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The Weekly Florists'" Review* 



Decbmbbr 18, 1906. 



NEV ORLEANS. 



Current Comment, 



As long as we will be enjoying such a 

 mild winter the demand for flowers will 

 not be large. Our late chrysanthemums 

 and our roses are now at their best. No 

 greenhouse stock, from wherever it may 

 come, can-be compared with our outdoor 

 plants, which now are perfect. At the 

 city park the head gardener, F. Broker, 

 deserves credit for the way he grows pan- 

 sies. It is a general belief among flo- 

 rists here that the first pansies sown in 

 August do not give much satisfaction. 

 Much money is sent north for our first 

 supply. The variety of annuals noV in 

 the park reflects much credit on Mr. 

 Broker. ^ 



At Audubon park they are contemplat- 

 ing several improvements. Taking advan- 

 tage of a considerable depression existing 

 in. the center, they hope to have a water- 

 way through the park. Although it will 

 take a considerable amount of money, 

 the commissioner is to take under consid- 

 eration the specifications which are now 

 being calculated by Superintendent Jules 

 Fonta. 



Society Meeting. 



Joseph Steckler, in the name of the 

 Society of Southern Florists and Orna- 

 mental Horticulturists, called a meeting 

 of the members who assembled December 

 6, at 125 St. Charles street. It had 

 been decided previously that around the 

 Mardi Gras is the best time for a gen- 

 eral meeting. The railroad fares are 

 reduced at this time and the attractions 

 of the festivities are that much more of 

 an inducement. The convention will last 

 three days, Thursday, Friday and Sat- 

 urday following the Mardi Gras. All 

 the details of the reunion will be dis- 

 cussed and arranged in the best possible 

 manner and the matter was put in the 

 hands of several committees. 



Chairman Lagerbie, with the help of 

 W. Eichling, vice-president of the soci- 

 ety, and acting in the absence of Presi- 

 dent P. J. Berckmans, appointed the dif- 

 ferent committees, as follows: Commit- 

 tee on exhibits, E. Baker, chairman; P. 

 Chopin, James Newsham, H. Papworth 

 and Paul Abele. Committee on ways 

 and means, Jos, Steckler, chairman; W. 

 Eichling, H. Papworth. Committee on 

 reception, M. M. de Lapouyade, chair- 

 man; J. St. Mard; W. B. Wichers, E. 

 Eichling, H. A. Despommier, H. A. Des- 

 pommier, Jr., J. Menard, Jos. Schindler, 

 F. Ziegler, U. J. Virgin, K. Steckler, M. 

 Cook, Jr., and K. Ory. Committee on 

 badge, R. Batel. 



There will be an exhibition of flowers 

 and plants and everything points to a 

 big success right at the start. The mem- 

 bership is already in the fifties strong, 

 and no doubt after the first meeting that 

 number will be largely increased. This 

 is not a question of interference with the 

 field of any other established society. "We 

 ^ppeal to all florists of the Union and 

 invite them to come down south with the 

 same spirit as they go north from all 

 parts of the United States. We will do 

 all we can to receive them well. 



Various Notes. 



Joseph J. Goudy, representing Henry 

 A. Dreer, Philadelphia, has been in town 

 for a few days. 



H. A. Despommier has returned to his 

 old position on the I. C. B. B., taking 

 charge of the station gardens between 

 Canton and Memphis. 



H. A. Despommier, Jr., is now gar- 



dener to W. Bluer, the old Hutchinson 

 place, one of the brightest gardens of 

 St. Charles avenue. 



Emile Valdejo. is again in New Or- 

 leans. M. M. L. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



The week has given us a succession of 

 cold waves, with some snow and warm 

 spells sandwiched between them. The 

 production of flowers has been niaterially 

 lessened and, on the other hand, the cold 

 has checked buying. Prices have kept 

 up well and about everything has cleared 

 out. 



Eoses are none too plentiful and prices 

 show a hardening tendency. Better 

 grades of Liberty and Eichmond bring 

 $3 and $4 per dozen. Bride, Maid,' 

 Ch^tenay, Killarney and Welleeley also 

 sell well, making up to $2 a dozen. 



Carnations sell satisfactorily, whites 

 moving more slowly than colored sorts. 

 Enchantress is of grand quality and is 

 still the most largely grown and popu- 

 lar variety. In whites The Queen is 

 much in evidence. Some splendid White 

 perfection come from one or two grow- 

 ers. 



Violets keep up to the dollar mark 

 most of the time, and will not drop for 

 a few weeks. Quite a few chrysanthe- 

 mums are still seen, mostly small blooms. 

 A good supply of Paper Whites and Bo- 

 mau hyacinths are coming in. Lilium 

 Harrisii and callas are quite scarce. 

 Some nice mignonettes and bouvardia 

 are coming in. A fair supply of Cattleya 

 TriansB and C. Percivaliana. Green stock 

 is selling well at same prices as in pre- 

 vious weeks. 



At Brighton. 



