

764 



The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



August 24, 1905. 



BOSTON. 



The Market* 



Taken all in all, business during the 

 past week has been quite satisfactory. 

 Boses of good quality have sold remark- 

 ably well and have hardened in price 

 somewhat. Carnations have also been in 

 good demand, the best stock bringing 

 prices almost equal that obtained in 

 winter. Sweet peas are now of poor 

 quality, having been spoiled by heavy 

 rains. These will not from now on cut 

 much figure in the market, although 

 they Avill be seen for a month yet. There 

 has been an abundance of asters of very 

 good quality. Gladioli of desirable col- 

 ors have sold well. Green stock remains 

 about the same. ' ' 



Exhibition. 



Gladioli, phloxes, dahlias, herbaceous 

 plant'3 and annuals were the principal 

 feature at the exhibition on August 19. 

 For twenty named gladioli John Lewis 

 Childs was first with an excellent as- 

 sortment, the same exhibitor also secur- 

 ing first for 100 spikes arranged for ef- 

 fect. A first-class certificate of merit 

 was awarded to Gladiolus Childsii Amer- 

 ica. For thirty vases perennial phloxes 

 .there was a good entry, but spikes,, were 

 ' unusually poor, as is general here this 

 season. Blue Hill Nurseries were first, 

 T. C. Tburlow second, and W. C. Winter 

 third. Dahlias made quite a big show in 

 themselves, large collections coming 

 from W. C. Winter, Mrs. L. M. Towle, 

 W. G. Winsor and others. Mrs. Towle 

 had some very fine seedlings. Kobert 

 Cameron, from the Harvard Botanic 

 Gardens, had an extensive collection of 

 herbaceous plants and annuals. C. W. 

 Parker had hardy roses and Mrs. E. M, 

 Gill a general display. There were 

 splendid displays of fruits and vege- 

 tables and an unusually fine lot of 

 fungi. 



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

 gardener, showed a well grown lot of 

 bright Clerodendron fallax. 



The last of the weekly shows occurs 

 on August 26. China asters and herba- 

 ceous plants will be the floral specialties. 



At the big September show opening 

 on September 14 and lasting four days, 

 hall space will be taxed to the limit. 

 The schedule comprises seventeen classes 

 for plants, thirteen for cut flowers, 

 eighty eight for fruit and thirty-six for 

 vegetables. Some very attractive trade 

 exhibits are promised. 



Variooi Notes. 



Eetutning delegates from the con- 

 vention all report a delightful and 

 profitable time. 



Carnntionists report a heavy demand 

 for colored field-grown plants for faU 

 planting. 



Martin Wax, of Wax Bros., the Fre- 

 mont street florists, had some fine fish- 

 ing during his recent Newfoundland 

 trip, landing one of forty-three pounds. 

 By the tan on his face some would think 

 he had been fishing around the equator. 



Caru;itions are now mostly housed. As 

 a ger.Qral rule plants average smaller 

 than usual. 



Adam Shand, of St. John, N. B., will 

 e3diibit some fine seedling carnations at 

 the A. C. S. convention in January. One 

 is a dark pink similar to Nelson Fisher, 

 and ai'other a beautiful light pink in the 

 way of Enchantress. Mr. Shand has a 

 fine I'p-to-date establishment. At pres- 

 ent Queen Louise and Joost in tile 



benches carry stems two to two and a 

 half I'eet long. Roses, violets and chrys- 

 anthemums are all first-class. 



The brown tail moth has spread this 

 season over a very wide area. The 

 gypsy moth has also shown itself over 

 a considerably enlarged radius. Several 

 nests of the latter have been found in 

 the Arnold Arboretum recently. 



The garden committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society visited 

 the vegetable gardens of Col. Frederick 

 Mason, in charge of E. L. Lewis, on 

 August 22 and found them in superb 

 condition. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club is 

 arranging an attractive program for 

 the next raeeeting on September 19. A 

 large number of applications for mem- 

 bership will be presented that evening. 



A company of twenty-five horticultur- 

 ists were the guests of President A. F. 

 Estabrook, of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society, on August 17. Leav- 

 ing Boston by special train, the party 

 were met on arrival at Phillips Beach 

 station by Mr. Estabrook and driven to 

 his residence in Swampscott. An hour 

 or two was delightfully spent in ramb- 

 ling over the extensive and well kept 

 grounds and greenhouses. The head 

 gardcnei, George Barker, had everything 

 in fine shape. The recently constructed 

 bowling alley was tried by some of the 

 members. Lunch was served in a tent 

 on the lawn in a charming manner at 

 one n 'clock. 



In the afternoon the party was taken 

 on a drive through Lynn and Nahant, 

 returning to the Tudexo Club House, 

 Swampscott, at five o'clock, where an 

 elaborate dinner was served. The return 

 to Boston on special train provided by 

 Mr. Eitabrook was made at seven 

 o'clock. It was a day full of delight 

 for everyone and Mr. Estabrook 's gen- 

 erous hospitality was greatly appre- 

 ciated. Among the members of the so- 

 ciety present were: W, H. Spooner, 

 Oakes Ames, W. W. Eawson, J. K. M. 

