JUNE 9, 1904. 



ThcWcckly Florists' Review. 



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Hoose of Palms at the Establishment of Albert Fuchs, Chicas^o. 



become increasingly so, for having now 

 got the system into shape Mr. Petti- 

 grew will each year introduce groups 

 or colonies of newer and more choice! 

 subjects in suitable locations. Fine blocks 

 of trees, shrubs, and perennial plants 

 are contained in the nurseries and Bos- 

 ton will undoubtedly continue to lead 

 the country with het park system. 



Various Notes. 



The garden committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society made the 

 first visit of the season, on June 7, to 

 the beautiful estate of Walter Hunne- 

 well, of Wellesley. They found the fifty 

 acres of grounds in first-class order. 

 While the hardy rhododendrons and 

 azaleas were primef attractions, the her- 

 baceous plants, lawns, Italian garden 

 and numerous handsome trees and shrubs 

 were admired. The extensive display of 

 Azalea Indica, tender rhododendrons, 

 pelargoniums, hydrangeas, Calla Elliot- 

 tiana, and other indoor plants were also 

 a great attraction. In the orchid houses 

 were found a fine display of cattleyas, 

 odontoglossums and miltonias, the lat- 

 ter probably the finest in the/ country. 

 Fern fibre is preferred to leaf-mold as 

 a compost for all orchids. 



Kenneth Finlayson has been quite se- 

 riously sick with inflammatory rheuma- 

 tism for the past month and his many 

 friends wish him a speefdy recovery. 



The regular meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club occurs at Hor- 

 ticultural Hall on June 14. There will 

 be no meietings during July and August. 



Geraniums to the number of 35,000 

 have rece'ntly been planted in the public 

 gardens. The following varieties are 

 used: Double and single General Grant, 

 I*. Favorite, S. A. Nutt, Gloire de 

 France, rose color; Mme. Thibaut, Due 

 de Mortimet, Beaute Poitevine and King 

 Olga. The rhododendron and azalea beds 

 are attractive. A display of 20.000 

 foxgloves in Copley Square will make 

 ^ m?°^ showing in a few days. 



There have been some! fine wedding 

 decorations during the past week. At 

 the Thayer-Russell wedding in South 

 ^ncaster, Doyle used hydrangeas, lilies, 

 Beauty roses and palms chiefly. A large 

 '^ank of splendid Odontoglossum cris- 

 pum grown by Mr. Thayer's gardener, 

 ^i). Orpet, was a feature in the church. 

 Miltonias were used as center pieces on 

 the breakfast tables. Peonies and field 



daisies are being largely used this week. 

 Hardy roses will succeed them in a few 

 days. W. N. Cbaig. 



BUFFALO. 



The Market. 



It is rather late to report on Decora- 

 tion day. My idea of it is that, if any- 

 thing but a soaking rain all day had 

 been sent us, we should all of us have been 

 very busy. The! business lost in cut 

 flowers on that day is gone, never to 

 be recovered. If a person wants to or- 

 der a box of flowers for his best girl, 

 or order his vase filled or flower garden 

 fixed up he! will do it by telephone or 

 wait for a fine day, but the thousands 

 who would visit our cemeteries and take 

 along a bunch of flowers, cannot ven- 

 ture out, save their money and we are 

 "minus." Still, these are only the! ups 

 and downs of business, and what did 

 the baseball magnates lose and the other 

 caterers to public recreation? It is all 

 forgotten, and business has since! been 

 good. There has been no event calling 

 for special floral decorations of late, yet 

 a good, steady demand. The cool, wet 

 days about Decoration day cooled the 

 ardor of those! wanting their flower beds 

 filled. We are always late in the bed- 

 ding business in this city and the last 

 few days, and the week to come, has 

 meant long and busy hours for all the 

 plantmen. While flower gardening in its 

 proper sense, and the usual planting and 

 ornamental plants, will be in volume 

 about as usual, the use of the veranda 

 box seems somewhat on the decline. 



