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JUNB 16, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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FOR JUNE WEDDINGS 

 and COMMENCEMENTS 



PEONIES 



These are the popular flowers of the season. We can fill all 

 orders with choice stock at $8.00 to $4.00 per 100. 



ASPARAGUS is scarce but we hare plenty of SBIII4AX, 98.00 

 per dos.f $16 per 100. Plenty New Common Ferns, $8 per 1000. 



All Cut Flowers in Season. Iour orders. 



E. C. 3NLING, 



^ _ Tbe JtKTgtut, Best Bqnlppod and Most Centrally J^ooated 



Wholesale CntlFlowerlHonse In CUoa^o. 



Chicago, llh 



32-34-36 Randolph St., 



Long Distance Telephones 1978 and 1977 Ceatral. 



AMBBIOAH BBAVTT. Per dos. 



80— 86-lQCb atem $8.00 



24-incb stem 2.M 



!2D-inch stem 2.00 



16-lncli Btem 1.60 



12-lnob stem 1.00 



SbortBtem 50to .76 



Per 100 



Brides and Maids IS.OOto $6.00 



Meteors and Oates 8.00to 6.00 



Liberty 4.00to 8.00 



Kalserin 4.00to 8.00 



Carnations l.OOto 1.60 



" large and fancy 2.00 to 8.00 



Peonies per doz., 86c to 60c 



VaUey 2.00to 4.00 



Marsuerites 60to .76 



Forget-Me-Nots 1.00 



Mignonette, per doz., 86c to 6O0 



Sweet Peas 60to .76 



Oallas. per doz 11.00 to $1.26 



Longlflorums. doz.. $1.00 to $1.60 

 Asparagus, per string, 40 to 6O0. 



Asparagus Sprengeri 8.00 to 6.00 



Ferns per 1000, $2.00 .26 



Galax per 1000, $1.26.... .16 



Adiantum 76to 1.00 



Smilax per doz., $2.00 



Leucottaoe sprays 1.00 



8«UMt to ehuge wlthost sottee. 



Mention Tbe Bevlew when yoo write. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



There is not much new to chronicle con- 

 cerning the market since our last report. 

 A week of dark, cloudy and cold weather 

 restricted the output considerably but 

 there was more than enough to go around 

 and the fakirs carry full lines of many 

 of the staples. Roses are deteriorating in 

 quality and sell at low rates. Brides and 

 Bridesmaids bring $2 to $6, some 

 less. Beauties hold up fairly well 

 at from $6 to $12, Many roses 

 are now sold at a dime a dozen on the 

 streets. Outdoor Jacq. roses have ap- 

 peared and sell, well. Carnations also 

 show signs of approaching dissolution 

 although some nice flowers still come in 

 and bring $2 to $3. Inferior grades sell 

 as low as $5 per 1,000 and some are hard 

 to move at that price. Peonies have been 

 very plentiful the past week. Single va- 

 rieties, while very beautiful, do not take 

 so well as the doubles. Prices have 

 ranged all the way from $3 to '$8, good 

 pink and white colors selling well for 

 wedding decorations. A large output of 

 peonies is to be expected this week. 

 Sweet peas remain plentiful and good out- 

 door stock is now coming in. Nymph- 

 seas are used freely for window decora- 

 tions. Funerals, weddings and steamer 

 orders have helped the market the past 

 week. 



Peony Exhibition. 



Owing to the abnormally cool weather, 

 temperatures falling as low as 36 and 38 

 degrees on June 10 and 11, the date for 

 the annual peony show June 11 was a few 

 days too early; nevertheless there was a 

 fine show of these increasingly popular 

 summer flowers. For eighteen double or 

 single varieties A. H. Fewkes and Geo. 

 Hollis were first and second. For singlos 

 T. C. Thurlow was in the lead. For the 

 large china vases which hold over 100 

 blooms each, Wm. Thatcher and W. A. 

 Riggs were first and second. In addition 

 to the exhibits in competitive classes there 

 were many large displays, chiefly of 

 prominent commercial growers, including 

 T. C. Thurlow, E. J. Shaylor, Geo. Hollis, 

 Dr. R. T. Jackson and Walter Hunne- 

 well. 



Some of the most desirable doubles 

 noted from a commercial standpoint 

 were: Festiva maxima, still one of the 



best ; Summer Day, Lady Alexander Duff, 

 beautiful white; Golden Harvest, pretty 

 yellow center petals; Jeanne d' Arc, 

 Helena, Duchess de Nemours, Delicourt, 

 grandiflora rosea, Belle Castellane, Mme. 

