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The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



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WHITE LAWSON 



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Which we introduced last aeaaon has giiren gvemt ■atisfaetion, and has proved to be 



THE FINEST WHITE CARNATION EVER SENT OIT 



Remember that we are headquarters for it. The demand will undoubtedly exceed the 

 supply this season, and in order to secure early delfyery^ no time should be lost in placing: order* We are 

 now booking: orders for early January delivery* Orders will be filled strictly in rotation, as received^ so the 

 earlier orders are booked, the earlier deliveries can be made* We can supply 



First-class strong rooted cuttings, $7.00 per 100; $60.00 per 1000. 



Also all the other novelties of the season, FIANCEE, CARDINAL, FRED BURKI, etc. 



Also the cream of the older sorts, Mrs. M. A. Patten, Daheim, Enchantress, Flamingo, 

 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson, etc. 



r. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytowfl-ofl-fiadson, |N. Y. 



over 500 acres. Landscape work will 

 start as soon as frost permits. 



S. J. Goddard finds Lady Bountiful 

 and White Lawson excellent carnations. 

 Speaking of the complaints from some 

 sources of the latter not being pure 

 white in winter, he says it will come so 

 if left to develop sufficiently long. 



It is with much regret we hear of the 

 commitment to the State Insane Asylum 

 of A. F. Belcher, the well known florist 

 of Foxboro, who has done a flourishing 

 business in that town for many years. 

 During the past year Mr. Belcher .was 

 anxious to dispose of his business in order 

 to be free from its cares. It was at his 

 own request that he was removed to the 

 asylum for treatment. We sincerely trust 

 he may soon be restored to his former 

 health. His place, which is an old 

 established one, is for sale. 



W. N. Cbaig. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market 



We had a taste of Chicago weather all 

 through the week, the thermometer hug- 

 ging zero until Sunday night, then, came 

 more of "the beautiful," ending Mon- 

 day morning with a downpour of rain 

 and streets the slushiest you ever saw 

 in the heart of winter. Tomorrow it 

 will be on its way to zero again. The 

 vagaries of the New Yark climate can- 

 not be expressed in English. 



Saturday saw a change in prices for 

 the better, especially in Beauties. The 

 finest of these touched the dollar mark 

 and the few of this grade arriving were 

 well worth the figure. The supply is far 

 below the demand. Everything else ex- 

 cept roses seems to be abundant and con- 

 cessions have to be made often to make 

 room for the abnormal shipments of 

 carnations and violets. The latter seem 

 to have lost prestige sadly this year and 

 there seems little hope of a revival. The 

 very finest specials seldom go above 75 

 cents and ordinary stock goes slowly at 

 times at 25 cents per hundred. Not 

 much enjoyment in this for those enter- 

 prising Rbinebeckers who have the build- 

 ing craze again developing. Carnations 

 and valley are very abundant. The stock 

 is of the finest, but the prices are on 



the dumps and some of the stock gets 

 there, too. There is no let-up to the 

 avalanche of tulips and narcissi. Per- 

 haps the street merchants will lift the 

 shadows. They will if the warm spell 

 continues. Once upon a time these gen- 

 try were a menace. Now they are a 

 relief system for congested markets and 

 an acknowledged necessity. 



The big balls are still to come. The 

 intervening days before Lent are crowd- 

 ed with enjoyments. Dinners, receptions 

 and decorations come now with credit- 

 able rapidity and with better weather 

 there ought to be good picking for every- 

 body until March 8. Then lentils and 

 sackcloth and sadness. But Easter is 

 already in the air. Six or seven weeks 

 soon fly past and the consummation of 

 the season's patient endurance comes 

 with reward for all. This ought to be 

 the greatest Easter the trade has ever 



sesn. 



The Qub Dinner. 



The annual dinner of the New York 

 Florists' Club at the St. Denis Hotel on 

 Saturday evening was a great success. 

 Nearly seventy were present and every- 

 body had a delightful evening. The 

 table decorations included the finest or- 

 chids, roses and carnations and the gen- 

 erous donors deserve the sincerest thanks 

 of the club. The proceedings were en- 

 tirely informal. Tommy Baker and his 

 vaudevillians providing a constant en- 

 tertainment in song, music and story tell- 

 ing that kept things moving every mo- 

 ment until midnight. President Traendly 

 was handicapped by a bad cold, which 

 made his voice almost inaudible at the 

 close of his address. Toast-master Wal- 

 ter Sheridan read a telegram from the 

 west that demonstrated a movement there 

 in behalf of Mr. Traendly for the office 

 of president of the S. A. F., which cre- 

 ated a demx)nstration like President 

 Roosevelt's in volume and enthusiasm. 



The other officers of the club spoke 

 briefly and Messers. Esler, Bums, Stew- 

 art, Wallace, Totty and O'Mara in 

 speech, song and story "seen their duty 

 and done it welL" The popular songs 

 introduced by Tommy Baker were used 

 for chorus effect by the diners with tell- 

 ing gusto. The menu was voted the real 

 thing and did credit to the dinner com- 



mittee, Messrs. Sheridan, Haffner and 

 Weathered. 



With the Growers. 



A brief call at Guttman's rose grow- 

 ing plant at Summit, N. J., last'week re- 

 vealed many improvements, a fine growth 

 of Maids and Brides and every indica- 

 tion of a prosperous and advancing busi- 

 ness. Mr. Weber, of Whitestone, was a 

 visitor and afterwards attended the 

 Orange dinner, as did Robert Berry, the 

 old time gardener, now on the staff of 

 Fred Kelsey, the nurseryman. 



A call at John N. May's found that 

 gentleman slowly convalescing from a 

 severe illness. By the courtesy of Harry 

 May I enjoyed a hurried trip through 

 the immense establishment, where 125,- 

 000 square feet are devoted almost en- 

 tirely to roses and carnations. Every- 

 thing under his management is in per- 

 fect order and batokens practical skill 

 and experience. The Bride carnation here 

 reigns queen in its own home and a 

 large space is devoted to it. It is a pure 

 white of remarkable bearing quality and 

 exquisite perfume. The MacArthur rose 

 is at its best and great quantities are 

 being propagated. A house is devoted to 

 La Detroit. Bon Silene is cultivated 

 here and there is never enough of it for 

 the New York demands. The whole 

 plant gives evidence of competent man- 

 agement. 



A brief visit to Ferd. Boulon, of Sea 

 Cliff, L. I., this week was most inter- 

 esting. Mr. Boulon has been for over fifty 

 years, in France and this country, in 

 the nursery and florist business. He 

 has fourteen acres in the heart of the 

 town and has lived here during the past 

 twenty years. His growing of single 

 violets is far the largest on Long Island. 

 About 20,000 square feet^f glass make 

 up the floral section. He has a pink 

 sport from Lawson which has all the 

 best characteristics of its parent and will 

 be exhibited at the next club meeting. 

 Like all French horticulturists, he is an 

 enthusiast and in love with his business. 

 He bears his sixty-five years well. So 

 much for living close to nature's heart. 

 He has lately added to his home and 

 office facilities, installing electric light- 

 ing and otherwise modernizing his prop- 

 erty. I , 



