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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Jdnb 22, 1905. 



ties 0. B. Hadwen took first with a fine 

 lot, George Hollis being second. For 

 specimen bloom double T. C. Thurlow 

 was first and second with Mme. Ballanger 

 and Lady Alexandra Duff. 



T. C. Thurlow took first for collection 

 of single varieties, George Hollis being 

 second. The latter was first for twelve 

 single Japanese varieties. The big china 

 vase class for blooms on long stems was 

 very attractive. Mrs. J. L. Gardner, 

 Wm. Thatcher, gardener, won with a fine 

 mixed assortment, Blue Hill Nurseries 

 second, with Festiva maxima, and E. L. 

 Lewis third. 



There were numerous displays not for 

 competition. E. J. Shaylor had a grand 

 lot, including many new and choice sorts. 

 He received certificates of merit for Ger- 

 main Bigot and Mme. Treyeran and 

 honorable mention for M. Martin Ca- 

 huzac. Other choice sorts included were 

 Mme. Geissler, Mme. Emile Lemoine, Oc- 

 tavie Demay, a grand shell pink variety 

 with thread-like petals; Lady Alexandra 

 Duflf, La Rosiere and Mme. de Vatry. T. 



C. Thurlow received a certificate of merit 

 for White Lady, a fine single white Jap- 

 anese. He showed a splendid collection 

 of named double and single sorts. 

 George Hollis had a fine lot of seedlings 

 and many good standard sorts. Whitleyi 

 plena and Mme. Bouchalet were espe- 

 cially good. Dr. C. S. Minot among 

 other good things had Charles Sedgwick 

 Minot, Langport Queen, A. Hyatt, Jules 

 Elic, Summer Day and Claire Dubois. 

 Farqubar & Co. had a display of Festiva 

 maxima. W. A. Biggs showed a table 

 of double varieties, as did Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill. The latter also showed hybrid roses. 

 Julius Heurlin, from Blue Hill Nurseries, 

 had peonies and a splendid collection of 

 seventy-five varieties of herbaceous per- 

 ennials. E. A. Wood had peonies and 

 oriental poppies. Walter Hunnewell, T. 



D. Hatfield, gardener, staged 100 vases 

 of rhododendrons. W. Heustis & Son 

 bad a collection of branches of flower- 

 ing shrubs, including a pretty pink form 

 of Bosa multifiora. 



The interest taken in peonies seems to 

 be steadily on the increase. They are 

 already more popular than hardy roses 

 and their future prospects are bright. 

 A good deal of increased interest in this 

 beautiful and showy hardy plant must be 

 credited to the American Peony Society 

 which we are glad to know will meet 

 here next year. 



Variottt Notes. 



A delegation from the garden commit- 

 tee of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society visited the estate of Dr. C. S. 

 Minot, of Readville, on June 15 to in- 

 spect his peony garden. The garden is 

 arranged for color effect. The beds 

 have grass paths between them. About 

 290 varieties are grown, including 

 many choice sorts. The visitors were 

 greatly pleased with the garden, which 

 is probably one of the most unique of 

 its kind in America. Rosa grandiflora 

 was especially fine, forming a bush ten 

 feet high. Many other interesting na- 

 tive plants were noted. 



Wm. R. Nicholson has been quite ill 

 for the past two weeks, but is now con- 

 valescing nicely. 



At the estate of Walter Hunnewell, in 

 Welleslcy. T. D. Hatfield has at present 

 a magnificent display of Miltonia vexil- 

 laria, probably the finest plants of this 

 orchid to be seen in America. 



A field day of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club will be held at the estab- 

 lishment of William Sim, in Cliftondale, 

 on July .1. All members of the two 



FERNS -$r.25 per lOOO-FERNS 



||lfAirother2Gr0Bn;^C'Oods at lowest market prices. 



BEAUTIES and TEAS in abundance 

 Plenty of CARNATIONS and PEONIES 



VALLEY and SWEET PEAS 



VAUGBAN & SPERRY, 60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



Telephone Central 2571 



Mention The Kevlew when you wnte. 



flower markets, whether club members 

 or not, are cordially invited to be pres- 

 ent. 



The garden committee of the Horticul- 

 tural Society visited "West Newbury to 

 inspect the system of evergreen hedges 

 for shelters and windbreaks in the nurs- 

 ery of T. C. Thurlow. They also exam- 

 ined the extensive collection of peonies. 

