January 11, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



493 



takeu a brace along those linos. We 



iijaru that some of them are getting $5 



,n<l $() a dozen for choice Richmond, 



• bile the legitimate florist is selling the 



.•jme stock at $3 and $4. Killarney is 



•ommanding $2 and $3 per dozen, Maids, 



;i-., from $2 to $3. Carnations bring $1 



to ,$2.50 per dozen. Violets are again 



i.ack to a firm price of 50 cents per 



mnch of twenty-five. Orchids are some- 



[imcs called for, but cannot be sujjplied. 



Vh" iiigh price makes it unprofitable to 



ury a stock of them. 



Although bouquet green was held at 



I premium before Christmas, there is 



•.'ill some of it on hand. From four to 



■» dozen cases of poor holly can be s^n 



u each of the flower stores. iminorteiK' 



tils were also left. 



Minneapolis. 



A visit to the Donaldson greeu- 

 oiise-s found James Soiidcn in fine spir- 

 its and getting fairly well rested up 

 ifter the holiday rush. Ills houses arc 

 die picture of neatne.'-s and good order. 

 All of his stock looks fine, in all they 

 navo about G5,0()() feet of glass, in which 

 1 general line, of stock is grown, princi- 

 pally roses and carnations. Kiehmond is 

 'he only red grown outside of one bench 

 ■f Beauties. Thoy have tliree houses in 

 Jxichmond and the stock is fine, large 

 iaily cuts being made, even during tlir 

 ■loudy woatiier. Brides and ]\lai(ls arc 

 tiso fine and while some growers are of 

 (he opinion that the latter variety is run- 

 ning out, Mr. Souden has faith in it. 

 ''hatenay is grown to some extent and is 

 very fine. The new Minneapolis rose, 

 Mi'-s Kate Moulton, is also there anil 

 they predict a brilliant future for it. 

 There seems to be some discussion in 

 these parts as to which is the best, the 

 Moulton or the Killarney. A fine house 

 .>f Enchantress carnations can be seen, 

 • tud while the cut is light at the present 

 time, within the next few weeks largo 

 numbers will be cut. Mr. Souden also 

 has a fine bench of adiantum, grown in 

 the bench, not potted. Thousands of 

 fronds have been cut and still thousands 

 ronuain. For a range of medium size, the 

 houses are fine and kept up in the best 

 possible shape, much to the credit of their, 

 -iiperintendent, -Mr. James Souden. This 

 case is the only one known in this sec- 

 ; tion where a department store has its 

 ' "wn greenhouses. 



An agreement hns been nia<le between 

 Mil- cemetery associations whereby they 

 letiise to permit funerals on Sundays, 

 ind the general opinion is that this move 

 ■^'^ill hurt the florists to some cxtiMit. 



St, Paul. 



Tiie i-etaileis re|)ort good business for 

 III' ]>ast week; at times some of thorn 

 'a\i' !iad to hunt for white stock. Sun- 



i:iy morning orders are bec(uniiig quite 

 i'-a'.y and retailers are, as a rule, kejit 

 l.'iirly busy. A call dii the Suan-oii 

 I li'ial Co. found Cius ('(illicit; resting 



'Iter a heavy Sumhty lUdiiiin:: ni^li. 

 -\ii;^. Vofjt, who has a store on St. An 

 Hioay Tlill, where the elite of our city 

 :'eside. jinssibly does more busino- Sun- 



■■\'iv iihiriiiii^- t!i:in lui trianv ;i i; i ucck 



.l:iv. 



Ilfiiiy l'u\<i;;(l li.is siirnc i^neii \ iolcts 

 and carnations. Ho lias a now carnation 

 house, which he was fortunate enough to 

 'AOt C(unpl('ted bcfiu-e zero weather struck 

 us. 



1.. !.. M:iv & Co. estimate ili;it tiie 



mild weather so far has made at least 

 a difl'erence of $1,000 in their coal bill. 

 Eastern supply houses are making in- 

 quiry for lycopodium for dyeing pur- 

 poses. Felix. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Conditions are less favorable than a 

 week ago and prices have softened ma- 

 terially. The demand has not been eijual 

 to the su[)ply and quite a number of 

 flowers ha\e had to be carried over each 

 day. Roses have been in oversupply. The 

 best Beauties average $50 per hundred, a 

 few special Brides and Alaids $12, but 

 many of the two latter go at from $,'{ to 

 $0. Carnations have nuule $4 for first- 

 class stock, a few making $5. White 

 \aiietics go slowest at $2. Violets vary 

 from (iO cen.ts to $1, only the very best 

 making the higher figure. 



C^uite a nuudier of tu!i[)s and yellow 

 narcissi are coming, umking $;'> to $4 per 

 luuidreil. Sweet peas vary from 50 

 cents to $1 according to (luality, in 

 which there is a wide range. Callas and 

 llarrisii renmin about the same and 

 iheic is no ciiange iii other stock. Some 



Here is my dollar for 



for 1906. Please see tliat I 

 do not miss a number, for 

 could better go without 

 my Baked Beans Saturday 

 night than I could without 

 the Review. 



R. S. HOXIE. 



Mattapoisctt, Mass. 

