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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



SEriv:MBKn 14, 1905. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Conditions are not materially changed 

 bince our last leport. Rosea continue in 

 abundant supply. Some of the smaller 

 sizes of Brides and iSiaids are cleared at 

 extremely low prices. The top grades 

 bring from $4 to $6. Kaiserins are very 

 good, without any change in price. Lib- 

 erty is coming in bettor and the finest 

 sell at higher prices. Beauties are not yet 

 of very good color. While the best re- 

 alize $15 to $25, short -stemmed stock 

 brings very little. Carnations continue 

 scarce, tlie average price being $2 to $3. 



Drenching rains on September 3 and 4 

 temporarily reduced the aster supply and 

 made prices boom. Bright weather has 

 brought along other batches and a good 

 supply is now forthcoming. Prices vary 

 from 50 cents ti> $2. Gladioli are coming 

 in less plentifully and outside of a few 

 longitlorum and speciosum lilies and val- 

 ley, few otlier flowers are seen. No 

 change in green stock. The big decora- 

 tion by Oalvin at the new Siegel store 

 helped the market considerably Septem- 

 ber 11, 



Horticultural Society. 



The big fall show, opening on Septem- 

 ber 14 and lasting four days, promises 

 to be even better in most respects than 

 its predecessors. Numerous entries have 

 been received in all departments. All 

 the halls and basements will be needed to 

 stage exhibits. A full report will appear 

 in our next issue. 



At a meeting of the board of trustees 

 on September 9 an appropriation of 

 $6,700 was recommended for premiums 

 for 1906. An invitation was extended to 

 the American Peony Society to hold its 

 annual convention and show in connec- 

 tion with the local peony exhibition in 

 June, 1906. 



A committee was appointed to pre- 

 pare a preliminary schedule to cover the 

 spring exhibition in March, 1906. This 

 will be printed and in the hands of all 

 who desire it during the show this week. 

 Every effort will be made to have a rec- 

 ord-breaking exhibition when the Amer- 

 ican Rose Society meets, as it did last 

 March. 



Various Notes. 



A delegation of some seventy-five gen- 

 tlemen, including members of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society, State Board of Agri- 

 culture and Boston Market Gardeners' 

 Association, made a journey by special 

 invitation to the New Hampshire Col- 

 lege at Durham on September 12. Free 

 transportation was provided and lunch 

 served at the college. A large number 

 of variety tests at the Experimental Sta- 

 tion grounds proved interesting, as did 

 the facilities for instruction offered by 

 the new agricultural building and green- 

 houses, to say nothing of other features 

 of the college work. Boston was reached 

 on the return journey at 7:30, after a 

 most delightful day's outing. 



The entire floral decoration for the 

 opening of the Henry Siegel Co. 's mam- 

 moth new store in Boston on September 

 11, was entrusted to T. F. Galvin. An 

 enormous amount of material was used 

 to produce the best possible effects in all 

 departments of the store and the vast 

 crowds who attended were unstinted in 

 their praise of the way in which the dec- 

 orations were carried out. 



N. F. McCarthy & Co.'s fall auction 

 sales started on September 12, when 



peonies, field-grown carnations and Bos- 

 ton ferns were the principal articles dis- 

 posed of. All brought good prices. Sales 

 will continue every Tuesday and Fridaj 

 until December 1. 



The next meeting of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club, on September 19, 

 promises to be the banner one in its his- 

 tory. Numerous applications for mem- 

 bership have already been received and 

 more are promised. There will be vaca- 

 tion experiences from a number of mem- 

 bers, :ruisic and refresliments. An at- 

 tendance of 100 is expected and all who 

 come are promised a delightful ard 

 profitable evening. The club's member- 

 ship will receive a big lift toward the 

 200 mark as a result of this meeting. 



The Boston Sunday Globe, of Septem- 

 ber 10, contained a lengthy illustrated 

 sketch of John K. Alexander, of West 

 Bridgewater, and his well-known dahlia 

 farm, where 100,000 plants are now in 

 bloom. 



J. K. M. L. Farquhar returned tne 

 past week from a Canadian trip. 



W. N. Crai;;. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



Business has shown quite a little im- 

 provement during the past week. Re- 

 ceipts have increased in many lines, s© 

 that no fancy prices are obtained, but 

 the market is clearing up better on most 

 lines than it has for some time. The 

 principal exception to this relates to the 

 asters. Receipts are tremendously heavy 

 and a very large part of the stock is of 

 first-class quality; indeed, there are so 

 many good asters that they make low 

 average prices and the ,poor stock is 

 almost unsalable. They also hurt the 

 sale of carnations, which seem unusually 

 abundant. 



American Beauties are in first-class 

 shape. Receipts are quite heavy but the 

 demand is such that prices are well held. 

 Many growers are getting fair Brides 

 and Bridesmaids and quality is steadily 

 improving. The shipping demand takes 

 all the goofl roses but the short stuff has 

 to be sacrificed. Most of the growers 



The Late John Ure, From a World's Fair Time Photograph. 



DUBUQUE, IOWA. 



The first flower show held in Dubuque 

 opened September 7, at Temjjle hall. 

 Classes were provided with premiums for 

 dahlias, asters and miscellaneous flowers. 

 The exhibits were numerous, mostly from 

 amateurs, but Glaser, Heine and Har- 

 kett added much to the show by their 

 displays. C. A. Samuelson, Chicago, sent 

 a fine lot of gladioli. Vaughan 's Green- 

 houses, Western Springs, sent a large ex- 

 hibit of outdoor bloom. 



who planted Richmond are now cutting 

 from it. .Most of the stock is still very 

 short and not in large demand for that 

 reason, but the growers, the wholesalers, 

 the retailers and the public like it. IJ 

 it lives up to its reputation as a win' 

 ter bloomer its future is assured. 



Dahlias are now coming in heavily but 

 find slow sale. Gladioli are always to 

 be had but the quantity received is les- 

 sening. Pansies are noted on many 

 wholesale counters. A few lancifolium 

 lilies still come in, but there are few 



