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32 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JANUABT 16, 1908. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Quiet conditions prevail in the flower 

 market at present. Flowers are rather 

 more abundant than a week ago, partic- 

 ularly in the case of violets, which have 

 taken a noticeable drop. About 50 cents 

 per hundred is the prevailing price, a 

 few seUing higher and some lower. The 

 quality of both singles and doubles is 

 splendid. Carnations maintain the prices 

 of a week ago, there being still a more 

 active call for white than colored vari- 

 eties. Boses sell well and are not in 

 heavy supply. Killarney and Richmond 

 are proving fine sellers again this season. 

 Lilies are in good supply, the price re- 

 maining about 12 cents. Callas bring 

 similar prices. 



Some good sweet peas are coming in, 

 making $1 to $1.50 per hundred. Trum- 

 pet daffodils are a slow sale, as they al- 

 ways are early in the season. Tulips are 

 still rather short-stemmed. Nothing but 

 La Reine is coming in. Paper Whites 

 and Roman hyacinths continue in over- 

 supply. Some fine freesia makes up to 

 $6 per hundred, the variety Purity being 

 exceptionally good. Lily of the valley 

 sells slowly and there is only a slow sale 

 for^ white lilac. Mignonette is of good 

 quality and some good antirrhinums are 

 seen. Among miscellaneous flowers ar- 

 riving are blue cornflowers, English 

 primroses, calendulas, myosotis and sweet 

 alyssum. There is still a good supply 

 of stevia. Adiantum, smilax and aspar- 

 agus are each meeting with a moderate 

 sale. 



There is, a fine call only for pot plants. 

 Growers of palms and fcriM. are com- 

 plaining of trade being qyiffe'dull. 



Various Notes. 



Ladies' night at the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club, January 21, will attract, 

 it is expected, an attendance of between 

 300 and 400. A fine entertainment has 

 been prepared, which cannot; fail to be 

 enjoyable. Only necessary club business 

 will be transacted, as much time as pos- 

 sible being set aside for social enjoy- 

 ment. 



Wilfrid Wheeler opened the lecture 

 season of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society at Horticultural hall Jan- 

 uary 11, with an interesting paper on 

 the Concord grape and its originator, 

 Ephraim W. Bull. This fine grape was 

 first exhibited in Boston September 3, 

 1853. Some fine seedlings raised by Mr. 

 Bull are still undisseminated. 



Louis Sander, of the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum staff, has had to undergo a third 

 operation at the Faulkner Hospital, Ja- 

 maica Plain, consequent on a first opera- 

 tion for acute appendicitis. At last re- 

 ports, Mr. Sander was doing as well as 

 could be expected. 



John K. M. L. Farquhar lectured on 

 "Italian Gardens" before the Worcester 

 Horticultural Society January 9. 



Carnations, violets and primulas are 

 among the special features at the Horti- 

 cultural hall show January 25. Prelim- 

 inary schedules may be had on applica- 

 tion to W. P. Rich, the secretary. 



A. Leuthy reports trade as rather quiet 

 in palms, ferns and other pot plants 

 which they specialize in. 



The Killarney roses which Mr. Mont- 

 gomery is sending in from Waban Con- 

 servatories are of superb quality. Those 

 who have been accustomed to see this 

 fine rose on short stems are amazed at 

 the quality of the Waban Killarney. 

 W. H. Elliott is also having fine success 





GOLD MEDAL STRAIN BE60NIAS 



TaberouB— Kooted 



Per doz. Per 100 



Single White t0.40 



" Yellow 40 



" Nankeen 40 



" Pink 40 



" Rose 40 



" Red 40 



•' Dark Red 40 



" Salmon.. 40 



" Orange 40 



" Mixed 36 



Double White 66 



Yellow 66 



" Orange 66 



" Roae 66 



" DarkRoae 66 



" DarkRed 66 



" Red 66 



" Salmon 66 



" Mixed 60 



r».60 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 260 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 2.60 

 2.26 

 6.01 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 600 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 6.00 

 4.00 



CALADIUM ■SCULENTUU, or Klephant*! Ear 



Per dOE. Per 100 



Size 6x7-lnch bulba tO.36 tS.OO 



" 7x9 " " 48 3.00 



Per doz. Per 100 



Size 9xll-lnoh bulba tO.86 16.00 



" 12-inch and over bulbs 2.40 16.00 



GLADIOLUS BULBS 



Of the following varletlea we hare exceptionally large and choice stock. 

