Septembcu 12, IGCi 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



15 



^ptember 7, and suggests that the first 

 week in September would be a better one 

 for the S. A. F. convention, because so 

 many of the smaller florists, having by 

 that time completed their plantings, 

 could attend, where now it is impossible 

 for them to be away. 



Joseph Fenrich and family have re- 

 turned to their city home after a two 

 months' holiday at Asbury Park, N. J. 



Three boxes of violets of excellent qual- 

 ity reached the New York market Sep- 

 tember 9, the first of the season. 



Charles Weber has completed a new 

 200-foot house for Victory, Imperial and 

 Pink Imperial carnations, 



Robert Berry returned from Canton 

 Monday, where he has been superintend- 

 ing the tree planting on the McKinley 

 memorial grounds for Wadley & Smythe. 



The autumnal auction season will begin 

 September 17, when William Elliott's 

 familiar voice will float out upon the 

 breezes at 201 Fulton street. The initial 

 sale will be of special interest because 

 the plants to be offered are decorative 

 stock, including some large kentias, for 

 which there is a big demand just now. 



Arthur Hunt, of Langjahr's force, en- 

 tertained the stork September 8, on the 

 arrival of a baby boy. 



F. Lautenschlager, of the Kroeschell 

 Bros. Co., Chicago, was in the city over 

 Sunday, the guest of A. J. Guttman, and 

 celebrated his arrival by placing a No. 10 

 boiler with John Scott, of Flatbush. 



O. V. Zangen's new wholesale cut 

 flower store is on the first floor of the 

 Ooogan building. 



Joseph Leikens' store on East Thirty- 

 third street was opened for the season 

 September 7. Mr. and Mrs. Leikens will 

 be back from Newport September 15. 



Alex. McConnell is sending glowing ac- 

 counts of European travel from the con- 

 tinent. He is expected home early in 

 October. 



John King Duer, of 644 Madison ave- 

 nue, is summering at the Maine resorts, 

 .r. J. Coan, his manager, has just re- 

 turned from a trip to the popular society 

 centers, including Long Branch, Lenox, 

 Newport and Bar Harbor. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The wet weather which at last ef- 

 fectually broke the drought last week, 

 proved discouraging for business, but 

 the conditions now are somewhat im- 

 proved and all good stock meets with a 

 ready sale. Roses are not of more than 

 moderate quality, but are improving. A 

 few more carnations are arriving, of the 

 new crop. They are not yet of much 

 size, but, such as they are, sell well. 

 Sweet peas were practically finished by 

 the late rains. Asters are in good sup- 

 ply, although the drenching rains ruined 

 many of these and other outdoor flowers. 



Some tuberoses are seen, but they meet 

 with a slow sale. Cosmos also is seen in 

 moderate lots. Gladioli are less abun- 

 dant. Speciosum lilies now come from 

 outdoors. Lilium Harrisii is just about 

 <K}ual to the demand. Lily of the valley 

 is only of fair quality. The demand is 

 rather light for adiantum, smilax and 

 Hsparagus. The quality of all green 

 stock is exceptionally good. 



Dahlia Exhibition. 



The show September 4 and 5 was the 

 finest ever held in Boston and we doubt 

 if it was ever equaled in America, in 



so far as dahlias are concerned. The 

 New England Dahlia Society has done 

 much missionary work in the last year 

 and the remarkable interest taken in the 

 exhibits attested the growing popularity 

 of its pet flower. T'he main exhibition 

 hall and lecture hall were almost entirely 

 devoted to dahlias and competition in 

 the various classes was remarkably keen. 

 Among the largest and most successful 

 exhibits were those of W. W. Rawson & 

 Co., Mr». H. A. Jahn, Johnson & Hall, 

 J. K. Alexander, J. H. Flint, E. W. 

 Ela, W. H. Symonds, Mrs. R. O. Rich- 

 ardson, W. D. Hathaway, F. L. Tinkham, 

 Geo. H. Walker, W. D. Moon, N. A. 

 Lindsey and Mrs. L. M. Towle. The 

 cactus and decorative varieties seemed 

 to be the most interesting to visitors, 

 but there was a noticeable falling off 

 in the singles. 



In the class calling for the largest 

 display of named varieties W. W. Raw- 

 son & Co. staged what was undoubtedly 

 the finest exhibit ever seen in Boston. 

 Numerous large trumpet vases were used 

 to break up the flatness of the display. 

 This firm staged over 3,000 specimen 

 blooms in some 500 varieties. There were 

 many fine seedlings shown. Johnson & 

 Hall have a superb display of these. 



Non-competitive groups of dahlias 

 were staged by Mrs. E. M. Gill, who also 

 had other seasonable flowers; W. Whit- 

 man, Geo. B. Gill, Forbes & Gillette, H. 

 A. Jordan, Sanderson & Lindvall, A, F, 

 Eastbrook and Mrs, J. B, Laurence. A, 

 H. Wingett, gardener to Charles Lanier, 

 received a certificate for a fine yellow 

 show dahlia, of which he staged a large 

 vase. Sidney Hoffman also received a 

 certificate of merit for artistic arrange- 

 ments of dahlias in the forms of wreaths, 

 table centerpieces, etc., all of which were 

 very effective. 



