June 28, 1006. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



347 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Business the last week showed a con- 

 siderable improvement over that of pre- 

 ceding weeks, thanks to calls for gradu- 

 ations, class days and weddings. At 

 present too much stock is arriving, but 

 the glut is less acute than a few weeks 

 ago. Some very good outdoor roses still 

 arrive, Jacqs, Brunners and Luizets be- 

 ing mostly seen. These make $2 to $6 

 per hundred. There is only a moderate 

 supply of Beauties, but enough for all 

 demands, and the same holds true of 

 all other indoor roses. Carnations vary 

 from 50 cents to $2 according to quality. 

 These are now arriving very small. 

 Sweet peas make good prices, anywhere 

 from 25 to 75 cents per hundred. The 

 outdoor supply is still limited to a few 

 Mont Blanc, Sunbeam and Earliest of 

 All, but the present week will see a big 

 flood of other varieties. 



Peonies are over, A few pink varie- 

 ties at 25 cents to 35 cents per dozen 

 are the only remnants left. Lily of the 

 valley is in quite good demand at $2 to 

 $3 per hundred. Lilies and gladioli are 

 each rather scarce. Stocks, feverfew 

 and cornflowers are abundant. Sweet 

 Williams are abundant but no one seems 

 to want them. A few asters have ar- 

 rived, but not enough, however, to be 

 quotable. 



Rose and Strawberry Exhibition. 



While the dates selected for this show, 

 June 22 and 23, were a few days too 

 late for the immediate vicinity of Bos- 

 ton, there was a very nice display of 

 roses, the hybrid perpetuals being much 

 better than in 1905. As usual, the larg- 

 est individual exhibitor was M. H. 

 Walsh for the Miss S. B. Fay estate. 

 He staged some 1,500 blooms, of his 

 usual high quality, and captured many 

 first premiums. Other prizes went to 

 W. J. Clemson, J. O. Kristenson 

 gardener ; Mrs. E. M. Gill, John C. Chaf - 

 fin estate, and Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Wm. 

 Thatcher gardener. 



The following were among the suc- 

 cessful exhibitors in the various rose 

 classes: Mrs. C. C. Converse, D. F. Eoy 

 gardener; Dr. C. G. Weld, W. C. Eust 

 gardener; Geo. F. Fabyan, James 

 Stuart gardener; Mrs. E. M. Gill, W. J. 

 Clemson, John C. ChaflBLn estate, Mrs. 

 A. W. Blake, J. L. Smith gardener, and 

 E. L. Lewis. There were a number of 

 miscellaneous collections not for compe- 

 tition from F. L. Ames estate, W. N. 

 Craig gardener; Mrs. A. W. Blake, W. 

 J. Clemson, and others. 



In white varieties Frau Karl Druschki 

 was finely shown by Walsh and several 

 others. Margaret Dickson was largely 

 exhibited. It seems to do well with 

 neariy every one. The following other 

 sorts were especially well shown: Mrs. 

 J. Laing, Duke of Teck, Ards Eover, 

 Mme. Gabriel Luizet, Faul Neyron, 

 Prince Camille de Rohan, Baron de 

 Bonstettin, Clio, Mrs. Sharman Craw- 

 ford, Ulrich Brunner, Magna Charta, 

 Anne de Diesbach and Baroness Eoths- 

 child. 



W. Whitman had the best eighteen 

 vases of sweet williams. Dr. C. G. Weld 

 second, Wilfrid W^heeler third. Although 

 no classes for peonies were provided 

 there was a big display of these popular 

 flowers, the blooms being much better 

 than those seen a week previous at the 

 regular peony show. T. C. Thurlow & 

 Co. filled a table over fifty feet long 



with seventy-five varieties. Many of 

 these were in large vases and the whole 

 made a beautiful exhibit. Especially 

 good were Marquis de Lory, Courrone 

 d'Or, M. Dupont, Mme. Geissler, Venus, 

 Mile. Eousseau and Lady Alexandra 

 Duff. E. J. Shaylor had an excellent 

 stand of late varieties. Among them 

 were Baroness Schrceder, Mile. Emile 

 Lemoine, and Harry Woodward. Dr. 

 D. S. Minot had thirty varieties, in- 

 cluding Milton Hill, a beautiful soft 

 pink, Albatre and Albert Crouse. In 

 George Hollis' collection were about 

 thirty seedlings, some of much merit. 

 Lucy E. Hollis, a large, flat bloom, deep 

 pink in color, was one of the gems of 

 the show. A. H. Fewkes, Mrs. E. M. 

 Gill and others contributed peonies. 



Mount .Desert Nurseries, Bar Harbor, 

 Me., had a large collection of German 

 and other irises and a dozen fine spikes 

 of eremuri. Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Wm. 

 Thatcher gardener, had a beautiful 

 group of Canterbury bells in 10-inch 



The first insertion of the advertise- 

 ment in 



would have been plenty, for we got 

 enough orders through it to take all 

 the stock we had. We should have 

 wired to head off the second issue, for 

 we have been kept busy since return- 

 ing money for orders we could not fill. 