 January 2, 1906. 



Very giKMl ant irrliiiiuin :iiid mii;iiotiett<' 

 .■lie seen in the market, also a few Eng- 

 li^li primroses, niyosotis ;nid stocks. 



Carnation Convention. 



Tiie reception cotnniittiv' Troiii tlie 

 (hardeners' and Florists' Clidi will meet 

 all trains on arrival at the imrTh ;incl 

 -ic.itli terminals and I'.ack Bay and '{"rin 

 ily place r.ailroad stations on WCilni^ 

 ila\ uioriiing. .Taiuniry 2 J. Meniln'rs i.t' 

 llii^ '•oininitt'e will wear a led i';i'l:.;c. 



Ticket-^ f(ir tiie <'opiey Si|u;iic' Imti'l 

 l>:in<Hiet c;in be had from .F. \V. I )ui:';i n. 

 .Folin K. M. L. Far(|iiiiar. I'eter I'isiier. 

 I>a\iil I.umsden, Alexander .\Ioiit;;oniei\ , 

 \Villi;iin Xicholson, Patrick Weidi, .l;iiuev 

 Wheeler and Edwar<l Wodd. 



We hope to SCO :i good delc;iation of 



our western friends at Ih nvention. 



New England may not have .-is hirge car- 

 nation estanlishments .-is <oiiie other sec- 

 tions, but in (piality of blooms sIh; will 

 iie found in the f(uefroMt, ;is well as in 

 seedlings. 



Vaxious Notef. 



The plant ami flower committee of the 

 Massachusetts Horticailtural Society has 

 been invite<I to insjiect a hou.se of the 

 new flesh-pink (urnation, Marion Pierce, 

 at Topsfield, which attracted much favor- 

 able notice at the late chrysanthemum 

 show. 



.1. J. Fee, of Jamaica Plain; E. Suter- 

 meister, Readville; Mann Bros., Ran- 

 dolph, Paine Bros, and J. Tailby & Son 

 ai'' sending in very good bulbous stock 

 at firesent, some of the tulips being espe- 

 ci.dly fine for so early in the .season. 



( ariiation night at the Gardeners' and 

 I'lorists' Club on January 16 and other 

 attractions in the way of exhibits, music, 

 etc., will undoubtedly draw one of the 

 l;iij;est crowds the club has yet seen. No 

 niiiiiber can afford to miss this meeting 

 iMid the good thin^fs it will afford. 



Some good gladioli of the (iandavensis 

 type are being marketeil by Lively Sc 



I Solid. 



At a meeting of the directors of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society on 

 .faiuiary (5, five new life members were 

 elerte'l. it w as votcil to ask the stat^ 

 legislature to set aside $25,(100 from the 

 gypsy and brown tail moth appropriations 

 to Ih' awarded to a (.'alifornia gentleman 

 who offers to introduce natural parasites 

 to chase out the pests and who does not 

 ;isk for one cent of the money unless the 

 parasites do what he (daims. If some 

 such parasite can l)e discovered it will 

 pivvent the deforestation of a large part 

 of this and other states which the rapid 

 increase of the pests threaten. 



Alexander McKay, of South Framing- 

 iiaiM, is marketing extra fine Prosperity 

 aii'i Enchantress carnations and is cut- 

 ting from a batch of 7,000 very fine 

 freesias. 



Thomas Stock, of Dorchester, has his 

 usual finjO lot of double bouvardia. 



I". J. Holmes, of Saugus, is bringing 

 in some extra fine antirrhinums. 



William Nicholson has extra fine free- 

 sia. Some of R, Fischer's strain have re- 

 m.irkable sterns, 



Houghton & Clark are showing some 

 good Zygopetalum Mackayi ami Dendro- 

 biiini formosum giganteum. 



i'ink Patten carnation is showing up 

 extra w(dl at Patten & (Jo.'s establish- 

 ment at [iresent. 



.'\. T\'oper's varie}j;ated seedling carna- 

 timi, Chester K'oper, is even more flori- 

 fenms than List year, which hardly 

 seemed po'-siblc. lie has some fine seed- 

 liii;^s cniiiing on wliiidi we ho[ie to st>e 

 ;it ilie A. C. S. meeting. 



l>a\ii| I.iimsdcii ii;is retired from the 

 tinii il A. iv<'i!lhy & Co., in which he 

 li;i - been n juiitiicr for some tiuu'. Mr. 

 I.iiiii^dcn is a (ii^^t cl;ivs plaiitsman and 

 we liiipe may slay in this section. 



A dull thud heard in the markets on 

 til' morning of .lanuary ;'. was occa- 

 sioned le, the fall in carnation prices. 



W. X. CUAKi. 



TiiK b'KviKv.- will send the I'rtuiounc- 

 iiii; Dictionary on recei[it of 25 cents. 



I'hi; Rkvikw will send .Montgomery 

 oil (Jrafted Roses on r«'cei[»t of 25 cents 



TlilC Revikw will send Herringtou 's 

 Chiysanthemuin Book on receipt of 50 



cents. 



'i'HK Rp:vie\v will send Smith's 

 Clirys.anthemum Manual on receipt of 25 



cents. 



