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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



DECBMBBtl 26, 1907. 



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For New Year's 



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WE JBAVX EVERYTHING YOU NEED. 



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CARNATIONS, VIOLETS, VALLEY, ROSES, PAPER WHITES 



BOXWOOD, GALAX, WILD SMILAX 



WIRE OR PHONE-WE DO THE REST. 



KEINNICOTT BROS. CO. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION FLORISTS 



48-50 Wabash Ave. 



L* D« Phone, Central 466. 



CHICAGO 



Meutluu The Itevlew when you write. 



ii^uphorbia jacquiniseflora is seen, also 

 imgQonette, marguerites, sweet peas, 

 snapdragon and cypripediums. There is 

 a good call for Asparagus Sprengeri and 

 plumosus, also for adiantum and common 

 terns. 



Plant trade has been quite good, some 

 of the leaders being azaleas, the leading 

 sort being Hexe, locally known as Fire- 

 fly; Lorraine begonias, poinsettias, cy- 

 clamens, Otaheite oranges, ardisias, so- 

 lanums and primulas. Some nice hollies, 

 aucubas and other berried shrubs are sell- 

 ing well. There is a good demand for 

 small ferns in dishes and a fair call only 

 for palms and Boston ferns. There is 

 an unexpectedly heavy call for wreathing 

 of every kind. 



The weather all day Monday was warm, 

 with a drenching rain. It hurt Christ- 

 mas trade considerably, especially with 

 the retailers. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



The lecture course for the season of 

 1908 is as follows: 



Jaminry 4. — luaugurul meeting. President's 

 aiMress. Annual reports. 



January 11. — "The Concord Grape and Its 

 Originator," by Wilfrid Wheeler, Concord, 

 Mass. 



January 18. — "Opportunities for Commercial 

 Apple Growing In New England," by Prof. F. 

 C Sears, Amherst, Mass. 



January 25. — "Annuals and Biennials," by 

 Robert Cameron, Cambridge, Mass. 



February 1. — "Treatment of Home Grounds," 

 by Frederick L. Olmsted, Boston. 



February 8. — "Vegetable Growing Under 

 <Jlass," by William Turner, Oceanic, N. J. 



February 15. — "Hardy Conifers for Private 

 <Jround8," by John Dunbar, Rochester, N. Y. 



February 29. — "The Private Gardener," by 

 Robert Craig, Philadelphia. 



March 7; — "Agricultural Education In the 

 Public Schools," by Prof. K. Q. Butterfield, 

 Amherst, Mass. 



March 14. — "Development of Dlsease-Reslst- 

 nnt Varieties of Plants," by Prof. H. S. Jack- 

 son, Newark, Del. 



March 21. — Annual spring flower show. 



March 28. — Conference on grape growing. 



Club Meetinsf. 



Awards for exhibits at the meeting of 

 the Boston Gardener^' and Florists' Club 

 December 17 were as follows: Rose No. 

 294, from John Cook, Baltimore, color 

 of a deep Bridesmaid, awarded a report 

 of merit. A seedling lily, L. Philip- 

 pense x L. longiflorum secured a similar 

 award for R. & J, Farquhar & Co. The 

 lily is fairly intermediate in habit and 



flowered in exactly ten months from seed. 

 H. F, Woods received a cultural certifi- 

 cate for splendid- Princess violets. Eli- 

 jah A. Wood had some excellent pedi- 

 greed and William Sim equally good 

 Christmas Pink and Mont Blanc sweet 



feas. T. H. Westwood showed Begonia 

 jSl Vesuve, which he stated is a grand 

 bedding sort. E. B. Beals, of Spring- 

 field, had several vases of promising seed- 



Tb« Editor !■ pleased 

 when a Reader 

 presents his Ideas 

 on any subject treated In 



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As experience Is tlie best 

 teacher, so do we 

 learn fastest by an 

 exchansre o( experiences. 

 Bfany valuable points 

 are brought out 

 by discussion. 



Good peamanahlp, spelling and gram- 

 mar, though desirable, are not neces- 

 sary. Write as you would talk when 

 doing your best. 



WK SHALL BK GLAD 

 TO HKAR FROM TOU. 



ling carnations. W. N. Craig received a 

 report of superior merit for culture for 

 Eucharis Amazonica. 



Eben Holmes, from Montrose Green- 

 houses, had two fine vases of mixed roses 

 and 8. J. Goddard excellent Beacon, Oc- 

 toroon, White Perfection and Ceres car- 

 nations. The latter is of Scott color and 

 was awarded a report of merit. 



W. J. Stewart spoke entertainingly of 

 his late trip to Jamestown, up the Po- 



tomac to Washington^ etc. Robert Cam- 

 eron and W. N. Craig told of sights they 

 had seen, horticultural and otherwise, in 

 and around New York city. It was voted 

 to hold ladies' night January 21, when 

 the new officers will be installed. This 

 will attract the largest gathering of the 



Various Notes*- 



Peirce Bros, have a big lot of Hexe 

 azaleas just right for Christmas, also a 

 dwarf double pink named Petrick. They 

 have some nice Lilium auratum from 

 cold storage bulbs. 



Houghton & Clark are showing a fine 

 lot of Otaheite oranges, Lorraine bego- 

 nias, azaleas and ardisias. 



H. M. Robinson & Co. say that trade 

 in wreaths and other decorative greenery 

 has surprised them. They feared dimin- 

 ished demand but it proved heavier 

 than a year ago. They had some fine 

 cattle yas and gardenias among choice 

 flowers. 



Henry Penn is mourning the death of 

 his sister, which occurred December 20. 



A. Roper's new seedling striped carna- 

 tion, Bay State, has been making top 

 price at the Music Hall niarket. 



William Spillsbury and A. T. Kidder, 

 as usual, have had some Princess of 

 Wales violets which it would be hard to 

 duplicate. 



Thomas Roland had an excellent plant 

 trade and is well cleaned out of all sala- 

 ble stock, 



William Walke, of Salem, noted as a 

 grower of poinsettias and Lorraine be- 

 gonias, had a splendid lot of Lilium Har- 

 risii just nght for Christmas. 



Among the earliest bulb specialists to 

 market yellow Trumpet daflfodils were E. 

 Sutermeistef, Frank T. White, Mann 

 Bros, and William Patterson, of Wol- 

 laston. 



T. F. Galvin had a fine stock of ardi- 

 sias and poinsettias. One window was 

 devoted to camellias. 



The late W. W. Edgar was one of a 

 well known quartette of growers who 

 came over the ocean about the same time, 

 including Thomas Cox, F. R. Mathieson 

 and Charles Evans, the last named being 

 deceased. 



S. J. Goddard had the heaviest Christ- 



