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December 15, 1904. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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day from a very encouraging business 

 trip. 



Flowers that will not keep until Christ- 

 mas will bring good prices early next 

 week. 



Edward Reid has returned from the 

 south. 



Full blown, faded or discolored flow- 

 ers do not pay at Christmas, or any other 

 time. 



John Wilson is in charge of J. J. 

 Habennehl's Sons' beautiful new store 

 in the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel. 



Arthur Zirkmann, with M. Rice & Co., 

 has returned from a successful business 

 trip. 



A serious fire broke out in the boiler 

 shed of "William Berger, on Queen street, 

 one night last week. The shed, the ends 

 of the nearest houses and some of the 

 stock were damaged. The loss is esti- 

 , mated at $500. 



Eugene Bernheimer is receiving some 

 choice Golden Gates. 



Edward Reid is receiving some very 

 fine valley. 



Berger Bros, are making hardy ferns 

 of good quality a specialty. 



The Flower Market is strong on Beau- 

 ties and poinsettias. They also handle 

 William K. Harris' choice Christmas 

 blooming plants. Phil. 



for the second visit this season with his 

 decorative stock for the holiday trade. 



We are very glad to state that Wil- 

 liam Scott is recovering from his severe 

 illness and we hope that within a few 

 days he will be with us again. R. A. S. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



We are now having very cold weather, 

 winter having apparently started in good 

 earnest. Conditions in the market show 

 no important changes since our last re- 

 port. The cold weather has hurt busi- 

 ness to some extent, retailers purchasing 

 more sparingly. This was particularly 

 noticeable on Saturday. There is little 

 change in the price of roses. Best 

 Brides and Bridesmaids clean out at 

 $12.50 per hundred. Carnations sell at $3 

 to $4 for select stock, some extra fancies 

 bringing up to $6. Prospects are for a 

 comparatively light crop of these for 

 Christmas. Violets are ratRer scarce and 

 clean out readily. The best poinsettias 

 have brought $6 per dozen. Quite a 

 number of Lilium Harrisii are now 

 coming in, E. N. Peirce & Co. bringing 

 the largest quantity to the Park street 

 market. Mignonette is- selling at higher 



Show dse in , J. J. Habertnehl's Sons' New Philadelphia Store. 



BUFFALO. 



During the past week one of Buffalo 's 

 most popular business banks was forced 

 to close its doors. Many of the Buffalo 

 florists were among the 8,000 depositors, 

 but none were so unfortunate as to be 

 heavy losers. We hd^ this will have 

 no bad effect on the Christmas trade 

 but with 8,000 depositors and six mil- 

 lions deposits it is sure to cause some 

 effect. 



The flower stores are' filled with the 

 Christmas novelties and all things point 

 to a good Christmas. The main show is 

 mostly made up of Lorraine and poin- 

 settias. A great many baskets are be- 

 ing used, especially the moss work. 



We are receiving very few visitors at 

 the present time. Mrs. Walker and Mc- 

 Lean, of Youngstown, spent a few days 

 here last week. Mr, Peterson returned 



rates, the most select going for $8 per 

 hundred. Paper White and double Ro- 

 man narcissi and Roman hyacinths sell 

 rather slowly, as does bouvardia. Stevia 

 is in good demand. Green stock is un- 

 changed. A good many holly and other 

 wreaths, with a variety of other Christ- 

 mas greenery, are now coming in. 



Horticultural Society. 



The following are the committees ap- 

 pointed to serve for the year 1905: 



Committee on prizes and exhibitions, J. K. 

 M. L. Farqtihar, chairman; A. H, Fewkes, J. A. 

 Pettljtrew. W. N. Craig, W. H. Spooner and 

 W. W. Rawson. 



Plants and flowers, A H. Few)tes. chairman: 

 James Wheeler. Robert Cameron. William Nich- 

 olson and W. N. Craig. 



Fruits, Warren Fenno, chairman; Charles F. 

 Curtis and J. W. Hill. 



