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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



NOTBUBBB 21, 1907. 



not look specially roseate, and prices are 

 likely to be moderate. "While the finan- 

 cial upheaval will aflfect trade, a fair 

 business is looked for. Plant trade con- 

 tinues only moderately good, not at all 

 what it ought to be. Some jgood Lor- 

 raine begonias are now arriving, and a 

 few azaleas have also put in an appear- 

 ance. Palms and other decorative plants 

 aro not selling as well as could be wished, 



Qub Meeting. 



Election night, as usual, drew out a 

 big crowd to the Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Club meeting November 19, nearly 

 175 being in attendance. There was no 

 regular lecture, as the balloting occupied 

 considerable time. The nominating com- 

 mittee, consisting of Wilfred Wheeler, 

 W. C. Rust and Charles Holbrow, pre- 

 sented the list of nominees and Presi- 

 dent . Westwood appointed as tellers 

 Messrs. Holbrow, Wheeler, Kennedy and 

 Cameron. The balloting resulted as fol- 

 lows: 



For president, Thomas Westwood, 53;- 

 F. E. Palmer, 36; vice-president, F. P. 

 Davis, 67; T. J. Gray, 52; secretary, 

 W. N. Craig, 113; treasurer, Edward 

 Hatch, 112; executive committee, Peter 

 Miller, 90; John Farquhar, 79; Robert 

 Cameron, 95; Paul Johansson, 48. 



A motion was introduced changing the 



Tlie landscape classes begin December 

 3. F. E. Palmer gave a report on boiler 

 legislation. 



Wm. Sim was given an award of merit 

 for Boston violet. M. A. Patten had a 

 fine lot of seedling carnations, and 

 James Cartwright showed Oncidium 

 ornithorhynchum. 



The market was improved November 

 20. Receipts were lighter and prices 

 better. The Thanksgiving outlook 

 brightens. 



Variotss Notes. 



The annual election of omcers for the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 took place November 16. There being 

 no contests, the number of votes cast 

 was unusually small. The following 

 were duly electeu: President, Stephen 

 M. Weld; vice-president, Walter Hunne- 

 well; trustees for three years, W. C. 

 Baylies, C. W. Parker, J. A. Pettigrew 

 and William Whitman; nominating com- 

 mittee, W. H. Bowker, J. W. Duncan, 

 J. H. Fletcher, D. F. Roy and Wilfred 

 Wheeler. 



The Yale-Princeton football game No- 

 vember 16 caused a good call for vio- 

 lets. Welch Bros, forwarded nearly 

 100,000 alone, singles having the prefer- 

 ence. 



Malcolm Orr and L. E. Small are 



Chrysanlhemum Lyanwood Hall. 



date of election to December in future. 



It was »oted to hold a field day at 



Framingham, December 14, to visit S. J. 



Goddard, Wm. Nicholson nnd T. Buttor- 



handling some fine double violets at the 

 Music Hall market. Messrs. Orr and 

 Cummings have splendid singles with 

 12-inch stems. 



The t«o flower markets expect to offer 



some $500 in prizes at the exhibition, to 

 be held probably in February. As the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society holdsf 

 its midwinter exhibition about that timef^ 

 an amalgamation would insure a fine 

 exhibition. 



The garden committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society visited 

 the estate of H. H. Rogers, at Fairhaven, 

 November 18. James Garthley, the head 

 gardener, had two houses of pot chrys- 

 anthemums which were finely grown. The 

 party were entertained to dinner and 

 spent a pleasant afternoon. 



John McFarland has finished a fine 

 new forcing house. In addition to lily 

 of the valley, he will force a quantity 

 of Lilac Marie Legraye. He has a nice 

 house of poinsettias coming on for 

 Christmas. 



David Lumsden has been appointed 

 superintendent of the greenhouses of 

 New Hampshire College at Durham, 

 N.H. 



November has given us some low tem- 

 peratures, 12 to 14 degrees above zero 

 being recorded November 15, 16 and 17. 

 It has been an excellent fall, however, 

 for finishing up outside work. 



W. N. Craig. 



NEVYOHK. 



The Market 



■ The week opens With a cold rain and 

 cheerless skies, hardly in keeping with 

 the better tone that begins to materialize. 

 This is the week of the horse show, al- 

 ways a good week for the retailer, and 

 with the grandest blooms of chrysanthe- 

 mums in abundance flooding the mar- 

 ket, of the finest quality that has ever 

 reached the New York wholesalers, there 

 is no reason why this week should be 

 an exception to the rule. Prices are no 

 higher this week than last, and may not 

 be before Thanksgiving, but the demand 

 is growing and the ice-boxes are emptied 

 every day at some price. 



Saturday's football game at New 

 Haven absorbed enormous quantities of 

 yellow mums and violets. The aggre- 

 gate must have totaled hundreds of 

 thousands, and yet the New York local 

 call was beard and answered satisfac- 

 torily; in other words, notwithstanding 

 any extraordinary demand at any time, 

 there is always left enough and to spare. 

 One of the leading violet wholesalers 

 declared he had not shipped a violet to 

 Yale, the city demand absorbing his 

 entire shipment. 



Mums of superb quality and size, last 

 year bringing $4 to $5 a dozen, are gladly 

 sold this year at $2. While these ab- 

 normal receipts of chrysanthemums con- 

 tinue there will be little satisfactory im- 

 provement in prices. Roses have not 

 advanced except in quality. They could 

 hardly be more perfect. No signs of 

 mildew are yet in evidence. Beauties 

 are in demand at the present prevailing 

 reasonable prices, and no wonder, when 

 retailers can buy 40-cent goods at 20 

 cents, and all other roses in proportion. 

 The finest Maids last week were to be 

 had for $4 a hundred. The beginning of 

 this week finds prices at the same low 

 ebb. 



Carnations sold at 2 cents for the top 

 at times, and there was no lack of sup- 

 ply. Valley does not advance, though 

 the November weddings are numerous. 



Orchids are abundant and growing in 

 favor constantly. Shipments are heavy 

 to out-of-town florists. 



Wc look for a slightly better market 



