May ;{0. 1907. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



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good. Her window is usually ;i mass of 

 mixed flowers and looks nice to tlic pass- 

 er-by. 



Hall & Kobinson's wintlow Iddked nice 

 last week, filled with niany-i'oldrid tulips 

 from their own gardens at Ouironiout. 

 Tliey wvvc quickly disposed of, too. 



Tommy. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Tlie close aj)|)roach of Mciiioiial day 

 has given a strong tone to the market 

 the last few days and everything com- 

 ing in is cleared out in short order. 

 Prices have advanced somewhat on car- 

 nations, but not so nnich on roses, I'x- 

 cept bright colored varieties. There 

 jiromises to be a large supply of both 

 these flowers. Sweet peas ])roinis(' to l>i' 

 on hand in quantity, and stocks, antir- 

 rhiiuims, double fexcrfew :ui(l candy- 

 tuft are ail (|uite )ih'utiful and of excel- 



(^uite a few lieds j)lanted i)rior to May 

 25 were frozen ou that morning, while 

 market gardeners had many tomatoes 

 and other tender vegetables tlestroyed at 

 the same tiuu'. Bedding out will be- 

 nearly two Avecks late from jtre^sent ap 

 ]iearances. 



Club Jottings. 



The White Killarney rose shown at 

 the last club meeting by Waljau (Con- 

 servatories was highly thought of and 

 shoidd ])rove pojmlar when propagated 

 in (juantity and dissendnated. 



The fine vases of thi' lovely jiink 

 Daphne cneorum shown at the club meet- 

 ing by President Westwood showed that 

 this plant thrives well at Forest Hills 

 cemetery. .Mr. Westwood jtropagates in 

 August, in a hotbed, whencNer good cut- 

 tings can be had. 



W. H. Elliott *s icmarks on carrying 

 over Richmond rose wei'e interesting. His 

 l)lants were tloweiod until .luly, cut 

 down to eight oi' ten inches, rruioving 



House of Smilaz at Albert F. Amitng's, Mavwood, III. 



lent ijuality. (il:idioli arc tine and in;ike 

 $l! per ilozi'u for tiir licst. Tli( I'orcc'l 

 lily of the \alley is reinforce.] by .-i 

 L,'tiiid sujiply .it' outdoor stock, which. 

 ho\\e\<'r, is liardU snllicienlly open yet. 

 Kveii the I'ariv tulips and narcissi 

 Uuj-th of Boston ;ire still in tiist-class 

 conilition and there will be more ludbons 

 stock for .Memorial day than fof years. 

 Narcissus jioelicus is just at its best, 

 while lute tlowcring tulips aie line, 

 l-ilac is not well ojieii, lieing o\er twii 

 \veeks later than in litiMi. There is a 

 yooil supply of Spijjea .I;ii>(unca, but 

 'hat ]popular shrub for .Memoiial day 

 use, Spiru'a \an llouttei, is late. Taken 

 all in all, there promises to be a sujijily 

 of llowei's (juite up to the average, while 

 'he demand seems likely to surpass all 



records. 



Trade in bedding plants is I'ather 

 slow, .|ue to the contiuu<'d col. I wt'atlier. 



all t'oliage. ami well top.lressed. K*e 

 suits were stems about twelve inches long 

 for ('hristinas and in the spi'iny a large 

 crop of line flowers. ^'lMlng stock gave 

 the finest ('liristm;is liloonis. .Xiiotlu'r 

 ye.-ir lie tlnrnght that by treating Uicli- 

 nnoids unoi' like lliides and Maids, le;iv 

 iug (Ui the t'oliage .-iiul priiniuy less, bet 

 tei- results nnght lie had. Killiinicy 

 lifted and replaiileil li;i\e ii.il proved a 

 success. 



Horticultural Society. 



.\t Horticultural hall .May --'.'p, T. I >. 

 ll.atfield, gardener to Walter llunnewell. 

 showed si.\ pl.-ints of' a new hybrid cal- 

 I'eolaiia, till' results ot' a cross between 

 • '. rugosa and one of the yellow herba- 

 ceous varieties. l^'loweis ;ne more than 

 ihuible the size of those jodduced b.v 

 • '. rugosa (ioldeii (!eni, ;iud of the same 

 deep golden yellow Color, the plant being 



similar in habit. (Seorge StcMvart, of 

 Medford, was the raiser of this useful 

 novelty, which should prove \aluable 

 commercially and was avvardi^d a silver 

 medal. Ivohert Cameron received honor- 

 able mention for ;i nicely flowered plant 

 of the pretty L'ereus spe(dosus. W. N. 

