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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



Decembbb 7, 1905. 



VICTORY 



The best scarlet carnation— requires oniy ordinary culture 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Weather conditions were very erratic 

 last week. On November 29 a fierce storm 

 accompanied by high temperatures pre- 

 vailed and this had a somewhat depress- 

 ing effect on business. Thanksgiving day 

 itself was clear and bitingly cold, a forty- 

 knot breeze and minimum temperature of 

 8 degrees above zero being recorded. In 

 spite of rather unfavorable conditions 

 the market cleaned out remarkably well, 

 no good stock being unsold. Chrysanthe- 

 mums made their closing courtesy in 

 quantities. Prices varied from $8 to $16 

 per hundred, a few going higher. Quite 

 a number of the blooms were, as one 

 florist remarked, old enough to vote. 



Roses made no particular advance 

 and were rather hard to sell, short stock 

 especially so. Beauties, Liberty, Rich- 

 mond, KUlarney and Wellesley sold well, 

 Brides and Maids poorly. Carnations, 

 with the exception of white, which were 

 over-abundant, sold well. Good ordinary 

 stock made $2.50 to $3, specials $4 and 

 such varieties as Enchantress, Fenn, 

 Fiancee and Helen Goddard $5 to $6. 

 Violets made all the way from 75 cents 

 to $1.50, a large proportion bringing $1. 

 Bulbous stock, valley and other flowers 

 were practically unchanged. There was 

 a very good sale for pot plants, such as 

 Lorraine begonias, poinsettias, cyclamen, 

 Chinese primroses and berried plants. 



Since Thanksgiving the supplies com- 

 ing in have been rather light and prices 

 have kept up well, especially in the case 

 of carnations. Such chrysanthemums as 

 are now coming in are small. Mrs. Je- 

 rome Jones, Bonnaffon and Merry 

 Christmas are among the best sellers. 

 Violets clean up very well, but roses are 

 still a little slow. 



Horticultural Society. 



A well attended children 's garden con- 

 ference was held at Horticultural hall on 

 December 2. Several excellent addresses 

 were made. In the school garden contest 

 first prize went to Cobbet school, Lynn; 

 second prize to Mill Garden, Groton; 

 third to Lincoln school, Brookline, while 

 Fairhaven school and Sewall school, 

 Brookline, were commended. There were 

 numerous entries in the home garden 

 competition. Small greenhouses heated 

 by surplus steam from the school boilers 

 were advocated by one of the speakers. 



The following awards have been made 

 by the garden committee: First prize for 

 house of chrysanthemums grown on 

 benches, to M. F. Plant, T. W. Head, 

 gardener. Peony gardens, first, Dr. C. S. 

 Minot; second. Dr. R. T. Jackson. Bronze 

 medal to Robert Roulston for herba- 

 ceous garden. Vegetable garden, first, 

 E. L. Lewis; second, Edward Parker. 

 Estate of Mrs. John L, Gardner, Wm. 

 Thatcher, gardener, was favorably re- 

 ported upon for the second year and M. 



F. Plant estate, T. W. Head, gardener, 

 for the first year for the Hunnewell 

 triennial premiums. The greenhouses of 

 Geo. F. Fabyan, James Stuart gardener, 

 were especially commended. 



The plant and flower committee for 

 1906 consists of A. H. Fewkes, chairman; 

 James Wheeler, Wm. Nicholson, Robert 

 Cameron and W. N. Craig. There are 

 but slight changes in the committees. 



Various Notes. 



The heavy storm of wind and rain 

 which prevailed in this section on No- 

 vember 29 wrecked two of the large 

 greenhouses, each 40x300, recently erected 

 by the Halifax Garden Co., at Halifax, 

 Mass. Fears were felt for the safety 

 of the other houses, but they withstood 

 the gale. Two men were seriously in- 



of 



Here is tny dollar for another year 



Your paper is certainly attractive and 

 readable and from my past experience 

 your advs. are g^reat money getters. 



