March 22, 1906. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Easter Plants 



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ercisos will end so as to permit of out- 

 of-town visitors taking late trains home. 



Some of the leading exhibitors of 

 plants in the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society 's show are Farquhar & 

 Co., who have a 400-foot group of bulb- 

 out stock; W. W. Kawson & Co., M. H. 

 Walsh, A. F. Estabrook, Wm. Whitman, 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner, E, W. Breed, 

 Thomas Eoland, Julius Roehrs Co., 

 Lager & Hurrell, H. H. Barrows & Son, 

 E. McMulkin, James Crawshaw and 

 Harvard Botanic Gardens. 



A. H. Hews & Co. have increased the 

 value of their special prize to $50 in 

 lieu of $25. They did the same at the 

 recent carnation show. 



Qub Meeting. 



The attendance on March 20 was 

 again very large, about 150 members be- 

 ing present to hear D. Lumsden's prac- 

 tical paper on "Bulbs and Plants Most 

 in Demand for the Easter Trade. ' ' A 

 good discussion followed the reading of 

 the paper and a rousing vote of thanks 

 was accorded the lecturer. President 

 Wheeler stated that a club banquet 

 would be held on April 26, to which 

 ladies are invited. There will be an ex- 

 cellent entertainment and dancing and 

 a rousing attendance is expected. 



it was reported that the landscape 

 ganlening school will open in October. 

 Forty members signified their intention 

 of joining. 



There was an animated discussion on 



heating in which Iliffe, Montgomery, 

 Grey, Elliott and Mathews participated. 

 The Holly-Castle system of artificial 

 circulation was commended. 



The Stearns Lumber Co. presented the 

 club with a handsome engraved gavel. 



The membership was swelled by the 

 addition of several names. Exhibits 

 were very interesting, in spite of the 

 fact that the spring show was to come 

 only three days later. There were re- 

 freshments, as usual, and all present 

 voted the meeting a splendid one. 



Various Notes. 



Some of the finest Campbell violets 

 and sweet peas we have ever seen are 

 being handled at the Music hall market 

 for Malcolm Orr, by H. T. Capers. 



Shamrocks were in heavy demand for 

 St. Patrick's dav. Wm. Nicholson sold 

 over 20,000 and S. J. Goddard 10,000. 



The Boston delegates to the recent 

 meeting of the S. A. F. in Dayton report 

 a delightful meeting and anticipate in 

 the Ohio city one of the greatest con- 

 ventions ever held. , 



The damage to the A. H. Hews Co. 

 plant by the recent fire amounted to over 

 $8,000. A large storage shed, 60x150. 

 with contents was destroyed. It con- 

 tained, among other articles, 200,000 

 small flower pots, twenty-five car-loads 

 of hay and large quantities of packing 

 boxes. The fire will not affect the fill- 

 ing of orders by the firm, however. 



W. C. Ward, the pansy specialist, has 



one of the most sought after stands in 

 Ihc Music hall market at present. His 

 j)ansies, as usual, are of very fine 

 (juality. 



James Wheeler and W. P. Rich were 

 among the 430 present at the annual 

 banquet of the Worcester Horticultural 

 Society on March 15 and report a de- 

 lightful gathering. 



Fire starting in a barn caused con- 

 siderable damage to Charles Cummings' 

 greenl'.ouses at Wol)urn on Marcli It. 



Carlx)ne is showing some fine imanto- 

 I)hyllums and amarj'llis. He also has 

 splendid ixias and ranunculi. 



Doyle has nice Cymbidium eburnoum 

 and C. Lowianum and especially well 

 flowered gardenias in 8-inch pots. 



Henry ^[. Robinson lias just returned 

 from a tour of the principal New Eng- 

 land cities. He finds business generally 

 first-class. His firm is exceptionally 

 busy this season. 



Houghton & Clark are showing fine 

 crinums and well bloomed I'liaius grandi- 

 folius. 



Temperatures as low as zero were re- 

 corded near Boston on March 19. In 

 New Hampshire readings ran as low as 

 10 degrees below. W. N. Craui. 



Cleveland, O. — The Standard Pump 

 and Engine Co. is moving into a larger 

 factory, taking in additional capital and 

 preparing to considerably enlarge its 

 output. 



