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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



1447 



Easter Display of the Kansas City Floral C>^ Kansas Gty, Mo. 



crop comes in and asparagus is more 

 abundant. 



Florists' Qttb Field Day. 



The field day of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club on April 29 to the well 

 known pot manufactory of A. H. Hews 

 & Co., Cambridge, attracted over forty 

 members, who journeyed thither by elec- 

 trics. Some two hours were spent under 

 the guidance of the members of the firm 

 in inspecting their excellent plant. 

 Particular interest centered in the sec- 

 tion devoted to machine made pots, sizes 

 from one to six inches being turned out 

 here. The expert workmen in charge of 

 the machines can make 10,000 of the 3- 

 inch and 4-inch sizes per day. Sizes 

 from six to twelve inches are made in 

 plaster moulds and the largest sizes by 

 hand. A good average! day's work is 

 fifty pots of the 18-inch size. The an- 

 nual turnout of pots is in the neighbor- 

 hood of 10,000,000. These are shipped 

 to every state in the union, as well as 

 Canada. Some are also sent abroad. As 

 illustrating the careful packing done by 

 this firm, in a recent shipment made to 

 Seattle of 20,000 pots only three were 

 found cracked. 



In addition to flower pots, immense 

 quantities of seed and bulb pans, both 

 square and round, orchid baskets, jar- 

 dinieres, umbrella stands, ornamental 

 vases in a number of designs and other 

 classes of work are manufactured. The 

 quality is of the very highest. The firm 

 is the oldest of its kind in America, 

 having been started in Weston, Mass., in 

 1765, moving to Cambridge in 1868. 

 Commodious as are the present quartets, 

 with the steadily increasing trade an 

 addition to the plant will be needed in 

 the near future. 



The clay used is obtained within five 

 minutes' walk of the factory in seeming 

 limitless quantity. About thirty tons 

 per day are used. About 100 hands are 

 employed and several travelers are kept 

 on the road. 



After the factory had been inspected 



from "top to toe," an adjournment was 

 made to the oflices, prettily decorated for 

 the occasion, where the visiting delega- 

 tion enjoyed a first-class collation pro- 

 vided by the firm. Souvenirs in the 

 form of miniature flower pots, bean pots, 

 etc., were handed out in quantity. After 

 the inner man had been satisfied with 

 the good things provided, James Wheeler 

 on behalf of the club, voiced their thanks 

 for the generous hospitality shown. 

 Three chee'rs and a tiger were given with 

 a will and every one, as he journeyed 

 homeward, felt that he had spent a most 

 profitable and pleasant afternoon. 



The speaker at the June meeting of 

 the club will be M. H. Walsh on roses. 

 Much interest is being manifested in the 

 picnic being planned for June. As 

 ladies will be included, a royal good 

 time is anticipated. 



Exhibition. 



Owing to the halls of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society all being 

 rented for the first week in May, the 

 exhibition which should have been held 

 on May 6, was put forward to April 29. 

 Owing to the lateness of the season this 

 proved too early for much of a display 

 of outdoor flowers. Of collections of 

 narcissi and tulips J. O. Christensen was 

 the sole exhibitor, winning first in each 

 class. James Stuart, gardener to Geo. 

 F. Fabyan, had a dozen magnificent her- 

 baceous calceolarias, specimens three feet 

 across and showing splendid culture. He 

 secured first and second prizes with 

 these. The samef exhibitor took first 

 and second for six fancy pelargoniums 

 with excellent plants, his best varieties 

 being Alice Love, Mabel, Nellie Hayes, 

 Lady Duff, Linda, Purity, Ophelia, Mrs. 

 Ashley and Miss Henderson. Mr. Stu- 

 art was also the sole exhibitor of three 

 azaleas, for which he secured second 

 prize. 



Robert Marshall, gardener to E. W. 

 Converse, showed three splendidly* flow- 

 ered pots of Amaryllis vittata, one car- 

 rying seventeen spikes. These secured a 



cultural certificate. He also had a batch 

 of nice spirseas. Thomas T. Watt re- 

 ceived a cultural certificate for a capi- 

 tally fiowered plant of the old but not 

 often seen Saccolabium ampullaceum, 

 and Robert Cameron a first-class certifi- 

 cate for the new Impatiens Holstei, not 

 previously shown here, which promises to 

 be an excellent commercial variety. J. 

 B. Shurtleff and Mrs. E. M. Gill had the 

 best collections of pansies, the latter also 

 making a general display. For thirty 

 varieties of native plants Mrs. Arthur 

 Clark and Miss Isabell Shattuck took 

 first and second. There was a» fine lot 

 of forced vegetables, the cucumbers and 

 lettuce being especially good. C. H. 

 Metcalf showed a dozen cucumbers, 

 which were the finest types of Whit* 

 Spine we have seen for a long time. 



Various Notes. 



The Boston Sunday Globe, which has 

 been giving a series of articles on flori- 

 culture, very intelligently written, from 

 the pen of W. K. Wood, of West New- 

 ton, had an excellent illustrated sketch 

 of William H. Elliott, the "Asparagus 

 King," and his establishments at Brigh- 

 ton, Mass., and Medbury, N. H., in its 

 issue of April 30. 



Prospects are good for baseball games 

 between the rival flower markets. The 

 stall-holders at Music Hall place are 

 taking the initiative in the matter. 



Carnation growers commenced plant- 

 ing out their stock this week. In this 

 connection we note that in spite of "de- 

 terioration" talk, Lawson is being heav- 

 ily planted. Growers of rooted cuttings 

 report a wonderful demand for this va- 

 riety. 



Farquhar & Co. report that their 

 stocks of Lilium Philippinense, longi- 

 florum and Harrisii at their new nursery 

 in Porto Rico are doing finely and are . 

 absolutely free from disease. 



Harry J. Cannell, assistant gardener 

 on the estate of W. S. Spaulding, Pride's 

 Crossing, Mass., was struck by a train 

 and instantly killed near his home oa 



