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The Weekly Florists' ftevie^. 



Bbptembeb 28, 1903. 



WE CARRY 

 THE MOST 

 COMPLETE 

 LINE OF 

 FLORISTS' 

 SUPPLIES 

 IN THE 

 WEST. 



Illustrated 

 Ca,talogrue 

 : Free. 



A DAILY SHIPMENT '^'eyoRowERs 



ARRIVING DAILY a.cood.uppiy of 



Roses, Carnations, Violets, 

 Dahlias, Tuberoses, ^-greens. - 



^'PERFECT SHAPE'' BRAND WIRE WORK 



Used 



generally by Florists who want "Frames that will Stand 

 up.'' Illustrated list with discounts tree. 



E.F.WINTERSONCO 



45-47-49 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



CURRENT PRICES 



AM. BBAUTIBS Per doz 



36-lnch atems 18.00 



24- inch stems 2.60 



18 to 20-lnch stems 1176 to S.OO 



16 Inch stems 160 



12-lnch stems I.IO 



Short Tito 1.00 



ROSB5 Per 100 



Maids t2 00to 16.00 



Brides 200 to 600 



Killsrney SOOto 800 



Liberty 300 to 8.00 



Chatenay 3.00to 6.00 



Special prices in 1000 lots. 



Camatloos. trood stock. ..tlOO to 12 00 



MUMS, per doz., $4.00. 



„ Miscellaneous Stock 



Valley SOOto 4.09 



Raster Lilies.... doz., 12.00 16.0') 



Daisies 100 



Tuberoses, fancy 4.00 to 6.0U 



DBCORATIVB 



Ferns, per 1000, 11.60 .16 



Sprenreri 2.00 to 400 



Asparagus Strings 26.00 to 60.10 



Adiantum 76 to 1.00 



Galax, bronze and green.. .16 



Smilax 10.00 to 12 bO 



Leucothoe Sprays 76 to 1.00 



Subject to change without notice. 



WerrHea The RcTJeV when you write. 



the best. On a large dray drawn by six 

 horses was a email conservatory sur- 

 rounded by all the lawn that the truck 

 would permit. The greenhouse was filled 

 with bright crotons and surrounded by a 

 veritable flower garden. The letters N. 

 H. S. in small plants were prominent in 

 the lawn. A large bay tree was placed 

 at each corner of the float. Electric 

 lights were employed. Great masses of 

 salvias, hydrangeas and other outdoor 

 flowers decorated every part, including 

 the horses, and the attendants in white 

 at the horses' heads added a finish to a 

 most artistic carnival decoration. Too 

 much praise cannot be given to the spe- 

 cial committee, consisting of James .1. 

 Sullivan, David Mcintosh, Alexander Mc- 

 Lellan, Bruce Butterton, James McLeish 

 and Joseph Gibson, whose hard work Ac- 

 complished puch splendid results. This 

 display has boomed our society greatly 

 here. Zeboc 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Clearer weather conditions following a 

 spell of dark, damp weather seem to 

 have braced up the market. Certainly 

 the outlook is now quitfe encouraging for 

 good fall trade. Soses improve in qual- 

 ity and are selling a little ' higher all 

 around. Carnations are not yet suffi- 

 cient for the demand, although the sup- 

 ply is steadily increasing. The best stock 

 has brought up to $3 and $4 per hun- 

 dred. A few single violets come in from 

 a number of growers, but are not yet in 

 much request. Fitzwygram is the only 

 chrysanthemum seen. 



The supply of salable outdoor flowers 

 is steadily diminishing. Asters are 

 poorer and gladioli quite scarce. Some 

 Japanese anemones are seen. These 

 should be grown more commercially. 

 They are very useful at a rather dull 

 season. There is nothing new in the 

 market and no special change in any 

 other flowers or green stock. 



Club Meetiii£. 



In our last we made short reference to 

 the meeting held September 18. An at- 

 tendance of close to 100 on a damp night 

 was encouraging and the addition of 

 fifty-three new members even more so. 

 This makes exactly 100 new members 

 added during the present year. While 



the discussion over the proposed S. A. 

