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The Weekly Horists' Review* 



September 27, 190C. 



250,000 



Mums for October and November 



Oar first atoek, Monrovia, ready Now 



ANiii[nun8 



Good Kopply Tea Roces, 

 Beauties, Carnations and Valley. Wild Smiiaz now ready. 



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VAUGHAN & SPERRY, 



68*60 Wabash Ave. 



CHICAGO 



Mention The Reylew when yon write. 



tion to the gardens visited the stock, poul- 

 try and vegetable farms, spending an en- 

 joyable day. 



The new seed store of the H. E. Fiske 

 Co. opened its doors on September 19, and 

 during the whole of that day and the 

 rest of the week, attracted a large num- 

 ber of visitors. The store, which is the 

 one formerly occupied by W. W. Baw- 

 8on & Co., and which was destroyed by 

 fire early last spring, has been rebuilt 

 and fitted up in the most approved and 

 up-to-date manner. The large show win- 

 dows are attractive. A feature in them 

 the opening week was an extensive dis- 

 play of dahlias furnished by J. K. Alex- 

 ander. Many gladioli, herbaceous plants, 

 asparagus, etc.. also were used. The new 

 .firm occupies the entire building and is 

 equipped to do a first-class trade. 



George E. Bax"lon, of Nashua, N. H., 

 has this season the finest lot of carna- 

 tions he has ever housed. Two benches, 

 containing 3,000 plants of Helen God- 

 dard are fine. Mr. Buxton has just in- 

 stalled one of the celebrated Martin rock- 

 ing grates in his ninety horse-power 

 steam boiler. 



Peter Murray, of Fairhaven, raiser and 

 New England agent for the Winsor car- 

 nation, reports excellent advance sales 

 for this fine variety. He also reports that 

 his own local trade has been exceptionally 

 good this year. 



The sincere sympathy of a host of 

 friends goes out to James Garthly, su- 

 perintendent for H. H. Rogers, of Fair- 

 haven, in the death of his wife at her 

 old home in Perthshire, Scotland, Sep- 

 tember 17. Mr. Garthly, in response to 

 a cable, sailed September 15, on the Cam- 

 pania. Mrs. Garthly had not been strong 

 for some years, and it was hoped a sum- 

 mer in Scotland would benefit her. 



Rudolph Gaedeke, of the firm of A. 

 Gaedeke & Co., Nashua, N. H., has re- 

 turned from a six weeks' vacation spent 

 in Germany and Scotland. He had a fine 

 time, but says the stars and stripes are 

 good enough for him. 



Ernest Stickel has taken H. E. Tyler's 

 place as salesman for the Montrose 

 Greenhouses, the latter having gone to 

 western Canada to start in business. 



S. J. Goddard and J. E. Buxton judged 

 the floral exhibit at the recent cSn- 



cor^, N. H., state fair, and report a 

 good show. 



The annual exhibition of fruits and 

 vegetables of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society takes place October 10 

 and 11. 



Galvin had a tine orchid window the 

 past week. Baskets of Oncidium vari- 

 cosum Rogersii, Cattleya labiata, and 



The sale of begonias tlirough our 

 advertisement in 



far exceeded our expectations, fiaving 

 sold our stock completely and are 

 retumin£ checks. 



The greatest part of selling is to 

 reach the buyers, and we have found 

 them through your paper. 



E. A. BUTLER & SON. 

 Niagara FaUs, N. Y. 



Sept. 17, 1906. 



Miltonia Candida were effectively used 

 with several other varieties. 



Thomas J. Grey and wife are enjoying 

 a vacation at Rye Beach, N. H. 



T. W. Weathered Co. is building a fine 

 range of fruit and vegetable houses for 

 W. S. Spaulding, Prides' Crossing, Me. 

 Mr. Spaulding already has an extensive 

 range of plant houses. 



September temperature records were 

 shattered the past week, shade readings 

 of 90 degrees and 95 degrees, being re- 

 corded on September 19, September 20 

 and September 21. The drought which 

 had prevailed since the beginning of 

 August has at last been broken up by 

 copious rains. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural Soci- 

 ety 's annual exhibition of fruits and veg- 

 etables will be held at Horticultural hall 

 Wednesday and Thursday, October 10 

 and 11. Much interest is being shown 

 in this exhibition as it is the first exclu- 

 sive fruit and vegetable show that has 

 been held for some years, and the com- 

 mittee in charge proposes to make it a 

 grand success. 



All persons interested in fruit and 

 vegetable culture are invited to send 

 their best specimens to this exhibition 

 and to attend themselves. It will be an 

 educational opportunity, and will excite 

 enthusiasm and stimulate interest in 

 these two great departments of the soci- 

 ety's work. The admission will be free. 



Copies of the schedule of prizes can be 

 had on application to William P. Rich, 

 secretary, Horticultural hall, Boston. 



W. N. Craio. 



NEir YORK. 



The Market 



We thought the clouds had lifted from 

 the market when we wrote a week ago, 

 but "the worst is yet to come." Day 

 after day it has been close to 100 de- 

 grees in the shade — 96 degrees on Sat- 

 urday at Rhinebeck, where the violets 

 grow. Imagine the color and perfume of 

 the few that came down the river! No 

 wonder they sold as low as 15 cents a 

 hundred. Thirteen boxes of theni alto- 

 gether — an unlucky number ! Better wait, 

 you shippers, till "the frost is on the 

 pumpkin," and have things right. Who 

 wants to wear violets with a "peek-a- 

 boo" waist f 



And the rosea — you should have seen 

 them Saturday! Beautiful when they 

 were cut and started on their journey. 

 Wilted beyond redemption after the trip 

 in Dayton temperature. Box after box 

 sold in bulk, at prices I wouldn't men- 

 tion, and at the week's close the equi- 

 noxial storm, or something like it, but 

 without the frost so greatly needed to 

 start the cut flower wheels in motion. 

 Everybody is ready; every store spick 

 and span in paint and repair and facil- 

 ity, for all the business the prosperous 

 times can bring. 



The storm finished the asters, but a 



