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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



OCTOBEB 26, 1900. 



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The Goods Are Here 



'" '^ .: . We cati supply any quantity in any grade, t . ••* 



Small stock $6.00 to $8.00 per 100 



Medium Stock 1.25 to 2.00 per dos. 



Fancy Stock 2.&0 to 3.00 per doz. 



Pink, white and yellow, all are here. . 



AH other stock in season. New crop WILD SM ILAX now on 

 '■^^'M hand) all sizes. Send for price list of Cat Flower Boxes. 



VAUGH AN & SPERRY 



^6-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO. 



Men(ftn" The Review when yon write. 



honor of his coming fiftieth birthday 

 the boys took care of the box. 



At our next meeting we will have a 

 cyclamen 8how. We will be glad to re- 

 ceive samples of stock from out of town. 

 At the close of the meeting the plants 

 will be sold to the highest bidder and 

 the money sent to the shipper. The club 

 is invited by the Detroit Florists' Club 

 to come to that suburb of Toledo and 

 take a trip to Mount Clemens on Novem- 

 ber 2. Quite a number of the boys are 

 going. 



H. A. Mills was present the first time 

 since his return from Washington, when 

 he got in a wreck and lost a number of 

 teeth. He fccems to be all right again 

 and fei?]s good because his store teeth 

 are nearly ready lo use. 



Various Notes. 



J. M. Siegrist is on both feet again, 

 without cane or crutch. 



Joe Gardener, long with G. A. Heinl, 

 now works for Sackett & Co., of Fos- 

 toria, O. John Helmer took his place at 

 Heinl 's. 



The weather is cool but we have had 

 no frost so far. E. A. K. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Conditions are not at all satisfactory 

 in the flower market at present. The 

 long spell of abnormally warm weather 

 brought things along with a rush, and, 

 while cooler conditions now prevail, the 

 frosts have not been suflSciently severe to 

 kill otE all tender outdoor flowers. The 

 chrysanthemum season must prove an un- 

 remunerative one to growers, for prices 

 rule extremely low. Quite a number of 

 the midseason sorts are now in. Among 

 others we have noted A. J. Balfour, 

 Ivory, BonnaflFon, Kate Broomhead, Mrs. 

 Coombes, Wm. Duckham, Cheltoni and 

 a few Merstham Yellow. The foliage on 

 the latter is its greatest drawback and 

 we think Halliday will be preferred com- 

 mercially. 



Roses are getting decidedly druggy, 

 especially the small sizes. The prices 

 they bring can scarcely pay for sending 

 them to market. Beauties constantly 



improve and the same holds true of 

 Brides and Maids. Wellesley is very 

 popular. Some extra fine blooms of 

 these are now coming in. Liberty from 

 several growers is also good. Carnations 

 are suffering from the overabundance of 

 other stock and prices have softened. 

 Some have sold as low as 75 cents, but 

 these were not good flowers. Very nice 

 flowers, however, have gone for $1 and 

 only extra fine flowers of standard sorts 

 or novelties have realized $2 to $3. Vio- 

 lets are abundant and are coming of a 

 much better color and fine size. The top 

 price on these has been 50 cents, many 

 going at half that price. No special 

 change on other flowers or green goods. 



Club Meeting. 



As briefly announced in the Review 

 of last week, over 150 were present at 

 the club meeting on October 17. At the 

 October meeting in 1904 there were 

 forty-two present, which was counted 

 exceedingly good. In 1900 the club wag 

 in such a condition that only one meet- 

 ing was held. Recent attendances cheer 

 the hearts of the old members, some of 

 whom felt, le^ than ,threQ, jgars ago,, 

 that it would be hard to resuscitate the 

 club. The presidencies of* Messrs? Pet- 

 tigrew and Wheeler have, however, ac- 

 complished wonders and the end is not 

 yet. 



The interesting lecture by J. A. Petti- 

 grew, most of which appeared in last 

 week's Review, caused an animated dis- 

 cussion. E. O. Orpet spoke of a similar 

 trip he had taken. In regard to parks 

 in Great Britain as compared with 

 America he thinks the former have a 

 great advantage in the wealth of broad- 

 leaved evergreens which are not hardy 

 here. 



President Wheeler appointed the fol- 

 lowing committees: Nomination, Charles 

 Sander, W. E. I'ischer, W. H. Elliott; 

 reports, Robert Cameron, J. A. Petti- 

 grew, Peter Fisher, A. H. Fewkes, W. N. 

 Craig; awards (for the evening), E. O. 

 Orpet, M. A. Patten, W. Davis. At the 

 next meeting in addition to the election 

 of officers there will be a lecture by 

 Prof. B. M. Watson, of the Bussey Insti- 

 tution. 



There were numerous interesting ex- 

 hibits. W. A. Riggs had splendid speci- 



men blooms of F. A. Cobbold, H. J. 

 Jones, Mrs. S. T. Wright, Wm. Knox, a 

 fine new yellow variety; F. 8. Vallis, 

 Lord Hopetoun and Mrs. H. A. Miller. 

 Waban Conservatories showed a fine vase 

 of Welle^f^ rose. Mr. Montgomery 

 stated that this new variety has more 

 than exceeded expectations. It is a good 

 grower and splendid keeper, as well as 

 a prolific bloomer. He said it sells bet- 

 ter today than any other rose in the 

 Boston market, with the exception of 

 Beauty and Liberty. Duncan Finlayson 

 found it a fine bedding rose outside, his 

 employers being very fond of it. Wil- 

 liam Sim had a fine bunch of Governor 

 Herrick violet. The color was deep and 

 Mr. Sim said its only fault so far was a 

 rather short stem. H. A. Stevens Co, 

 had a fine flesh-colored Lawson sport, 

 also a promising clear yellow seedling. 

 Peter Fisher 'contributed a vase of his 

 new salmon-flesh carnation, of which he 

 is now growing 3,000 plants and which 

 promises to be one of the standard varie- 

 ties of the future. It was shown as No. 

 10, not being yet named. R. T. Mc- 

 ^Gorum had a good vase of Mrs. Pierponi 

 'Morgan rose, but the natural modesty 

 of the exhibitop^ would not permit hin» 

 to speak of its culture. Mr. Montgom- 

 ery, however, paid him a glowing and 

 well earned tribute. W. N. Craig showed 

 some interesting cattleyas. Superinten- 

 dent Doogue, of the public gardens, 

 showed plants of Sea Island and upland 

 cotton which have been used in some of 

 the flower beds this season. George Bar- 

 ker had a vase of cosmos. 



Speeches from Messrs. Shaw, Porter, 

 Clark and others of the visiting Man- 

 chester Club were made. Thanks were 

 tendered Messrs. Wheeler and Heurlin for 

 a gift of twelve dozen cups for the club 's 

 use. The solo by F. B. Cannell and se- 

 lections by the glee club were finely rend- 

 ered and vociferously applauded. The 

 nineteen new members elected, with 

 others promised, should make the club's 

 membership to 250 ere the end of the 

 year. 



The field day at the Waban Rose Con- 

 servatories on October 28 will undoubt- 

 edly draw a big delegation. Members 

 will take the Framingham car and get 

 off at Oak street, Natick. 