Various Notes. 



The quantity of bedding plants that 

 Park Superintendent Braik and his as- 

 sistant, John Cameton, turn out of their 

 limited amount of glass is truly remark- 

 able and quality cannot be beaten. A 

 big force will soon complete the job of 

 planting. 



A very short visit to South Park 

 found Prof. Cowell at home and he was 

 also busy with the flower gardening 

 department. That is, of course), only a 

 small feature in the Botanic Garden, 

 but the masses like masses of gay colors 

 and they get it in long lines of as fine 

 a lot of zonale geraniums as the! writer 

 ever saw planted out, and they were 

 mostly of those two matchless varieties, 

 Nutt and Perkins. The public ought 



and does appreciate! the mammoth con- 

 servatory and its varied contents. Botan- 

 ically it is a great collection and ap- 

 peals to all classes, to him who wants 

 to study palms, orchids or ferns or she 

 who is more interested in a bunch, i of 

 bananas or coflFee on the bush. 



We had a visit from Peter Crowe, of 

 Utica, last week and we paid a visit to 

 Croweanum Kasting. Mr. Kasting has 

 been late at his office for the past few 

 mornings. Don't blame him; a twelve 

 pound girl recently arrived, which is an 

 attraction that will keep any young 

 fathet- lingering at home. All parties 

 are doing well and the young lady will 

 be christened Jasminum Elegantisslma 

 Filicifolia Robusta. All this will be 

 abbreviated in after years to "Sweet 

 Jas." 



An insurance agent met us at the! door 

 of the commission house and after a 

 "good day" said: "The boys inside 

 showed me a red spider that eats the 

 American Beauties; dreadful thing is it 

 not?" We replied, "Oh, yes," thinking 

 that he had been showed the injured 

 foliage of the roses. But what was our 

 surprise on looking at a large vase of 

 western Beauties to be told by one of 

 the! smart young salesmen that they had 

 just caught a red spider. Mr. Crowe 

 asked how big it was and the young 

 man indicated its length by marking off 

 two inches of his little finger, Mr. 

 Crowe pronounced it the leaf roller and I 

 gave it the temporary name of Rosasis 

 Bruke!rii. Nothing like being posted on 

 the enemies of roses. The best cure for 

 this variety of red spider is hand pick- 

 ing or a machine gun. 



Charlie Gunther is still sending in 

 fine Bridesmaids and very fine Kais- 

 cfrins. 



W. J. Palmer & Son are making a 

 lead of President Carnot roses. As a 

 winter bloomer this beautiful rose was 

 a failure and it took" several years for 

 the public to fancy it, but now it goes 

 well in summer time. 



Buffalo has a high-toned race track 

 now and society is to patronize it, so 

 it is to be a little Saratoga. This is 

 not. horticultural news and is inserted 

 merely to acquaint brother florists who 

 have sporting blood, that June 6 they 

 can begin to study thel dope. W. S. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



The month of roses was ushered in 

 by wedding bells. Society contributed 

 seven brilliant weddings to the opening 

 day, church weddings most of them, with 

 fine floral decorations, the peony especial- 

 ly being in evidence. Orange blossoms, 

 white orchids and lily of the valley were 

 used profusely. Many of the prominent 

 retailers had a share in the festivities. 

 The month of June will doubtless, with 

 its weddings and ocean voyages, do much 

 to even up on one of the most disastrous 

 Mays on record. The past week has 

 been a stunner; shipments immense, qual- 

 ity deteriorating, demand microscopical, 

 and now the present week opens with 

 about 100 degrees of heat and mildew 

 rampant and prices tending downward, 

 except with lily of the valley and the 

 higher grades of Beauties. Lilies are 

 still very abundant and carnations can 

 be had at your own price. 



Peony Doing:s. 



This is peony week in New York, not 

 only in the cut flower section but up at 



