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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Si:i-Ti:.Mi!i;it 0, I'.toc, 



l)(UH]ii(>ts. So ayi|iroriati\<> have our lead- 

 ing llorists l)(H'ii Uial tliis iiovolly is al- 

 ready Ht-arcc, soiled and shopworn ix'lies 

 iif byj^diie days beiiij;- eagerly piirehased 

 by late comers. 



The eirects in natural bark and twij; 

 •lire many and \ai'ied. and one of the 

 )nost strikinL; ii>v nii(|\\ iii1(M' diniu'rs is 

 tiie slei<;h. a lajye si/e beiiif^ oll'er(>d for 

 ■ enter-jiieces. A'itli tiny sizes for favors. 

 These are also inteMdeii— +'(ir ei^anans or 

 ' hristnias ti-ees. When filled with a few 

 blossenis and tied A\ith led libbon they 

 will |ir(i\e \ery )ioi)ular. 



In ilirect contrast to the slcij^hs are 

 tlie lice trnnks, looiiinjir as tli<ui<;'h the 

 wnodinan's ax had just linishod its work. 

 They are in nicdiuiii sizes, two or three 

 feel hitih, and ludlowed to hold a jaidi- 

 nieri' of loue-stcninied American Jieau- 

 ties. There are many ])retty twij; bas- 

 kets and hamiiers. 



I'ey|itian \vare is the name ^i\en to a 

 ulaz<'d deep green china \ase, massive 

 :iiii! handsome, that would ornament a 

 jMisitioii w liei'e the deeoiator aims to ox- 

 press the idea of stability. 



The s]ilit bamboo baskets, universally 

 used for wholesalini; tlowms in France, 

 eon;e in nests of twelve. The larjjer 

 >i/,es are intended for haiupers, the small- 

 er for tlowcr or fruit favors. A liouquet 

 lio\ ot' basswood is very liyht and neat, 

 '■alcnlated to add l^iisli to a choice, bou- 

 quet of tlowers. 



The laee leaves seen last season now 

 lome in eolors. These leaves may Ije 

 "lescrihed as a tropical jiroduct with the 

 tissue desticiyed. 'I'hey aie lieiny; takiMi 

 up liy the leiuliii}^ lloiists. who lay ;i leaf 

 on top of the tlowers in boxes inteiuled 

 t'or di^i-i iuiiiiat iiiLj tlowcr losers. 



Various Notes. 



William .1. Moore is an imiiortaut fac- 

 tor in dahlias. His boxes of tlowers are 

 ot' the finest \arieties, ami are sold in 

 the original boxes as received from the 



^iiijipers. 



Visitors in town: Mr. and Mrs. L. 11. 

 Wiiiterson, of Chicago; V. 11. ilolton, of 

 Ibdtoii \ Hnnkel, ^Milwaukee; .1. .\. 

 I'eterson, Cincinnati ; 8. M. McClements. 

 of K'aiidolph A: McClements, ami Mrs. 

 K. A. Williams, Tittsburtr. 



< harles i;. .Meelian is lia<k Irotn tiie 

 west this week. After leaving Daytou 

 lie visited a number of cities in the miil- 

 dle states, lir' was )p.art icidarly interesT- 

 I il ill the new ]dant whi(di the K. C. 

 Ilill < (I. IS erecting at Kiehinoiid. Ind.. 

 wheie all the better sorts of carnations 

 are 111 be grown. Their geraniums are 

 a most important fe.ature. Among their 

 seedling roses are om; or two which may 

 excel t iio far-famed IJidinioii'l. 



Weslev Clark has returned to lldwanl 



1,'cid's. ' 



\\'illiam K. IJeynolds is now right-hand 

 man lor William J. Moore. 



Arthur H. Lanscr, of Wayne, drove 

 a ]»arty of friends to the historic Valley 

 j'orge recently. Among his guests were 

 Jhigene Jiernheimcr, Charles F. Krueger 

 and .lames McClain. 



, William J. Sherry, of the Johnson 

 Seed Co., returned last w*ek from a de- 

 lightful trip to Boston, lie wns much 

 interested in the market of the Hub, 

 and tiiere saw the famous cantaloupes 

 orown by .Marrs, of Montreal, which 

 have created such a sensation at the 

 Hellevue-Stratford. 



The AVhilldin Pottery Co. thinks noth- 

 ing of shipping flower pots around the 

 cape to Ilonolulu, despite the storms. 

 Ten per cent covers the breakage. How- 

 is that for scientific packing? 



Walter P. Stokes is delighted with his 

 n(>w trussed houses. He says they are 

 away ahead of the old style of green- 

 lunuse construction. 



(irubs and stem-rot are giving the 

 growers a great deal of worry this sea- 

 son. 



