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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JONB 8. 1905. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Memorial day trade was admittedly far 

 ahead of that of any previous year. Later 

 reports are practically unanimous on this 

 point. The market has cleaned up re- 

 markably well since then, considering the 

 quantity of material which is coming in. 

 Boses continue plentiful. White moves 

 slowest. From $1 to $4 are ruling 

 quotations on Brides and Maids, a few 

 select going up to $6. Best Beauties con- 

 tinue to bring $25. Carnot and Kaiserin 

 are coming in more plentifully. Select 

 carnations fetch $4, good stock $2, while 

 the poorer grades go as low as 75 cents. 



Sweet peas are poorer in quality. Top 

 price for these is 75 cents. Lilium Har- 

 risii is rather scarce at $10 to $12.50. 

 Valley from outdoors is now over. A 

 few peonies are coming in, chiefly the 

 officinalis and single varieties. Doubles 

 will not be in season this week unless 

 we have very hot weather. Such promis- 

 cuous stock as feverfew, stocks, candy- 

 tuft, etc., sells slowly. Good colored 

 gladioli sell well, the best reaching $10. 

 If the drought continues outdoor flowers 

 will not prove much of a factor this sea- 

 son. Peonies look well, but roses are 

 much below the average. 



Rhododendron Show. 



The annual exhibition on June 3 and 4 

 took place a week too early for rhodo- 

 dendrons, nevertheless there was a very 

 nice display of this popular flower. The 

 largest exhibitor was Walter Hunnewell, 

 T. D. Hatfield, gardener, who staged over 

 300 bottles. E. A. Clark took first prize 

 for twelve hardy varieties. For six varie- 

 ties, Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Wm. Thatcher 

 gardener. Blue Hill Nurseries, and 

 W. J. Clemson, J. O. Christensen, 

 gardener, won in order named. Mrs. 

 Gardner also made a large general dis- 

 play. T, D. Hatfield secured a silver 

 medal for a magnificent plant, beauti- 

 fully flowered, of Rhododendron lucidum 

 grown in a tub. The plant was eleven 

 feet high and as much across. For twelve 

 vases hardy azaleas William Whitman, 

 M. Sullivan, gardener, was first, and T. 

 C. Thurlow second. Mrs. J. L. Gardner 

 was first and T. C. Thurlow second for 

 six varieties. W. Whitman was first and 

 second for finest single sprays. 



Mrs. J. L. Gardner took first for the 

 best collection of pyrethrums with an 

 excellent lot, W. J. Clemson being sec- 

 ond. For thirty-six vases of Iris Ger- 

 manica W. Whitman was in the lead. 

 Some extensive collections of hardy orna- 

 mental trees and shrubs were shown, £. 

 A. Clark being first, followed by Mrs. J. 

 L. Gardner and W. H. Heustis. 



There was a fine display of tree peo- 

 nies, Mrs. J. Ij. Gardner winning, fol- 

 lowed by T, C. Thurlow. For thirty 

 varieties herbaceous flowers Blue Hill 

 Nurseries won with an excellent lot, a 

 large vase of Incarvillea Delavayi, being 

 especially noteworthy. W. J. Clemson 

 was second. J. E. Eothwell, Emil Jo- 

 hansson, gardener, had a fine table of 

 orchids, mixed with adiantums and As- 

 paragus Sprengeri, which secured first 

 prize in its class. The same exhibitor se- 

 cured a certificate of merit for Lselio- 

 cattleya Lycidas (L. tenebrosa x C. 

 Schroederse) and honorable mention for 

 CJypripedium Lamontianum (C. Calypso 

 X C. Eothschildianum). 



E. O. Orpet showed another of his 

 seedlings, Lselia Pacavia (L. tenebrosa 

 X L. purpurata) which received a certifi- 

 cate of merit. He also had a vase of fine 



spikes of Odontoglossum crispum and 

 Cattleya Mendelli Morganise. Edward 

 McMulkin put up a large group of palms 

 and other decorative plants, W. Whit- 

 man a collection of named pyrethrums 

 from Kelway, sweet williams and moutan 

 peonies; R. & J. Farquhar & Co. had a 

 collection of Iris Germanica and other 

 herbaceous plants; Mrs. E. M. Gill a gen- 

 eral display, the Groton School of Horti- 

 culture fine white stocks. The Boston 

 park department had an extensive dis- 

 play of branches of flowering trees and 

 shrubs, which was quite an attraction. 

 We hope to see further exhibits from 

 them, but trust J. W. Duncan will have 

 them staged before 12:30, seeing that 

 the exhibits are supposed to be ready at 

 11 o'clock. Dr. C. G. Weld, Wm. C. Rust, 

 gardener, received a cultural certificate 

 for two big and grandly flowered speci- 

 mens of the old Calceolaria rugosa Gold- 

 en Gem. For forty bottles native plants 

 Mrs. Arthur Clark and the East Wey- 

 mouth School were first and second. 



Owing to the season being a little late, 

 the annual peony show has been post- 

 poned from June 10 to June 17. 



Quite a number of applications for 

 visits have recently been received by the 

 garden committee. Dr. C. S. Minot, Dr. 

 E. T. Jackson and T. C. Thurlow have 

 entered peony gardens and the Plant Es- 

 tate, Groton, Conn., their herbaceous gar- 

 den for new prizes offered in the sched- 

 ule. 