FRED RENTSCHLER. 



Madison, Wis., June 20, '06. 



pots. These showed splendid culture. 

 Another good lot came from Mrs. A. W. 

 Blake. Blue Hiil Nurseries 'had an ex- 

 tensive display of hardy perennials. A 

 smaller collection came from Mrs. J. B. 

 Lawrence. Oakes Ames, Sabin Bolton 

 gardener, received a certificate of merit 

 for Cypripedium I'Ansoni (C. Boths- 

 childianum x C. Morganise). Walter 

 Hunnewell, T. O. Hatfield gardener, had 

 an interesting collection of fourteen 

 varieties of summer blooming chrysan- 

 themums. Some of the best were: 

 Horace Martin, Mons Nonin, Emily 

 Grunnerwald, Bobbie Burns, Ideal, Fire- 

 light, and Balph Curtis, awarded a 

 bronze medal. The same exhibitor 

 showed roses Lenchstern and Bubin. 



Marshall was once more invincible 

 among the strawberries. The most prom- 

 ising new variety was Golden Gate, 

 Marshall x Bubach, shown by Samuel H. 

 Warren, of Weston. The fruit was as 

 large and firm as Marshall, not so dark 

 in color, but claimed to produce several 

 times the crop of that variety. It is the 

 most promising seedling shown for years 

 and should be in big demand. 



Various Note*. 



Walter Angus, of Andover, in charge 

 of the Stevens estate, leaves there to 

 manage the Lyman estate in Waltham. 



He is succeeded by George Westland, 

 late of Mount Auburn cemetery. 



Some convention talk is now being in- 

 dulged in and it looks as though Boston 

 would send a good delegation to Day- 

 ton. 



At the last meeting of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club Alfred Poetsch waa 

 the exhibitor of the fine new heliotrope, 

 Frau Lederle, receiving a report of 

 merit. The same exhibitor showed Im- 

 patiens Holstei x Sultani, good either 

 for culture in pots or bedding. Julius 

 Heurlin showed Peony Jennie Lind and 

 the Golden Acer Negundo Odessianum. 



Daniel Iliffe reports business in his 

 line as exceptionally good, he having on 

 hand more than double the work he 

 had a year ago. Some of his contracts 

 are greenhouses for Mrs. S. V. B. Cros- 

 by, Manchester, and Mrs. Joshua Crane, 

 Westwood. He is supplying iron work 

 for three houses 40x250, being built by 

 Doburn & Shannon, at Woburn, to be 

 used for violets and carnations, and for 

 one 40x275 for Howard, of West New- 

 ton. 



J. Walsh & Son, Melrose, furnished 

 the decorations for the Morgan-Nevins 

 nuptials at Methuen, and they were pro- 

 nounced among the most beautiful seen 

 in that section for a long time. They 

 used among other stock 3,000 Bichmond 

 and Beauty roses, also quantities of 

 Dorothy Perkins, fifty dozen peonies, 

 3,000 yards of laurel and a carload of 

 palms. 



Maurice Fuld succeeds H. E. Fiske as 

 manager for W. W. Eawson & Co. He 

 has been in the firm about three years 

 and was formerly with E. & J. Farquhar 

 & Co. 



The Gardeners ' and Florists ' Club will 

 hold another field day at the establish- 

 ment of William Sim, Cliftondale, on 

 June 30. A train leaves the North 

 Union station at 2 p. m. Electric cars 

 also can be taken. A large delegation 

 is expected to attend and see this well 

 kept and up-to-date place. 



The garden committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society visited the 

 peony garden of Dr. C. S. Minot, of 

 Eeadville, on June 21. The collection 

 embraces about 300 varieties and many 

 of the later sorts were found in fine 

 condition. 



The next show at Horticultural hall 

 occurs on July 7. Hardy roses, del- 

 phiniums, pentstemons, Iris Kaempferi, 

 campanulas and hardy herbaceous plants 

 will be special features. 



There are 254 entries for the prizes 

 given by the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society this year for children's 

 gardens. Sixty per cent are from boys. 

 There are also numerous entries for 

 school gardens. An exhibition of their 

 products will be held on July 7. 



W. N. Craig. 



Detroit, Mich. — Hugo Schroeter has 

 gone east. He will be married June 30. 



Bichmond, Ind. — G. R. Gause reports 

 business the last season as good, spring 

 plant trade especially so. Bedding plants 

 sold well, especially geraniums. Outdoor 

 stock is badly in need of a good rain, 

 as it is very dry in this vicinity. 



Springfield, Ohio. — Local florists, 

 among whom are C. L. Beese, Aldrich 

 Floral Co., Springfield Floral Co., and 

 McGregor Bros., donated stock for 

 planting the grounds at the new city 

 prison. The beds were made by Edward 

 Mclntire, superintendent at Snyder 

 park. 



