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Mabch 28, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



1457 



and erected a 1,400-barrel tank on a 

 steel tower eighty feet above the high- 

 est point on the farm, with the neces- 

 sary pumping machinery to fill this tank 

 in nine hours. 



The plant has been a success from 

 the start, under the management of Mr. 

 Burki, who, with his family, lives on 

 the place in a fine, modern home. Since 

 that time they have put up iron-frame 

 houses, most of them 50x450 feet, until 

 they now have 200,000 square feet under 

 glass. Five boilers have 650 combined 

 horse-power. The packing houses are 

 30x80 feet, the ice-house with cooling 

 room 30x40 feet. There are eighteen 

 dwellings, a hotel to accommodate the 

 unmarried men, office, two large barns 

 with building for grain, hay and ma- 

 chinery, a bowling alley, soil-shed, and 

 all other necessary buildings on a farm. 



There are also four producing oil 

 wells and two gas wells. The farm is 

 about one-third in good oak timber, the 

 balance mostly in grass, with two good 

 orchards. Last year they purchased an 

 additional thirty acres to shape up one 

 corner of the farm, and now, at the 

 close of the sixth year, they show an in- 

 vestment of $200,000. 



Some advance is likely, however, later in 

 the week, when best quality will proba- 

 ))ly make $1. 



Bulbous stock is in good supply and 

 little change in price. Easter lilies are 

 bringing 10 cents to 12l^ cents per bud, 

 callas about the same prices. Sweet peas 

 are abundant and of grand quality. 

 They sell well. Valley is in good supply 

 and there is a fine quantity of antir- 

 rhinum, mignonette, anemones, ranuncu- 

 lus, primroses and other seasonable flow- 

 ers. There is no special change in green 

 stock, of which a good supply is forth- 

 coming. 



Qub Field Day. 



About sixty members of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club joined in the 

 field day at the establishment of W. W. 

 Edgar Co., Waverley, March 23. The 

 visitors were first piloted through the 

 .houses by Mr. Edgar and David Lums- 

 den. A large house of lilies was in fine 

 shape for Easter; little trace of disease 

 seen. About 4,000 azaleas were in the 

 pink of condition. Many fine specimens 

 of Novelty, a fine rosy-red variety, were 

 noted. Niobe, Postmeister Stephan, Van- 

 der Cruyssen, Helene Thelemann, Me- 



villeas, pink and white hydrangeas and 

 other plants. Mr. Roland will try his 

 hand at growing the waxy race of ericas 

 another year. 



J. T. Butterworth, in addition to his 

 usual big lot of lily of the valley, bulbous 

 stock, etc., had a fine batch of Dendro- 

 bium Wardianum for Easter. 



Welch Bros, had sold more Easter 

 plants up to March 22 than during their 

 whole Easter trade a year ago and at 

 better prices. They anticipate record- 

 breaking business this week. 



H. M. Robinson & Co. are having a 

 heavy trade in flowers and greenery 

 this week and are being kept rushed 

 every hour of the day. 



Albert Roper's new variegated carna- 

 tion. Bay State, was much admired at 

 the last club meeting and spring show. 

 Mr. Roper has 2,000 plants of it grow- 

 ing. He has a seedling of better size 

 and color than Fair Maid and said to 

 be three times as prolific, which should 

 also be heard from. 



F. R. Pierson, at the recent club 

 meeting, spoke highly of Carnation Mel- 

 ody, the light pink sport of Lawson, and 

 said it made much higher prices than 

 Enchantress, holding its color better. 



One of the Ranges of the Pittsburg Rose and Gunation Co., Bakerstown, Pa. 



-aey grow roses, carnations, Aspara- 

 gus plumosus, Sprengeri, chrysanthe- 

 mums, and a few other smaller things, 

 the whole cut making a good wagon- 

 load every morning, shipped to the 

 Pittsburg Cut Flower Co., of which Mr. 

 Burki is president. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The usual shortening up of supplies is 

 now quite apparent and large quantities 

 of flowers are being held back. Prices 

 are satisfactory, perhaps better than they 

 will be on some lines at the end of the 

 week. We have had one or two warm 

 days, which were welcomed by those 

 whose pot plants were a little bacikward. 

 The thermometer reached 72 in the shade 

 March 23. Cooler conditions, however, 

 have prevailed since that time. Roses 

 are quite plentiful. Plenty of Beauties 

 ■will be forthcoming for Easter and it 

 looks like a generous supply of all other 

 sorts. Prices have crept up somewhat on 

 all lines. Carnations are bringing much 

 better prices ; nothing below $4 and best 

 grades up to $8 and $10. Violets are 

 abundant and averaging about 50 cents. 



moire Louis Van Houtte and Bernard 

 Andre alba were other favorites. Rambler 

 roses, acacias, astilbes, lilacs and a 

 variety of other stock was noted at the 

 old establishment, in addition to the 

 quantities of ferns, palms and bedding 

 plants. Before proceeding to the new 

 plant, some distance away, refreshments 

 were served. On motion of President 

 Westwood three cheers and a tiger, fol- 

 lowed by the singing of "He's a jolly 

 good fellow," were accorded Mr. Edgar 

 and further cheers given for Mrs. Edgar 

 and a daughter born only two days 

 previously. Mr. Edgar's little daughters 

 recited, W. J. Stewart sang ' ' Annie 

 Laurie, ' ' P. Welch and others made a 

 few remarks and then all proceeded to 

 the new establishment. 



Here one house 40x200 was planted 

 with tomatoes. Comet being used. In 

 another house 25,000 bedding geraniums 

 in 3 1/4 -inch pots were seen. Some 7,500 

 hydrangeas were also coming along for 

 Memorial day trade. 



Variotis Notes. 



Thomas Roland had 1,800 finely grown 



rambler roses, mostly pink, for Easter 



trade. He also had splendid lots of 



acacias, marguerites, lilies, bougain- 



They will bench 10,000 of it next sea- 

 son at Tarrytown. 



B. K. Howard, the instructor of the 

 landscape classes of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club, will address the next club 

 meeting on April 16 on landscape gar- 

 dening. At the May meeting Duncan 

 Finlayson will tell the members how to 

 plant and care for an Italian garden. 

 The club banquet will be held on or 

 about April 17 and tickets will be pur- 

 chasable from members of the executive 

 committee and officers of the club. 



William Nicholson, as usual, has a 

 grand lot of white and yellow mar- 

 guerites of which he is cutting some 

 thousands weekly. These always meet 

 with a quick sale. 



Peirce Bros.' big lot of lilies were 

 never in better shape for Easter and 

 every pot is sold as usual. 



Among visitors ttie week were George 

 E. Baldwin, Secaucus, N. J. ; E. B. Beals, 

 Springfield; T. W. Head, Groton, Conn.; 

 T. McCarthy, Providence, R. I.; F. C. 

 Green, Warwick, R. I.; F. Heeremans 

 and Edwin Jenkins, Lenox; F. R. Pier- 

 son, Tarrytown, N. Y. ; Thomas Knight, 

 Rutherford, N. J. ; George F. Struck, 

 Orange, X. .T. \y. N. Craig. 



