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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decembeb 14, 1905. 



WILD SMILAX 



A fresh car just in; best quality; from the most 

 experienced shipper. Only one size of cases, 50 

 pounds. Can ship at a minute's notice. 



CHRISTMAS PRICES 



are quoted herewith. Complete special list and mar- 

 ket report w^ill \>e mailed in a day or two. Write for 

 it if ;ou are not on our reg^ular mailing- list. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



40-42-44 Randolph Street, CHICAGO 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES. 



all length of stems, at market rates. 



Per 100 



Brides $ (i 00 to $ 8 00 



Brides. Fancy 10 00 to 15 00 



Maids 6 00 to 8 00 



Maids, Faney 12 00 to 18 00 



Meteor 8 00 to 10 00 



Meteor, Fancy 12 00 to 20 00 



Liberty and Richmond 8 00 to 10 00 



Liberty and Richmond, Fancy. 15 00 to 35 00 



Golden Gate fiOOto 8 00 



Golden Gate, Fanc-y 10 00 to 12 00 



Roses, our selection c 00 



Carnations 3 00 to 5 00 



Carnations, Fancy (i(X)to 8 00 



Violets 100 to 2 50 



Valley 4 00 to 5 00 



Callas, doz 2 00 



Paper Whites, Romans 3 00 to 4 00 



Mignonette 3 00 to (i 00 



Marguerites 150 to 2 00 



Stevia 1 50 to 2 00 



Mahonia Sprays 1 oo 



Leucothoe 75 



Adiantum 1 00 



Smllax, doz 2 00 



Asparagus Strings 50 oo 



Sprengeri 2 00 to 3 00 



Galax, Green per 1000, 1 00: per 100, 15 



Galax. Bronze.... per 1000, 1 .50; per 100, 20 



Ferns per 1000, 2 00; per 100. 25 



Subject to change without notice. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Prices have held up remarkably well 

 since • our last report. The removal of 

 chrysanthemums has rclJoved the market 

 wonderfully and generally speaking flow- 

 ers are selling well. Eoses do not yet 

 show much of a climbing tendency. Best 

 Beauties bring about $35, select Brides 

 and Maids $6 to $8, with a few specials 

 higher. Chatenay varies from $4 to $12 

 and is of very good quality. Some very 

 nice Killarney, Wellesley, Eichmond, 

 Golden Gate, Morgan and Mrs. Oliver 

 Ames are also seen. Liberty from some 

 growers is extra good, making up to $15 

 fcr select stock, a few extras making 

 more money. Smaller grades of roses 

 are still rather slow, but clean up better 

 than a week ago. 



Carnations are firm and sell even bet- 

 ter than at Thanksgiving. Fancy blooms 

 have been bringing $4 to $5, some going 

 to $6. Whites have been the slowest, 

 running down to $2 and $2.50. Violets 

 average about 75 cents for double and 

 $1 for single. Sweet peas are abundant. 

 While high grades have made $1 to $1.50 

 per hundred, poorer stock has been hard 

 to sell at 35 cents to 50 cents. Paper 

 Whites, Eomans, callas and Easter lilies 

 remain about the same. Chrysanthemums 

 still come from one or two growers, the 

 best making $12. Flowers now run small. 

 Lily of the valley is of unusually good 

 quality. Some poinsettias are seen and 

 make $4 to $5 per dozen bracts. Pan- 

 sies, cornflowers and wallflowers come 

 from several growers. No particular 

 change in asparagus and adiantum. Sup- 

 plies are abundant. Smilax promises to 

 be in good demand and rather scarce. 



Various Notes. 



The establishments of J. T. Butter- 

 worth, S. J. Goddard and William Nich- 

 olson will be visited on the excursion of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club on 

 Saturday, December 16. Special elec- 

 trics leave Park Square, Boston, at 

 12:30 o'clock, returning from Framing- 

 ham about 5:30. A large delegation is 

 assured. 



At the ladies' night meeting of the 

 club on December 19, in addition to J. 

 K. M. L. Farquhar's illustrated lecture 

 on Japan, there will be singing by the 

 club's double quartet and other attrac- 

 tions. Some interesting exhibits are 

 promised and no member can afford to 

 miss the meeting. 



