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FKBRiJAity 7, 1U07. 



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Other Cut Flowers in season. 



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jiiHchantress carnation made a pleasing 

 effect^ Doyle's Boylston street store 

 last Aveek. 



'With Framingham Growers. 



J. T. Butterworth continues to add to 

 his orchid collection, and now has sev- 

 eral houses devoted to their culture. 

 ±'rom present indications his entire 

 place will be needed to hold them before 

 long. Cattleyas are chiefly grown and 

 are in first-class condition. Many big 

 specimens are to be noted of C. Gigas, 

 Mossiae, Percivalliana, Trianae, labiata 

 and others. We counted no less than 

 twenty-five sheaths on one C. Mossiae in 

 an 8-inch pot. C. Harrisonia? is grown 

 in quantity and proves a valuable sum- 

 mer sort. ('. Trianae was the principal 

 kind flowering when we called, but the 

 flowers would not open fast enough for 

 the demand. Some fine Laelia anceps 

 were flowering. A pure white for,m with 

 flowers five and a half inches across was 

 one of the finest we had ever. seen. Den- 

 drobiums, (^ypripedium insigne, cxlogynes 

 and other orchids are equally well grown. 

 Most of the cattleyas are in baskets and 

 osmunda firm fiber is used for compost. 

 Bulbous stock is largely grown, all the 

 leading narcissi and tulips being han- 

 dled in quantity. Lily of the valley is 

 done especially well. Carnations looked 

 well. The Queen was excellent and Har- 

 ,ry Fenn, Enchantress, Fair Maid and 

 Patten were producing a heavy crop. Mr. 

 Butterworth has much faith in Ham- 

 mond's slug shot as a destroyer of cut 

 worms. Dusted on plants and soil, it 

 cleans all out in a week. A large lot of 

 Jjilium speciosum album from retarded 

 bulbs was just coming into bloom and 

 will prove extremely useful. 



At S. J. Goddard's we found a large 

 proportion of the variety, Helen God- 

 uard, cut down to supply cuttings, the 

 demand for it being heavy this season. 

 Enchantress remains as fine as ever. 

 Harry Fenn was splendid, as was Vic- 

 tory. Cardinal had many fine flowers. 

 Ihe Queen was loaded with flowers and 

 Lady Bountiful was equally good. Pat- 

 ten will be dropped, as it is too slow in 

 winter. Mr, Goddard has a batch of a 

 fine variegated seedling, Helen Goddard x 

 Enchantress, which looKs like a winner. 

 Other promising seedlings were seen. 

 Rose-pink Enchantress was niie. The de- 

 mand for cuttings is strong. Last year 

 many were shipped to England and large 

 orders are coming in from that country 

 at present. Mr. Goddard will try the new 

 English scarlet, Britannia, which beat 

 Victory and Robert Craig in London 

 last December. Nice batches of cycla- 

 men^, azaleas and other seasonable flow- 

 erihg plants were noted. These are 

 mostly sold at retail. 



■William Nicholson has as fine Harry 



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Fenn as we ever saw. Harlowarden will 

 be dropped. The Queen and Lady Boun- 

 tiful are leading whites. A white seed- 

 ling of vV^itterstaetter 's is immense. Aft- 

 erglow is fine" and of a beautiful rosy- 

 pink shade. It should prove a popular 

 variety when introduced. Victory was 

 producing splendid flowers. Robert Craig 

 carried a great crop, but was bursting 

 badly. Beacon will be grown in quan- 

 tity another year. Quite a few Pros- 

 perity are still grown. It aoes extremely 

 well here. Enchantress was much bet- 

 ter than Fair Maid. Patten is grown 

 as a striped variety and succeeds well. 

 Two houses were filled with white and 

 yellow marguerites, which should give a 

 wealth of Easter flower. Fischer's Pur- 

 ity freesia in pans was extra tine. Fine 

 lot3 of violets, Primula obconica and cy- 

 clamens were seen. A batch of 50,000 

 shamrocks was in evidence for St. Pat- 

 rick's day. 



Alexander McKay, who has not been 

 ill business long, grows about 12,000 car- 

 nations, chiefly The Queen, Fair Maid, 

 Enchantress, Patten and Harry Fenn. 

 All were in first-class shape. Several 

 thousand Liliuni longiflorum were com- 

 ing on for Easter. Freesia is grown in 

 considerable numbers. No other stock 

 is grown, but Mr. McKay has done won- 

 ders for the time he has been in the 

 commercial line. 



At Johnson & Nelson's, which was the 

 last place we had time to visit, the prin- 

 cipal house is 23x370, mostly in carna- 

 tions. They are grown in solid beds and 

 could hardly have looked better or car- 

 ried more flowers. A seedling, Lawson x 

 Prosperity, of which there were 2,500 

 plants, is a good thing. We failed to 

 find a burst calyx. The stem is long and 

 stiff, flower a little lighter than Lawson 

 and of a much more pleasing shade. The 

 Queen, Enchantress and Fenn were the 

 chief standard sorts grown, and Law- 

 son looked better than we had seen it for 

 a long time. Another house was chiefly 

 devoted to Mont Blanc and Earliest of 

 All sweet peas, three rows running the 

 whole length. As many as 1,400 spikes a 

 day are cut, and the quality was excel- 

 lent. W. N. Craig. 



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