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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



1057 



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Alike at the Start, the Two Larger Geraniums Had Acetylene Light and Son. 



PAPER WHITE NARCISSUS. 



I want my newly arrived Paper White 

 narcissus bulbs to bloom during winter. 

 How should I treat them? Is it too soon 

 to box them up? Will they grow too 

 soon if boxed up now? J. A. K. 



If you want to have a crop of these 

 useful flowers in November and De- 

 cember, you can box them at once, be- 

 cause you will have them brought into 

 the greenhouse before there is any kill- 

 ing frost. For those you expect to 

 flower from New Year's on till Easter, 

 you need not box for some weeks yet, 

 say from the first to the middle of Octo- 

 ber. The bulbs will keep without harm 

 in any dry, cool place. Don 't leave them 

 in the cases in which they arrived. 



Unlike the tulip and trumpet narcis- 

 sus, the Paper White and all the polyan- 

 thus narcissi are not hardy, and planted 

 too soon they make such an early and 

 lengthy growth that it is difficult to pro- 

 tect the foliage from frosts. We found 

 that the two or three inches of loam 

 covering on the flats can be frozen, and 

 if the leaves of the Paper White have 

 not grown above this covering, no harm 

 from the frost will occur, but if the 

 growth is above this covering and ex- 

 posed to a few degrees of frost it will 

 be destroyed. So if planted late, the 

 growth will be retarded and not exposed 

 to the early frosts. It may be neces- 

 sary, however, with flats you keep out 

 of doors as late as Februarj^, to cover 

 with six inches of stable litter, leavos. 

 straw or some other protection. 



W. S. 



NEV YORK. 



The Market 



The long spell of drought and heat 

 following the unnatural cold of the lat- 

 ter days of August has evidently had a 

 bad influence upon the growing end of 

 the cut flower business. A great deal 

 of the inferior stock has reached the 

 market lately, and of first-class goods 

 the supply has been limited. Some grand 

 stock of asters arrives daily, but seventy- 

 five per cent of the shipments have no 

 place in the New York wholesale dis- 

 tributing center at all. Dahlias begin 

 to assert themselves, and the cactus va- 

 rieties are many and beautiful. Lovett, 

 of Little Silver, is shipping daily some 



splendid kinds that find a ready sale. 

 Gladioli seem to come from an inex- 

 haustible reservoir, and there is no dimi- 

 nution in the flow. America still main- 

 tains its popularity. Cattleya labiata is 

 arriving at headquarters and prices are 

 firm, with a constantly increasing de- 

 mana. 



Carnations at least are showing size 

 and stem that are encouraging, antl a 

 few grand roses indicate the early re- 

 turn of Maid and Bride to form. Rich- 

 mond will improve with cooler weather. 

 Beauties liold fast at high prices for 

 the fancy grades, and quality is better. 

 Already, however, the shadows of an 

 enormous chrysanthemum supply are 

 hovering over the market, the greatest 

 New York has ever known. 



Qub Meeting. 



The first meeting for the season was 

 held Monday evening, about fifty being 

 present, ]Mr. O'Mara reported no prog- 

 ress, and no prospect of any favorable 

 decision as to express rates. 



H. H. Barrows, of Whitman, Mass., 

 was elected a member and L. *.'. Lovett, 

 Little Silver, X. J.; Hairv Turner, of 

 Port Washington. L. I., anil A. C. Zvol- 



anek, of Bound Brook, N. J., were nomi- 

 nated. The treasurer read his semi- 

 annual report, showing a balance of 

 $1,783.15. 



The award committee reported J. T. 

 Lovett 's display of sixty-five varieties of 

 phlox and seventy-five varieties of hardy 

 herbaceous plants, a very complete and 

 interesting exhibit, and he was awarded 

 the hearty thanks of the club. The com- 

 mittee also reported favorably on an ex- 

 hibition of hardy stock by H. Beaulieu. 

 Bobbink & Atkins, Eutherford, N. J., 

 had intended to stage 120 varieties of 

 herbaceous plants, but the express de- 

 livery was delayed. 



A committee on resolutions on the 

 death of the brother of Patrick O'Mara 

 was appointed, as follows: Alex. Wal- 

 lace, Walter Sheridan, C. W. Weathered; 

 also a committee on death of James 

 Weir, Jr., of Brooklyn, consisting of 

 V. H. Hallock, Alfred Zeller and John 

 Birnie. 



V. H. Hallock opened an interesting 

 discussion as to the proposed national 

 flower show in connection with a meeting 

 of the S. A. F. at Chicago in November, 

 1908. Mr. O'Mara said he believes the 

 attendance at such a convention in No- 

 vember would be greatly below the aver- 

 age, and spoke of the difliculty of mix- 

 ing trade exhibits and a flower show. 

 Many others voiced the same opinion, and 

 on Mr. Birnie 's motion that the sense 

 of the club be ascertained as to the most 

 appropriate time for the holding of the 

 S. A. F. convention, it wa.s unanimously 

 declared that August was the best month 

 in the year. 



VarioiM Note*. 



The trains are crowded now with the 

 returning vacationists. Schools are 

 open, and this coming week will see 

 every place of amusement catering to 

 the pleasure lovers of the big city. All 

 this means much to the florists, and 

 many large wedding decorations are al- 

 ready booked by the retailers. Society 

 is returning slowly from Lenox and the 

 mountains. Newport is gradually draw- 

 ing its season to a close, the balance of 

 September, however, promising to bo the 

 best part of the summer there. 



Boston claims to be the floricultural 

 hub of the universe, but at the opening 



StrawbefTy Plants at Left Had Acetylene and Sun; Others Had Sun Only. 



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