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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 





Septembbb 8, 1904. 



final planting to make them firm and 

 stocky. Previous to planting the soil in 

 the frames should be well forked over 

 and a liberal dressing of farmyard ma- 

 nure applied. I find this the most sat- 

 isfactory manure for this crop; they 

 don't seem to take kindly to commercial 

 fertilizers, though if extra fine heads are 

 desired a little nitrate of soda watered 

 into the soil after the heads have begun 

 to form will be of considerable assist- 

 ance to their development. The best va- 

 riety to use for this and also for green- 

 house work is Snowball, but, as there are 

 several strains of this on the market, it 

 is well to procure the seed from a thor- 

 oughly reliable source to make sure of 

 getting the genuine dwarf variety. 



W. S. Croydon. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Flowers have sold exceptionally well 

 the past week and there is a distinct im- 

 provement in the market as compared 

 with a year ago. The warm weather has 

 caused a heavier output of roses, but 

 prices, except for the pooier grades, have 

 maintained previous quotations. Beauties 

 are coming with nice stems and there are 

 some excellent Kaiserin and Carnot. 

 Carnations of the new indoor crop, as 

 well as from field, are now coming in 

 more freely. Good flowers readily biing 

 $2 and some whites went as high as $3. 

 Scott, Saxon (scarlet), The Queen and 

 Fair Maid are very good from the open. 

 Quite a number of the old Mrs. Fisher 

 are also seen. 



A good many dahlias* are now coming 

 in. The cactus varieties take the best, 

 some selling at $1.50 to $2 per 100. 

 Some of the white pompons are also in 

 demand for design work. Asters are of 

 a little better quality, but inferior to 

 other seasons. Some fine Scrapie's bring 

 $1.50 per 100, other sorts 50 cents to $1. 

 Sweet peas at 15 cents per 100 and fever- 

 few 15 cents per bunch are still fairly 

 abundant. The first named seem to have 

 taken on a new lease of life. Lilium 

 speciosum, gladioli, tuberoses, margue- 

 rites and stocks aie among other flowers 

 in the market. So far the new season 

 may be classed as quite satisfactory. 

 Chrysanthemums wdll soon appear, a few 

 blooms being already open in some estab- 

 lishments. 



Various Notes. 



David Weir is in St. Louis, taking In 

 the beauties of the "World's Fair. 



G«o. E. Buxton has completed the 

 changes in his heating plant and other 

 improvements and has all his carnations 

 housed and looking first-class. 



W. L. Lewis has evidently secured a 

 capable manager in Mr. Gardner. Car- 

 nations never looked better and his gen- 

 eral stock is in fine shape. 



Messrs. Wm. Nicholson, M. A. Patten 

 and Peter Fisher oflfer special carnation 

 prizes at the ^ coming chrysanthemum 

 show in Boston. 



E. A. Riggs, gardener to E. A. Clark, 

 of Jamaica Plains, has a fine lot of 

 single-stemmed chrysanthemums, includ- 

 ing all the best new sorts. He was a 

 successful exhibitor in Boston last year. 



J. Montgomery Sears, of Southboro, 

 the largest individual owner of real 

 estate in Boston, has set aside fifty acres 

 of his farm to be made into a pleasure 

 park, with the idea of interesting other 

 wealthy property owners in similar en- 

 terprises. His plan includes landscap^ 

 gardening, flower gardens and a zoo. 



The brown tail moth caterpillarb 

 hatched from eggs laid in July are >york- 

 ing destruction on tender foliage just 

 now in Boston and vicinity. Little can 

 be done in the way of remedial measures 

 now, but these same caterpillars, if not 

 destroyed with their nests during the 

 winter, will issue forth next May and 

 June and cause widespread destruction. 



The promoters of the new co-operative 

 market feel much encouraged with the re- 

 sults of their sale of stalls on August 

 31. There was a large attendance at the 

 auction and 110 out of 170 stalls were 

 disposed of at an average of $30. First 

 choice went to Charles Cummings, of 

 Woburn, at $55, several others going at 

 the same price. Sixty stalls were sold 

 at prices ranging from $40 down to $15. 

 The latter price was given for any 

 choice left. So far as location is con- 

 cerned the new enterprise has a distinct 

 advantage over the old market and will 

 undoubtedly catch considerable trade 

 from the central location. At holiday 

 times it will, however, be difficult to 

 move goods in quantity in a hurry. 

 There are quite a number of applicants 

 for the post of manager of the new mar- 

 ket^ but no selection has yet been made. 



Colored varieties of field-grown carna- 

 tions are in good demand. J. H. Manley 

 is hardly procurable. 



The auction sale of stalls at the Bos- 

 ton Co-operative Flower Market on Co- 

 lumbus avenue took place on September 

 3. The results were considered quite 

 satisfactory. Quite a number of grow- 

 ers purchased stalls in both markets. 



