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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



NbTaMBBB 24, 1904. 



BOSTON. 



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The Market. 



With the lessening receipts of chrys- 

 anthemums the market continues to show 

 a distinct improvement and there is little 

 likelihood of any congestion from now 

 onwards. The smaller sizes of chrysan- 

 themums, selling at from $4 to $8 per 

 hundred, are in active demand. The 

 large specimen blooms are hard to move. 

 Occasional lots seU at $3 per dozen, but 

 more frequently have to be cleared at 

 half that figure, "there is no mistaking 

 the fact that large blooms, however hand- 

 some they may be for window decora- 

 tions, are not as popular with buyers as 

 they were a few years ago. This is not 

 due to any desire for cheaper flowers, 

 but to a growing distaste for large 

 blooms. Growers who have large lots of 

 such kinds as Ivory, Bonnaffon, Wana- 

 maker (now coming in extra good) and 

 White Bonaffon have no trouble in dis- 

 posing of their cuts. 



American Beauties are making rather 

 better prices. Brides are in brisk de- 

 mand and rather short supply. Brides- 

 maids are in heavy oversupply. While 

 the best bring fair prices, short-stemmed 

 stock is hard to move and the fakirs se- 

 cure large quantities, which they sell at 

 "six for a dime." Liberty is selling 

 higher, the best reaching $12.50 per hun- 

 dred. Small lots o'f Bon Silene, Saffano, 

 Chatenay, Kaiserin and Meteor come in. 



Carnations show a hardening tendency. 

 Select stock brought $3 to $4 the past 

 week, ordinary grades $1.50 to $2. A few 

 very poor flowers sold as low as $1. The 

 Harvard- Yale foot ball game stimulated 

 the demand for violets, prices on singles 

 on November 18 and 19 going as high 

 as $1.25 per hundred. First-class flow- 

 ers still bring $1 and the supply seems 

 inadequate. Stevia is coming in and sells 

 at 25 cents per bunch. Paper White 

 narcissus is druggy. Cypripedium in- 

 signe brings $12.50 per hundred. Short 

 fronds of adiantum sell at 50 cents and 

 the best grade at $1 per hundred. There 

 is a good demand for Asparagus plumo- 

 sus and Sprengeri. 



There was a very poor demand for 

 crimson chrysanthemums for the Har- 

 vard-Yale foot ball game last week. 

 Large quantities of Shrimpton and Cul- 

 lingfordii were in ice chests on Novem- 

 ber 19. Harvard's expectation of de- 

 feat apparently affected the purchases of 

 its supporters. 



Horticaltural Society. 



The annual election of officers of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society was 

 held on November 19. Voting was by 

 Australian ballot, polls being open from 

 12 to 4. The following officers were 

 elected: President, A. F. Estabrook; 

 vice-president, Dr. R. T. Jackson; treas- 

 urer, C. E. Richardson; secretary, W. P.^^ 

 Rich ; trustee for two years, Arthur D. ^ 

 Hill; for three years, Geo. F. Pabyan, 

 Warren Fenno, J. Woodward Manning, 

 J. A. Pettigrew; nominating committee, 

 O. B. Hadwen, Henry S. Hunnewell, 

 John Lawrence, Dr. H. P. Wolcott and 

 James Wheeler. 



President-elect Estabrook reconsidered 

 his earlier decision not to run and 

 Messrs, W. W. Rawson and W. H. Spoon- 

 er, the other two candidates, practically 

 retired in his favor. Mr. Estabrook is a 

 well known banker and a member of the 

 Boston Stock Exchange. He has been a 

 member of the society for a number of" 



years and has served on the trustee board. 

 From his fine summer residence at 

 Swampscott, he sends numerous exhibits 

 to the society's shows and captures many 

 premiums. Being an ardent patron of 

 horticulture as well as a first-class busi- 

 ness man, Mr. Estabrook should prove 

 just such a leader as the society needs. 



At the business meeting held prior to 

 the polling, various reports were read and 

 accepted. The trustees recommended that 

 the sum of $6,506 be appropriated for 

 prizes next year and this was done. 

 The trustees also recommended the elec- 

 tion of the secretary and treasurer by the 

 trustees instead of by the society in fu- 

 ture. A motion to ask the state legisla-. 

 ture to so amend the charter as to per- 

 mit of this being done was adopted. 



James Garthley, gardener to H. H. 

 Rogers, Fairhaven, showed a plant of 

 Chrysanthemum Victoria, a cross between 

 Daisy and Garza, most nearly resembling 

 the latter parent. This received a cer- 

 tificate of merit and should prove desir- 

 able for pot culture. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club. 



The meeting of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club November 15 was well at- 

 tended. Seven new members were elect- 

 ed, including some of the most promi- 

 nent florists near Boston. J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar reported that a balance ap- 

 proximating $250 remained from the en- 

 tertainment of the C. S. A. This will 

 probably be used in Msirch in connection 

 with the visit of the American Rose So- 

 ciety. 



