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rUKUARY 16, 1905. 



ThcWcckly Florists^ Review^ 



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WHITELAWSON 



Whieh we introduced l&st season has a^iven g^reat ■atlslaetion, and has proved to be 



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THE FINEST WHITE CARNATION EVER SENT OUT 



Remember that we are headquarters for it.ll^Tiie demand will undoubtedly exceed the 

 supply this season^ and in order to secure early delivery, 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 BURKl, etc. 

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

 Mrs. Thos. W. Lawson, etc. 



F. R. PIERSON CO., Tarrytown-oa-Hodson, N. Y. 



BUFFALO. 



There has been rather too much steady 

 •winter of late to expect a very lively 

 business, yet we cannot complain. We 

 don 't look for large decorations, for they 

 are few at this season, and many of ua 

 look upon the white flower trade as only 

 incidental. It is the steady demand for 

 flowers for the table, or remembrances to 

 friends on many excuses. In fact, it is 

 the ever increasing use of flowers by 

 those of moderate means, as well as the 

 very wealthy, that makes the business 

 healthy and substantial. Flowers of all 

 kinds are fairly plentiful, except roses; 

 those of first quality are quite scarce. 



The Florists ' Club is to hold a meeting 

 on the afternoon of February 22, to 

 nominate officers for the next year, and 

 there will be an exhibition of the newer 

 carnations from our friends if they re- 

 spond to the invitation we have sent 

 them. Now this is an opportunity that 

 the local men should appreciate. They 

 did not go to Chicago to see the won- 

 derful varieties, so we are going to let 

 them "have a look" for the small sum 

 of one dime (two car fares). We want 

 you all in, prepared to pay up your dues 

 for the year and nominate good, strong 

 young blood for the next year's adminis- 

 tration. 



Am glad to say that Capt. James Braik 

 will soon be out again after three 

 months' martyrdom with inflammatory 

 rheumatism. He has suffered much, but 

 will be in good shape again when our 

 parks need his valuable aid. 



William Belsey has no more room for 

 greenhouses on his lot, so to find a safe 

 investment for his surplus earnings he 

 has built a fine apartment house on the 

 cast side. It is not always the largest 

 business tha^ shows the greatest profit. 



The Red Lawson. 



Through a boisterous blizzard and 

 eleven miles of snow banks, a trolley car 

 landed us at the large establishment of 

 W. J. Palmer & Son, at Lancaster. These 

 country villages are lovely when the 

 cherry trees are in blossom and the frog 

 band is working in the marsh, but they 

 have a chilly, lonesome influence in Feb- 

 ruary. However, once you enter the first 



carnation house and almost inunediately 

 are greeted by the perennial smile of 

 Barney Myers, winter is dispelled and 

 you can walk through the 200,000 feet 

 of glass without once stepping outdoors. 

 We went there principally, of course, to 

 see the Bed Lawson carnation and two 

 houses, each 20x100, are a grand sight, 

 yet Barney, as everybody calls the more 

 than able ma::ager, told us they were off 

 crop compared to December. Christmas 

 week he picked 8,500 perfect flowers out 

 of those two houses. As. this carnation is 

 Lawson in every particular except color, 

 very little can be said, but one thing is 

 very striking. While we all know that 

 Lawson is showing a tendency to split 

 more than formerly, this red sport 

 showed not one bloom in fifty that was 

 not perfect. In our opinion it is a car- 

 nation that should be grown by all. All 

 of us can grow Lawson and all can grow 

 this. Many of you have seen the blooms. 

 It is a bright, cheerful red and shows uri 

 finely under artificial light. As a bread 

 acd butter red carnation we don't think 

 it has any competitor, however fine in 

 form, color or stem the latest aspiiMmts 

 for favor may be. 



Most all the standard and later intro- 

 ductions are grown there. Lady Bounti- 

 ful and White Lawson are favorites in 

 their color. Mrs. Patten was flowering 

 freely, but Barney said he had it in 

 rather too warm a house. We have never 

 seen Enchantress do better. It is a 

 sight. In December they picked 4,000 

 a week, now about 3,000. Never was 

 there a more perfect lot of flowers. Old 

 varieties have to go. White Cloud, Gla- 

 cier, Joost and Mrs. Nelson are seeing, 

 their last days, and yet Nelson is a 

 beautiful shade and until Fiancee be- 

 comes generally grown we are short of a 

 good pink. Altogether ydu can see 30,- 

 000 carnation plants as well grown in 

 every respect as you will ever expect to. 



Carnations are by no means all that's 

 to be seen here. Everything that two 

 first-class city stores demand is handled. 

 Koses of the leading varieties are grown 

 in quantity. A big house of Bridesmaid 

 was a little extra, and what pleased me 

 immensely was a house of Morean and 

 Canadian Queen, both simply loaded with 

 magnificent blooms, and at least three- 



flowers to one of any Bridesmaid that 

 was ever grown. I wish we had had 

 along with us some gentlemen who say 

 Canadian Queen can't be grown outside 

 of the Dale Estate. Morgan had good 

 long stems, and the best blooms are re- 

 tailing at $3 per dozen. It would pay 

 at $1. Great preparations are made here 

 for Easter, blocks of azaleas kept cool, 

 thousands of lilies, hybrid roses in pots 

 and all other Easter stock. "Very large 

 quantities of tulips and other bulbous 

 stock are handled. This is a good estab- 

 lishment to visit to study greenhouse 

 architecture, for there is almost every 

 modern style and also many styles of 

 bench, for these are the days of evolu- 

 tion in the bench. 



I failed to mention what is only due, 

 that there are two more houses of Bed 

 Lawson mostly for propagation, but you 

 all know how freely Lawson propagates 

 and there is no excuse for a poor cutting. 



W. S. 



OCEANIQ N. J. 



The ninth annual ball of the Mon- 

 mouth County Horticultural Society was 

 held I'ebruary 10. It was one of the 

 most successful the society ever had. 

 Over a hundred couples were in the 

 grand march. The hall was beautifully 

 decorated. The stage was very taste- 

 fully decorated with cut flowers and dec- 

 orative plants, by Wm. Turner. Corsage 

 bouquets of white roses and lilies of the 

 valley were furnished by the society, for 

 the ladies, and carnation boutonnieres for 

 the gentlemen. An elaborate dinner was 

 served at twelve o'clock. The entertain- 

 ment committee deserves great credit, as 

 the success of the ball depended mostlv 

 on them. 



There was a short business meeting be- 

 fore the ball and William Ritchie and 

 Frank Jenkins were elected active mem- 

 bers. 



Belleville. Ont.— Ernest Maag, re- 

 cently foreman of the greenhouse de- 

 partment of .the Phoenix Nursery Co., 

 Bloomington, 111., will start in business 

 here as a grower of hardy perennials 

 for the trade. 



