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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1421 



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iszi James Hart i^i 



The Original Pioneer Hotue; our 34th year in the Wholesale C«t Flower Business in this country. 



still at ihtt old stand, 117 West 30th Street, uSSioiXSL. New York City 



Everything in Cut Flowers From 



tiie Best Growers 



We lead fhem all in the number of Thanksgiving Celebrations. 



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Mention The RcTlew when yon write. 



GLTTMAN & WEBER, 



NEW YORK 



Mention The Reylew when you write. 



ers of fine quality and a few weeks later 

 will be a grand sight. Color, fonn, 

 stem and calyx are as near perfect as 

 possible and we looked in vain for 

 any trace of disease. The work of prop- 

 agation is now under way. Orders are 

 coming in from all parts of the coun- 

 try. A small batch of Fiancee looked 

 extremely well. Enchantress is much 

 preferred to Fair Maid, giving more 

 flowers of better quality. The Queen 

 stood head and shoulders above all other 

 whites. Other sorts grown are Fred 

 Burki and Mrs. W. L. Lewis. Cardinal 

 is very well liked as a scarlet. Flamin- 

 go is still retained and a good number 

 of Munley. Harry Fenn looked well, 

 giving a wealth of flowers. Mrs. Pat- 

 ten is grown for variegated. A pumb^ 

 of V€ry promising seedlings are under 

 trial. A general assortment of mis- 

 ceUaneous stock is handled. Some very 

 good varieties of pompon chrysanthe- 

 mums were seen. 



We were pleased to find J. T. Butter- 

 worth in good health once more. Here 

 we found two fine houses of carnations, 

 The Queen, Enchantress, Boston Mar- 

 ket, Harry Fenn and Fair Maid being 

 the sorts grown. Callas in pots fill one 

 house and Asparagus Sprengeri another. 

 A house of Bonnaffon, Yanoma and 

 other late mums will be right for 

 Thanksgiving. Bulbous stock and val- 

 ley are very largely grown. Orchids are 

 now, however, the leading feature here 

 and we were surprised at the vigor of 

 many of the plants. Cattleyas are grown 

 in quantity. A large number of C. la- 

 biata were in bloom. We noted many 

 carrying six flowers to the sheath and in 

 one case seven flowers. One extra good 

 specimen had forty-four flowers. Many 

 fine forms were included. 



C. Percivaliana was represented by 

 some splendid baskets carrying twelve to 

 twenty sheaths each. Equally fine C. 

 gigas, C. Mossiae and other sorts were 

 noted. Laelia elegans was also in fine 

 shape. Dendrobium nobile and D. 

 Wardianum were seen in quantity, being 

 ripened off. Oncidiura varicosum 



Eogersii was nearly all out. Laelia an- 

 ceps and L. autumnalis were sending up 

 a good crop of spikes. Some 500 Cy- 

 pripedium insigne are grown and are 

 without exception the best batch we 

 have ever seen. Many of these are large 

 pans carrying forty to fifty flowers 

 each. Some pretty seedling cypripe- 

 diums were in flower, Mrs. J. T. Butter- 

 worth (C. PoUettianum x C. Tityus) 

 being quite striking. A good many 

 Ccelogyne cristata are grown and were 

 pushing large numbers of spikes. We 

 were pleased to note the vigor possessed 

 by so many of the plants here. They 

 reflect great credit on Mr. Butterworth. 



Variotis Notes. 



Houghton & Clark decorated for the 

 Warren-Bradley wedding at Trinity 

 church on November 4. It was strictly 

 a chrysanthemum wedding, pink and 

 white colors being used. At the house 

 yellow and white were the prevailing 

 colors. 



Denys Zirngiebel, the veteran Need- 

 ham florist, had a serious paralytic shock 

 on November 3. His many friends hope 

 for his early recovery. 



The members of the Park street mar- 

 ket are getting out a very neat cat- 

 alogue which will contain advertise- 

 ments, etc., restricted to members of the 

 market. Profits will be used on the oc- 

 casion of the coming visit of the Amer- 

 ican Carnation Society. 



Thomas Pegler is again in the mar- 

 ket with quantities of fine double violets. 

 Sim Kidder and other large growers of 

 singles are now shipping very fine 

 flowers. 



While many chrysanthemum growers 

 are complaining of poor prices this sea- 

 son, Thomas Boland, of Nahant, who 

 grows the early sorts in quantity, says 

 lie has had an extra good season with 

 them. 



Prof. B. M. Watson, of the Bussey 

 Institution, will address the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club on November 21 on 

 "Botany for Young Gardeners." De- 

 cember 18 will be ladies' night, for 



which there will be special attractions. 

 Applications for membership continue 

 to pour in. 



Wilfred Wheeler and W. H. Heustis 

 are independent candidates for directors 

 at the annual meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society on No- 

 vember 18. 



Owing to unforeseen circumstances, 

 the North Shore Horticultural Society 

 will not hold the chrysanthemum show 

 as planned. 



Alexander McKay is cutting extra fine 

 carnations and chrysanthemums at his 

 new South Framingham establishment, 

 he is making many improvements. We 

 extend congratulations on his recent in- 

 heritance. 



John Barr, who is one of our best 

 carnation growers and who introduced 

 The Queen, has that popular variety in 

 grand shape. We doubt if any other 

 white sort can at all approach it as 

 grown by him. 



Patten & Co. are trying a batch of 

 1,000 Variegated Lawson in comparison 

 with Mrs. Patten this season and like 

 its behavior so far. 



William Nicholson is shipping ex- 

 tra fine mignonette of DaiHedouze 's 

 strain to the Park street market. 



W. N. Craig. 



WASHINGTON. 



Everyone seems to be busy with dec- 

 orations, weddings having the call. 

 Good mums are scarce; also violets. 



J. B. Freeman has opened a branch 

 store on F street, around the corner from 

 his Thirteenth street store. 



Z. D. Blackistone reports business espe- 

 cially good. 



The Industrial Home School has been 

 cutting some very fine chrysanthemums, 

 due to the skill of Mr. Miller, the 

 grower. Small gets the bulk of them. 



The S. A. F. medal for school gar- 

 den work was presented to the Dennison 

 school with appropriate ceremonies No- 

 vember 3. Wra. F. Gude made a char- 

 acteristic address and supplied a large 

 quantity of flowers for the occasion. 



