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JUWB 27, 1907. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



15 



china vases, Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Wm. 

 Thatcher gardener, was a good first, also 

 taking third prize, E. L. Lewis being 

 second. For twenty-five double white. 

 Blue HiU Nurseries won with Festiva 

 maxima, also being third with Whittleyi, 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill second with Festiva 

 maxima. The latter exhibitor had a 

 splendid vase of Dorchester, which, how- 

 ever, contained only twenty-three flow- 

 ers. Blue Hill Nurseries led for twenty- 

 five pink with pretty blooms of Camille 

 Calot. For twenty-five double red E. L. 

 L/ewis won with rubra triumphans; Blue 

 Hill Nurseries second with Felix Crousse. 

 For twenty-five any other color, J. W. 

 Whitman was first, Blue Hill Nurseries 

 second. For twelve blooms distinct, non- 

 commercial growers, Mrs, J. L. Gardner 

 was first, J. L. Blanchard, second. 



For thirty vases herbaceous flowers, 

 Blue HiU Nurseries took both first and 

 second with a splendid assortment. Lych- 

 nis Flos-cuculi alba plena is a very de- 

 sirable novelty, .ffithionema grandiflora 

 was admired by everyone, as were fine 

 vases of the various hemerocalUs, such 

 as Dumortierii and Middendorfii. J. R. 

 dark & Co. had a display of sweet Wil- 

 liams and herbaceous plants. F. J. Eea 

 had a good collection of German iris, 

 hemerocalUs and other hardy plants. 

 "William "Whitman had an extensive col- 

 lection of double and single pyrethrums 

 showing excellent culture. W. H. Heus- 

 tis had a display of Bosa spinosissima 

 and "William Nicholson showed peonies. 

 E. J. Shaylor had some seventy-five 

 varieties of peonies, including some good 

 French and English novelties. 



Mrs, E. M. Gill had a good table of 

 peonies, also a general assortment of cut 

 flowers. T, D, Hatfield, gardener to "W. 

 Hunnewell, had pans of yellow chry- 

 santhemums and George HoUis a table 

 of German iris and other perennials. R, 

 & J. Farquhar & Co. had an extensive 

 display 6f German iris, pyrethrums, 

 peonies, aquilegias, hemerocallis and 

 other perennials, also a group of palms 

 and bay trees. On a table were a num- 

 ber of the pretty Lobelia tenuior. Blue 

 Hill Nurseries had a collection of forty- 

 «ight varieties of German iris. 



The rose, strawberry and peony show 

 on June 29 and 30 will probably fill all 

 the exhibition halls. The date will be 

 about right for hybrid perpetual roses 

 and most of the double peonies. Straw- 

 berries would have been better at a later 

 date. 



Various Notes. 



Lord & Burnham Co, will build three 

 houses each 40x225 for the Lumsden 

 Floral Co. in Belmont, There are at 

 present three houses each 200 feet long 

 on the place. Two 110 horse-power boil- 

 €r8 will be installed and a number of 

 other houses will be added later. The 

 new firm will be ready for business in 

 September and is already receiving ap- 

 plications for catalogues. Palms, arau- 

 carias, azaleas and other plants will be 

 grown heavily. Large orders for these 

 have already been placed in Belgium. 



Robert Cameron had an extensive 

 decoration at President Eliot's, of Har- 

 vard, for the class day exercises last 

 week and his artistic grouping caused 

 many favorable comments, 



A delegation from the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club visited the estate of Gen, 

 S, M. "Weld June 22 and was especially 

 interested in his rock garden, 



"We regret to announce the sickness of 

 J, A. Pettigrew. An operation for ap- 



pendicitis was performed June 25. Mr. 

 Pettigrew 's host of friends hope for his 

 speedy recovery. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 will hold a field day in the Boston park 

 system on June 29, Members will start 

 from Audubon road, to reach which 

 Cypress street cars can be taken, A 

 large delegation is expected. 



E. J. Shaylor 's new peonies are un- 

 usually fine this season and a large col- 

 lection will be staged at Horticultural 

 hall June 29. 



Boston will celebrate old home week 

 from July 28 to August 3. A free flow- 

 er show at Horticultural hall for two or 

 three days will be one feature of in- 

 terest. 



Peirce Bros, have a 200-foot house of 

 a new seedling tomato from which they 

 expect great things. Some bunches car- 

 ry fourteen to sixteen fine fruits. It is 

 similar to Comet in size and form, 



Dorchester park, selected for the club 

 picnic, is a capital location, easy of ac- 

 cess from all points. Everything points 

 to a record breaking attendance July 25. 



Prof. C. S. Sargent threw open his 

 grounds to the public June 22 and 23 

 and thousands availed themselves of the 

 opportunity to view the fine collection of 

 azaleas, rhododendrons and other flow- 

 ering plants. 