The annual election of officers resulted 

 as follows: President, James Wheeler; 

 vice-president, M. A. Patten; secretary, 

 W. N. Craig; treasurer, Edward Hatch; 

 executive committee, J. A. Pettigrew, 

 Patrick Welch, Harry Wilde and Samuel 

 J. Goddard. Regret was expressed that 

 President Pettigrew would not serve for 

 another term. During his tenure of of- 

 fice a wonderful change for the better 

 has come over the status of the club. 



Robert Marshall gave an interesting 

 account of the recent New York show 

 and Robert Cameron described the exhi- 

 bition at New Haven. W. N. Craig gave 

 an account of a visit made with the gar- 

 den committee of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society to the new estate of 

 Commodore M. F. Plant, Groton, Conn. 

 Remarks anent the coming visit of the 

 American Rose Society were made by 

 Fred R. Mathison.'W. W. Edgar and J. 

 K. M. L. Farquhar. 



A discussion arose as to the size of 

 chrysanthemum blooms in which J. W. 

 Duncan, James Wheeler and other mem- 

 bers took part. It seemed to be the gen- 

 eral opinion that large blooms are not( 

 now popular either in the Boston market 

 or on private estates. Smaller and more 

 refined flowers are desired. While the 

 big blooms continue to be popular at 

 exhibitions, there can be no mistaking 

 the fact that they have been overdone, 

 as is evidenced by the increasing popu- 

 larity of anemone, single and other neg- 

 lected sections. 



James Wheeler, the new president, be- 

 ing called upon, made a neat speech, 

 thanking the members for the honor ac- 

 corded him and p'redicting a grand fu- 

 ture for the club if they would continue 

 to pull together and give him their sup- 

 port. 



Variottt Notes. 



On the next field day of the Gardeners ' 

 and Florists' Club the establishments of 



Wm. Nicholson, S. J. Goddard and J. T. 

 Butterworth, of Framingham, will be vis- 

 ited. < 



Wm. F.Hunter, gardener- for Henry S. 

 Hunnewell, of Wellesley, died on Novem- 

 ber 8 in his forty-fourth year. Mr. Hun- 

 ter was a native of Scotland and much 

 respected by his confreres,' many of 

 whom were present to pay their last sad 

 respects to him at the interment on No- 

 vember 10. 



Chrysanthemum Mile. Jeannie Nonin, 

 shown before the Boston committee on 

 November 19, by the E. G. Hill Co., was 

 much admired and has all the ear-marks 

 of a fine conunercial white. Its size 

 should also make it valuable as an exhi- 

 bition variety. 



Herbert T. Capers is acting as sales- 

 man for Wilfred Wheeler at the new 

 market. 



William Sim, of Cliftondale, reports a 

 big demand for violets. In fact he can- 

 not fill his orders. In late chrysanthe- 

 mums he considers the old Wanamaker, 

 which he grows largely, still one of the 

 best. White Bonnaffon he finds bruises 

 rather easily. 



Thanksgiving day, while less import- 

 ant than the other great holidays, occa- 

 sions a good demand for flowers and 

 prospects at time of writing are for bet- 

 ter prices, especially in violets, carna- 

 tions and red roses. 



Copley Square, Boston's finest open 

 space in the Back Bay section, is threat- 

 ened with extinction so far as any fur- 

 ther bedding out is concerned, and per- 

 petual disfigurement, unless immediate 

 action is taken to prevent the Boston 

 elevated railroad from securing the space 

 for one of its new subway stations. 



Professor C. S. Sargent, through his 

 gardener, Charles Sander, has on exhi- 

 bition at Horticultural Hall this week 

 an agave carrying a flower spike some 

 thirty feet high which atthicts consider- 

 able attention. \ 



Begonia Gloire de Lorraine seems to 

 be the most popular of flowering plants 

 in pots to judge from the numbers seen 

 in nearly all store windows. Plants re- 

 tailing at $1 to $1.50 seem to be in 

 the best demand. 



W. B. Arnold, of Rockland, has in- 

 vited the garden committee of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society to in- 

 spect his house of striped Lawson carna- 

 tion. 



In the report of the flower show Wm. 

 Anderson, gardener to H. Dumaresq, Esq., 

 should have been given credit for the first 

 premium on eight specimen plants, his 

 exhibit being especially fine. Robert Mar- 

 shall was first for three specimens Jap- 

 anese incurved with a splendid entry. 



W. N. Craig. 



• ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



There is not much to say regarding 

 the market the past week, although trade 

 in the retail circles has been fairly ac- 

 tive, at least so say those in the west end, 

 who do large decorative work for wed- 

 dings and receptions. Mrs. Ayers re- 

 ported six decorations the past week, 

 while her neighbors were also busy with 

 that kind of work. World's Fair orders 

 for cut flowers and decorations have 

 dropped off considerably and another 

 week will see the close of the great ex- 

 position, which brought a great deal of 

 work of all kinds to the local florists 

 during the seven months of its exist- 

 ence. 