Among other displays, B. Hammond 

 Tracy had a grand collection of gladioli, 

 many bemg his own seedlings. Certifi- 

 cates were awarded to Princess Sander- 

 soni, the best white gladiolus in Mr. 

 Tracy 's estimation, and Jean Dieu la Foy. 

 C. S. Sargent, C. Sander gardener, re- 

 ceived honorable mention for Gladioli 

 Georges Frick and Baron J. Hulat, both 

 Lemoinei varieties. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. had an exten- 

 sive display of eulalias and other orna- 

 mental grasses, with quantities of Lilium 

 auratum, L. PhiUppense and L. tigrinum. 

 Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Wm. Thatcher gar- 

 dener, had a good group of ornamental- 

 leaved greenhouse plants and a dozen 

 Clerodendron fallax. John L. Smith, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. A. W. Blake, received a 

 certificate of merit for a large specimen 

 of Nephrolepis Barrowsii. H. A. Dreer 

 showed Nephrolepis Amerpohlii and 

 Nephrolepis Todeaoides, awarded honor- 

 able mention, the first named showing up 

 the best. 



Rev. T. L. Dean had a collection 

 of helianthus; W. Whitman vases of 

 liliums; J. J. Rea, Helenium autumnale 

 superbum rosum; Harvard Botanical 

 Gardens, tuberous begonias, and Blue 

 Hill Nurseries, a grand lot of herbaceous 

 plants which were awarded first prize in 

 their class, making first prize for this 

 enterprising nursery at every competi- 

 tive show this season for perennials. 

 There was a fine display of fruits and 

 vegetables. 



On September 7 the annual display of 

 products of children's gardens was held 

 at Horticultural hall. In spite of the 

 dry summer, there was an extensive and 

 excellent display of both flowers and 

 vegetables, competition being unusually 



keen. The attendance of the public 

 showed the increasing interest in chil- 

 dren's gardens. The Mycological Society 

 had a good show of fungi on the same 

 date. 



The display entirely filled the main ex- 

 hibition hall and competition was so, 

 keen that it was quite late in the after- j 

 noon before the judges completed their j 

 labors. 



Various Notes. 



The annual auction sale of stalls of 

 the Boston Cooperative Flower Growers' 

 Association took place, at Park Street 

 market, September 7, when there was a 

 large attendance of buyers. First choice 

 went to Peirce Bros., at a premium of 

 ^88.50. J. A. Budlong Co. gave $87.50. 

 Waban Conservatories secured two at $90 

 each. William Nicholson paid $97.50 and 

 $80 for his selection ; W. W. Edgar, $75 ; 

 W. H. Elliott, H. N. Eaton, E. Suter- 

 meister, Kidder Bros, and A. Parker, 

 $72.50 each. Mann Bros, secured four 

 stalls at $62.50 each, S. J. Goddard and 

 T. Pegler giving similar amounts. P. G. 

 Richwagen paid $67.50. The sale was a, 

 great success, more stalls being disposed* 

 of than in 1906 and the premiums being 

 larger. 



Samuel Neil has pulled down one of 

 his houses in Dorchester and is rebuild- 

 ing same, to be used for carnations. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club will 

 start the fall campaign September 17. 

 The essayist will be R. G. Leavitt on 

 "Hybridization." A rousing attendance 

 is expected. 



W. W. Rawson & Co. have a magnifi- 

 cent display of dahlias at their Marble- 

 head farm. They had over 1,500 visitors 

 Sunday, September 1. They anticipate a 

 big attendance on the cnib field day, 

 which comes September 21. 



The New England Dahlia Society made 

 no change in its oflScers at the annual 

 meeting on September 4. A salary was 

 voted to the secretary, Maurice FuM. 

 which he gracefully declined. The mem- 

 bership continues to grow steadily. 



TTie annual meeting of the directors of 

 the Park Street market will occur on tlie 

 first Saturday in October. 



Patrick Welch and family are back 

 from their annual vacation at Old Or- 

 chard, Maine. During the late disastrous 

 fire there, Mr. Welch performed yeoman 

 service in caring for burned out families. 



Waban Conservatories are sending in 

 some good Beauty roses for the season. I '. 



The garden committee o*f'*t(»fe Massjx- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society visited the 

 gardens of Walter War burton and ^1. 

 Callahan, of Taunton, September 10. 



W. N. Craig. 



LYCHNIS VISCARIA. 



Lychnis viscaria splendens plena is a 

 long name for a desirable little alpine 

 plant, with spikes of purple flowers al- 

 most like those of a stock in their dou- 

 bleness. It is one of the finest forms of 

 lychnis, which makes an excellent border 

 plant of much beauty. There is, however, 

 about these lychnises a touch of coloring 

 which makes them difficult to associate 

 with other plants in bloom at the same 

 time. The Avhite varieties of L. viscaria 

 are all right in this respect, but if we 

 take this colored form, or those of the 

 diurna or Flos-Cuculi types, we find this 

 defect strongly pronounced. Thus we 

 have to associate them mainly with white 

 or y6llow flowers to give them the requi- 

 site settings which show such a good 

 plant as this in perfection, according to 

 an English gardeners' magazine. 



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