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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



June 30, 1004. 



I FERNS 



IN FLATS 



Ready for delivery after July 15th. 



Each flat contains 110 clumps of Email plants, which can be divided In 3 to 6 plants accordingly, all ready for potting. 



We can furnish these ferns, grown separately, each flat containing any one of the following sorts, ferns all good salable varieties. 



Aspldinm TsuBBiiuenB*, Cyrtomlnm Faloatnm, Pteris Adia&toldes, Pterls Gretlca Albo-tineata, 



Pteris Cretica Magulfloa, Pteris Kastata, Pteris Mayii, Pteris Oilbertii, Pteris Bermlata, 



Pteris Serrnlata Cristata, Pteris Bermlata Varie^ata, Pteris Wimsettii. Mixed varieties. Price $3.00 per flat. 



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Nephrolepis Scottii. 



strong transplanted runners from the bench or 2^-inch pots. $4.00 per dozen ; 

 $25.00 per 100 : $2U0.00 per 1000. Strong 6-lnch pot plants, $2.00 each ; 8-inch 

 pans, 93.60 each ; 10-inch pans, $5.10 each. 



CANE STAKES. 



6 feet long, strong and durable, per 1000. S6.00; per 2000, $11.00; 

 per 6,000, C27.60. Prices on larger lots on application. 



Stumpp & Walter Co., .JL^^ri.?.*tr.L. New York. 



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BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The market during the past week was 

 largely supported by numerous orders for 

 school graduations, roses, carnations, lily 

 of the valley and sweet peas being in 

 the best demand and prices on these have 

 ruled firm and higher for good stock. A 

 good deal of poor quality stock is now 

 coming in, especially of roses and car- 

 nations, which nets the grower very lit- 

 tle and might almost as well be left at 

 home. Peonies are now over, the hot 

 weather finishing them, shade tempeni- 

 tures within the week running as high as 

 95 degrees. Outdoor hybrid roses are al- 

 ready on the wane, but sweet peas are 

 piling up in large numbers and will 

 soon be a glut. A few Lilium candi- 

 dum, outdoor grown, appeared this week. 

 Spikes were not particularly good. With 

 the close of schools and lack of social 

 events we may now expect a weak and 

 overloaded market. Shipping trade to 

 shore resorts has started and will prove 

 something of a factor for the next three 

 months. Several growers now bring in 

 good lots of Kaiserin and Golden Gate, 

 grown expressly for summer bloom. Thes^: 

 sell fairly well, the best fetching $5 to 

 $6. Some growers are now pulling ouc 

 their carnations, intending to replant 

 with field stock as early as possible. 

 This will tend to restrict the output of 

 these, although it may be said that good 

 stock sold easily last week at $2 to .$3, 

 while poor samples were almost givan 

 away. This only proves a well known 

 and oft repeated statement that good 

 stock will always sell. 



Qub Meeting. 



There was a large attendance at the 

 meeting of the Gardeners ' and Florists ' 

 Club on June 21, the date occurring on 

 the opening day of the rose and straw- 

 berry exhibition, which attracted many 

 members of the craft. Through the un- 

 avoidable absence of J. W. Manning, the 

 essayist of the evening, the club dis- 

 cussed a variety of timely topics, all of 

 which proved very interesting. 



President Pettigrew started the ball 

 rolling by calling on John K. M. L. 

 Farquhar to say a few words on Japan. 

 Mr. Farquhar did so in a very entertain- 

 ing mapner. He stated that he believes 

 there are a number of new lilies in tho 

 Japanese islands still unknown to us, an<l 

 other floral treasures. From his experi- 

 ence in Japan he knows that Lilium longi- 

 florum could be ripened in the south of 



Japan early in July and believes we will 

 eventually depend on that ^quntry for 

 our main supplies. He spoke of the beati- 

 tiful peonies to be seen tibiere and stated 

 that he had seen several nelumbiums 

 which are not yet found in cultivation 

 here. Speaking of the present struggle 

 between Bussia and Japan, Mr. Farqu- 

 har said his sympathies were entirely 

 with Japan and he thought it would bo 

 best for humanity for her to win, a sen- 

 timent which seemed to find general ac- 

 ceptance in the meeting. 



Some discussions arose over the Eich- 

 ardson seedling peonies, which it trans- 

 pired were named during John Rich- 

 ardson's lifetime by his friend, John 

 Hovey. The major portion of his noti^l 

 collection passed into the hands of Dr. 

 E. T. Jackson, who will be asked lo 

 speak on Sichardson at a future club 

 meeting. A strong point in favor of 

 these seedlings is that in the main thev 

 are late blooming and sweet scented. 