Flower Markets* Picnic 



The stall-holders of the two flower mar- 

 kets had ideal weather for their picnic 

 on June 3, which was held in a fleld 

 kindly loaned by Robert Montgomery, of 

 Natick. As the speedy Boston and Wor- 

 cester electrics passed the grounds every 

 few minutes, transportation was very 

 convenient. About 100 florists, with a 

 goodly sprinkling of ladies, were present. 

 The chief attraction was a baseball game 

 between teams from the rival markets, 

 which lasted most of the afternoon and 

 proved exciting enough to suit the most 

 pronounced fans. Brophy and Fisher had 

 a great pitchers' battle for supremacy, 

 which was kept up to the end of the 

 tenth inning. The teams were as fol- 

 lows: 



Puk St. Music Hall. 



Guernneau C. F Holden 



Free 1 B P. Capers 



Evans S. S Ward 



Stock L. F Rough 



McGlnty , 3 B Matthews 



Manter . R. F Elwood 



Harrlgan 2 B H. Capers 



Edgar C McFarland 



Fisher P Brophy 



It was necessary to play ten innings to 

 decide the game, the Music Hall market 

 finally winning by 13 to 12, amid the en- 

 thusiastic cheers of their supporters. As 

 all the players showed champion form it 

 would be invidious to select any particu- 

 lar stars. Suffice it to say that we think 

 some of the floral ball players should 

 soon secure admission to one or other of 

 the Boston league teams. 



In addition to the baseball games, races 

 and dancing were in order, some inspir- 

 ing music being furnished for those who 

 chose to trip the light fantastic on the 

 green sward. Refreshments were served 

 to everyone and all present voted that 

 they had had a first-class time. 



Mr. Montgomery 's rose houses were in- 

 spected during the afternoon. Every 

 thing was found in fine shape. A house 

 of Brides and Maids planted April 6 was 

 yielding some fine flowers. Several 

 houses of older stock, some two years 

 old, mostly of the same varieties, looked 

 remarkably well. Mrs. Oliver Ames, 



which originated here, is well thought of 

 and gives more flowers than any other 

 sort. Some Liberties are grown and 

 Richmond will be given a trial for next 

 season. A small division of grafted 

 plants of Wellesley looked well. 



The good fellowship displayed should 

 lead to other joint gatherings and even- 

 tually we trust to a complete amalgama- 

 tion. Boston needs one big wholesale 

 market and there is no reason why the 

 two markets should not come together 

 again. 



Various Notes. 



J. Montgomery Sears, Boston's heavi- 

 est tax-payer and wealthiest citizen, died 

 on June 2, aged 51 years. He and Mrs. 

 Sears were generous patrons of horticul- 

 ture and had a flne estate at Southboro, 

 Mass., where Alex. Ogg has charge of 

 the horticultural departaient. Euibits 

 at Horticultural hall have taken quite a 

 number of prizes, gardenias, amaryllis 

 and Lorraine begonias being especially 

 well done. 



James H. Morton was the recipient of 

 a handsome cane from Boston lodge of 

 Elks on Memorial day, Mrs. Morton re- 

 ceiving some bric-a-brac. 



Dr. L. 0. Howard, of Washington, has 

 been in Boston the past week conferring 

 with Prof. Kirkland and others in re- 

 gard to natural parasites for the brown 

 tail and gypsy moths, which are to be 

 introduced from Europe. "Let us 

 spray" is at present the cry of those in 

 our near-by towns who are urging vigor- 

 ous measures against the moth pests. 



Very special attractions are being ar- 

 ranged for the June meeting of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club. The attend- 

 ance is expected to be a record-breaking 

 one. The executive committee has decid- 

 ed on a place for the July picnic,_ one 

 which could hardly be improved upon. 



At the recent exhibition T. C. Thurlow 

 showed a fine collection of varieties of 

 Peonia officinalis embracing the follow- 

 ing varieties: Aretina Baxteri, splen- 

 dens fulgens, officinalis rubra. La Ni- 

 gresse, Sabini, Smoutha, Etoile de Plu- 

 ton, officinalis alba and officinalis rosea. 



A. H. Fewkes and Julius Heurlin will 

 represent Boston at the coming peony 

 show in Chicago. 



Prof. C. S. Sargent entertained the di- 

 rectors of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society on June 5. The Arnold 

 Arboretum and Holm Lea were inspected 

 and the visitors saw much to admire dur- 

 ing the afternoon. In spite of the drought 

 the trees, shrubs, lawns, etc., looked re- 

 markably well. W. N. Ceaig. 



CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 



Flewin's Gardens, Victoria, B. C, na- 

 tive plants; Peterson Nursery, Chicago, 

 peonies and irises; A. Klokner, Wauwa- 

 tosa, Wis., glass repair clips; J. G. Pep- 

 pard, Kansas City, seeds; Wm. Bull & 

 Sons, Chelsea, London, England, plants; 

 E. H. Hunt, Chicago, florists' supplies. 



Denver, Colo. — The Park Floral Co. 

 will shortly erect an addition to its 

 glass. 



MuNOiE, Ind. — Simon Humfeld has for 

 years heated his greenhouses by exhaust 

 steam from the city's electric light plant 

 at a cost of about $600 a year but the 

 board of public works objects to the re- 

 newal of the contract on the ground that 

 a considerable pressure is required to 

 force the exhaust steam over to the 

 greenhouses. Mr. Humfeld may have to 

 install boilers of his own. 



