January 17, 1907. 



The Weekly Rorists^ Review* 



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have made much of a hit with the 

 flower buyers of this city, 



Winsor was shown by F. R. Pierson 

 Co., but, owing to the long time it was 

 on the road, was not in its best shape 

 and those present who saw it last 

 March at Cincinnati were sorry, as 

 they knew what a fine thing it was 

 there. It is one of the most pleasing 

 shades of pink yet introduced. 



The E. G. Hill Co. sent a vase of 

 their rose, Rhea Riede, which scored 

 ninety points. It had splendid red 

 foliage, stem and bud being nearly per- 

 fect. They also had a vase of seedling 

 carnations, some showing extra merit. 



Stuart & Haugh showed some vases 

 of nice Cardinal, Enchantress, Bounti- 

 ful and Lawson carnations which re- 

 ceived special mention. 



F. Harritt extended an invitation to 

 the society to hold its picnic on his 

 grounds, at Willowmere, some time in 

 June, which, of course, was quickly 

 accepted. 



Quite a number sat down to supper 

 and a most enjoyable social time was 

 had. Among the members from out of 

 town were: F. Lemon and Charles 

 Knopf, Richmond; W. W. Coles, Koko- 

 mo; J. E. A. Haugh, Anderson; Ira 

 Clark, Greensburg and George Moore, 

 Bushville. S. 



BOSTON, 



The Market 



The first half of January has been 

 characterized by abnormally mild 

 weather. Owing, however, to lack of 

 sunshine the market has not been over- 

 burdened with flowers, and prices, as a 

 consequence, have held up fairly well. 

 There has been no decided change in 

 prices of either roses or carnations. 

 Both are cleaning up well. Violets are 

 sufficient for all needs. A slump in 

 prices is likely at any time, from the 

 dollar mark, which has been the ruling 

 figure for good stock since the holidays. 



Bulbous stock comes more abundantly. 

 Yellow daffodils sell well, realizing as 

 much as $5 per hundred for the best. 

 Le Reine is the leading tulip and is 

 now arriving of good quality. Paper 

 Whites and Romans are overplentiful. 

 Some good freesia is seen. This real- 

 izes good prices, the pure white variety 

 being most favored. A better supply 

 of Lilium Harrisii and callas is arriv- 

 ing, but prices on these hold up well. 

 Green stock remains about the same. 



Qub Meeting. 



The meeting on January 15 drew the 

 largest attendance of any regular gath- 

 ering in the club's history, about 300 

 ladies and gentlemen being present. The 

 principal attraction was the stereopticon 

 lecture on southern Europe by John K. 

 M. L. Farquhar, The views of Italian 

 gardens showed these to be very differ- 

 ent from the "creations" by landscape 

 arehitects in America, Much of horti- 

 cultural interest was gleaned from this 

 lecture, which was given for the first 

 time and embraced the leading sights 

 seen during Mr, Farquhar 's sojourn in 

 Europe last summer. A pleasing addi- 

 tional feature was a preliminary talk 

 on club matters illustrated with lantern 

 views of leading club oflicials, past and 

 present. An enthusiastic vote of thanks 

 was tendered the lecturer. 



President Wheeler welcomed the large 

 audience in a few well chosen words. 

 He expressed his grateful thanks to the 



secretary, treasurer and the members of 

 the executive committee for the faith- 

 ful and hard work during his tenure of 

 office. The club members were also 

 thanked for their kindness and staunch 

 support in every effort he had made for 

 their welfare. Whenever they had been 

 asked to contribute anything it had been 

 done most cheerfully and every com- 

 mittee appointed had rendered loyal ser- 

 vice. They had worked together with 

 one object, viz., the uplifting and ad- 

 vancement of their profession, and that 

 they had accomplished something the 

 present condition of the club speaks 

 eloquently. He tendered special thanks 

 to the reporters of the horticultural 

 press for their liberal notices, which 

 had done much to hold the interest of 

 the members, and concluded amid warm 

 applause by introducing T. H. West- 

 wood, his successor, as one who had 

 ever attended the meetings with regu- 

 larity and worked in every possible way 

 for the best interests of the club. 



Mr, Westwood received an enthusias- 

 tic greeting on rising. In the course of 

 his remarks he said the membership of 

 the club had increased rapidly in the 

 last three years. They hardly expect 

 to grow quite so rapidly in numbers 

 in the present year, as the various ele- 

 ments were already largely represented 

 in the club. They expect, however, to 

 grow on other lines. The landscape 

 classes are but the beginning in a small 

 way along educational lines of greater 

 things to come. The papers read at the 

 regular meetings ought to be of first 

 importance and efforts will be made to 

 have the best speakers procurable on 

 the several subjects to be handled dur- 

 ing 1907. It should be the club's 

 province to assist deserving members 

 who may be out of positions. It would 

 also add dignity to the club to enroll 

 as honorary members some of the men 

 of eminence in which Boston is rich, 

 who have performed valiant service for 

 the various branches of the profession. 



