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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Septembbb 15, 1904. 



' THE BENTHEY ASTEIL 



The accompanying illustrations show 

 Benthey's White aster, of which much 

 has been heard of late. The field con- 

 tains upwards of two and one-half 

 acres, some 40,000 plants, grown by 

 Gteorge Ball, Chicago, whose green- 

 houses, the old Harms Park place, ap- 

 pear in the background. These are 

 grown for cut flowers and the blooms 

 have sold as high as $4 per 100 in the 

 Chicago market, readily bringing $J to 

 $2 at time^ when other varieties grown 

 by Mr. Ball were hardly worth ship- 

 ping to market. The vase shows a 

 couple of dozen blooms on stems nearly 

 three feet long and averaging four 

 inches in diameter of flower. At the 

 Benthey-Coatsworth Co. 's place at New 

 Castle, Ind., they have a field of over 

 two acres growing for seed. The va- 

 riety also comes in pink. . It was at 

 first called Benthey's Perfection, but 

 as the latter word is a part of the name 

 of other asters it was dropped and the 

 name is simply Benthey's White and 

 Benthey's Pink. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Conditions remain much the same as a 

 week ago, the market continuing to clean 

 up nicely. One or two dull days at the 

 end of the past week shortened up sup- 

 plies a little. Boses, where no fires are 

 yet used, are showing mildew, due to 

 cold nights. Beauties continue in goo'l 

 supply at from $5 to $20 per 100. Car- 

 nots and Kaiserins are good, but Brides 



ing higher. Some very good asters are 

 coming in. White ones sell readily at 

 $1 to $1.50 per 100, colored varieties go- 

 ing a little lower. Gladioli, speciosum lil- 

 ies, tuberoses, dahlias and 'other stock 

 continue in fair supply. Adiantum and 

 Asparagus plumosus and Sprengeri are 

 not in much demand. 



Various Notes. 



A recent call at the Blue Hill Nurser- 

 ies, in Braintree, found the proprietor, 

 Julius Heurlin, busy making heavy ship- 

 ments of iris, phlox and other perennials 

 to Pennsylvania. The big blocks of 

 herbaceous perennials were in fine order, 

 one of the finest beds being of the* hand- 

 some Tritoma Pfitzeri, a plant which is 

 coming into favor with Boston florists. 

 The collection of trees and shrubs, both 

 deciduous and evergreen, is being con- 

 stantly added to. An adjoining field has 

 just been purchased to be planted with 

 choice evergreens. The whole nursery 

 was, as usual, scrupulously clean. Mr. 

 Heurlin reported fall sales to be the best 

 on record. 



A delegation from the Boston Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club visited Nahant 

 on September 8 as guests of Thomas Eo- 

 land. The party left Union Wharf per 

 steamer at 9:30 a. m. Although the day 

 was beautifully clear and warm, with a 

 shade temperature up in the eighties, one 

 half of the party went prepared for even- 

 tualities and carried fall overcoats. An 

 hour's sail down Boston harbor, with its 

 charming scenery, brought the tourists to 

 Nahant, where they were cordially wel- 

 comed by Mr. Boland. After an inspec- 



A Vase of the New Aster Benthey's White. 



and Bridesmaids continue small, al 

 though they are improving. Carna- 

 tions are becoming more abundant, 

 both indoor and outdoor grown. 

 From $1 to $2 per 100 is the 

 average price, some fancy blooms be- . 



tion of his well-kept greenhouses, which 

 were filled to repletion with choice stock, 

 luncheon was served, following which a 

 tour of the picturesque island was made. 

 Several fine estates were inspected and 

 the party basked on the rocks near Sena- 



tor Lodge 's summer home for an hour or 

 tw(o. The beautiful views from this 

 "Btern and rock bound coast" over the 

 broad and placid Atlantic, dotted with 

 all manner of craft, was thoroughly en- 

 joyed by everyone. Boston was reached 

 on the return voyage about 5 o 'clock and 

 an hour later, while the members were 

 eating their suppers, Jupiter Pluvius, 

 after a vacation of three weeks, broke 

 the drought from which we had been suf- 

 fering. Mr. Eoland's kindness in invit- 

 ing the party was much appreciated and 

 the visit to Nahant will remain a very 

 pleasant memory. 



The new Music Hall market is evi- 

 dently going to be quite a factor in Bos- 

 ton 's cut flower business. At last re- 

 ports 130 stalls had been rented and more 

 were likely to be sold, as the full capac- 

 ity of the present flower place is 170 

 stalls, which, however, can be doubled 

 in the future if occasion requires. The 

 directors can certainly congratulate them- 

 selves on their auspicious outlook. 



The decision of the Columbus avenue 

 market directors to go back to the old 

 Park street stand October 1 is undoubt- 

 edly a wise move. The location, while 

 rather cramped, is easy of access for 

 teams and, while the light is somewhat 

 defective, it has in this respect an ad- 

 vantage over the Music Hall market. We 

 understand the management has rented 

 the present market on advantageous 

 terms. It is to be hoped that to avoid 

 confusion some shorter name be given 

 the rival concerns. Park Street Market 

 and Music Hall Market would be prefer- 

 able to Boston Co-operative Flower Grow- 

 ers 'Association and Boston Co-operative 

 Flower Market. 



The Boston Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club will resume the monthly meetings 

 on September 20. Some of the members 

 are to give vacation experiences. An in- 

 teresting array of lecturers is. being se- 

 lected for the coming winter and now is 

 an opportune time to join this progres- 

 sive club. 



J. W. Duncan is spending a few days 

 in New London, Conn. 



Thomas Knight, representing Julius 

 Roehrs, has been canvassing Boston au'l 

 vicinity the past week and reports a good 

 call for his firm's specialties. 



Numerous entries are being received 

 for the flower show opening on Septem- 

 ber 22. It promises to be one of the 

 best on record. 



Members of the Boston Mycological 

 Club continue to make interesting dis- 

 plays of fungi each week at Horticul- 

 tural Hall. 



Bunches of that finest of all bouvar- 

 dias, Humboldtii corymbifiora, were 

 noted in one of the stores the past week. 

 Strange that more florists do not grow it. 



The annual rental of stalls in each of 

 the flower markets is $25. Prices real- 

 ized at auction are additional premiums. 

 W. N. Craig. 



G>-operation. 



The Review is in receipt of an " open 

 letter" on the two co-operative markets 

 in Boston, a lengthy document bearing 

 typewritten signatures and couched in 

 such intemperate language that we can- 

 not publish it. The Review has nothing 

 but the best of wishes for the success 

 of the new market and nothing but the 

 best of wishes for the continued pros- 

 perity of the old, for in each there are 

 many estimable gentlemen; we certainly 

 would not do injustice to either. — ^Ed. 



