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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



November 3, 1004. 



space will be needed to accommodate 

 the various exhibits. 



Some of the leading exhibitors are: 

 "Waban Conservatories, J. Breitmeyer's 

 Sons, Chicago Carnation Co., J. D. 

 Thompson Carnation Co., A. Herrington, 

 Miss «. J. Clark, E S, Converse, E. W. 

 Converse, J. S. Bailey, H. Dumaresq, M. 

 A. Patten & Co., Peter Fisher, Wm. 

 Nicholson, "William Sim, F. L. Ames 

 estate, E. A. Clarke, Lager & Hurrell, 

 Thomas Dolliber, Commodore M. F. 

 Plant, Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Farquhar & 

 Co., S. J. Goddard, J. E. Rothwell, Na- 

 than Smith & Son and E. G. Hill Co. 



The banquet to be tendered the visit- 

 ing members of the C. S. A. will be 

 held at the Hotel Thorndike on Novem- 

 ber 4, after the business session at Hor- 

 ticultural Hall. Invitations have been 

 extended to Governor Bates, Mayor P. 

 A. Collins and other notables. 



G)innuttee Goes Vmting, 



The garden committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society has been 

 kept very busy of late, visiting various 

 estates where greenhouses had been en- 

 tered for competition. On October 28 

 they left Boston in the 9 a. m. express 

 for New London, Conn. They were met 

 upon arrival by Thomas W. Head, su- 

 perintendent of the M. F. Plant estate. 

 A pleasant ride of a few miles down 

 the Thames River was much enjoyed, 

 the big freighter Dakota, the largest 

 freight steamer in the world, being 

 passed en route to the private pier on 

 the Plant estate. After lunch with Mr. 

 Head, the committee made a tour of 

 the extensive greenhouses and estate. 



On October 31 the rose, carnation and 

 chrysanthemum houses of E. A, Clarke, 

 Jamaica Plain, where Wm. A. Biggs 

 presides, were inspected. The commit- 

 tee found the houses in apple-pie or- 

 der. On November 1 the E. S. Converse 

 estate at Maiden was visited. Mr. Roy, 

 the superintendent, received the commit- 

 tee very hospitably. Chrysanthemum 

 plants in pots are very fine here. 



Field Day at Waban. 



On October 29 members of the Boston 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club had a 

 field day at the Waban Conservatories 

 on invitation of Alexander Montgomery. 

 Some of the party went in automobiles, 

 the remainder by steam and electric cars. 

 On arrival a complete tour of the ex- 

 tensive greenhouses was made under the 

 guidance of the two Alexander Mont- 

 gomerys, senior and junior. The nu- 

 merous rose houses were all in splendid 

 condition, the Beauties, Brides, Brides- 

 maids, Morgans, Liberties and other 

 sorts grown by the thousands being as 

 near perfection as it is possible for them 

 to be. 



Very great interest was shown in the 

 large house of Wellesley, Mr. Montgom- 

 ery's new seedling. This was a wonder- 

 ful sight, thousands of blooms being 

 in view. Part of the house is planted 

 with grafted stock, the balance with 

 own-root plants, the former showing a 

 slight advantage so far. Stems four to 

 five feet long can be cut at this date, 

 and there is a big call for the flowers 

 at the high-class stores. Mr. Montgom- 

 ery has not yet disclosed the parentage, 

 but that he has a sterling novelty all 

 who see it must concede. 



The houses of single-stemmed chrysan- 

 themums were of great interest to the 

 visitors. They contain the cream of the 

 new and older sorts and command the 

 best prices at the Boston stores. Last 



season Mr. Montgomery got $8 per dozen 

 for that grand late variety, Mrs. Jerome 

 Jones. A variety which appealed very 

 strongly to all present was Mile. Marie 

 Liger. Other varieties which Mr. Mont- 

 gomery thinks well of are: William 

 Duckham, Dr. Enguehard, General Hut- 

 ton, Charles Langley, Ben Wells, Miss 

 J. Barwood, C. J. Salter and Mrs. J. C. 

 Neville. Of the older sorts Mrs. J. Jones, 

 Mrs. T. L. Park, Eaton, Appleton, Maud 

 Dean, Merza and Kate Broomhead are 

 favorites. 



After a complete inspection of the 

 whole plant, boiler room included, an 

 adjournment was made to the roomy 

 potting shed, where sandwiches, coffee, 

 ice-cream and other refreshments were 

 served. Before the party left, J. A. 

 Pettigrew, in the name of the club, ten- 

 dered the thanks of the members to Mr. 

 Montgomery for their kind entertain- 

 ment. The members gave three cheers 

 and a tiger for their generous host and 

 closed with singing * * He 's a Jolly Good 

 Fellow." 



Various Notes. 



After leaving Waban Conservatories 

 a portion of the party journeyed to the 

 new establishment of John Barr, at 

 South Natick. All his carnation houses 

 looked first class, being a mass of 

 bloom. The Queen, one of Mr. Barr's 

 introductions, was splendid. Other 

 kinds well grown were Enchantress, Fair 

 Maid, Lawson, Harry Fenn and Mrs. M. 

 A. Patten. Some very promising seed- 

 lings are also under trial. Everything 

 on the place was in the pink of condi- 

 tion. 