"We are experiencing a very dry spell 

 at present and vegetation is suffering 

 more than at any time this season. Water 

 supplies are running low in many places 

 and a soaking rain is much needed. 



W. N. Craig. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market. 



This is the calm preceding the storm 

 of business which it is confidently hoped 

 October will usher in. A comparison with 

 the record of other years at this date 

 shows no marked change. It is the old 

 story of dullness repeated yearly, to 

 which the wholesalers have become ac- 

 customed, and which they have learned 

 to endure with placidity. 



There is little change for the better 

 this week. The supply is abundant in all 

 lines and in asters, gladioli and dahlias 

 the aggregate is an enigma unsolvable. 

 The street merchants will be welcomed 

 at their old stands to relieve the conges- 

 tion. The middle of the month will see 

 the closing of many of the adjacent sum- 

 mer resorts and the return of these no- 

 madic florists. There are plenty of me- 

 dium and short roses on which it would 

 be a shame to quote clearing prices. 

 Orchids are always in demand and the 

 American market for them is established 

 in New York and is likely to be so con- 

 sidered for a generation. The supply is 

 always to be depended on, the quality 

 and variety unsurpassed and a steady 

 call is growing in extent and dependence 

 that places them beyond the risk of spec- 

 ulation. 



Ketail windows everywhere are bril- 

 liant with gfadioli and hydrangfeis. Never 

 were the latter so extensively used and 

 so distinctive, the flower heads being 

 enormous and their utility never so much 

 in evidence. 



Variotis Notes. 

 Alex. J. Guttman, the wholesale florist. 



has bought C. H. Hagert's greenhouse 

 establishment at Summit, N. J., with ten 

 acres of land and has here the nucleus 

 of an extenrave business. Everything is 

 in ship-shape condition for immediate 

 utility and in two weeks roses will be 

 shipped to the New York headquarters. 

 His brother wholesalers congratulate 

 him on his enterprise and wish him suc- 

 cess. 



Charles Millang has purchased a home 

 near his mother's residence, with ample 

 room for his horses, dog kennels and 

 other side enterprises and recreations 

 that make life worth living. 



George Saltford is back from his ex- 

 tended outing and pastoral visitations at 

 and around Khinebeck, the fruit of 

 , which will doubtless be seen at no dis- 

 tant date. 



W. H. Gunther is now giving his grow- 

 ers his annual fraternal after a month 

 at Seagirt with his family, in the best 

 of health and ready for the best season 

 in his career, of which this is his sev- 

 enteenth year. 



Across the way from this enterprising 

 quartette, George Cotsonas & Co., the 

 green goods men, will shortly open their 

 increasing business center so that Twenty- 

 ninth street makes no uncertain sound 

 as a component part of the great whole- 

 sale cut flower section of the city. 



Jas. A. Hammond has joined the army 

 of suburbanites and now makes Sum- 

 mit, N. J., his home. His contiguity 

 to the army of New Jersey rose growers 

 will add to his shipping supply the com- 

 ing season. 



Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Langjahr were 

 the rear guard of the conventionists, 

 wisely devoting over a week to the Fair 

 and returning unsatisfied, as did all who 

 enjoyed the glories and realized that a 

 month would hardly suffice to "touch the 

 hem of its garment. ' ' 



Wm. A. Gardeen, of Thorley's, has 

 gone to Fair Haven for his month's va- 

 cation. 



Arthur Hunt, with Langjahr, is re- 

 joicing in the addition of a prospective 

 wholesaler to his family. 



John Eeickert, of Union Hill, who has 

 been very ill with pleurisy and typhoid 

 fever, is slightly better and his recovery 

 is hoped for. A loss in weight from 225 

 pounds to 140 indicates the severe strain 

 he has endured. 



Both president and vice-president of 

 the New York Florists' Club are indudg- 

 ing in hay fever. It is, therefore, ap- 

 propriate that at the first meeting of the 

 club for the fall season next Monday 

 evening, the exhibition should include 

 hardy and half-hardy herbaceous flow- 

 ers and plants. Secretary Young will 

 receive and care for anything that may 

 be sent for the purpose and shippers 

 are requested to forward promptly to 

 his address, 51 West Twenty-eighth 

 street. The meeting should be one of 

 rare interest. Every member of the club 

 should be present. 



J. K. Allen is home again, satisfied 

 that this is the only country. His com- 

 parisons are glowing in favor of Ameri- 

 ca and he has seen enough of foreign 

 lands to declare he would "rather have 

 one year of New York than all eternity 

 in Europe." 



Kasting's exhibit of Croweanum in 

 St. Louis was far-reaching in its in- 

 fluence. The demand in New York shows 

 a steady increase and John I. Eaynor, 

 who controls its sale here, finds a con- 

 stantly growing appreciation of its 

 beauty and value. 



Alex McConnell received from the 

 American Press of New York city a 



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