 F. show brought out a divergence of 

 opinion in regard to the advisability of 

 its being held in Boston next spring, it 

 was not occasioned by any antagonism 

 to the S. A. F., but rather to the ap- 

 parent fact that the show business 

 seemed likely to be overdone so far as 

 Boston was concerned in the first quarter 

 of 1906. The attendance of prominent 

 S. A. F. officials hoped for next month 

 may, however, clear the air and make 

 smoother sailing. Boston gave the S. A. 

 F. the only real show it ever had, in 

 1890, and is ready to do so again, given 

 ample notice. 



The North Shore Horticultural So- 

 ciety, of Manchester, will attend the 

 meeting of the club on October 17, a 

 motion to extend an invitation being 

 unanimously carried. Joseph Clark, of 

 Manchester, was elected an honorary 

 member. Mr. Clark recently retired 

 from charge of the gardens of Mrs. H. 

 L. Higginson, where he had been for 

 many years. His garden was a most 

 unique one, the collection of hardy 

 plants, many alpines included, being very 

 extensive. Mr. Clark is one of the most 

 respected members of the craft in 

 Massachusetts and the club made no mis- 

 take in honoring him. 



The invitation to visit the Waban 

 Conservatories will afford the club an 

 opportunity to see Mr. Montgomery's 

 splendid village of rose houses next 

 month. 



The exhibits were quite interesting. 

 Julius Heurlin had a fine collection of 

 hardy asters and received a report of 

 merit for A. amellus var. Blue Hills. 

 Robert Cameron received a similar award 

 for well known Nerine Fothergilli ma- 

 jor. 



Among those who made remarks on 

 the proposed S. A. F. show were W. H. 

 Elliott, J. K. M. L. Farquhar, K. Fin- 

 layson, M. A. Patten, Peter Fisher, 6. 

 M. Anderson and W. N. Craig. Indica- 

 tions now point to a considerable addi- 

 tion of new members on October 17 and 

 the membership ere January 1, 1906, 

 will undoubtedly reach 250. 



Variofii Notes. 



Extra fine Beauty and Wellesley roses 

 are seen at the stores, coming from Wa- 

 ban Conservatories. 



Quite a number of seasonable orchids 

 are at present used in the high class 



stores, Oncidium Eogersii, Vanda coeru- 

 lea and Cattleya labiata being mostly 

 seen. 



The school gardens committee of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society had 

 no less than 200 entries of home gar- 

 dens this year. The good work being 

 done by this committee would seem to 

 merit an increased appropriation for 

 next season's work. 



David Smith, of Stranraer, Scotland, 

 is making his annual visit among gar- 

 deners and florists in this section, selhng 

 hardy roses, fruit trees and other nur- 

 sery stock. 



In our report of the fall show in the 

 last issue oi the Eeview we somehow 

 wrote that Gloriosa superba was the 

 glory pea of Australia. We were think- 

 ing of Clianthus Dampieri and somehow 

 got the two confused. Gloriosa superba 

 is a tropical plant, sometimes called the 

 climbing lUy. 



The berried shrubs in the arboretum 

 and parkways at present are very attrac- 

 tive. The tints on the forest trees and 

 shrubs are also very fine. 



Local bulb dealers report demand as 

 very good, but a killing frost is needed 

 to make business really brisk. 



Carnation Helen Goddard with S. J. 

 Goddard is looking fine at present. Mr. 

 Goddard reports many visitors to see it 

 and a lot of orders on hand for stock. 



J. T. Butterworth is cutting some fine 

 Cattleya labiata and other seasonable 

 orchids. W. N. Craig. 



BUFFALO. 



Ctirrent CotnmeaU 



Nothing of note has happened in my 

 rather long silence except a month's 

 ideal weather. September is usually,, 

 with us, a glorious month. A few cold 

 nights to remind us to be careful but we 

 also had a few tropical days, when it 

 stood 86 degrees in the shade at 2 p. m., 

 but a month of fruit, flowers and sun- 

 shine. 



From several causes there has been an 

 awakening of business. Last week four 

 of our largest department stores held 

 their fall openings. As two of the estab- 

 lishments have cut flower and plant de- 

 partments, they, of course, managed their 

 own decorations, renting the palms and 

 other stuff where they could do best. 

 S. A. Anderson and Joseph H. Eebstock 



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