarlet; Trumpeter, deep 

 scarlet, and Mrs. Martin R. Smith, fine 

 bright' rose of enormous size, said to be 

 the handsomest Malmaison yet raised. 



The garden committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society has issued 

 a circular calling special attention to its 

 work and to the prizes awarded under 

 it'* direction. Each year handsome pre- 

 miums are ofl"ered by the society for the 

 purpose of encouraging the development 

 and ornamentation of private grounds 

 and the establishment and maintenance 

 of greenhouses for the culture of plants, 

 fruits and vegetables. These prizes have 

 now been awarded for over fifty years. 



A meeting of the Independent Co-op- 

 erative Flower Growers' Association was 

 held at the New England House, Bos- 

 ton, on Wednesday evening, where there 

 was a good attendance. There is little 

 doubt from the sentiment expressed at 

 the meeting, but that a new wholesale 

 market will be formed in the very near 

 future. About 100 growers are pledged 

 to support the new concern and a consid- 

 erable amount of stock is already taken 

 up. Several locations in the business 

 center are being looked up, one with 

 7,000 feet of floor space being the most 

 popular. There has been considerable 

 dissatisfaction with the governing body 

 oi the present wholesale market for 

 some time. The dissatisfied members 

 claim that undue favoritism is shown to 

 some and that their petitions and claims 

 for recognition have been ignored. They 

 object to growers from other states be- 



ing allowed to come into the market and 

 w^ile considering the present market ex- 

 cellent in many ways, thiidc it is too 

 far away from the business oenter for 

 retailers to patronize it. The Columbus 

 avenue market has proved quite remun- 

 erative to the stockholders and we hope 

 some arrangement can be made to settle 

 the present difl"erences. 



R. J, Farquhar & Co. have a fine 

 collection of late blooming tulips in 

 flower at their nurseries. Some ^of the 

 named Darwins are remarkably good. A 

 few of the best are Glory, light i«d; Li- 

 beria, dark purple maroon; Heroid, light 

 violet ; Richelieu, bright red and Grand 

 Duchess, deep rosy pink. 



W. N. C«AIG. 



ST.LOUI& 



The Market. 



This is Decoration day and everybody 

 seems fairly busy with some kind of 

 work in the cut flower line. The whole- 

 sale market was somewhat strengthened 

 for the occasion. All outdoor flowers 

 are in full bloom and these are about 

 the only flowers that sell well for this 

 day. Other cut flowers at the whole- 

 sale houses are enough for the demand 

 and only special grades are short and 

 the demand is most excellent for these, 

 as many of the social functions call for 

 fancy stock. 



American Beauties are selling well 

 in all grades. Choice are still at $2.50 

 to $3 per doaen. Shorts run as low as 

 $3 per hundred. In Brides, Maids and 

 Meteors there are plenty for the demand 

 though some days the nmrket is short 

 on this stock. For good roses $5 and 

 $6 per hundred is the price. Some extra 

 specials run as high as $8. The market 

 is also fairly well supplied in good carna- 

 tions in all varieties. Some extra fine 

 Lawson, Joost and Hill are to be seen, 

 also very fine Prosperity and Estelle, 

 Of these the specials are $3 per hundred, 

 firsts $2 and the common $1.50, 



Peonies are plentiful, white and pink, 

 Nick Himmer, of Maramar Highlands, 

 brought in a two-horse wagon load of 

 them the past week, from which he av- 

 eraged about 3 cents each. At the whole- 

 sale houses 4 cents is asked. Harrisii 

 and callas are becoming scarce, Lily 

 of the valley is very fine at present at 

 $S per hundred, A great deal of out- 

 door stock is crowding the market, 

 which is in great demand today, Monday. 

 Sweet peas are in great abundance. All 

 light shades are selling well, at from 

 35 to 75 cents per hundred. In greens 

 Asparagus Sprengeri is having a big call ; 

 plumosus strings are scarce; smilax is 

 plentiful and so are adiantum and com- 

 mon ferns. 



We are having most beautiful weather 

 and plenty of decorative work is going 

 on at the World's Fair grounds, ^hool 

 commencements are coming early this 

 year and quite a lot of this kind of 

 work was done the past week. This week 

 a number of early June weddings are re- 

 ported, a few very large affairs among 

 the west end florists. Funeral work, 

 too, is keeping some of ns very busy. Miss 

 Roosevelt's visit during the past week 

 exhausted the supply of American Beau- 

 ties. Miss Roosevelt's car and room at 

 the Catlin mansion were handsomely 

 decoratetl. At all the social gatherings 

 in her honor among the fashionable folks 

 cut flowers in great profusion were used. 



Bedding plantsmen are nearly sold 

 out, although the bad weather hindered 



