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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



January 9, 1908. 



NEW VIOLET BOSTON 



In introducing: this new variety to the trade I wish to state that I have been 

 growing it in quantity for the past two years, and do not hesitate to state 

 that it is entirely distinct — A STRONG GROWER, A FREE BLOOMER, 

 AND THE FINEST SINGLE VIOLET IN CULTIVATION. 



j^cady for distribution in April and May. Orders booked NOW. 



$1.00 per doz.; $I2.00 per 100; $IOO.OO per 1O0O. 



500 at JOOO rate. 



f^g\ww%g^^ Tj^lVlJl^tf^ ^^® ^^^^ ^®'' foi'cing, all seed saved from 

 V^VIII^I ■ Villa ItJ^ selected fruit, $5.00 per ounce; 



smaller quantities in proportion. 



WILLIAM SIM, Cliftondale, Mass. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



and asparagus, while other decorative 

 greenery is still in good request. New 

 Year's day, which usually brings a good 

 demand for violets and other flowers, 

 made no perceptible difference this year. 



Horticultural Society. 



The annual inaugural meeting took 

 place at Horticultural hall January 4, 

 when there was a moderate attendance of 

 members. General Stephen M. Weld in 

 his presidential address spoke optimist- 

 ically of the year's work and considered 

 the future bright. Walter Hunnewell, 

 the treasurer, in his annual financial re- 

 port stated that receipts for the year 

 were $20,400, expenses $21,500. The 

 deficit is much smaller than in the pre- 

 vious year. Legacies during the year 

 amounted to $8,000. The reports of the 

 various committees were read and ac- 

 cepted. That from Wilfrid Wheeler was 

 an eminently practical one. 



The board of directors at a meeting 

 January 4 favored the offering of spe- 

 cial premiums at the chrysanthemum 

 show in November, President Weld urg- 

 ing all to join hands and make the ex- 

 hibition a record one. 



The lecture season opens January 11, 

 the speaker being Wilfrid Wheeler on 

 "The Concord Grape." 



Various Notes. 



At the next, meeting of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists'' Club, January 21, being 

 ladies' nighf, there will be no regular 

 lecture. The evening will be largely de- 

 voted to social enjoyment. The attend- 

 ance promises to be the largest in the 

 club's history. 



H. A. Stevens is round again after a 

 siege with the grippe. He is growing 

 carnations and sweet peas at his Ded- 

 ham establishment and each are doing 

 well. 



Charles Holbrow was the first to mar- 

 ket flowers of Moschosma riparium, or 

 African catnip, as it has been popularly 

 named. Buyers fight rather shy of it, as 

 they usually do of all desirable novel- 

 ties. Storekeepers, with a few notable 

 exceptions, are content to carry in stock 

 the same varieties of flowers from year 

 to year and growers of novelties find 

 diflBculty in breaking down their con- 

 servatism 



Fancy and Dagger FERNS, ^1; 



40 Broadway, 



.60 



per 1000 



DiBCouDt on large orders. 



N«w Crop .Galax, Bronze or Graan, $1.25 per 1000; 



10 000. $7.50. WUd Smllax, 60-ib. case. $6.00. 

 Spliairnuin Moaa, large bales $1.25. Laucotboa 



ttpraya, Sl.OO per 100; 1.000, $7.60. 

 BoBWOod, 35c per bunch; CO lbs., $7.50. 

 Florlstf) in the Middle ana Western States can save money 

 by piaciDK tbeir fern orders with us. A tiial order solicited. 



MICHIGAN CUT FLOWER EXCHANGE, Inc. 



WBOLBSAX.B OOMMIBBZOH FLOBXBTB 



All phone connections 



Mention The Berlew when jon write. 



DETROIT, MICH. 



RArriA and 



SPHAGNUM MOSS 



Oscar Smith & Sons Co. ?^IfJ%ilSk 



810-S20 8PRUCB ST.. PHILADELPHIA. PA. 150 5th Ava., NXW YORK CITT. 



Mention The Eerlev when joa write. 



"Dapandabla" Brand Raffia, Claan* 

 BrlKlit and of Bxtra Wldtb. 



We are exclusive agents for the largest ship- 

 pers of Prime Madagascar RafHa, importint 

 direct and saying you all brokerage and 

 handling in London. 



Sphacnum Moaa of our own gathering. A 

 large stock of best quality always on hand. 



W. H. Ward and William Nicholson 

 are among growers who are bringing 

 in some splendid long-stemmed freesia. 



H. A. Jahn is sending some fine car- 

 nations to the Park street . market. His 

 new white, Lloyd, is popular and prom- 

 ises to be largely planted the coming 

 season. 



December, 1907, was, with two excep- 

 tions, the warmest experienced in Bos- 

 ton for thirty-five years. Maximum tem- 

 perature was 68 degrees, minimum 20 

 degrees and mean 33 degrees. Condi- 

 tions are now rather more seasonable. 



W. A. Riggs showed a finely flowered 

 plant of Moschosma riparium at Horti- 

 cultural hall January 4, which received 

 a certificate of merit. Treated similarly 

 to stevia, this should prove a useful flo- 

 rists' flower. 



S. J. Goddard and W. Nicholson each 

 report retail trade as unusually good, 

 much ahead of other years. Retail calls 

 are so heavy that they have difliculty 

 in supplying their regular market and 

 store customers. 



The N. F. Comley greenhouses at Lex- 

 ington have been incorporated. N. F. 

 Comley, T. B. Hughes and A. E. Gold- 

 berg are the incorporators; capital stock, 



GALAX LEAVES 



Mew crop, fresh from the patch, prices as (olio we : 

 BroDEC and Green Oalax L«avea.t0.60 per 1000 



Fancy and DacK«r Ferns 100 per 1000 



Green Lencothoe Sprays 2&0perl000 



Bronse Lencothoe Sprays 4.00 per 1000 



Rhododendron Sprays 8.0O per 1000 



BalmlaorMouDtaln Laurel 3.00 per 1000 



Discount CD larg-e orders. Fourteen years' ex- 

 perience enables me to guarantee perfect satis- 

 factlon. 260 customers now in V. S. Send cash 

 with first order. 



J. N. PRITCHARD, Elk Park,N. C. 



$15,000. A general line of stock will 

 be grown. 



The Music Hall market have voted not 

 to accept the invitation to hold the com- 

 bined markets' show at Horticultural 

 hall. No date has yet been set for the 

 exhibition. 



Recent visitors included Louis Sander 

 and T. Mellstrom, St. Albans, England, 

 who took in the leading orchid collec- 

 tions in the vicinity of the Hub. 



George F. Struck and Thomas Knight, 

 who have commenced business as jobbers 

 in horticultural supplies in New York, 

 are both well and favorably known in 

 Massachusetts, where they have many 

 friends who wish them success in their 

 new venture. 



E. Sutermeister has just recovered 