F. W. Fletcher of Auburndale has a 

 fine yellow chrysanthemum, a seedling 

 from J. E. Lager, which he has named 

 Easigold, in season from October 8 to 

 12, which has sold finely. It is a splen- 

 did commercial variety and likely to be- 

 come very popular. W. N. Craio. 



NEW YORK; 



The Market. 



The market, which looked very prom- 

 ising on Saturday, experienced the regu- 

 lar Monday setback, which of late has 

 become chronic and prices settled down 

 to the low figures of last week. In fact, 

 the dealers have become reconciled to 

 the belief that improvement need not 

 be looked for as permanent until after 

 election. 



There are some magnificent chrysanthe- 

 mums in the market, none finer even at 

 the exhibitions, where only the best are 

 considered. Ivory never was so fine as 

 this year. Appleton has arrived in grand 

 and perfect form. Duckham is king of 

 them all in size. Little wonder carna- 

 tions have retired for a time and have 

 to be satisfied with serious declines in 

 value, and the quality, too, is superb. 



Beauties do not advance except in qual- 

 ity and orchids remain below standard 

 prices. Violets found a ready sale on 

 Saturday, when Yale sent its football 

 contingent to do battle, but this week 

 sees prices down again, top prices reach- 

 ing 50 cents with difficulty. 



Various Notes. 



A. H. Langjahr is handling some es- 

 pecially fine Ivory. This is his thirteenth 

 year in the wholesale business and not 

 being superstitious he expects it to be 

 his best. He is reaching out for ship- 

 ping trade successfully. Arthur Hunt, his 

 foreman, had a severe tussle with a hieh- 

 waym.in on Sunday evening in Astoria. 



He saved his watch and money but was 

 severely marked by the scoundrel before 

 his rescue. 



George Clarke, of Portland, one of the 

 Clarke Bros^ is visiting New York. E. 

 Bernard, of San Diego, Cal., another trav- 

 eler from the woolly west, is here, his 

 specialties being roses, olives and orna- 

 mentals. 



Dreyer & Keller, joint owners of the 

 new white carnation, Bertha Rath, are 

 sending fine stock of it to the Cut Flower 

 Exchange, which is exclusively handled 

 by Frank Millang. 



Guttman & Weber's new red carnation 

 has been christened Victory. Mr. Gutt- 

 man will exhibit it this week at the Bos- 

 ton show. 



Kreshover has moved his branch in the 

 Coogan building to the former office of 

 the Cut Flower Exchange, where Ught 

 and facilities are much improved. The 

 new ice box of the Exchange will be 

 erected in his former quarters. All of 

 the prominent growers of the company- 

 have signed a petition to the L. I. R. R. 

 for the restoration of the early train 

 from Port Washington via Bayside and 

 Great Neck, with almost certaii* pros- 

 pects of a favorable decision. 



The gold medal of the Louisiana Pur- 

 chase Exposition has been awarded to 

 John Scott, of Brooklyn, for his exhibit 

 of Scottii. Beaulieu, of Woodhaven, the 

 pansy man, has been awarded a silver 

 medal for his patent hose supporter. 



C. W. Ward returned on Friday from 

 Europe, after a pleasant journey, hav- 

 ing spent September and October on the 

 continent. 



Charles Koch, of Flatbush, escaped a 

 watery grave about fifty feet above 

 ground when he fell into his water tank. 

 Fortunately a ladder made rescue possi- 

 ble. 



In the Herald on Sunday appeared a 

 long interview with the manager of the 

 Waldorf-Astoria, in which among other 

 "facts" appeared the statement that 

 "our florist's bill is $50,000 a year." 

 J. H. Small & Sons have a handsome 

 branch store and do the entire decorating 

 for the hotel. While the figures will per- 

 haps come in the line of * * news ' * to many 

 of the trade, even in this city of magni- 

 ficent prodigality, the statement of * ' mine 

 host" does not seem at all improbable. 



Lion & Wertheimer have a novelty in 

 the shape of a flower and foliage com- 

 bination, which they call the "messaline 

 glace chagneaut" ribbon, for which they 

 report an unprecedented demand. 



At the funeral of the Rev. Dr. Lorimcr 

 last week, some very handsome designs 

 were sent from Twenty-eighth street. One 

 especially, a wreath of laurel and pink 

 heather, from one of the wholesalers, a 

 member of his congregation, being uniqre 

 and appropriate. 



Rtiimpn & Walter. H. IT. Berger & Co., 

 Suzuki & lida, Elliott, Thorburn. Joos- 

 ten, Henderson. R. M. Ward & Co., the 

 riueas & Boddington Co., and Arthur 

 Boddington all have the same story to 

 trll. They say it has been an exception- 

 allv good season. 



Thorley's latest accompaniment to the 

 chrysanthemum display in his stores is a 

 profusion of wicker Irtskets, sugorestive of 

 accommodation for the largest blooms, 

 though otherwise unattractive. 



McConnell had a charming window of 

 vellow chrvsanthemums and orchids on 

 Saturday that the Fifth avenue nedestri- 

 ars found it worth while to pause and 

 admire. 



At Wadlev Xo Smvth'a the entire fore© 

 hnf returned from Newport and at Leik- 



