Dkcembek 21, 1905. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review, 



303 



Home and Greenhouse Establishment of George £. Buxton, Nashua, N. H. 



A NEW ENGLAND PLACE. 



The accompanying illustration repre- 

 sents Geo. E. Buxton 's residence and 

 greenhouse plant at Nashua, N. H. It 

 is an ideal place, admirably located on 

 a fine tract of land, comprising about 

 eight acres, upon the main thoroughfare 

 between Nashua and Manchester. 



The history of Mr. Buxton's business 

 dates back to the fall of 1884, when he 

 embarked in the florists' business, com- 

 mencing with one house of 18x96, in the 

 southern part of the city. Those were the 

 days when specialists and specialties, 

 with some rare exceptions, were in their 

 embryo, when the average flue-heated 

 greenhouse presented a sort of ex- 

 perimental ground under glass and 

 when the average florist knew much 

 less about things than he does today. 

 Believing that "experience is the best 

 teacher" Mr. Buxton experimented, the 

 result being four additional up-to-date 

 houses in the course of a few years. In 

 the summer of 1896, finding an increased 

 demand for his product and his facilities 

 inadequate, he removed his plant to his 

 present location. Here six modern, well 

 appointed and splendidly equipped houses 

 produce the stock for the local as well 

 as the Boston market. 



Mr. Buxton, though an all around 

 grower, is pre-eminently a carnation man. 

 His entire place is practically devoted to 

 carnations and, as a matter of fact, only 

 the best varieties are grown here. En- 

 chantress, Fiancee, Mrs. M. A. Patten, 

 White Lawson, the Queen, Cardinal, 

 Harry Fenn and Fair Maid, make up his 

 list of money-makers. A block of Helen 

 Goddard has been planted and from all 

 appearances it is not only a winner, 

 but it is sure to replace the Lawson and 

 to become the standard pink. In addi- 

 tion to all its other merits, such as pro- 

 •luctiveness, color, stem, etc., it possesses 

 a vigorous constitution, a most admirable 

 trait, worthy of special note. 



Mr. Buxton is a member of the Boston 

 Florists' and Gardeners' Club and of 

 the American Carnation Society. Locally 

 he is identified with the K. of P. and the 

 I. 0. O. F. One child. Miss Marion Pat- 

 ten Buxton, a beautiful girl in her teens, 

 cheers the home of Mr. and Mrs. Buxton. 



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BOSTON CLUB'S FIELD DAY. 



The periodical field days of the Boston 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club have been 

 so successful that the announcement of 

 such an affair, even at this busy period, 

 is sure to bring out a good crowd. Favor- 

 able weather was enjoyed on the occa- 

 sion of the field day at Framingham, on 

 December 16, and the attendance was the | 

 largest of any excursion yet held, over j 

 sixty going. ^ 



J. T. Butterworth's. \ 



J. T. Butterworth's South Framing- i 

 ham establishment was first inspected. 

 In the orchid houses a fine lot of Cat- 

 tleya Percivalliana and C. triisne were 

 right for Christmas, also numbers of | 

 Laelia anceps and L. autumnalis. Thou- 

 sands of Cypripedium insigne were open, 

 many of them borne on 18-inch stems. 

 A finer lot would be hard to find. Car- 

 nation houses looked well and some Bon- 

 naffon chrysanthemums were still in evi- 

 dence, also a splendid lot of freesia in 

 bloom. Lily of the valley is Avell done 

 here and large quantities of bulbs in all 

 salable sorts are handled. 



S. J. Goddard's. 



At S. J. Goddard 's the first house in- 

 spected was filled with Helen Goddard. 

 Blooms, buds and flowering shoots in all 

 stages proved that this variety is not a 

 cropper, but a continuous bloomer, not 



1 a sign of a burst calyx or of disease. 

 The flowers are not large, averaging two 

 and one-half to three inches across, but 

 aire of a beautiful Joost shade and soil 

 on sight. It should rank with Queen 

 as a money-maker. J. H. Manley car- 

 ried a fine Cliristmas crop. Prosperity 

 was large and of extra fine color, bring- 

 ing topnotch market prices. Enchantress 

 was the queen of the light pink varieties 

 and of extra good color. Fair Maid Mr. 

 Goddard grows, but does not count as 

 profitable as Enchantress. He finds En- 



i chantress keeps finely. 



Seedling scarlet No. 10 was produc- 

 ing quantities of large blooms of a brick 

 red color. The calyx seemed very strong. 



! Harry Fenn was a mass of bloom and 

 classed as the most profitable sort grown 



I here. Mrs. Patten was off crop. It is 

 doing better than last year, but is not 

 classed as one that pays well. Cardinal 

 is very good and will be tried again, 

 color splendid and plant very healthy. 



Fiancee has produced wonderfully up to 

 date, but is now splitting badly. Plants 

 are mostly cut back for cuttings, which 

 are in good demand. Fred Burki has 

 not done well, but is improving, stems 

 good and flowers very fragrant. Lady 

 Bountiful is good, much better than in 

 1904-5. Storekeepers complain about this 

 variety being a poor keeper. 



Queen is indeed queen of whites here, a 

 wealth of blooms overtopping all others 

 in size and quantity, just as thick now 

 as in October when picking started. Mrs. 

 W. L. Lewis is on trial, but it is too 

 early to pass an opinion on it yet. A 

 new propagating house was being used 

 to good advantage. Stocks of freesia, 

 callas, primulas and other plants for re- 

 tail trade Avere noted. Eetail business is 

 steadily o« the increase. 



Wm. Nicholson's. 



William Nicholson's plant was last 

 visited and everything found in fine 

 shape. Carnations were, of course, the 

 chief attraction here and were carrying 

 a wealth of bloom. A grand lot of Pros- 

 perity, which is splendidly grown here, 

 bristled with flowers and buds. Aristo- 

 crat and Afterglow, Witterstaetter's new 

 seedlings, carried some grand flowers. 

 The latter seemed to be the most popu- 

 lar. Fiancee has produced an immense 

 quantity of big blooms. To remedy its 

 bursting tendency it will probably need 

 a night temperature of 56 degrees. Vic- 

 tory was looking exceedingly well and is 

 a beautiful scarlet. Kobert Craig was 

 less free. Lieut. Peary is a promising 

 white. Crimson Glow (Dailledouze) is a 

 very promising crimson of fine color. A 

 Dailledouze pink seedling was not so 

 yood. Enchantress looked splendid, as 

 did Fair Maid, of which latter a good 

 many are grown. It holds its color well 

 in spring and summer. Manley was very 

 free. All it lacks is size. A few Flam- 

 ingo are still grown and John E. Haines 

 is under trial. Lady Bountiful is grown 

 to some extent and Gov. "Wolcott quite 

 largely. The latter does well here, pro- 

 ducing very fine flowers. The Queen car- 

 ried a great crop. Eldorado is still the 

 most profitable yellow and Harlowarden 

 is found especially good for summer 

 blooming. Harry Fenn is the king of 

 crimsons, being a great producer. 



In addition to carnations, fine batches 

 of mignonette, marguerites yellow and 