Vegetfibles, W. W. Rawson, chairman; War- 

 ren H. Hcustls and J. C. Stone. 



Gardens, Oakes Ames, chairman; George 



Barker, W. P. Rich. J. A. Pettigrew, A. M. 



Fewkes, C. W. Parker, H. P. Wolcott and W. 



N Craig 

 School gardens and native plants. H S. Adams, 



chairman; C. W. Jenks. Miss Mary Rodman. 



W. E. C. Rich and W. P. Rich. 



Finance committee, Walter Hunnewell, chair- 

 man; A. F. Estabrook and George F. Fabyan. 

 Library committee, C. S. Sargent, chalrmur: 



Samuel Henshaw, C. W. Jones, H. P. Wolcott 



and T. Otis Filler. , „. », 



Lectures and publications, J. W. Manning, 



chairman; James H. Bowditch. E. W. Wood. 



K. T. Jackson and E. B. Wilder. 



The following prizes have been 

 awarded by the garden committee: Bes-t 

 house of chrysanthemums in pots ar- 

 ranged with other plants, first, Converse 

 estate, D. F. Roy, gardener; second, H. 

 H. Rogers, Jamea Garthley, gardener. 

 House of chrysanthemums grown in 

 benches, first, M. F. Plant estate, T. W. 

 Head, gardener; second. Converse estate. 

 House of palms and foliage plants, first, 

 Joseph H. White, James Wheeler, gard- 

 ener; second, Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Wm. 

 Thatcher, gardenei;. House of carna- 

 tions, first, M. F. Plant estate; second, 

 E. A. Clark, W. A. Riggs, gardener. 

 House of roses, first, M. F. Plant estate; 

 second, Joseph H. White. Special gra- 

 tuities were awarded to W. G. Winsor for 

 dahlia gardens, T. D. Hatfield for su- 

 perior care of Hunnewell estate, N. B. 

 White for improvement in native grapes 

 and H. A. Stevens Co. for house of 

 mushrooms. The estate of Mrs. J. L, 

 Gardner entered for the Hunnewell tri- 

 ennial premium for first year was fa- 

 vorably reported on. 



The Stevens Place. 



The garden committee on December 9 

 visited the establishment of H. A. Stev- 

 ens Co., Dedham, to inspect their cel- 

 lar of mushrooms. The cellar utilized 

 for mushroom culture covers about 2,000 

 square feet. American pure culture 

 spawn is used exclusively, and the re- 

 sults certainly justify the selection, for 

 the beds were simply white with mush- 

 rooms in various stages of development 

 and the members of the committee were 

 \inanimous in pronouncing the crop far 

 the best they had ever seen. Mr. Stevens 

 states that the temperature of the cellar 

 varies from 50 to 54 degrees and, while 

 the mushrooms do not grow so quickly 

 in this temperature, they are harder and 

 better for marketing than when grown 

 warmer. 



An inspection of the houses of carna- 

 tions grown by the firm was also made, 

 all the plants beine in fine condition. 

 Fair Maid, Mrs. Patten, Enchantress, 

 Lawson and other leading sorts are 

 grown. Several good seedlings are also 

 under trial. 



Various Notes. * 



The Boston Co-operative Flower Mar- 

 ket, better known as the "new market," 

 will offer prizes for the following at the 

 exhibition at Horticultural Hall" on Feb- 

 ruary 11. Fifty Carnation Fair Maid. 

 twenty-five carnations, any variety not 

 in commerce ; twenty-five red roses, Amer- 

 ican Beauty included; 100 Princess of 

 Wales violet, 100 Campbell violet, 100 

 sweet peas, twenty-five spikes mignon- 

 ette. These added to the prizes offered 

 by the society and the members of the 

 Park Street Market will insure a fine 

 winter show. 



Latest reports from J. T. Butterworth 

 were rather more encouraging and his 

 many friends hope that the worst is 

 now over and that he may soon be 

 strong enough to be removed to his home. 



Donald Carmichael, of Wellesley, 



