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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Fbbbuaby 15, 1906. 



this week with Azalea mollis, both orange 

 and crimson, with valentine favors in the 

 corners. 



H. H. Battles' show-case contains 

 Couronne d'Or tulips, a fancy variety 

 not much seen now. It is very beautiful. 



M. Eice & Co., are doing a remarkable 

 amount of business in supplying wedding 

 outfits. It keeps them working overtime 

 to prevent the orders accumulating. 



William A. Leonard, of Lansdowne, 

 Pa., plans building two houses this sea- 

 son. 



The Whilldin Pottery Co. has just 

 shipped an order for Honolulu by steam- 

 er. They have also recently filled orders 

 in South America. 



Bayersdorfer & Co. have bought the. 

 business of Budolph Hantsch, 811 Le- 

 high avenue. They will run both places. 

 Sydney Bayersdorfer is in charge of the 

 uptown place. Phil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Weather conditions have not been con- 

 ducive to brisk business during the past 

 week. For several days it was' too cold 

 for the street venders to handle any- 

 thing and that always means poorer 

 trade-in the wholesale markets. Every- 

 thing being considered, growers have no 

 cause for grumbling, although more 

 stock has been coming in than could be 



sold. 



American Beauties continue in very 

 shoi't supply 'and the best grades are 

 scarce and high. More Brides, Maids, 

 » and other sorts are coming in, but these 

 have cleared out pretty well at former 

 rates. Carnations have not varied a 

 great deal. No fancy prices are being 

 realized. Top price on fancies contin- 

 ues to be $3 to $4 except it be a few 

 Prosperity or novelties. Some of the 

 poorer grades are cleared at $1. 



Violets seU all the way from 25 cents 

 to 75 cents, varying according to the 

 quality as well as the demand. A very 

 fair demand is at this writing expected 

 for these on Valentine's day. 



Sweet peas are abundant and good. 

 Valley is not over-plentiful and sells 

 welL Callas and Easter lilies are each 

 abundant. Double and single yellow daf- 

 fodils as well as Narcissus poeticus and 

 tulips are plentiful They sell fairly 

 weU, however. Other flowers coming in 

 include white azaleas, Anemone coro- 

 naria, ranunculus, wallflowers, gladioli, 

 antirrhinums, stocks, cornflowers, Core- 

 opsis grandiflora and acacia. There is 

 a very good call for both asparagus and 

 adiantum, but not much demand for smi- 



lax, 



Pot plants are being brought in in 

 considerable numbers. Those most seen 

 are aaaleas, genistas, cyclamens. Primu- 

 la Obonica, bulbous stock and small 

 ferns in pans. 



Various Notes. 



The seed trade bowling league closed 

 the season with a very successful ban- 

 quet at the Langham on February 12, 

 to which about seventy-five sat down. 

 Following the banquet there vras speech- 

 making and an excellent musical pro- 

 gram. 



Galvin had an extensive decoration at 

 Emmanuel church on February 7 for the 

 Quincy-Monroe wedding. 



Sidney Hoffman is now passing ci- 

 gars on the most recent acquisition to 

 his household. 



None can afford to miss the meeting 

 of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club on 



February 20. Everything points to a 

 rousing attendance SiUd the membership 

 list wul get a further good lift toward 

 the 300-mark. 



Wheeler Co., of Waban, who are or- 

 chid specialists, report heavy sales on 

 cattleya flowers. They expect a large 

 lot of C. Mossiae ere long. 



The Bay State Nurseries at North 

 Abington are clearing considerable 

 woodland in order to further increase 

 their nursery ground and keep pace with 

 their rapidly increasing trade. 



A. P. Calder, of Brockton, has two 

 splendid houses of double violets which 

 would be hard to duplicate in this state. 



H. M. Eobinson & Co. are receiving 

 some splendid consignments of southern 

 smUax and boxwood. They report busi- 

 ness as good and have to work until 10 

 or 11 o'clock many nights to keep 

 abreast of orders. 



Welch Bros, are receiving quantities 



Here is our renewal for another year 



for , ' 



fm 



has been the means of our attaining 



the success that we have had the past 



few years in raising and selling plants 



and flowers. 



G. C BOUTON & SON. 



Bridgeport, Cotuu 

 January 24, 1906. 



of the finest lUy of the valley we have 

 seen from Carl Jurgens, Newport, B. I. 