 < 'raig received a cei'titic;ite of merit for 

 a collection of Darwin and other late- 

 llovvering tulips. 



The rhododendron show, already post- 

 poned until .Tune S, lias been t'urther 

 postponed, owing to the .abnoi'inally late 

 seasiui, to .Tuiu' l."> and Hi, ,ind the; 

 annual ]ieony show will be iield on the 

 same dates. The rose and strawberry 

 show and exhibition of late |ieouies will 

 come on June 2'2 and 2?>. 



All Saturday exhibitions this season 

 will be open<'d on Sumhay afternoons 

 also. This and the iqiening of the so- 

 ciety's libniry shoidd prove an attrac- 

 tion for many flower lovers. 



Various Notes. 



Peirce Ibos., of W.nltham. Iiave their 

 usual large sujiply of Spira'a .l.aponica 

 for IMenu)rial day and ex{tect to cut 

 loO.OOO sprays. 



Thonms I'egler UKtikefe<l his l;ist dou- 

 ble violets :\lay 124. .\s he started to 

 pick September '_'9, he has had an un- 

 usually long seascm. 



Many of Peter ••"'isher's friends tail 

 to iec()gnize him these days. Th(> re- 

 moval of a little hirsute adornment 

 makes a mighty change in some men's 



t'.-lces. 



.1. Tailby i*i: Sons" Spanish iris have 

 been unusually fine this setisoii. This 

 lieautiful bulb .seems to be slowly Imt 

 surely gaining in favoi'. 



.Seed merchants coutinue iiniisn.'illy 

 liiisv fur so late in the season. \iM>eiy- 

 nii'ii are still shi|ipin^ even .ieciduous 

 tr.'es ;inc| shrubs, which in smiie cases 

 iiiive started but little. It li:is bi-.-u a 

 splendid planting season and luillioiis 

 ami other spring tlowei-s never lasie.l so 



well. 



William Xicliolsi'ui. .-is iisu;il, lias ;i, l.ig 

 l.it o|' .liiulile t'eveit'i'w tor Mem.ui.al 

 .|;i\. also quantities .it' m.ar^ihrites auil 

 iiiiusuallv good .■ariiat iiiiis f'.u the en.l 

 ..r May.' 



The rock ;^ardeii at llaiv;ir.| I'.oiani.' 

 i.ardi'iis is unusually ;it t lact i v e at |ires 

 cut. Mr. ' ameroii has everything thor- 

 .iii^lilv uploilate in ihesr interest iiiii 

 i;:irilens. 



Mann l'>ros. .are s,.||ii|o- hir^e .|n;i ut it us 

 of lie.hliiiL:' iil;inis these .lays. Tii.-ii 

 crop of' I'll' tlovviMs for Memorial .lav i-. 

 also the liesi thev ever ha. I. 



W. \. ( i;ai... 



COLD STORAGE VALLEY. 



At le:i.~t one of (he ll.ambuig expert- 

 Mig firms |iuts up ret.arde.i cinwus of 

 lily of the v;dley in as small a (jiiantily 

 :is 1.11(1(1 per i-ase, ;inil these -.w,- deliv- 

 ir"'l Weekly, fortnight I v or .-is m.ay be 

 ie.|uired. anywhere in l-iurope. ()vviiig 

 to their pi'oni|itness In handling retanled 

 .low lis, and the care with vvhii-li th.-v 

 are p.Mckeil, liar.lly any ;ire spoiled 

 through th.awing too rapi.llv in tr.ansit. 

 e.Kcept perh.-ips in the hottest ]i;irt of 

 summi'r, ov when the boat i^eis delayeil 

 in i-i-ossing from llambuig to l-ingland. 

 ■ iml ill these cases tli(^ tirm .always makes 

 L;ood any losses. I'mler these circum- 

 stances it may readily be i-ie.lite.l that 

 the forcing of valley is on the rapid in 

 crease among the sm.-ill gr.iwers throuirji. 

 -out Enrojio. 



