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group, certificates of merit to D. Mur- 

 rhinianum, D. Venus and D. Ainsworthi 

 roseum and honorable mention to D. 

 Euryalus and D. Dominii. 



W. N. Craig showed several baskets 

 of Phalaenopsis Schilleriana, also the 

 variety Schilleriana Curnowiana and Stu- 

 artiana. These received a certificate for 

 superior culture. The same exhibitor had 

 the true Cattleya TriansB alba, Miltonia 

 Bleuana virginalis with five spikes, which 

 received a certificate of merit, and the 

 rare and beautiful Odontoglossum "Wilck- 

 eanum albeus with two spikes. 



The following notice has been sent to 

 a large number of prospective exhibi- 

 tors and the attention of all intending 

 exhibitors is directed to the same: "On 

 account of the great demand for space 

 at the spring exhibition of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society and the 

 annual exhibition of the American Eose 

 Society scheduled for March 23 to 26, 

 1905, intending exhibitors are advised to 

 file their entries at least one week prior 

 to the ooening of the exhibition. Pref- 

 erence will be given to such entries if 

 the conditions require it." 



New prizes still continue to come in 

 for th6 rose exhibition. The Pierson- 

 Sefton Co. offers a cup valued at $50 

 for the best fifty blooms of teas or hy- 

 brid teas, not over three varieties. 

 Welch Bros, will give a prize of $25 

 for the best vase of roses in the show, 

 in addition to any other prizes it may 

 have won. 



The committee on exhibitions has just 

 purchased a large number of additional 

 clear glass vases for staging roses and 

 carnations. Work on the decoration of 

 the main exhibition hall will start this 

 week. 



The executive committee of the Gar- 

 deners ' and Florists ' Club met on March 

 6 to perfect arrangements for the re- 

 ception of visiting members of the Eose 

 Society. 



Entries from Pennsylvania ana New 

 York are already received. A first-class 

 show is assured. We earnestly hope our 

 western rose growers will come on with 

 exhibits and help to make this a truly 

 national meeting, more especially as the 

 society will probably vote to meet in 

 Chicago in 1906. 



Various Notes. 



The garden committee of the Horti- 

 cultural Society visited the greenhouses 

 of Geo. F. Fabyan. in Brookline, on 

 March 7, to inspect his batches of beauti- 

 fully grown cyclamens, cinerarias, cal- 

 ceolarias and "other plants, many of 

 which will be seen at the coming exhibi- 



tion. Jamea Stuart, the gardener in 

 charge, had everything in fine shape. 



The weather continues very cold in this 

 section. With the exception of the win- 

 ter of 1903-4 the present one is the 

 coldest for over thirty-five years. The 

 mean temperature for December, Jan- 

 uary and February averaged four-tenths 

 of a degree higher than a year ago. 

 While we have had fewer abnormally low 

 temperatures, the cold has been steadier 

 than 1903-4. A good many florists 

 say their coal consumption will be heav- 

 ier this winter than last. 



Anthony Hannah, of Holbrook. is car- 

 rying his arm in a sling as a result of a 

 recent sleigh accident. 



Blooms of Cardinal carnation exhib- 

 ited in Boston at the club meeting on 

 Februarv 21 were still in good condition 

 on March 3, which speaks well for the 

 keeping qualities of this variety. Indi- 

 cations point to a remarkably fine show 

 of carnations at the coming exhibition, 

 including many of the novelties. 



Some nicely flowered schizanthus were 

 noticed in some of the stores the past 

 week. Betailers are just beginning to 

 appreciate the value of this plant for 

 decorative purposes. 



Carbone, on Boylston street, keeps one 

 of the most attractive stores in Boston. 

 Orchids are made quite a feature here 

 and an increasing call is noted for them. 

 Other flowers not often seen in the mark- 

 ets are handled here. / 



W. E. Glidden was married to Miss 

 Corey, of Newtonville,, on March 8. 

 Mr. Glidden has just recovered from an 

 attack of typhoid fever. 



Galvin has been showing a quantity of 

 nice Odontoglossum Eossii and Dendrob- 

 ium nobile the past week. 



We are glad to report that John 

 Walsh has recovered from his recent 

 sickness and is back once more at hia 

 own stand. 



The growers are now busy figuring on 

 Easter stock. There is likely to be plen- 

 ty of everything but violets. The ex- 

 tremely late date will make the latter 

 scarce, but one or two large growers 

 expect to have a fair supply. 



■Kenneth Finlayson spoke on "Hints 

 on Greenhouse Management" before the 

 North Shore Horticultural Society on 

 March 3. W. N. Craig. 



I SHOULD like to have my enbeeriptioii 

 begin with the issue in which Brian Bora 

 gave his notes on commercial varieties of 

 chrysanthemums ; I am very much pleased 

 with what he has to say on the subject.— 

 J. A. Shkatt, Fairbury, IlL 



NEV YORK. 



The Market 



The average temperature is about 10 

 degre<es warmer than a year ago at this 

 date. Monday was almost springlike 

 and prices dropping. Violets especially 

 sank to the lowest level of the year. It 

 is surely ebb tide with the purple flower 

 and ther€J can be no possible return this 

 season. One house (Usposed of 300,000 

 last week at prices ranging from 50 

 cents down. One day 70,000 went over 

 to the city of churches at 15 cents per 

 hundred. Top on Monday was 40 cents. 

 Over 1,500 Meteor roses were sold in 

 one wholesale house on Twenty-eighth 

 street for $5. All roses have receded in 

 value. Top for Maids and Brides was 

 10 cents. Beauties fefU to 50 cents and 

 carnations, thousands of them, sold for 

 $1 per hundred, lots of the 2-cent and 

 3-cent kinds among them. The warm 

 weather will help from now on and 

 there should be nothing left over here- 

 after, though cold weather prices can no 

 longer be expected. The lily stock is 

 immense and 50 cents a dozen is thci pre- 

 valing value. But for Easter as high as 

 12 cents is asked and many orders have 

 been booked at that figure. The indica- 

 tions at present are that there will not 

 bef an oversupply. 



Various Notes. 



Ford Bros, will have a model store on 

 Twenty-eighth street when completed. 

 An immense ice-box is being construct- 

 ed across the entire space at the retar 

 and abundance of room will be avail- 

 able in store and cellar. 



Fenrich will move "the reliable house" 

 to the big store, first occupied by tiul 

 New Jersey Cut Flower Co. and nearest 

 Broadway of any of the wholesalers. 

 These engagements will about absorb all 

 the vacant stores on Twenty-eighth 

 street. 



A. J. Fellouris is making hia annual 

 trip south, in the galax country. 



Wild smilax is running low and the 

 demand exceeds the available supply. 

 Kreshover receives shipments daily, how- 

 efver, and thinks early contracts will all 

 be fulfilled. Prices have been lifted to 

 $8 a box and may go higher before 

 Easter. 



Jos. J. Levy attended the inaugura- 

 tion and it is hinted his next trip to 

 Washington will not be alone. A good 

 many horticulturists begin thedr honey- 

 moon in the capital city. 



Everybody is glad to know of "Jack" 



