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The Weekly Florists^ Review- 



January 18, 1006. 



LARGE CROP NOW ON. 



Gdod flowers, fine color, 

 all leng^ths of stem. 



Long* Beauties especially g^ood. 



BEAUTIES 



Carnations and Tea Roses 



= ALSO IN LARGE SUPPLY AND QUALITY FIRST-CLASS IN ALL 



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51 Wabash Ave. 



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Princeps and Trumpet Major. Those 

 and tulips sell at from $2 to $4 per hun- 

 dred. Paper "Whites and Bomans are 

 abundant ana unchanged. Mignonette 

 at from $3 to $6 and some extra good 

 antirrhinum at $8 are seen. Freesia is 

 of very fine quality and sells well. 

 Lilies and callas are more abundant. 

 Green stock remains about the same. 



Gutiation Convention. 



Indications multiply that the coming 

 convention will prove the banner one in 

 the society's history. From west, north 

 and south we hear of visitors and exhibi- 

 tors who are coming and they will be 

 well repaid for their trip. 



We hope visitors will remember that 

 delegates from the Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Club wearing badges will be at the 

 north and south terminal stations, as 

 well as at the Back Bay station of the 

 N. Y., N. H. & H. K. R. and the Hunt- 

 ington avenue station of the Boston & 

 Albany K. E. to meet all incomiug trains 

 on the morning of January 24. The two 

 last named stations are very near the 

 Copley Square hotel and Horticultural 



hall. 



In a recent issue we stated that only 

 2,000 blooms were shown at Boston in 

 1895. This should have been 7,000, that 

 being the number staged. 



The A. C. S. usually has a snow storm 

 aa a side attraction. We hope climatic 

 conditions may prove as favorable as on 

 February 21 and 22, 1895, in Boston, and 

 there will be no cause for complaint. 



The Cleveland Cut Flower Co. will 

 exhibit its concrete bench and there will 

 be other allied exhibits of interest to 

 growers. 



Qub Meeting. 



There was a first-class attendance at 

 the club meeting on January 16, about 

 100 members being present. The newly 

 elected oflficers were installed and each 

 spoke optimistically of the club 's future, 

 President Wheeler predicting the most 

 successful year in the club's history 

 with a membership of 400 ere its close. 



The evening being known as carnation 

 night, the well known carnation special- 

 ists, Messrs. M. A. Patten and Peter 

 Fisher, spoke instructively on the past, 

 present and future of the divine flower. 

 All spoke optimistically as to the future 

 of carnations. Interesting remarks from 

 other members followed. It was voted 

 to accept lady members. 



The exhibits of the evening were 

 largely of carnations, a number being 

 seedlings. These would have been even 

 more numerous but for the near approach 



WILD SMILAX 



First-Class Stock 



ANOTHER CAR 



just in and have arranged so that there will be con- 

 stant supply in this market from this time on. 

 Only one size of cases, 50 pounds. Can ship at a 

 minute's notice. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



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WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



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 Central 4^6. 



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of the carnation convention. Fisher's 

 red seedling and M. A. Patten's Pink 

 Patten were awarded reports of superior 

 merit. 



Carnation convention subjects and the 

 proposed referring of applications to the 

 executive committee took up some time. 

 A good start for the new year was made, 

 there being sixteen new members admit- 

 ted and more promised for February. 

 There were refreshments as usual, and it 

 was a late hour ere the meeting closed, 

 all present voting it a most enjoyable 

 one. 



Various Notes. 



Dr. L. O. Howard, of Washington, 

 who opened the lecture season at Hor- 

 ticultural hall on January 13, had a 

 large audience to listen to his talk on 

 "The Possibilities from Insect Para- 

 sites." He expressed strong hopes that 

 the parasites obtained from Europe some 

 time ago will eventually keep the brown 

 tail ana gypsy moth pests under con- 

 trol, in which hope his audience fervently 

 joined. 



J. W. Manning showed a plant of Aza- 

 lea Hinodigeea, a popular form of 

 Azalea Indica, at Horticultural hall on 

 January 13. The flowers are of a clear 

 rosy pink color somewhat resembling A. 

 amcena but larger and of a better shade 



of pink. The plant is hardy at the 

 Reading Nurseries and should prove very 

 useful. 



The directors of the Music hall flower 

 market have accepted a very advan- 

 tageous oflfer to lease their present floor 

 for theatrical purposes and will move 

 into the basement of the same building,, 

 where a large staff of men are making, 

 the needful preparations for removal. 

 The lower floor is the same size as the 

 one now occupied. It will be well fitted 

 up and brilliantly lighted and should 

 prove just as serviceable as the present 

 stand. It will contain an ice chest 10x35 

 feet and every convenience. The rental 

 of the new location is less than half that 

 of the present floor, which is a bi^ 

 item. It is hoped to have the new quar- 

 ters ready for occupancy on or about 

 January 22. 



Doyle had the decorations, which were 

 quite elaborate for the Armory ball at 

 the Somerset on January 12. 



Penn, on Bromfield street, had a very 

 effective window decoration the past 

 week, composed entirely of scarlet car- 

 nations and Lilium Harrisii. 



David Lumsden has been engaged as 

 manager by W. W. Edgar & Co., of 

 Waverly. John Edgar goes as head 

 grower for Peirce Bros. 