It is said that Isaac Kennedy, now of 

 Cleveland, Ohio, is tenderly watching a 

 new white rose. 



I'Mward Towill, of Koslyn, has planted 

 2.()im lieauties, ;5,00U Libertfes, L',5()() 

 Ixiclimonds and SOU Plaids. If you ilou't 

 believe it go and see them. 



I'atrick H. Meehan has a pink Kaiser- 

 iue Augusta Victoria of vigorous growth. 



'i'he failure of the L'eal Estate Trust 

 < o. has hit many of tis rather hard. 



Iioiiey liros., of West (iiove, arc send- 

 ing; soiiK- nice flowers of Climax carna- 

 tion to W. E. McKissick. 



William Alunro, of (Jarrettford, has 

 his larue )iew house planted, \vith three 

 benches and two Ijeds of P>eauties, 



Tiie florists' Protcctixe Association 

 Weill into op(>rati(in last Saturday. 

 Wisc|c inanaiicd and loyally sup|>orted, 

 it will be .•! bemdit to all of us. The 

 ui'iiilicis will lia\c to nnike sacrifices to 

 make it ;.'o. 



< harles C. Poiyzess will open again at 

 I'itieeiith and Chestnut streets. 



ileiuy J. Fatist. of Merion. is sending 

 s(Uiie Iff his (ditiice stock to .\. M. Cainp- 

 bel. Phil 



BOSTON. I 



The Market. I 



Nights aie gradu/llly ^rowing coolei- 

 and. with the more/(-o!nfortable (dimatic 

 conditions, the tlowcr market slowly be- 

 gins to put on new lite. The worst glut 

 ot' t!ie suminei- season, which has cer- 

 t.aiidy been a rather jtiofitless one, ">v^ 

 ,i(iw over .•iiid improvement will be no- 

 ti.ed eaidi week. IJose.s are a little bet- 

 ter ill .jiiality, with j)rices little changed. _^, 



However, less of the 50 cents per hun- 

 dred stock now is seen. Carnations are 

 improving. The new indoor stock begins 

 to cut some figure. Prices vary from $1 

 to $2 per hundred. Asters sell better. 

 Extra stock has sold up to $2, while 

 some bring hiss than one-fourth that 

 l)rice. Valley is in moderate call. Sweet 

 peas still artive in small numbers. 

 (Ihidioli continue (|uite good. There are 

 1. ilium longiflorum, speciosuni and aura- 

 tum, antl such liovvers as cosnjos, tube- 

 roses, gaillardias, etc., which arc in lit- 

 tle request. A few chrysanthemums ap- 

 jieared at the end of last week. It is 

 too early for the ((ueen of autumn, for 

 good Semple's asters 'discount them. No 

 special change in green stock. 



Market Sale of Stalls. 



The members of the Boston Coopera- 

 tive Flower Alarket, better known as the 

 Music hall market, had their annual auc- 

 tion .sale of stalls on Saturday, Septem- 

 ber 1, which was attended by a large 

 number of growers. For some time the 

 mark(>t has been' in the basement, which 

 ])rovcd less desirable than had been an- 

 ticipateil, so a move back to the old 

 (juarters on the first floor was decided 

 upon. Big improvements have been made 

 since this floor was previously occupied. 

 The walls atid ceiling are finely finished, 

 the artificial light ample and ventilation 

 and entrances nmch better. 



W. C. Ward bought first choice, giving 

 a premium of $7o, Messrs. Porter, L. E. 

 Small and others giving over $70 each. 

 Over lUO stalls were sold, the total real- 

 ized being about .$;{,;')00. 



W. \\. Tailby and Wilfred Wheeler 

 acted as auctiimeer and clerk. Refresh- 

 ments were served during the sale and 

 this feature was nuich appreciated. 



Bay State Nurseries. 



The mendters of the plant and fiower 

 committee of the ^Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society \isiteil the Bay State 

 Nurseries. North Abington, Septendier 

 1, on invitation of the proprietor, W. H. 

 Wyman, to inspect a new pure white 

 form of Stokesia cyanea. Flowers are 

 four and one-half incdies in diameter and 

 w hen stock is worked up the plant should 

 be in big idiuest. Stokesia cyanea is 

 here grown by the thousands, Imt the de- 

 maml is much greater than the supply. 

 Thousands of jihloxes made a brave 

 show, while there were fine breadths of 

 other (dioice herbaceous jiei-ennials, of 

 \vlii(di the firm .already has ten acres, 

 although this is oidy the third year they 

 have beiMi grown. Two nice ])ropagat- 

 ing houses are located in the herbaceous 

 nuisery. 



A ilri\e over the hundred or more acres 

 of nuisery jiroved most interesting. The 

 Mocks of rock. Xorwav an<l other nia- 



A Midwinter Specialty, Sleighs of all Sizes. 



