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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



NOVEMBEB 23, 11)05. 



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BOSTON. 



The Market 



We are now getting a somewhat im- 

 proved market, consequent on the near 

 approach of Thanksgiving. While prices 

 are not materially changed, flowers are 

 moving rather better. Chrysanthemums 

 are soiling a little better. A continued 

 scarcity of whites is noticeable. There 

 is H good field for the introduction of 

 one or more serviceable commercial sorts 

 of this color. In spite of all the new 

 intrcductions, year after year Ivory is 

 still the most grown as a white, Bonnaf- 

 fon as a yellow, Balfour for a pink and 

 Shrimpton for a crimson, A few nice 

 Jeanne Nonin are seen. This promises 

 to be a good late white. Some very nice 

 Jerome Jones, white and yellow, and 

 Maud Dean are also seen. Prices vary 

 from $6 to $12 per 100, a few large 

 bloon's going higher. 



Roses have been the tougliest proposi- 

 tion to dispose of lately, l^irge numbers 

 of small Brides and Maids have gone as 

 low as 50 cents per hundred. None of 

 tlie sizes have sold readily, unless we 

 except such sorts as Wellesley, Killarney 

 and Liberty. Carnations have held their 

 heads up very well. Whites have been 

 rather in ovcrsupply, but colored sorts 

 have sold well. Violets have been in big 

 demand and rather under supply. Valley 

 remains about the same. Some Paper 

 Whites and Eoman hyacinths are coming 

 in, going at 35 cents per bunch of a 

 dozen. We think the glut season is now 

 practically over and higher prices will 

 be made from now onwards. 



Horticultural Society. 



At tlie annual meeting of the Hor- 

 ticultural Society on November 18, the 

 sum of $6,700 for prizes for 1906 was 



appropriated. The officers elected were 

 as follows: President, A. F. Estabrookj 

 vice-president, Walter Hunnewell; treas- 

 urer, O. E. Richardson; secretary, W. 

 P. Rich; delegate to state board of 

 agriculture, W. H. .Spooner; trustees, 

 for three years, Oakes Ames, C. F. Cur- 

 tis, W. H. Elliott, A. H. Fewkes; 

 trustee for two years, John Lawrence; 

 nominating committee for 1906, James 

 H. Bowditch, T. D. Hatfield, Robert 

 Cameron, C. W. Parker, W. H. Spooner. 



A children's garden conference will 

 be held at Horticultural hall on Decem- 

 ber 2, at which there will be very in- 

 teresting exercises, including addresses 

 by a number of prominent supporters of 

 this class of work. The annual ex- 

 hibition of children's herbariums will be 

 held on December 1 and 2. 



Among the new classes to be intro- 

 duced at the November show of 1906 

 will be one for dinner table decora- 

 tions. The first prize will be $75 and a 

 silver gilt medal; second, $50 and a 

 silver medal; third, $35 and a bronze 

 medal. Society ladies will officiate as 

 judges. 



The schedule for 1907 will bo issued 

 very shortly and will contain many 

 sweeping changes. ^lany new features 

 will be introduced, many small classes 

 struck out and much larger prizes offered 

 for collections and groups than hereto- 

 fore. Issuing a schedule two years ahead 

 will allow would-be exhibitors to make 

 proper preparations. 



The net profits from the late chrysan- 

 thenlum show are about the same as in 

 1904, when the C. S. A. met here. 



Gardeners* and Florists* Club. 



The club meeting on November 21 was 

 again a rousing one, there being over 

 ] 00 in attendance and much enthusiasm 

 shown. The lecture by Prof. B. M. Wat- 



son on ' * Botany for Young Gardeners, ' ' 

 was deeply interesting. A good discus- 

 sion followed and the lecturer was ten- 

 dered a unanimous vote of thanks. The 

 annual election of officers resulted in the 

 selection of the old board, these having 

 been recommended by the nominating 

 committee: President, James Wheeler; 

 vice-president, Thos. Westwood; treas- 

 urer, Edward Hatch; secretary, W. N. 

 Craig; directors, Messrs. Patten, Fisher, 

 Lumsden and Anderson. 



Samples of the new club buttons were 

 on exhibition, a sprig of mountain 

 laurel in the center, with the club name 

 in a circle around it, making a very pret- 

 ty design. The president announced that 

 in future all applications for member- 

 ship would be referred to the executive 

 committee before being acted upon, also 

 that at the meeting on December 19, 

 members were requested to bring ladies, 

 an interesting program being in prepara- 

 tion for the same. As usual, a good num- 

 ber of new members were elected. 



It was voted to donate special prizes 

 of $25 each to the rose and carnation 

 societies for the coming conventions. 



Refreshments and music were again a 

 feature and some interesting exhibits 

 graced the tables, but of these and 

 other matters we must defer reference 

 to our next issue. 



Various Notes. 



Considerable changes are taking place 

 at the Park street flower market. The 

 regular market teams will be discon- 

 tinued until further notice. On and af- 

 ter December 1 there will be a discount 

 allowance of ten per cent on all goods 

 consigned to the corporation. The sale 

 of florists' supplies will be discontinued. 

 The genial manager, John Walsh, will 

 sever his connection with the market on 

 December 1. Mr. Walsh has meditated 

 this step for a considerable time, owing 