We met one our florists on the road 

 the other day for an old line life insur- 

 ance company. He has had about enough 

 of it already and will be glad to get 

 back to his own calUng. He finds it a 

 tough proposition writmg policies these 

 days. 



Bepairs on the wrecked greenhouses 

 of the Halifax Grarden Co., at Halifax, 

 Mass., are practically completed. 



Doyle had the decorations for the 

 Stockton-Head wedding at Trinity 

 church last week. They were executed 

 in his best taste. Pink azaleas were 

 used in profusion to good effect. 



Benjamin P. Ware, of Marblehead, 

 who died at the Boston Homoepathic 

 hospital on February 7, and was in- 

 terred at Harmony Grove cemetery, Sa- 

 lem, on February 10, had been a mem- 

 ber of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society for a long term of years. He 

 had faithfully served in many offices, 

 including that of vice-president, and 

 was a warm patron of horticulture. 



A good audience listened to a lecture 

 on "Abandoned Farms and Their Ca- 

 pabilities" at Horticulture hall on Feb- 

 ruary 10, by Prof. W. M. Munson, of 

 Orono, Me. On February 17 E. O. Or- 

 pet, of South Lancaster, will speak on 

 ** Hardy Flowers" and will undoubtedly 

 have a large and interested audience. 



Mrs. E. W. Wood died at her home at 



West Newton, Mass., on February 5. 

 She was 80 years of age. Three well- 

 known sons survive. They are H. C 

 Wood, E. A. Wood and W. K. Wood. 



John Barry, buyer for W. E. Boyle '.s 

 Beacon street store, died February 11. 

 He was very popular in the trade. 



W. N. Craig. 



BUFFALO. 



Various Comment. 



With all the fibae weather, flowers, ex- 

 cept bulbous stock, are not going to 

 waste and that is not wasting but it<. 

 good demand and of the very finest qual 

 ity. Von oion and Golden Spur narcissi, 

 Yellow Prince, La Beine and Vermilion 

 Brilliant tiilips are now at their ver\ 

 best and the public feels like taking 

 spring flowers. 



We lately gave ourselves the pleas 

 ure of caUing on Miss Grace Newlands, 

 1838 Main street. They have lately 

 built a palm house in the rear of the 

 store and a long, narrow conservatory 

 between the store and their range of 

 four houses facing Delavan avenue. It 

 was a sad blow to both family and 

 friends when the estimable Donald New- 

 lands was taken away and his sister has 

 bravely given up a fine position and 

 taken hold of the business and I can see 

 nothing but success in view for her. 

 They have a very compact and attrac- 

 tive place and are fortunate in having 

 an excellent gardener, faithful, diligent 

 and clever. With these favorable cir- 

 cumstances and Miss Newlands' tact, 

 good judgment and splendid character 

 there can be nothing but success, which 

 all friends as well as contemporaries will 

 be glad to see. 



;^bins have been very common here 

 for the past two weeks. Where they put 

 their heads last week when it was 10 

 degrees below zero we do not know, but 

 it's pretty sure they were not singing, 

 "Meet me in the Cherry Tree, Maud." 

 An incident of this winter is worth not- 

 ing. We planted three tulip beds for 

 a customer on January 17, ground dry 

 and friable, and they will l^ likely to 

 give as fine flowers and more lasting 

 than any planted in October. 



Some one has been around this local- 

 ity and was kind enough to write up 

 several places. He was very complimen- 

 tary in notices of the places and had 

 sweet things to say about a certain es- 

 tablishment at Corfu. As this was signed 

 "S" my friends might think it was W. 

 S. Admitting many weaknesses, we are 

 not guilty of praising our own offspring 

 on their humble achievements. We take 

 more pleasure in calling their attention 

 to "things they have left undone and 

 done things they ought not to have 

 done." David has certainly great car- 

 nations, mignonette, sweet peas and fine 

 roses and, last, a fine boy. It is no long- 

 er a novelty to be told of these recur- 

 ring events, but when this habit is ac- 

 quired in a brand new quarter it is 

 alarming. It means new anxieties for 

 grandma and grandpa and more Christ- 

 mas presents. We must excuse* young 

 parents thinking their offspring the most 

 wonderful that ever was. It is a natu- 

 ral law and without it the world would 

 soon become depopulated. Maternal love 

 came into the world perhaps millions of 

 years ago and after ages had elapsed 

 came paternal love, but not before moth- 

 er and offspring needed his protection. 

 If you want to be further posted on this 

 wonderful subject get Drummond's As- 

 cent of Man from your public library. 



