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JULY 6, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



357 



James Wlieeler. 



W. N. Craig. 



Robert Cameron. 



William Nicholson. A. H. Pewkes. 



Plant and Flower Committee of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



of carbon and made holes one foot apart 

 with a broomhandle and poured one tea- 

 spoonful into each hole. A man followed 

 me with sifted soil and immediately filled 

 up the holes. It killed every larva and 

 it did not seem to injure the rose plants. 

 The beds were wet when we applied the 

 bisulphide. James Wheeler. 



THE QUINTETTE. 



Arthur H. Few^^es, of Newton High- 

 lands, Mass., the present chairman of 

 the plant and flower committee of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 has for quite a number of years been a 

 member of that committee. Mr. Fewkes 

 originated and disseminated some very 

 good chrysanthemums when seedling 

 raising was first started in America, 

 sending out Henry A. Gane's famous 

 set, and still remains a mum enthusiast, 

 •"^s secretary of the American Peony So- 

 ciety he is a valuable man in the right 

 place, few men possessing a better 

 knowledge of these popular hardy 

 plants. 



Robert Cameron has been a valued 

 member of the committee for several 

 ^oars and is a constant exhibitor of 

 'lardy herbaceous plants, aquatics and 

 ^toye and greenhouse plants at the ex- 

 hibitions. Mr. Cameron has had charge 

 ^'f the Harvard Botanic Gardens, Cam- 

 oridge, for about twenty-five years and 



visitors there always find something to 

 interest them. As his name would indi- 

 cate, he is a graduate of Kew and a 

 first-class botanist as well as a skillful 

 gardener, a combination not often 

 found. 



James Wheeler is the present presi- 

 dent of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club, of- Boston, also vice-president of 

 the Chrysanthemum Society of Amer- 

 ica. He has for many years had charge 

 of the estate of Joseph H. White, 

 Brookline, Mass. Like Mr. Fewkes, he 

 is also especially interested in chrysan- 

 themums and peonies. A sketch and por- 

 trait of Mr. Wheeler appeared in a re- 

 cent number of the Review. Along 

 with Mr. Cameron, he has charge of the 

 arrangements for all the Boston exhibi- 

 tions and these duties have always been 

 performed in a thoroughly satisfactory 

 manner. 



William Nicholson is best known as 

 a producer of choice carnations, 

 although many other flowers are grown 

 well by him. A sketch of his fine es- 

 tablishment at Pleasant Hill, Framing- 

 ham, recently appeared in the Review, 

 He is a member of C. S. A., American 

 Rose Society, S. A. F., and American 

 Carnation Society and has held impor- 

 tant posts in several of these. He has 

 been located at his present stand six- 

 teen vears. • 



W. N. Craig is superintendent 

 gardener on the F. L. Ames estate at 

 North Easton. Besides being a member 

 of the plant and flower committee of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society, he 

 is a member of its board of directors, 

 the garden committee and its commit- 

 tee on arrangements. He is also secre- 

 tary of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club of Boston. He is a thorough 

 plantsman and the New England repre- 

 sentative of the Florists' Review. 



VERBENA MISS WILLMOTT. 



"Verbena Miss Willniott is now thor- 

 oughly established as a pot plant for 

 the London market," says a writer in 

 the Horticultural Advertiser. "This 

 season it is more plentiful than ever, 

 and still sells well. The best plants have 

 been making from 12 to 15 shillings per 

 dozen, which must be a remunerative 

 price. Once get a healthy stock, there is 

 little difficulty in growing this useful 

 verbena. Provincial growers should find 

 it a useful plant, both for pots and bed- 

 ding out; there is no pink flower that 

 makes a better show. I shall always 

 remember the first time I saw this in a 

 bed. It was at a distance, and the dis- 

 tinct glow of pink was beautiful; and 

 it was not until I got closer that I 

 found out what it was, and then I 

 could hardly believe a verbena couM 



