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JUHB 21, 1906. 



TheWeekly Rorists' Review. 



283 



Peony Oouronne d'Or. Peony Marie Lemolae. 



Two of the Best White Peonies Shown at the Recent Exhibitions of the American Peony Society. 



and Maid are poor and some are hardly 

 worth marketing. Outdoor hybrids com- 

 prise Jacqs, Brunners and Luizets 

 chiefly. The red shades sell the best, 

 all the way from $2 to $8. The quality 

 of these is very good this week and 

 they have the call over colored indoor 

 sorts. 



Carnations with few exceptions are 

 very poor. A few select make $2, poorer 

 grsides down to 50 cents. A good many 

 poor blooms were cleared the past week 

 at 25 cents per hundred. Sweet peas 

 make 25 cents to 30 cents per hundred. 

 These are not of specially good quality, 

 but scarce. Better outdoor stock should 

 come in this week. Lilies are rather 

 scarce. Lily of the valley is in good 

 demand at $2 to $4. Outdoor stock is 

 now done. Spanish iris from outdoors 

 makes $2 per hundred. Feverfew, 

 sweet Williams, stocks and other flowers 

 are not in much request. Peonies are 

 abundant and prices vary widely. Com- 

 mon sorts move slowly up to $8 or $10 

 in special cases. Green goods continue 

 in VBTj good demand. 



Qub Field Day. 



The plan of holding a field day and 

 club meeting on the same day proved 

 very successful. The attendance on 

 June 19, when the estates of Larz Ander- 

 son and Mrs. W. C. Brandegee were 

 visited, was the largest the club has 

 yet had at any similar outing. A num- 

 ber of ladies were included in the party, 

 and several visitors from a distance. 



At the Larz Anderson estate 

 the Italian garden commanded the 

 greatest attention. This is admitted 

 to be the best of its class in 

 America and the planting is not 

 of that miserable carpet-bed-like style 

 which disfigures so many similar gardens. 

 Here at present Canterbury bells 

 rockets, sweet Williams, aquilegias! 

 digitalis, peonies, etc., in big beds make 

 a gorgeous show, while tuberous be- 

 gonias, Nicotiana Sanderae, salvias and 

 other tender plants are used. Every bed 

 IS well blossomed all summer long, for 

 *•? \°°° ^^ °"« <^'"op is gone another 

 planted to succeed it is in flower, ^he 

 collection of rambler roses around the 

 sides will be very beautiful in a few 

 oays. The specimen bays and boxes here 

 are very fine. Great (^^edit is due Mr 



Anderson and his skilful head gardener, 

 Duncan Finlayson, for the originating 

 of and planting of this garden. 



In addition to the Italian garden the 

 lawns, shrubberies, kitchep garden, etc., 

 were inspected. All looked beautifully 

 fresh and green after the recent copious 

 rains. In the greenhouses carnations, 

 roses, etc., were in grand shape. Several 

 divisions of grapes and nectarines were 

 carrying heavy crops of good fruit. 

 Good batches of gloxinias, achimines, 

 tuberous begonias, gardenias, orchids, 

 etc., were noted and admired. Every- 

 thing is clean and well grown and 

 shows that a skilled hand is at the head 

 of affairs. Befreshments were served 

 by Mrs. Finlayson before the party left 

 and a few short speeches made, ending 

 in cheers for the generous hosts. 



At Faulkner Farm, the extensive estate 

 of Mrs. W. C. Brandegee, over which 

 David Weir is superintendent, the 

 sweeps of well Kept lawns, shrubberies 

 and perennial flowering plants were ad- 

 mired. Rhododendrons were on the wane 

 but kalmias were at their best, as were 

 the hybrid perpetual roses. The fine 

 Italian garden is well planted and very 

 attractive. Some of the finest bay trees 

 in the country are used in it. In the 

 greenhouses good batches of orchids, 

 palms, ferns, pelargoniums and other 

 plants were seen. Everything on the 

 estate, including the farm department, 

 over which Mr. Weir also has charge, 

 is in excellent condition. Before de- 

 parting President Wheeler thanked Mr. 

 Weir and Mrs. Brandegee, in behalf of 

 the club, for the pleasant outing enjoyed 

 and courtesies extended. 



On arriving at Horticultural hall re- 

 freshments of ice cream, cake, straw- 

 berries, etc., were served before the regu- 

 lar club meeting opened, about 100 

 ladies and gentlemen being in attend- 

 ance. There was considerable discussion 

 over the place for the club's picnic, 

 Caledonian Grove, West Roxbury, being 

 most favored. Date §nd other details 

 were left to th^ oommitftd' and will be 

 announced later. Several new members 

 were elected. 



Short addresses were made "by C W 

 ^^i£'./? peonies; by S. S. SkideW 

 of Philadelphia, and J. W. Rodgers, park 

 superintendent at Cincinnati, who is 

 gathering ideas in the east. 



Awards included a report of superior 

 merit to Mount Desert Nurseries for 

 eremurei; a report of merit to Charles 

 Sander for Egan rose, and to James 

 Crawshaw for his new asparagus. An 

 award was also given for a new helio- 

 trope. 



An invitation was received to hold the 

 next field day with Wm. Sim, Clifton- 

 dale. 



In lieu of a regular lecture there was 

 a general discussion on seasonable 

 topics and some queries from the ques- 

 tion box were answered. Coming so 

 soon after the peony show, there were 

 not so many exhibits as usual. It was 

 quite late before the meeting terminated, 

 all present voting that the day had been 

 a delightful and profitable one. 



Various Notes. 



W. Atlee Burpee, of Philadelphia; 

 Robert Scott, Sharon, Pa., and Hugh 

 Dickson, the well known rosarian, of 

 Belfast, Ireland, formed an interesting 

 little party of visitors the past week. 



Hugh L. Cameron will sail on the 

 Ivernia on July 10 and will meet Mrs. 

 Cameron, who sailed June 12 on the 

 same boat, in Scotland, for a two 

 months' tour. 



A very large number of out-of-town 

 gardeners and florists visited the peony 

 show and nearly all took down names of 

 desirable sorts.* 



The annual show of hardy roses, straw- 

 berries and other seasonable fruits, 

 flowers and vegetables occurs June 22 

 and 23. The recent copious rains have 

 benefited roses wonderfully, but the dates 

 selected are a few days too late for the 

 immediate vicinity of Boston. 



A rigorous fight is now being made 

 against the gypsy and brown tail moths 

 in this section. Superintendent A. H. 

 Kirkland, who has charge of the work 

 of suppression for the state of Massa- 

 cuusetts, says the damage done this June 

 is no greater than in 1905 and thinks 

 that the war waged has begun to tell. 

 Let us hope 'tis true. 



Carnations are making splendid 

 growth in the fields at present, thanks 

 to recent soaking rains. Cutworms con- 

 tinue, however, to do considerable dam- 

 age. The destruction they cause during 

 winter indoprs is a serious matter, for 

 many leading growers, W. N. Crajq. 



