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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



13 



an abundance! of light and sun heat, with 

 plenty of atmospheric moisture until the 

 new growths are freely produced. The 

 London Garden says that it should have 

 a night temperature of 50 degrees with a 

 day temperature! of 75 to 80 degrees in 

 bright sunshine. It may be grown out- 

 doors in a sheltered position in the sum- 

 mer to thoroughly ripen the wood, which 

 is necessary to insure satisfactory flow- 

 ering. Careful watering is necessary in 

 order to keep the foliage dry. In pot- 

 ting it should have a light soil and 

 plenty of drainage. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



A perceptible lessening in receipts of 

 cut flowers has taken place! the past few 

 days, partly owing no doubt to the cool 

 weather, but more probably to the cus- 

 l^omary holding back for Memorial day. 

 Prices remain about the same all around, 

 but some advance is likely later in the 

 week. As florists usually have a big 

 de!mand for flowers at home there is not 

 likely to be any glut in the market for 

 the great holiday, in fact some growers 

 will use their entire cut at home and 

 have to buy in addition. The general 

 opinion sems to be that first-class trade 

 will rule on May 27 and 29, colored 

 flowers, as usual, being in strongest de- 

 mand. The quality of roses and carna- 

 tions still remains remarkably good. 



Florists' Qub Meeting. 



As briefly referred to last week, the 

 club meeting on May 16 was a highly 

 successful one!, sixty members being pres- 

 ent. J. W. Duncan was secretary pro 

 tern in the absence of the regular secre- 

 tary. Dr. K. T. Jackson's talk on 

 peonies was very interesting. He 

 brought with him labels and frames for 

 supporting peonies. The former were 

 zinc on which is used American Indian 

 ink and thei stakes of galvanized iron 

 and two feet long. By means of 

 blackboard illustrations he showed how 

 nurserymen should plant and amateurs 

 number or name their plants. He rec- 

 ommended a card catalogue as the best. 



Replying to queries from Messrs. Rich 

 and Cameron in regard to ants and dis- 

 eases the lecturer was unable to suggest 

 any remedies. To insure keeping quali- 

 ties not a moment should be lost in get- 

 ting the! stems into water. 



Replying to Mr. Finlayson, the lec- 

 turer said he considered Peony Samuel 

 Henshaw the finest of all the Richardson 

 seedlings. This variety secured a silver 

 medal in Boston last June. The best 

 late sort is Milton Hill, the earliest 

 Charles H. Minot, and the largest 

 grandiflora. Dr. Jackson cordially in- 

 vited all interested members to inspect 

 his peony garden at the right season. 



Eight new members were elected dur- 

 ing the evening. William Sim, of Clif- 

 tondale, invited the club to visit his 

 establishment about the end of June. 

 This was refetred to the executive com- 

 mittee. 



A discussion over the prospective pic- 

 nic took place. It will probably be held 

 about the middle of July and members 

 are counseled not to start for it on auto- 

 mobiles. 



There were several interesting exhib- 

 its. Louis Dupuy had the! pink Cras- 

 sula hybrida. Julius Heurlin had trol- 

 lius in several varieties, including a new 



' Oassula Gxdnea Hybrida. 



form of his own named T. Asiaticus 

 excelsior, also Caltha palustris flore- 

 pleno and Arnebia echioides. H. A. Stev- 

 ens Co. had fine Harry Fenn carnations, 

 William Sim splendidly grown candy- 

 tuft and William J. Downs excellent 

 Marshall strawberries, grown in pots 

 under glass. 



At the June meeting of the club, when 

 M. H. Walsh will speak on roses, there 

 will be some very special attractions in 

 addition to the lecture. We expect an 

 attendance of 100 at this meeting. 



Various Notes. 



We have enjoyed a week of unusually 

 cool weather, with some much needed 

 moisture. Flakes of snow fell in Boston 

 on May 18 and the temperature fell 

 near the freezing point on the morning 

 of May 21, winter's last kick we trust. 

 With a continuance of this weather % 

 fair quantity of outdoor flowers will be 

 available for Memorial day. It will 

 be too early for any peonies except P. 

 officinalis, but German iris, oriental pop- 

 pies, lilacs. Narcissus poeticus in 

 shaded locations, lily of the valley, etc., 

 should be available for the cheaper bou- 

 quets. There promises to be a plentiful 

 supply of spiraea, candytuft, feverfew, 

 stocks, antirrhinum and other promis- 

 cuous greenhouse! flowers, while carna- 

 tions, roses, sweet peas, etc., will be in 

 lienvy supply, but will undoubtedly clear 

 out easily. 



A very instructive spraying demon- 

 stration to show the best methods of 

 fighting the brown tail and gypsy motlis 

 was given on a piece of woodland near 

 Wyoming station, on the Boston & 

 Maine R. R. on May 22. The demonstra- 

 tion, starting at 10 o'clock, lasted 

 throughout the day and was witnessed 

 by many prominent horticulturists and 

 agriculturists. 



William Sim, as usual, will have a 

 magnificent lot of candytuft in for Me- 

 morial day. It is always sold out in ad- 

 vance, as all first-class stock is. 



E. N. Peirce & Sons, out at Waltham, 

 have some thousands of spiraeas just 



right for Memorial day. Their carna- 

 tions still look fine and Asparagus 

 Sprengeri, of which they are the largest 

 growers for the Boston market, waa 

 never better. 



J. T. Butterworth, of South Framing- 

 ham, is cutting some extra fine Cattle- 

 yas Mendelli, Mossise, and Skinneri at 

 present. His orchids are doing well. 



We continue to get word of heavy dam- 

 age to trees and shrub? from the late 

 winter. Fred C. Green, superintendent 

 on Senator Aldrich's extensive estate, at 

 Warwick Neck, R. I., ^rit^s that prac- 

 tically all trees and shrubs moved last 

 fall and in exposed places have suffered 

 severely. Large Norway spruces and 

 Scotch and Austrian pines are partly 

 killed in some places and in others 

 scorched brown. Sciadopitys came 

 through all right, while many Retino- 

 spora obtusa nana and flifera of several 

 years' standing were partly or wholly 

 destroyed, also common American arbor- 

 vitae. Of oaks moved last fall fifty per 

 cent are dead, something unprecedented 

 with him, and stories of similar disaster 

 come to us from other sources. 



Quite a few seasonable orchids are 

 now appearing in the high class stores. 

 Cattleya Mossiae is most abundant. 

 Smaller quantities of C. Mendelli and ' 

 Skinneri are seen, also a few miltonias. 



At Prof. C. S. Sargent's, in Brookline, 

 Charles Sander has his usual beautiful 

 display of azaleas, standard wistarias 

 and rhynchospermums at present. The 

 lilacs, pyrus and other flowering shrubs 

 are also very attractive on this fine es- 

 tate. 



Carnation growers report that cut 

 worms are doing a good deal of damage 

 to young stock in the fields. Violets, 

 phlox, delphiniums, etc., have also suf- 

 fered. 



The Arnold Arboretum is at present 

 the Mecca for flower lovers in this sec- 

 tion. The collection of lilac» in about 

 ir>0 varieties is flowering even better 

 than last^-ear. W. N. Ceaiq. 



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