The secretary in his report stated that 

 the club had made a net gain over all 

 losses of 240 since January, 1905. He 

 believes Boston should hold a member- 

 ship of 400 in its club without trouble. 

 He stated that he has received inquiries 

 in regard to the landscape classes from 

 as far away as Wisconsin and Colorado, 

 showing the interest this branching out 

 has caused. He believes a plan where- 

 by certificates could be presented to 

 those who had taken landscape courses 

 would be of great benefit to them in 

 later life. 



Treasurer Hatch in his annual report, 

 presented in his own inimitable way, 

 gave a timely talk on thrift. He was 

 glad there is a balance of over $200 on 

 the right side for 1906 and the club 

 should make an effort to add a sub- 

 stantial sum to its bank account each 

 year. 



Seven new members were elected, 

 Wm. Nicholson resigned from the exec- 

 utive board, giving ill health as his 

 reason. Mr. Downs was elected to the 

 vacancy. 



Miss Gray furnished readings. There 

 were several fine exhibits. Reports of 

 merit were given to the following: 

 Wm. Sim, for Violet Boston; R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co., for Begonia Lorraine 

 superba, with very large flowers; Mr. 

 Downs, for specimen plants of Lorraine; 

 S. J. Goddard, for cyclamens. Peter 

 Fisher received a report of superior 

 merit for Carnation Beacon. 



An amendment to the constitution rel- 



ative to voting members, election of new 

 members, reports of committees on ex- 

 hibits, and other matters occupied some 

 time. Refreshments were served and 

 it was quite a late hour ere the meet- 

 ing closed, 



Variouf Notes. 



The winter lecture course at Horti- 

 cultural hall opened January 12 with 

 an exhaustive and eminently practical 

 talk on iris culture by J. Woodward 

 Manning. The various species were il- 

 lustrated by lantern-slide views, which 

 made it the more interesting. Many 

 questions were asked at the close of the 

 lecture. 



The elaborate floral decorations at the 

 ball given by Mr. and Mrs. W. B. 

 Thomas, January, 11, at the Hotel Som- 

 erset for the coming out of their daugh- 

 ter were furnished by T. F. Galvin. An 

 immense amount of material was used. 



The opening exhibition of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society will be 

 held January 26. Carnations will be 

 one of the principal features. The new 

 schedules are now ready and may be 

 obtained from W. P. Rich, the general 

 superintendent at Horticultural hall. 



The annual banquet tendered to the 

 employees of A. H. Hews & Co. was 

 held January 12 in Odd Fellows' hall, 

 North Cambridge. 



The Pierson U-Bar Co. has secured 

 the contract for a splendid block of 

 greenhouses for Senator N. W. Aldrich, 

 Warwick, R. I., where F. C. Green is 

 superintendent. 



W. W. Rawson will celebrate his six- 

 tieth birthday January 23 with a ban- 

 quet at the Hotel Vendome, 



The father of N. & M. Wax, the well- 

 known florists, attained his seventy- 

 seventh birthday January 13 and was 

 well remembered by his sons on the 

 occasion. 



J. R. Lasseman is handling some extra 

 fine freesia this season. He has the 

 honor of being first in the market 

 with it. 



A good delegation to the carnation 

 convention at Toronto seems probable 

 at this time. It is to be hoped that a 

 January blizzard will be escaped. 



W. N. CEAro, 



DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. 



The regular meeting of the Dobbs 

 Ferry Horticultural Association was 

 held in Odd Fellows' hall Saturday 

 evening, January 12, Joseph Bradley in 

 the chair. The exhibits of the evening 

 were bunches of fifty double violets. H. 

 Kartberg, gardener to the Misses Mas- 

 ters, was awarded the first prize and H. 

 Keeling, gardener to Mr. McComb, sec- 

 ond. John Holgerson also staged some 

 fine violets. Joseph Bradley, gardener 

 to H. Sidenberg Hastings, staged some 

 tomatoes, The Don, and was awarded a 

 cilltural certificate. 



The exhibits for the next regular 

 meeting are to be flowering pot plants 

 in no more than 6-inch pots. 



The society received a letter from 

 the Dobbs Ferry Hospital Association 

 thanking them very kindly for the 

 amount they had received from that so- 

 ciety. J. B. 



Chattanooga, Tenn. — R. A. Stegall, 

 who was formerly located in Texarkana, 

 Ark., is now established in business in 

 this place. He reports Christmas trade 

 as excellent, but the continual cloudy 

 weather caused a heavy loss on roses. 