 The fine estate of F. S. Moseley, in 

 Newburyport, was also visited. 



W. J. Stewart is away on a fishing 

 excursion. 



Members of the executive committee 

 of the Eose Society who visited Hartford 

 on June 19, report a splendid time and 

 state that they were royally entertained 

 in the Connecticut city. 



Since June 14 we have had a number 

 of days 90 degrees in the shade. Indi- 

 cations are that the rose show on June 

 24 and 25 will hardly be up to last year 's 

 average. Many flowers are short-stemmed 

 and pests are unusually rife among 

 them. 



John Barr, of South Natick, and "Wm. 

 E. Nicholson, of Framingham, are busy 

 at work on new residences for them- 

 selves. 



Galvin has had a large number of 

 wedding decorations this month. 



Doyle had a nice window decoration 

 of gloxinias, pink hydrangeas and large 

 vases of Spanish iris the past week. 



There was a big attendance at the 

 meeting of the Gardeners' and Florists* 

 Club on June 20. M. H. "Walsh's paper 

 on roses was most interesting and led to 

 an animated discussion. A number of 

 new members were elected. Befresh- 

 ments consisting of strawberries, cream, 

 etc., were served and excellent music was 

 enjoyed. The next meeting occurs in 

 September. "W. N. Craig. 



A Visitor's View. 



"We made a trip last week to the City 

 of Monuments, and we must say that the 

 Boston park system is really grand. The 

 Public Garden is kept more like a private 

 place and we saw there a bed of rhodo- 

 dendrons second to none. 



"We went through Welch Bros.' whole- 

 sale establishment and we were showu 

 some beautiful Carnot roses. Golden 

 Gate and Ivory are sold as substitutes of 

 Carnot. Carnations are plentiful. There 

 were at the time about 20,000 in the re- 

 frigerators. Their average receipt of 

 carnations is 30,000 per day. "We saw 

 very few Lawsons, since light colors are 

 preferred. "We were told that Queen is 

 the best white for Boston. Prosperity is 

 the best seller, but the demand cannot be 



supplied. "We were shown some Adian- 

 tum Croweanum and Adiantum cuneatum. 

 "Where cuneatum sells at 75 cents to $1, 

 Croweanum sells from $1 to $1.50. Mr. 

 Welch had some valley with 18-inch 

 stems, the best we ever saw. A great 

 deal of stock from this establishment is 

 shipped to Vermont and New Hampshire. 

 At Thos. F. Galvin 's store we saw the 

 yellow calla lily and we believe it will be 

 very popular before long, as it is a beau- 

 tiful flower. B. 



NEV YORK. 



Tlie Market 



Sunday and Monday New York and 

 vicinity were enduring about the hottest 

 June days on record. In fact in many 

 places on Monday up to noon it was 100 

 degrees in the shade and 110 degrees in 

 the new subway, the breath of which was 

 like a blast from, well, one of Andrew 

 Carnegie's furnaces in Pittsburg, the 

 memory of which ptill lingers with those 

 who attended the 8. A. F. convention 

 there. Imagine the condition of the 

 stock arriving. Most of the roses open 

 and, with the exception of special Brides, 

 offered at almost any price and even 

 then impossible to move. The market 

 has stolidly settled down to its summer 

 dullness and there is nothing left with 

 which to lift it before September. The 

 street has been simply flooded with pe- 

 onies. I saw fine ones offered at 75 cents 

 a hundred Monday evening, with no tak- 

 ers. 



And southern gladioli, the North Car- 

 olina brand, case after case of it, with 

 even 50 cents a hundred an insufficient 

 inducement to clear the market of this 

 early intrusion on the regular order of 

 things. The solid south is no inconse- 

 quential factor in current horticulture 

 nowadays and it is knocking at the doors 

 of its northern brethren of bulbous pro- 

 clivities with no uncerlBin sound. The 

 gladiolus stock is from the bulbs of the 

 growers of the north, who have a na- 

 tional reputation, and we can find no 

 fault with it. Moreover, it is likely to 

 last, they say, until our own growers be- 

 gin their tremendous shipments. So 

 endeth for 1905 the possibility of rais- 

 ing values beyond 50 cents per hundred, 

 and evidently there will be enough gla- 

 dioli to daily supply every man, woman 

 and child of our 4,000,000 population. 



Eoses are not only open, but lots of 

 them are mildewed. Carnations maintain 

 their quality and our abundant com- 

 mencements will make the end of the 

 month lively and a few weddings have 



