APHIL 19, 1906. 



The Weekly Rorists^ Review* 



1573 



dred. There was the usual supply of 

 stocks in a variety of colors, the best 

 double making $4 per hundred. Singles 

 were not wanted. Cut azaleas, antir- 

 rhinums, mignonette, anemones, ixias, 

 tritomas and other flowers were seen. 

 Lily of the valley was in moderate re- 

 quest at $3 to $4, and there was a fine 

 call for asparagus and adiantum. 



Easter Notes. 



A good many pot plants from Phila- 

 delphia and Long Island were seen. As 

 a rule these were inferior to stock grown 

 by Roland and our other best plantsmen. 



Dorothy Perkins was the leader in the 

 rambler class, and if at all presentable 

 it sold on sight. The hybrid perpetuals 

 sold rather sluggishly. 



Carbone had a fine lot of that beauti- 

 ful rhododendron. Pink Pearl, which 

 cleared quickly. He also had nice 

 Boronia elatior, ericas, some superb 

 Azalea Prof. Wolters, fine Dorothy Per- 

 kins rose and quantities of finely bloomed 

 English primroses in pans. 



Mann Bros, are about the only success- 

 ful growers of Lilium candidum. They 

 iiad 3,000 of these, the flowers making 

 $8 per hundred. They sold 10,000 pots 

 of L. longiflorum and an immense quan- 

 tity of azaleas, rhudodendrons, ramblers 

 and bulbous stock. 



Peirce Bros, cleaned out some 40,000 

 pots of lilies and had to refuse many 

 orders. They counted it the best Easter 

 on record. 



McMulkin had some well-grown ericas 

 of the Wilmoreana type and fine Doro- 

 thy Perkins and other ramblers. His 

 large show window was a vision in white 

 and his large conservatory very attract- 

 ively arranged. 



Houghton & Clark had a quantity of 

 finely flowered double red hawthorns and 

 excellent pyrus in variety and Prunus 

 triloba. Their specimens of Hydrangea 

 Otaksa were the finest seen. 



Welch Bros, had a strenuous week of 

 it. They report a very heavy sale of 

 Ijot lilies, azaleas, spiraeas, ramblers and 

 hydrangeas. In cut flowers their busi- 

 ness was, as usual, of enormous volume, 

 covering every part of New England. 



Galvin, in addition to the regular line 

 of Easter stock, had good bougainvilleas 

 and standard wistarias. He did a very 

 heavy business at the Tremont street 

 and Back Bay stores. 



H. M. Robinson & Co. report trade in 

 their lines as unusually heavy, early 

 morning and late night work having been 

 necessary for the past fortnight. 



As usual, Sim, Kidder, Spillsbury, Orr 

 and other violet specialists had superb 

 stock and they could have sold double 

 the quantity they had. 



Qub Meeting:. 



A big audience greeted J. A. Petti- 

 grew on April 17 to listen to his interest- 

 ing and practical lecture on "The Em- 

 bellishment of Streets and Waysides." 

 Everyone present seemed to feel a keen 

 interest in the subject so ably treated 

 upon, and an animated discussion was 

 lollowed by an enthusiastic vote of 

 thanks. The new additions to the mem- 

 Ijership roll, numbering from three 

 ^mn^^' P^^^^» the club well above the 

 ^00 mark. The president announced de- 

 tails of the club bancjuet on April 25. 

 there will be a reception at 6 o'clock. 

 ^ he banquet will be served at 6:30, fol- 

 |owed by a first-class entertainment. At 

 • clock one of the floors will be cleared 

 ^JT dancing, for which an eflicient or- 

 chestra is engaged. The large advance 



sale of tickets indicates an attendance 

 of 300 or more. Everyone present was 

 brim full of enthusiasm over the ban- 

 quet, and it was stated that visitors from 

 the North Shore and Rhode Island Hor- 

 ticultural Societies would be present. 



It was announced that E. O. Orpet, 

 of South Lancaster, will address the club 

 at the meeting May 15 and that arrange- 

 ments for the coming landscape garden- 

 ing classes are being made. There were 

 some interesting exhibits in spite of the 

 meeting coming so soon after Easter. Re- 

 freshments were served and all present 

 voted the meeting the best ever. 



Various Notes. 



The residence of Clothier Pierce, of 

 Dighton, was destroyed by fire April 13. 

 A large proportion of Mr. Pierce's big 

 collection of dahlias were in his cellars. 

 Fortunately his greenhouses were saved. 



W. H. Elliott's faith in Richmond 

 rose is such that he will plant 11,000 of 

 it the coming season. 



E. Sutermeister says his Easter trade 

 in bulbous stock in pans was the best he 

 ever had. 



The next exhibition at Horticultural 

 hall will occur on May 6. Azaleas, cal- 

 ceolarias, pelargoniums, tulips and nar- 

 cissi will be special features. 



Not for many years have trees and 

 shrubs come through the winter with so 

 little injury as the one just closed. Even 

 plants of doubtful hardiness look fresh. 



Nurseries in this section have all their 

 resources taxed just now to fill their or- 

 ders. The season opened so late, owing 

 to the cold March, that the shipping sea- 

 son will be even shorter than a year ago. 



