Mat 9, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



1905 



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OIR DECORATION DAY SIPPLY 



■OF- 



Grandiflora Cape Jasmine Buds 



Will be ample for all demands and we positively guarantee to fill all 

 accepted orders for shipment at any time during the month of May. 



STANDARD 14-INCH CRATES (No Short Stock) 

 75c per 100 ; 65c per lOO in lots of 500 or more. 



General Special Express Rates Apply 



An artistic electrotype, showing cluster of these buds, half open blooms 

 and full blooms, is being mailed out. If you do not receive one, a postal 

 will bring it promptly. A cabinet size photo, hand finished in water colors, 

 sent for 10c in stamps. 



C. W. BENSON, Alvin, Tex. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



has begun and one of the oldest land- 

 marks of New York flower growing has 

 passed away. Mr. Myers is 65 years 

 old and has fairly earned his competence 

 and rest. 



Perkins & Schumann have risen. They 

 now occupy a store five or six times 

 larger than their last and on the first 

 floor of the Coogan building, a most con- 

 venient place in every way and just 

 what they needed for their growing 

 trade. 



The Cut Flower Exchange, at its an- 

 nual meeting Saturday, reelected John 

 Snyder president and Alexander Burns, 

 Edward Matthews, Philip Einsman and 

 George Golsner directors. The opening 

 liour was restored to 6 a. m. instead of 

 5 a. m., as has been the rule since 

 Christmas. 



E. Bonnot, of Jersey City, is now visit- 

 ing his old home, Paris, France, and in 

 his letters to his brother in the Coogan 

 building, asserts that in elaborate and 

 beautiful fitting up the Parisians' retail 

 stores are in advance of our own. 



A. M. Henshaw was confined to his 

 home last week with a severe case of the 



grip. 



Traendly & Schenck are building a 

 large addition to their store, evidently in 

 anticipation of increased shipments this 

 season. 



Ford Bros, call attention to the way 

 the quality and crop is holding out this 

 ><oapon with their carnation growers. 



J. AusTix Shaw. 



CoHOES, N. Y. — On Saturday, April 

 20, a daughter was born to Dale S. Car- 

 penter. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The weather for May has so far proved 

 unusually cold. As a consequence there 

 is no such glut in the market as some- 

 times occurs at this season. Taken all 

 in all, business remains fairly good. 

 Thanks in principal part to the cool 

 weather, roses and carnations both con- 

 tinue of extra good quality, with prices 

 much the same as a week ago. Light 

 pink carnations, like Enchantress, are 

 holding their color finely this season. A 

 few straggling double violets are still 

 seen, but the present week will finish 

 them. Sweet peas sell fairly well and 

 quite a variety of shades is procurable. 

 Easter lilies and callas are both abun- 

 dant. 



There is rather less bulbous stock, in 

 the way of tulips and narcissi. That 

 coming from the open is backward, 

 owing to the cold weather. Spanish iris 

 is abundant, of fine quality and sells 

 moderately well. Marguerites remain 

 good sellers. Some good stocks are seen, 

 and quite a variety of miscellaneous 

 flowers. 



Exhibition. 



There was a smaller show than usual 

 May 4, at Horticultural hall. The morn- 

 ing was bitter cold, with a driving rain, 

 and some exhibits of azaleas and cal- 

 ceolarias were not forthcoming. Never- 

 theless, there was an interesting exhibi- 

 tion. 



Martin Sullivan, gardener to W. Whit- 

 man, won first prize for six zonal pelar- 



goniums. He also showed some good 

 plants of show and fancy varieties. For 

 tvrelve large pans of Darwin tulips, dis- 

 tinct, Mr. Sullivan also won, with a 

 beautiful collection, finely grown. He 

 was also first for twelve pans, twelve 

 inches in diameter, of other varieties of 

 late tulips. 



There were numerous displays of nar- 

 cissi. For fifty vases, not less than ten 

 varieties, W. N. Craig was first, W. 

 Whitman second, and W. J. Clemson, 

 J. O. Kristensen gardener, third. All the 

 more popular narcissi were shown, as 

 well as many of the new and rarer vari- 

 eties. 



For forty-eight tulips, W. Whitman 

 was first and W. J. Clemson second. 

 Mrs. A. W. Blake, John L. Smith gar- 

 dener, led for forty-eight pansies, dis- 

 tinct, with a splendid lot; Mrs. E. M. 

 Ciill, second. 



There were a good number of miscel- 

 laneous non-competitive exhibits. J. T. 

 Butterworth received a silver medal for 

 a beautifully flowered Cattleya Mossiaj 

 in an 8-inch pot carrying fifty-nine flow- 

 ers. The same plant carried forty-four 

 flowers in 1906. W. Whitman had well 

 flowered plants of Cattleya Skinneri and 

 C. Mossiae. Mrs. A. W. Blake showed 

 Himalayan Rhododendron formosum, 

 some fine auriculas and a collection of 

 narcissi. Mrs. Frederick Ayer, Geo. Page 

 gardener, had a magnificent lot of Mar- 

 ochal Niel rose, several large shoots 

 smothered with bloom, and awarded a 

 cultural certificate. The same exhibitor 

 received honorable mention for well flow- 

 ered plants of Acacia pulchella. Mrs. 

 Page also had a collection of Spanish 