H. M. Eobinson & Co. 's Province street 

 establishment is one of the busiest places 

 in Boston at present. The holly received 

 by this enterprising firm is of fine 

 quality. They are having a great sale of 

 boxwood sprays, southern smilax and 

 their other specialties. Their large stand 

 on the street end of the Park street 

 flower market is well patronized. 



T. H. Manter is salesman for the 

 Exeter (N. H.) Eose Conservatories at 

 the Park street market and is handling 

 large numbers of fine Chatenay for them. 



Kidder Bros.' single violets are of 

 splendid quality this season. They are 

 bunched very artistically and are eagerly 

 snapped up. 



Newtonville Greenhouses are handling 

 some very well grown cyclamens and 

 poinsettias. 



At Horticultural hall on December 

 9 Oakes Ames, Sabin Bolton, gardener, 

 received a certificate of merit for Zyeo- 

 colax Amesian, an interesting cross be- 

 tween Zygopetalum brachypetalum and 

 Colax jugosa. He also secured a silver 

 medal for Cypripedium tonso Charles- 

 worthi, a form of this cross with extra 

 large flowers showing Charlesworthi blood 

 in the upper portion of the dorsal sepal, 

 the rest of the flower rather closely re- 

 sembling C. tonsum. A. H. Fewkes 

 showed a very prettily variegated form 

 of the dwarf form of Stevia serrata, 

 quite distinct from other forms we have 

 seen. It was awarded a certificate of 

 merit. 



Doyle, on Boylston street, is showing 

 cyclamens and azaleas of fine quality. 

 Eoses Wellesley, Liberty, Eichmond and 

 Killarney are good sellers here. 



Houghton & Clark have their large 

 window filled with ardisias this wcm, 

 which, being finely berried, make a nice 

 appearance. 



Henry Cole has sold out the green- 

 houses he purchased in July, 1904, at 



East Bridgewater, Mass., to Nicol Bros. 

 The good will of business, land and stock 

 were included in the transaction, which 

 was a cash one. Andrew Nicol was 

 previously located in Brookline and Wo- 

 burn, while Alex came from Newport. 

 The greenhouses cover about 12,000 

 square feet. Mr. Cole has not yet de- 

 cided where he will locate. 



William Walke, of Salem, is handling 

 some excellent cyclamen and Lorraine 

 begonias at the Music hall market. 



Four amateur classes for hybrid per- 

 petual roses have been provided for the 

 June show, to be held at Horticultural 

 hall, from the John C. ChaflSn fund. 



Prizes of $50 and $25 are offered by 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 in the new schedule for the best estates 

 of not exceeding three acres. This should 

 especially appeal to the increasing num- 

 ber of amateur cultivators. 



The Mycological Club held the annual 

 banquet at the Tuileries Chambers on De- 

 cember 8. Agaricus from both pure cul- 

 ture and milltrack spawn proved the 

 most popular dish. None of the "toad- 

 stools" so-called were on the menu card. 



The American Beauties now being sent 

 in fi'om Waban Conservatories are very 

 fine. Their Wellesleys are exceptionally 

 good. They are also cutting some splen- 

 did Eichmond and Eallarney. 



William Sim's sweet peas are as usual 

 the finest seen in the market and bring 

 top prices. His violets are as good as 

 ever. In addition to Princess of Wales 

 he is marketing some very fine Governor 

 Herrick. 



Our first snowstorm of the season came 

 on December 10, much later than usual. 

 It was followed by cold weather, which 

 will materially shorten up the supply of 

 flowers if it continues. 



The new officers of the Music hall 

 market are as follows: President, Ed- 

 ward Wood, Lexington; clerk, Wilfred 

 Wheeler, Concord; treasurer, Geo. Ayer; 

 directors, H. A. Stevens. Dedham; John 

 McFarland, North Easton; Eobert 

 Montgomery, South Natick; Thomas 

 Capers, Highlandville ; Donald Carmi- 

 ohael, Wellesley; N. F. Comley, Lexing- 

 ton. 



Galvin is showing a very fine window 