H. M. Robinson expects to start on a 

 business trip to California on or about 

 April 29. 



H. A. Jahn, of New Bedford, has just 

 received a letter from F. L. Schulz, sec- 

 retary of the Kentucky Society of Flo- 

 rists, commending the wonderful keeping 

 qualities of his new seedling carnation, 

 No. 49. A box of it arrived two days 

 ahead of the recent show in Louisville, 

 and kept long enough thereafter to prove 

 it to be a veritable "globe trotter." 



W. N. Craig. 



ST. LOUIS. 



Easter Trade. 



Easter trade from all reports was 

 quite satisfactory with the retailers, 

 wholesalers and growers. There was a 

 marked falling off in the call for cut 

 flowers of all kinds except lilies, but an 

 increased demand for blooming plants, 

 of which there were plenty, and of the 

 best quality. Lilies were in great de- 

 mand and sold out clean. Azaleas were 

 in evidence at all the stores. Bulbous 

 stock in pots and pans sold remarkably 

 well and good prices were realized. 

 Spiraeas and hydrangeas, too, sold well. 



The floral displays in the windows of 

 the up-town florists were fine. Theo. 

 Miller, Eggeling, Kalisch and Windt had 

 magnificent displays of all kinds of 

 blooming plants. Fred. C. Weber, Town- 

 send, F. H. Weber and Michel had a 

 great plant trade and their stock was a 

 sight worth looking at. The best trade 

 in years was done by the Grand avenue 

 florists, Mrs. Ayers, Geo. Waldbart, Elli- 

 son, Ostertag and Newman. 



The down-town florists, who do not 

 handle so many blooming plants, all re- 

 port a big trade in cut flowers. The 

 weather was not very pleasant, but favor- 

 able enough for delivery of goods with- 

 out extra wrapping. 



The wholesalers were kept very busy 

 with the local and shipping trade, and 

 with some of them it proved the biggest 

 Easter on record. Great quantities of 

 lilies were disposed of. Roses were plen- 

 tiful. First-class stock sold clean. 

 There was too much of the second grade 

 in the market. American Beauties had 

 a big demand. A fine lot of carnations 

 were in the market, especially Lawson 

 and Enchantress. Fancy grades sold at 

 $5 per hundred. Of the other grades 

 none were sold less than $3. Violets 

 wer4, more plentiful than expected, but 

 not nrst-class. Of bulbous stock Harrisii 

 and callas sold best. Next came lily of 

 the valley and Dutch hyacinths. Tulips 

 were over-plentiful, as only the lighter 

 shades sold well. Smilax, asparagus and 

 adiantum had a good call, witli the mar- 

 ket well supplied. 



Various Notes. 



The Florists' Club should have held a 

 meeting last Thursday afternoon, but 

 only five members showed up. They were 

 President Ammann, Vice-President Stei- 

 dle, Secretary Schray, F. J. Fillmore and 

 J. J. Beneke. The business of the meet- 

 ing was laid over until May, when a 

 large attendance is expected. 



J. J. Karins, of Philadelphia, who 

 represents H. A, Dreer, spent a few days 

 in the city the past week. 



.Julius Buechel, father of Edward 

 Buechel, manager of the Riessen Floral 

 Co., died the past week. The funeral 

 was held Saturday. Mr. Buechel has the 

 sympathy of the trade. 



Frank Ellis, who expected to be back 

 from Panama for the Easter rush, writes 

 that it will be May 1 before he will be 

 able to return home. He sees a great 

 future in his banana plantation. 



Arthur Ellison, in a race at the roller 

 rink the past week, had a fall which al- 

 most broke his nose. His friends hardly 

 recognized him at the wholesale houses 

 tlio next morning. 



Miss Badaracco, in her pretty new 

 store, had a fine display of Easter plants 

 and reports a big trade. 



Henry G. Berning reports that he dis- 

 posed of nearly 7,000 lilies during Easter 

 week. Business in other stock was also 

 very satisfactory. 



Mayor Wells this week will nominate 

 the new city forester, and it looks as 

 though this offce, too, will be in the 

 hands of politicians instead of an ex- 

 perienced man. 



The florist bowlers lost two of their 

 games with the Unions on Tuesday of 

 last week. Capt. Beyer was high man 

 and was followed by Ellison, Lohrenz, 

 Beneke and Kuehn. Monday they rolled 

 a match game with the Fern Glens. 



J. J. B. 



Crown Point, Ind. — The material for 

 C. M. Favorite 's new greenhouse plant 

 has arrived. 



KiRKSviLLE, Mo. — Sarah A. Eades, 

 wife of B. F. Eades, died April 3 after 

 an illness of five months. 



Albion, Mich. — Dew 's Greenhouses 

 are shortly to be enlarged by the addi- 

 tion of a structure 42x128. 



Anacostia, D. C— F. H. Kramer is 

 preparing to put up three rose houses 

 with as little delay as possible. 



Summit, N. .L— Lager & Hurrell, who 

 exhibited at the spring show of the 

 Ma.ssachusetts Horticultural Society, 

 Boston, sold a single plant, a Cattleya 

 Schroederiana, for $1,000. 