GEO. SMITH. 

 Manchester, Vt., 

 Nov. 29, 1905. 



jured who were working in one of the 

 demolished houses. The damage exceed- 

 ed $10,000. A. C. Burrage, the owner, 

 gave orders to rebuild as soon a? possi- 

 ble. 



Thomas Pegler, salesman for Oscar L. 

 Dorr, is handling thousands of very fine 

 Campbell violets daily at the Park street 

 market. Mr. Dorr has 23,000 plants of 

 this violet. 



A. Roper, of Tewksbury, the origina- 

 tor of Fair Maid and other popular car- 

 nations, has some fine seedlings coming 

 on. One is much superior to Fair Maid. 

 Another is a very fine scarlet. These 

 will be seen at the coming carnation con- 

 vention. His variety, Chester Roper, 

 the most prolific of all variegated carna- 

 tions, is this season surpassing even last 

 year's records in flower production. 



Robert Montgomery, of South Natick, 

 has a fine lot of poinsettias for Christ- 

 mas. He finds Richmond rose all right. 



The finest double violets coming into 

 the Boston market at present are from 

 Malcolm Orr, of Saugus. These are of 

 superb quality. Mr. Orr is well known 

 as a producer of high grade sweet peas 

 under glass. 



Reports of merit were awarded at the 

 last meeting of the Gardeners' and 

 i'lorists' Club to Wm. Nicholson, for 

 mignonette; Patten & Co., for Carna- 

 tion Pink Pattern; H. H. Barrows & 

 Son, for Nephrolepis Whitman! and 

 Peter Fisher for seeding scarlet carna- 

 tion No. 408. 



James Farquhar sailed for Porto 

 Rico on December 2, where he will spend 

 the winter on his firm's new nursery. 



N. F. McCarthy & Co. held an auction 

 of palms and bulbous stock on Decem- 

 ber 1. 



Welch Bros, are receiving some grand 

 Queen of Edgely and Beauty roses. Their 

 receipts of other roses are now heav^ 

 and the quality excellent. They are mak- 

 ing active preparations for Christmas 

 trade in holly, mistletoe and other green- 

 ery. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club will 

 hold a field day at Wm. Nicholson's, 

 Framingham, on December 16. Every- 

 thing points to a banner attendance on 

 ladies' night, December 19. A double 

 quartet will furnish music and other good 

 things are being arranged for. 



Prof. C. S. Sargent and his son sailed 

 last week for an extended tour in Chili,. 

 Argentine Republic and other South 

 American points, their object being an 

 arboricultural study. The sea voyage will 

 occupy fifty days and several months will 

 be spent in travel. 



Newtonville Greenhouses are again 

 sending in very fine Bon Silene and Sa- 

 frano roses to the Park street mL«rket. 

 Their salesman, Fred Crowley, says they 

 are worth more than Brides and Maids 

 and they cannot begin to fill their orders 

 for them, 



Frank White, of Holbrook, is market- 

 ing quantities of high grade mignonette. 



The souvenir catalogue, soon to be is- 

 sued by the Park street market, promises 

 to be a winner. It will abound in attrac- 

 tive features, one being a history of 

 the flower business in Boston. It will h& 

 profusely illustrated. A copy will be 

 presented to every visitor to the carna- 

 tion convention. 



Mrs. W. H. Ward, of Montvale, is 

 bringing in some extra fine fancy carna- 

 tions to the Park street market. 



Helen Goddard carnation is in great 

 demand at the stores. Its color is just' 

 what buyers want and it has proven its 

 keeping qualities beyond every question. 



H. M. Robinson & Co. are receiving 

 some big consignments of holly, mistle- 

 toe, laurel and other Christmas greenery 

 and anticipate the best business in their 

 history. 



Kidder Bros., of Lincoln, are the big- 

 gest producers of stevia for the Boston. 