 L. Farquhar, A. H. Fewkes, J. Wood- 

 ward Manning, Wilfred Wheeler, C. E. 

 Eicharnson, W. P. Rich and George 

 Barker. W. N. Craig. 



STEAMER SAILINGS. 



Those who wish to post steamer sail- 

 ings in the show window as a means of 

 securing orders for telegraphic transfer 

 to a New York correspondent, or one 

 of the firms represented on the Re- 

 view's page of Leading Retail Florists, 

 will find here the principal sailings for 

 the next two weeks : 



Date. Steamer. Destination. 



Aug. 26 — Philadelphia iSouthumptuii. 



Aug. 26 — Campania Liverpool. 



Aug. 26 — Caledonia Glasgow. 



Aug. 29 — Kronprlnz Wilhelm. Bremen. 



Aug. 29 — Slavonla Naples. 



Aug. 30 — Oscar II Copenhagen. 



Aug. 30 — Teutonic Liverpool. 



Aug. 31 — La Touralne Havre. 



Aug. 31 — Grosser Kurfut Bremen. 



Aug. 31 — Hamburg Hamburg. 



Aug. 31 — Parisian Glasgow. 



Sept. 1 — Celtic Liverpool. 



Sept. 2— Konlg Albert Naples. 



Sept. 2 — Pennsylvania Hamburg. 



Sept. 2 — Astoria Glasgow. 



Sept. 2 — Minneapolis London. 



Sept. 2 — Finland Antwerp. 



Sept. 2 — Dmbrla Liverpool. 



Sept. 2 — Louisiana Havre. 



Sept. 5— Monte Video Cadiz. 



Sept. 5 — Caronla Liverpool. 



Sept. 5— Gullia Venice. 



Sept. 6 — Victorian Liverpool. 



Sept. 5 — Kaiser Wilhelm Gr. Bremen. 



Sept. 6 — Rotterdam Rotterdam. 



Sept. 6 — Calabria Naples. 



Sept. 6 — Oceanic Liverpool. 



Sept. 6 — Germanla Maroellles. 



Sept. 7 — Main Bremen. 



Sept. 7 — Blucher Hamburg. 



Sept. 7 — La Lorraine Havre. 



CHICAGO. 



TheMaitet. 



There does not seem to be a ripple to 

 break the calm of August business. July 

 was a much better month in this 

 market than is the average July, 

 but August is not making so good 

 a showing. In fact a number of 

 the wholesalers report less business this 

 August than there was last. The supply 

 of stock has shown little change in the 

 past two or three weeks. Since the re- 

 ceipts of asters became so large, there 

 has been enough and to spare for every 



Eurpose. Of course, good carnations are 

 ard to find and there are none too many 

 good roses, but there are quantities of 

 short and small Brides and Maids from 

 young stock. The receipts improve irf 

 quality for each few days of cool 

 weather, and deteriorate after each hot 

 spell, and nothing particularly notable 

 is to be looked for earlier than is cus- 

 tomary. Beauties, however, are above 

 the usual summer quality and a number 

 of growers are cutting in considerable 

 quantity. 



The aster growers are complaining 

 about the returns they are receiving, but 

 this is almost always the case in the mid- 

 dle of the season. The early flowers sell 

 ^ell and, considering the condition of the 

 carnation plants, it seems likely that the 

 late asters will do much better than usual. 

 Sales of gladioli are also very low, but 

 for that matter the same thing can be 

 said of practically all other items of 

 stock. 



The return of the convention party has 

 done something to liven up things, but 

 it is likely to "be another couple of weeks 

 before there is much doing in tne mar- 

 ket. 



Delivery. 



One of the features in which the whole- 

 sale cut flower business in Chicago has 

 differed from other cities is in the de- 

 livery of goods. Here the buyer has 

 taken his purchase with him, whereas in 

 some other towns the wholesaler keeps 

 one or more wagons for delivery pur- 

 poses. But times are changing. In these 

 days of over-abundant supply, when it 

 is necessary to urge the buyer, it is com- 

 mon to hear the salesman ask, "Shall I 

 send it over! ' ' Or the wholesaler goes to 

 the 'phone and tells the retailer of No. 

 19 's fine dark violets just in, ending with, 

 "Shall I send you 500 f" One of the 

 wholesalers calls at some of the green- 

 houses for the stock which he sells on con- 

 signment, and another has a wagon 

 which makes deliveries on its way home. 

 "Great oaks from little acorns grow," 

 and if supplies keep ahead of demand it 

 may not be long before every wholesaler 

 will have to keep two or three delivery 

 wagons. 



Various Notes. 



There has been comment that only one 

 retail florist has thus far taken to the 

 automobile as a means of delivery. Man- 

 gel has the only one in town. Others 

 who have tried rented automobiles for 

 holidays when extra delivery facilities are 

 required, have found that horses make 

 better time and are more dependable. 



Peter Reinberg has dropped Flora Hill 

 from his list of carnations planted in 

 quantity this year. His principal white 

 will be Boston Market, with Lady Bounti- 

 ful second. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. is planning to han- 

 dle orchids and other specialties rather 



