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Apbil 13. 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1233 



New Double 'White Primula^ His Majesty. 



lilies, spiraeas, azaleas, etc., are being 

 brought in. 



Various Notes. 



William Nicholson reports a very 

 heavy sale for young stock of his large 

 flowering white marguerite. He con- 

 tinues to bring in, among other carna- 

 tions, remarkably fine Prosperity, in 

 the culture of which he is particularly 

 successful. 



Houghton & Clark, on Boylston 

 street, are showing some extra well 

 grown plants of Gardenia florida and 

 Erica Cavendishiana. In cut flowers 

 they have some excellent Lycaste Skin- 

 neri of a very dark color, and superb 

 antirrhinums. 



E. N. Peirce & Co. are forwarding 

 quantities of pot-grown Brunner roses 

 and Lilium longiflorum to the Park 

 street market. They are the largest 

 growers of the latter for the Boston 

 market and their immense stock this year 

 is in prime condition for Easter. 



N. F. McCarthy' & Co.'s auction sales 

 of Dutch and American grown nursery 

 stock started on April 7. Hybrid per- 

 petual roses, bay trees and a general as- 

 sortment of evergreen and deciduous 

 trees and shrubs is included. 



J. W. Manning, who recently took 

 over the Reading Nursery, so long man- 

 aged by his father, is receiving immense 

 importations of trees and shrubs from 

 the leading European growers. His 

 monograph on berry producing plants re- 

 cently mailed to his customers is very 

 interesting. 



William Anderson, of South Lancas- 

 ter, was operated on for appendicitis on 

 April 2. We are pleased to learn he 

 is progressing satisfactorily, although 

 some weeks will elapse ere he is able to 

 be around again. 



M. H. Walsh is receiving numerous 



orders for his new Bambler roses as a 

 result of the grand group he put up in 

 Boston recently. Those who want to see 

 hybrid perpetual roses well grown 

 should visit Woods Hole about the end 

 of June and a week or two later to 

 see his beautiful hardy Ramblers. 



Supt. J. A. Pettigrew, of the Boston 

 park system, says that he finds a good 

 (leal of damage done to trees and shrubs, 

 especially evergreens. Rhododendrons 

 and hemlock pine have suffered badly. 

 The long, severe winter, added to the 

 dry weather of the last two years, he 

 considers is largely accountable for it. 



Welch Bros, anticipate the biggest 

 Easter business in their history and will 

 have considerable additional floor space 

 for handling their enormous quantity of 

 supplies. Their boxes of Easter lily 

 plants, twenty-five in a box, are making 

 quite a hit. 



Mann Bros, are shipping very fine pots 

 of Pink and Crimson Rambler roses to 

 the Park street market, in addition to 

 azaleas and rhododendrons. 



J. T. Scott, representing F. R. Pierson 

 Co., Geo. F. Struck with Lager & Hur- 

 rell, and A. Hans, with H. J. Kuyk, of 

 Ghent, Belgium, were with us the past 

 week. All report good business. 



Joseph Tailby & Son have had Spanish 

 iris in season for several weeks. What 

 they are now shipping to the new mar- 

 ket is remarkably fine. 



While most of the growers' single vio- 

 lets are done, Kidder Bros, are still sell- 

 ing splendid Princess of Wales at the 

 Park street market. They are planning 

 to considerably increase their area of 

 violets for another season. 



Duncan Finlayson has returned from a 

 trip to Washington, whefe he was super- 

 intending the landscaping around the 

 new Larz Anderson mansion. 



E. 0. Orpet reports heavy damage to 



trees and shrubs from field mice at 

 South Lancaster, large quantities being 

 girdled. Digitalis purpurea and other 

 biennials, as well as some perennials, are 

 nearly all eaten. 



Petsr Murray gave a very practical 

 talk on * * Begonias and ,Their Culture ' ' 

 before the New Bedford Horticultural 

 Society on April 11. Mr. Murray is a 

 fine grower of that sterling variety, 

 Gloire de Lorraine. He reports excel- 

 lent business since he started commer- 

 cially on March 1. 



Indications point to White Lawson 

 and Lady Bountiful being the most 

 planted of their color here next season. 

 The Queen also will be quite largely 

 grown. Where it does well it is hard 

 to beat. 



The Brides and Maids being sent in 

 from Montrose Greenhouses to our mar- 

 ket are of grand quality at present. 

 Some of them secured first premiums at 

 the late show. 



Carbone has a quantity ocf pink saxi- 

 fragas in pots, which are something of a 

 novelty to many. He also has some very 

 fine ericas and azaleas, varieties of the 

 latter especially which are not often seen. 



W, E. Doyle is showing some fine 

 spikes of Crinum Macowani. Wellesley 

 and Killarney roses are favorites with 

 him. He is getting some very fine Liber- 

 ties, also. He anticipates a big Easter 

 trade. 



An additional house has just been 

 given up to orchids at Mrs. R. C. Hoop- 

 er's, in Manchester, where William Swan 

 has charge. Phalaenopsis, calanthes and 

 Vanda coerulea are to be grown in addi- 

 tion to the cattleyas already on hand. 

 Carnations are splendid here, Enchant- 

 ress, White Lawson, Lady Bountiful and 

 Lawson being all superb. 



Out at Waverly W. W. Edgar has a 

 grand lot of plants which will be just 