 His first seedling was certificated as far 

 back as 1869. W. J. Stewart and Julius 

 Heurlein spoke of the New York peony 

 show. Mr. Stewart commended the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society for 

 its effective exhibition arrangements. 

 Messrs. Beard and T. J. Grey were 

 heard from; the former discussed hybrid- 

 ization, while the latter, in his usual 

 inimitable way, gave some original se- 

 lections. 



Duncan Finlayson thought . the club 

 should have an outing during the hot 

 months and suggested an ocean sail and 

 clam bake as about the right thing. The 

 matter seemed to find gfeneral favor and 

 was referred to the executive commit- 

 tee. Eefreshments were passed around 

 after the regular business and brought 

 to a close a very pleasant gathering. No 

 meetings will be held during July and 

 August. The club is now prospering ns 

 never before in its history and a large in- 

 flux of new members is expected when 

 the fall season opens. 



Rose and Strawberry Show. 



The verdict was that the June exhibi- 

 tion had never been surpassed, either in 

 quantity, quality or general arrangement. 

 Certainly the exhibition was a revelation 

 to those who imagined that roses and 

 other flowers would be poorly shown. So 

 numerous were the exhibits that the facil- 

 ities were all in use and one member of 

 the committee very generously gave up 

 a large number of vases he had staged 

 containing roses to accommodate late 

 comers from a distance. 



The largest individual exhibitor of 



roses was Miss S. B. Fay, whose gardener, 

 M. H. Walsh, showed close to 1,000 

 blooms, being the largest prize winner. 

 Other large and successful exhibitors were 

 Mrs. O. S. Paige, J. H. White, W. J. 

 Clemson, E. L. Lewis, Dr. C. G. Weld, 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill, Mrs. E. A. Wilkie, Miss 

 H. B. Foote, Mrs. Day Ohadwick, B. A. 

 Clark, Peter Cairns, A. F. Estabrook, W. 

 Whitman, Walter Hunnewell and others. 

 The keenest competition occurred in the 

 class for 100 bottles of roses, the prizes 

 going to Miss Fay, Mrs. Gill, Dr. Weld, 

 Peter Cairns and Walter Hunnewell in 

 order named. For Miss Fay's special 

 prizes for amateurs there were numerous 

 entries, some beautiful lots being staged. 

 Mrs. O. S. Paige, Mrs. E. A. Wilkie and 

 Mrs. Day Chadwick were successful. Some 

 of the best hybrid perpetuals shown were 

 Mme. Gabriel Luizet, Ulrich Brunner, 

 Jacqueminot, Baron de Bonstettin, Vic- 

 tor Verdier, Clio, Margaret Dickson, J. S. 

 Fay, Mrs. John Laing, Paul Neyron, Bar- 

 oness Eothschild, John Hippa, . Magna 

 Charta and Senateur Vaisse. 



A very attractive exhibit of hybrid teas 

 from Miss H. E. Foote, of Majblehead, in 

 forty-five varieties attracted much atten- 

 tion and was awarded a bronze medal. 

 This lady grows 350 varieties of rosea 

 and has remarkable success with H. T. 's 

 outdoors. Some of her best varieties, 

 many of them new, were Bessie Brownj_ 

 Grand Duchess, Victoria, Pauline Bersey, 

 General Scheblakine, Frau Peter Lambert, 

 Gladys Harkness, Admiral Dewey, Grace 

 Darling, Mme. Eavary, Marquise Litta, 

 Mrs. B. R. Cant, Alice Gray and Beryl. 

 The Arnold Arboretum showed seventy 

 distinct species of roses, many being very 

 charming. Mr. Dawson also showed a 

 collection of his own seedlings. Of these 

 Minnie Dawson (E. multiflora x alba) 

 with double white flowers, of multifloni 

 habit, received a certificate of merit. 

 Honorable mention was given to a large 

 double pink variety (Wichuraiana x Tri- 

 omphe de Luxembourg), A very rich 

 colored single variety previously certifi- 

 cated was R. rugosa x General Jacquemi- 

 not. The winning new rose was M. H. 

 Walsh's beautiful crimson, J. S. Fay. 



There was a remarkable display of 

 peonies, the finest ever seen in Boston and 

 far outclassing that held in New York 

 both in numbers and quality. For dis- 

 play of not less than thirty named 

 doubles competition was keen, T. C. Thur- 

 low winning, followed by A. H. Fewkes, 

 the Means estate and Geo. Hollis. Other 

 large contributors of peonies were'E. .T. 

 Shaylor, who showed many superb sorts; 

 R. & .1. Farquhar & Co., who showed many 