 Costa, Mme. Rousseau, Mme. Ducal, deli- 

 catissima, Mme. de Verneville, Harwood 

 and latipetela. A few of the more de- 

 sirable singles were: Queen of May, 

 Bridesmaid, Geraldine, Hesperus, Stanley 

 and Adana. 



Special awards were made to several of 

 the best novelties. Numerous seedlings 

 were shown, including a table of 100 from 

 T. D. Hatfield. The ikme exhibitor had 

 a large table of beautiful named rhodo- 

 dendrons and another of hardy perennials. 

 W. Heustis staged 100 varieties of trees 

 and shrubs, cut specimens, and W. H. 

 Spooner a collection of Rosa rugosa. The 

 Fewkes, Geo. Hollis securing the bronze 

 Fewels, Geo. Hollis securing the bronze 

 medal. The class for thirty varieties of 

 peonies will be carried over to the annual 

 rose show on June 21 and 22. The un- 

 certain weather may cause a postpone- 

 ment of the annual rose and strawberry 

 show. A fine exhibition is anticipated. 



Varioas Notes. 



The prizes offered by the Boston Gar- 

 deners ' and Florists' Club, to be com- 

 peted for when the Chrysanthemum au'l 

 Rose societies meet here, will be for a 

 vase of twenty-five mixed roses and 

 twelve blooms of any chrysanthemum not 

 in commerce. Prizes in each case will be 

 $25, $15 and $10. 



Elisha S. Converse, of Maiden, who 

 died in that city on June 5 at an ad- 

 vanced age, was a very liberal patron of 

 horticulture as well as a philanthropist. 

 Exhibits from Mr. Converse's gardens 

 and greenhouses have for some years 

 been a prominent feature at the exhibi- 

 tions of the Massachusetts Horticulturnl 

 Society and we trust D. F. Roy, the able 

 superintendent of the Converse estate, 

 may in the future still grace the exhibi- 

 tion halls with his productions 



The death of Lucius H. Foster, already 

 recorded in the Review, while not unex- 

 pected caused universal regret among the 

 members of the craft. We trust his sport 

 from the Boston fern, named Anna Fos- 

 ter, may for many years help to perpet- 

 uate the memory of a good, genial, warm 

 hearted man. 



A. Richwagen, of Needham, has for 



some years been a liberal contributor to 

 our flower and plant markets. His recent 

 death removes one more of our successful 

 growers. Mr. Richwagen enjoyed the 

 confidence of all his business associates. 



There has been a remarkably fine show 

 of hybrid aquilegias in bloom at Larz An- 

 derson 's estate, in Brookline, of late. Mr. 

 Finlayson, the head gardener, makes them 

 a feature in his fine Italian garden at 

 this season and his display has not been 

 equalled in this vicinity for a number of 

 years. 



The Boston Gardeners' and Florists'^ 

 • Club held its second field day June 10, at 

 the estate of Walter Hunnewell, Welles- 

 ley. A good number left Boston on the 

 1:15 train and more would have made the 

 journey had the field day not come ;it 

 such a busy season. The many interest- 

 ing and attractive features on this fine 

 estate were eagerly and closely scanned 

 and many were the questions answered 

 by T. D. Hatfield, Mr. Hunnewell's su- 

 perintendent gardener. The marks of the 

 late severe winter were evident in the 

 appearance of many trees and shrubs, but 

 a grand show of bloom was to be seen 

 on azaleas, rhododrendrons and many 

 other plants. One feature in a shady 

 spot was a quantity of Primula Japonicn, 

 which proves quite hardy at Wellesley," 

 with its pretty crimson spikes of flowers 

 rising from a bed of Stellaria Holostea. 

 The members thoroughly enjoyed their 

 day. The next outing will probably take 

 the form of carriage rides over the ex- 

 tensive Boston park system, which is now 

 very attractive. 



Florists and gardeners are suffering 

 from a plague of cut worms, which are 

 causing great damage. Carnations are 

 being seriously injured by them. So far 

 we are enjoying something of an immu- 

 nity from tree pests, thanks to the cool, 

 moist weather. 



While a new wholesale market will 

 probably be the outcome of the present 

 agitation for such, there seems to be a 

 lack of enthusiasm for the same. We 

 think if the managers of the present mar- 

 ket would meet the dissatisfied growers a 

 compromise might still be reached. 



Not for several years has there been 

 so little greenhouse building as this sea- 

 son among commercial growers. Net re- 

 turns from the past winter would not 

 seem to justify further extensions. 



Probabilities are that a good delegation 