A recent call on William H. Elliott, 

 of Brighton, found everything on that 

 skilful rosarian's place in excellent con- 

 dition. Some splendid long benches of 

 Bride and Bridesmaid were in the pink 

 of perfection for Christmas. The houses 

 of Kaiserin and Carnot were still giv- 

 ing nice flowers, but will now be rested. 

 Another season Carnot may be dropped, 

 as its color is not sufficiently good for a 

 pink rose. Miss Kate Moulton, Tom 

 Field and Maman Cochet were all tried 

 as summer bloomers. The first named 

 did very well and will be grown again 

 next season. 



A fine lot of Liberty in several spe- 

 cial houses were right for the holidays. 

 These were carrying excellent stems for 

 this variety, but it cannot compare with 

 Eichmond as grown by Mr. Elliott at his 

 Madbury, N. H., establishment, where he 

 has 12,000 of the last named growing. 

 Mr. Elliott considers Liberty a better 

 spring and summer rose, but Eichmond 

 outclasses it the rest of the year and 

 will probably entirely displace Liberty 

 next season. At Madbury, Killarney 

 and Wellesley are grown in quantity,, in 

 addition to Eichmond. 



Several houses are devoted to Aspara- 

 gus Sprengeri, and of course Asparagus 

 plumosus nanus is still a great specialty 

 here. In spite of the large quantity 

 grown it is difficult to keep up with 

 orders. For fuel a mixture of one-third 

 Georges Creek Cumberland coal and two- 

 thirds Buckwheat hard coal screenings 

 is found economical and satisfactory. 



Horticultural Society. 



The directors of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society had a lengthy ses- 

 sion December 8. It was unanimously 



voted to offer the Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Club free use of a hall, light and 

 janitor service, for forty meetings of 

 the landscape gardening class the club 

 has organized. The Massachusetts State 

 Board of Agriculture was invited to hold 

 its annual sessions at Horticultural hall 

 the first week in December, 1907. 



The following among other commit- 

 tees were appointed for 1907: Plants 

 and flowers, A. H. Fewkes chairman, 

 Eobert Cameron, W. N. Craig, T. D. 

 Hatfield and William Nicholson. Fruits, 

 Wilfrid Wheeler chairman, Charles F. 

 Curtis, J. Willard Hill. Vegetables, 

 Isaac Locke chairman, J. B. Shurtlef^ 

 and Duncan Finlayson. Children's gax- 

 dens, H. S. Adams chairman, W. P. 

 Eich, W. E. C. Eich and C. W. Jenks. 



Various Notes. 



Mellor & Saunders, of Lowell, retail 

 florists, failed last week. Quite a few 

 growers were hit by the failure. 



Peirce Bros, had the misfortune to 

 have a house of pink chrysanthemums 

 frozen during the cold wave, last week, 

 owing to a night fireman falling asleep. 



Hugh Grant, for some years with the 

 late Denys Zirngiebel and other well- 

 known growers, and lately at Biddeford, 

 Me., is in a Boston hospital suffering 

 from a paralytic shock. 



A. Boper, of Tewksbury, has some 

 splendid seedling carnations. A varie- 

 gated sort with a strong stem, excellent 

 calyx and immense flower will prove a 

 winner. 



E. J. Crowley, of Newtonville Green- 

 houses, is on the sick list. 



We regret to report that Mrs. E. O. 

 Orpet, of South Lancaster, is seriously 

 ill at the Clinton hospital, where she has 

 undergone a critical operation. We hope 

 for her speedy convalescence. 



F. J. Dolansky, of Lynn, is marketing 

 some fine poinsettias, cyclamens and 

 primulas which meet with a ready sale. 



H. A. Stevens Co., of Dedham, has 

 several splendid houses of carnations. 

 Their pale pink Lawson sport does well. 

 A seedling of the same color as< En- 

 chantress promises to beat even that fine 

 variety. 



There wUl again be a big attendance 

 at the last meeting of the year of the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club on De- 

 cember 18. In addition to W. H. Wy- 

 man's lecture on "Craft and the Crafts- 

 man" there will be much other business 

 of interest. 



Welch Bros, are carrying a specially 

 fine stock of holly and other greepery 

 for the holidays. They Jiave very small 

 surpluses of cut flowers at present. 



A. A. Beed, of Whitman, is cutting 

 a fine lot of seasonable orchids. Mr. 

 Beed is a successful cultivator of these 

 plants. 



The Seed Trade Bowling League is 

 this season composed of teams from 

 Schlegel & Pettier Co., E. & J. Farquhar 

 & Co., J. Breck & Sons, H. E. Fiske 

 Co., F. W.' Emerson & Co., and Park 

 Street Market. The teams are having a 

 keen tussle for supremacy. On Decem- 

 ber 6 Farquhar & Co. won twcee straight 

 games from the Emerson Co., Schlegel 

 & Fottler Co. after tying the Park 

 Street Market, won the roll off, and then 

 won the next two games. 



Walter Mott, of Bobbink & Atkins, 

 was one of the visitors last week, making 

 his initial New England trip. 



W. N. Craig. 



Please find enclosed $1 for your tip 

 top paper. — Wm. Walker, Louisville, Ky. 