The garden committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society has been 

 invited to visit the estate of C, "W, Park- 

 er, of Marblehead, June 27, 



W, N, Craig. 



COLUMBUS, OHIO. 



TIic Market 



The weather has made a jump right 

 into summer. The past fortnight has 

 been unusually lively for so late in the 

 season, as regards over-the-counter cash 

 trade; and when we add to this the 

 June wedding decorations and many 

 elaborate floral arrangements for school 

 commencements, a satisfactory total for 

 the month has resulted. Both green- 

 house flowers and hardy stock are now 

 in large supply. 



Various Notes. 



The Columbus Florists' Club held its 

 annual rose and strawberry show the 

 afternoon and evening of June 11, in 

 the Brent building headquarters. The 

 committee on roses, consisting of Messrs. 

 Reichert, Ackerman and Hills, awarded 

 first prize to James McKellar for Uncle 

 John, second to I. D. Siebert for Golden 

 Gate, and third to Sherman F. Stephens 

 for Bride, Besides these prize displays, 

 the Fifth Avenue Floral Co., the Clover 

 Hill Greenhouses, and Graff Bros, all en- 

 tered fine collections. On strawberries, 

 there were more than twenty competi- 

 tors for the prizes. The judges, Messrs, 

 Metzmaier, Wedemeyer and "Williams, 

 gave first prize to "WUliam F, Metzmaier, 

 second to John Brust, and third to George 

 Bauman. 



At the last meeting of the Florists' 

 Club, the following awards for the plants 

 and flowers exhibited at the meetings 

 during the season were made: To L D, 

 Siebert, for a total of 123 points, $5; to 

 Robert A, Currie, with eighty-three 

 points, $3, and to Sherman F, Stephens, 

 with sixty points, $2, 



Tickets are out for the annual picnic 

 of the club at Buckeye lake. It is ex- 

 pected by the committee that at least 

 200 will attend. 



The Fifth Avenue Floral Co. has just 

 closed perhaps the best plant season the 

 firm has ever had. In geraniums alone 

 over 25,000, in twenty or more popular 

 varieties, have been disposed of. 



The closing of the cemeteries to Sun- 

 day burials, while it has lessened the 

 labor for some of the cemetery employees, 

 has greatly increased the Sunday labor 

 of the florists. It would not surprise 

 the writer if it caused an even more 

 extensive Sunday opening of floral es- 

 tablishments than at present, 



The>_ Clover Hill Greenhouses, being 

 situated at the entrance ot Green Lawn 

 cemetery, do an ever increasing business 

 in funeral flowers and the taking care 

 of cemetery lots. On Sundays, especial- 

 ly, they do an enormous trade in bou- 

 quets of mixed flowers at 50 cents to $1 

 each, seemingly every visitor buying. 



Mrs. E. M. Krauss is much pleased 

 with her new location at 109 South High 

 street, for, as expected, she feels already 

 the extra business that moving into the 

 so-called shopping district was sure to 

 bring. 



John R. Hellenthal, in his two large 

 houses, besides roses and carnations, 

 grows a great variety of bedding stock. 

 At a recent visit the writer's attention 

 was drawn to a fine block of Cowee's 

 gladioli. 



The Columbus Floral Co., although so 

 recently established, is doing a good 

 business at 187 South High street. 



The bedding plant sales, at the stands 

 in the market district, are about over 

 for the season. The season has been 

 much strung out, but on the whole quite 

 satisfactory, Zebo. 



PITTSBURG. 



The Market. 



Now we know we are into summer. 

 There is a glut of stock of all kinds, and 

 with so much good stock going to waste it 

 discourages the most hardened. Stock is 

 being bought and sold so cheaply that 

 even the street men are complaining that 

 they cannot make expenses. 



The retailers continue to have a few 

 weddings and commencements, but out- 

 side of that and funeral trade, there is 

 nothing doing, as the small buyers quit 

 when the weather gets hot. 



Various Notes. 



Phil Langhans, of the Pittsburg Cut 

 Flower Co., has cut out summer resorts 

 this year. He has built a bungalow in the 

 woods on his farm at Allison Park and 

 will move there for the summer. "W. A. 

 Clarke, of the same firm, with his wife, 

 goes away for a three weeks' pilgrimage 

 with No. 1 Commandery, Knights Temp- 

 lar, attending the conclave at Saratoga, 

 N. Y., then through Canada and around 

 the coast home. Hoo-Hoo. 



Buffalo, N, Y.— Supt, Cowell, of 

 South park, says that the factories in 

 the neighborhood of the park have be- 

 come so numerous, and have caused so 

 smoky a condition of the atmosphere, 

 that it is now impossible for the plants 

 under his care to thrive. He fears, 

 therefore, that the city 's greenhouses and 

 propagating house, which are now lo- 

 cated in the park, must soon be removed, 

 though it will be difficult to find a new 

 location that will not be open to the same 

 objections as the present one. 