 Per 100 Per 1000 Per 6000 



America 17.00 



AoKiista 2.50 



BrenohleTensis, 

 selected 1st size . . 1 60 



May 2.00 



White and LlKht.. 1.60 

 Bpeoial nixed, ex- 

 tra large sel. bulbs 1.00 

 Tnberoaea, Kxoel- 

 alor Pearl, 4x6— 

 Ist size 



$60.00 

 20.U0 



10 00 

 16.00 

 12.00 



8.00 



9.00 



$260.00 

 96.00 



47.50 

 60 00 

 57.50 



37.50 



40.00 



so Sai-cJaf SlTe^^ 



Mention Tlie Review when you write. 



Surplus Bulbs- Dahlias- Cannas 



BXHGLX HTACXHTH8. Named varieties. Grandeur A. Merveille, Ida, Norma, Reine dei 

 Jacintbes. Robert Steiger, King of the Blues, Ozar Peter. Baron Van Thuyll, Blue, $3.75 per 100. 



8INOLS VARUCTIK8. All colors, mixed, $2.00 per 100. 



DOUBLE MAMKD HYACINTHS. Goethe, Lord Raglan, Pare d'Or, La Tour d'Aavergna. 

 Bouquet Royal, La Virginite, Bloksberg, $4.00 per 100. 



CBOCUS. Sir Walter Scott, David Rizzio, 50c per 100; $4.00 per 1000. 



mZXD TKIXOW CROCUS. Mixed purple and Blue, 40c per 100: $3.00 per 1000. 



NARCIBSUa. Paper White Grandiflora. $1.00 per 100; $8.75 per lOOC 



DAHLIAS. 25 leading varieties, all under name, guaranteed true, iiiolnding such sorts as A. D. 

 Livoni. Admiral Dewey, Catharine Duer, 20tb Oentury, Maid of Kent, CliiTord W. Bruton, Orange 

 King and many others, $5.00 and $6.00 per 100; $45.00 and $50.00 per 1000. Send for a complete list. 



CANNAS. All leadint: yarieties, including Louisiana. King Humbert, Mrs. Kate Gray, Maiden's 

 BluBh, etc., $10.00 per 1000 and upwards. Write lor list and prices. 



RKZ BXGONIA8. A fine assortment of best varieties of this splendid decorative plant. 26 kinds, 

 inclnding President Oamot, Silver Queen, Helen Upton, Mile. Kaurell, etc., 2% inch, $6.00 per 100; 

 $46.00 per 1000. 



THE DINGEE A CONARD CO., West Grove, Pa. 



Roa* Growers. 



■■tabUsh»d 1850. 



Mention The Review when yon write. 



70 Oreanhouaaa. 



AMERICA'S BEST 



Rawson's Flower Market Stock-Sow Now 



We offer the following colors; Brilliant crimson, Canary yellow, dark blae, dark blood 

 red, flesh color, light blue, rose, scarlet and finest mixed. Per % oz., 00c; per os., 94.00. 



And PURE WHITS, per ^ oz., 75c; per oz., $5.00. 



Write for oar Wholesale Bulb Catalogue, containing the finest list of bulbs ever offered 

 in America. 



W. W. RAWSON & CO. 



5 Union St., BOSTON, MASS. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



with this rose. It is hoped both grow- 

 ers will forward some to the coming Chi- 

 cago meeting of the American Eose So- 

 ciety. 



Mrs. Lydia Manning, widow of Jacob 

 W. Manning of the Reading Nurseries, 

 died January 9, aged 68 years, and was 

 interred at Reading January 12. 



William Sim's sweet peas are again 

 of grand quality. He is already booking 

 many orders for his new violet, Boston. 



Johnson & Neilson, of Framingham, 

 are again having good success with their 



new pink seedling carnation of Lawson 

 color, which is proving very prolific. 



John McFarland is cutting fine lots of 

 white lilac and lily of the valley from 

 his new forcing house. 



Alexander McKay is sending some ex- 

 tra fine freesia and his usual high grade 

 carnations to Welch Bros. 



W. N. Craig. 



I AM much taken with the Review; 

 I think it is a fine weekly for florists. — 

 M. F. EXLSZT, Worcester, Mass. 



