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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



February 21, 1907. 



were increasing their plantings for next 

 year. A. C. Spencer, of Peter Eein- 

 berg's, says Lawson also is selling well 

 with them and Nelson Fisher in better 

 demand than ever. N. J. Wietor, of 

 "Wietor Bros., reports an exceptional call 

 for Lady Bountiful. 



O. P. Bassett has cabled the safe ar- 

 rival of Mrs. Bassett and himself in 

 Europe. C. L. "Washburn was at Madi- 

 son Monday evening visiting his son. 



Vaughan & Sperry report that Wednes- 

 day, February 13, was the best business 

 day the firm ever has experienced, except 

 the day before Christmas, 1906. 



Charles Dressier, of Wietor Bros. ' city 

 staff, is doing jury service this week. 



The A. L. Randall Co. reports hav- 

 ing handled 277,500 violets Isist week, 

 most of them Monday and Wednesday 

 before St. Valentine's day. 



C. M. Dickinson, manager at E. H. 

 Hunt's, says the call for bone meal and 

 sheep manure is breaking all records 

 this season. 



Mr. and Mrs. C. C. PoUworth, of Mil- 

 waukee, came down Saturday to spend 

 a few days with friends here. 



Those who went to the State Florists' 

 Association's meeting at Bloomington 

 Tuesday morning were: George Keller, 

 August Poehlmann, J. S. Wilson, George 

 Asmus, H. Hasselbring, P. J. Hauswirth, 

 J. P. Foley, W. N. Rudd, L. H. Win- 

 terson, C. S. Stewart, F. J. Hartwick, 

 and H. C. Lenington. 



VAYSIDE NOTES. 



J. Horn & Bro., of Allentown, Pa., are 

 strong advocates of cement benches with 

 walls about two feet high, plenty of 

 drainage and ventilation. All their car- 

 nations are grown in this manner and 

 give even better returns than when grown 

 in the old way. 



Ernest Ashley, of Allentown, has a 

 neat little store downtown and says it 

 keeps all hands busy between the two 

 places. 



Thomas Love, of Bethlehem, Pa., has 

 the annual order to decorate the churches 

 here at Easter and is preparing a batch 

 of flowering stock for the purpose. 



The lily question wih be a problem 

 from now on and an unknown quantity 

 for Easter. William Walke, of Salem, 

 Mass., has a fine, but irregular, batch. 

 The only true stock seems to be gigan- 

 teum and candidum. 



Thomas Roland, at Nahant, William 

 Edgar, at Waverley, and A. Leuthy, at 

 Roslindale, are carrying choice lots of 

 flowering plants for the Easter market. 

 Lilies will be scarce in many localities. 



Fred Vetter, grower at the Hoffman 

 place, at Mount Auburn, pointed out 

 some multiflorums that have stem-rot; 

 it shows as a dark ring above the sur- 

 face of the soil, becoming hard and 

 finally causes the plant to drop over. 

 Many are affected this way, apparently 

 quite healthy otherwise. This is the 

 first time he has noticed it. Harrisii 

 generally seem freer from disease than 

 of late years, but the number of blooms 

 seems to be getting more beautifully 

 less. 



McGee, Geary & Co., of Salem, re- 

 port an increasing demand for old-fash- 

 ioned flowers, something different from 

 the stereotyped roses and carnations. 

 The scarcity of these staples has afford- 

 ed the opportunity to push bulbous 

 stock, which has helped wonderfully this 

 season. 



J. M. Ward, of Salem, is much inter- 

 ested in toe Imperial carnation and, as 



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 stand an excellent chance. Fisher's Bea- 

 con has a big reputation here. 



M. B. Bunker, also of Salem, was put- 

 ting the finishing touches to a handsome 

 wreath, composed of bronze galax leaves 

 studded with short-stemmed Beauty and 

 valley. A bunch of pansies carelessly 

 arranged on the left-hand side gave it 

 a choice eflfect. 



Chatterton Warburton, of Fall River, 

 placed a big order for the new carna- 

 tion, Winsor, when in Toronto. We met 

 Mr. Cruickshank, of Rennie & Thomson, 

 who reported very satisfactory business 

 for the new house. 



With the increase in values of real 

 estate Fred Becker, of Cambridge, has 

 for some time had under advisement the 

 pulling down of his plant and building 

 an up-to-date store with a showhouse. 

 Retail business has increased rapidly. 

 At one time Mr. Becker did the banner 

 wholesale trade of this section and will 

 be remembered as the boomer of the 

 well-famed Nephrolepis Bostoniensis, 

 which he justly claims has merit that 

 will keep it at the head of all rivals. 



Dan Murphy, of W. E. Doyle's of 

 Cambridge, says there is going to be a 

 big scarcity of geraniums this season. 

 Prospective stocks are low and the out- 

 look for bedding plants is large. Cannas 

 will be a feature and to some extent 

 will help out the shortage. W. M. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



Business last week was reported good. 

 St. Valentine's day was much letter 

 than last year. The first few days of 

 Lent have had some effect on business. 

 Stock is coming in more freely than it 

 has for some time, and the local trade 

 is looking for a big glut in almost every- 

 thing by the end of the week, and espe- 

 cially if the fine, warm weather con- 

 tinues. 



Roses have been scarce for six weeks^ 

 but now are arriving in large lots and 

 prices are down; fancy stock brings $& 

 to $10 per hundred. There are none too 

 many extra long Beauties; plenty of 

 other grades, but mostly deformed. 



Carnations sell well and quantities of 

 fine blooms are coming in every morn- 

 ing. The prices Monday morning were 

 still high, but we look for a big crop- 

 by the end of the week. More Enchan- 

 tress than any of the others are coming 

 in. All wholesale houses are loaded with 

 them. Violets, too, are arriving in in- 

 creased quantities and the price on them' 

 already is down to 40 cents per hun- 

 dred. 



A fine lot of bulbous stock is coming 

 in of late. The price on these is as- 

 usual at this time of the year. Not 

 many Harrisii are coming. 



