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TheWeekly Florists' Review. 



Apbil 23, 1908. 



season, were not overabundant. Good 

 flowers of both singles and doubles made 

 $1 to $1.25 per hundred, some extra fine 

 singles from frames selling at $1.50. 

 Sweet peas were one of the best selling 

 flowers, varying all the way from 50 

 cents to $1.50 per hundred. Narcissi and 

 tulips were a slow sale, $1 to $2 per hun- 

 dred being ruling rates. Marguerites 

 were plentiful and sold at $1 to $2 per 

 hundred. Cut lilies of the best quality 

 made $12.50 per hundred and from that 

 down to $8. L. candidum were few and 

 usually of poor quality. One grower who 

 had some well grown ones made $1.50 per 

 dozen on them, as much as the best 

 -longiflorums brought. In miscellaneous 

 flowers primroses, mignonette, anemones, 

 ranunculus, antirrhinum^ Spanish iris, 

 Gladiolus The Bride, ixias, tritonias and 

 lilac were included. Few orchids were 

 seen. 



Since Easter the market has been fair- 

 ly jiiteady. There is an abundance of all 

 cut flowers and prices have dropped. 

 Weddings and social functions will help 

 to relieve the congestion now for a few 

 days. 



Qub Meeting. 



An attendance of about 150 greeted 

 William Sim Avhen he delivered his lec- 

 ture on sweet pea culture under glass 

 before the Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 April 21. His paper, which appears else- 

 where in this issue, was listened to with 

 close attention and a rousing vote of 

 thanks was tendered him for the same. 

 Messrs. Cameron, Palmer, Stevens, Guer- 

 ineau. Pray, Coles, Fisher, Anderson, 

 Craig and others joined in the dis- 

 cussion and the outdoor culture of sweet 

 peas was taken up by Mr. Sim and 

 others. 



Peter M. Miller made a financial state- 

 ment on the banquet, reporting all bills 

 paid and a small balance in the treasury. 

 The committee and donors of cut flow- 

 ers and other decorative material were 

 thanked. A report of the landscape gar- 

 dening classes was made. Four new 

 members were elected. A contribution 

 of $50 was voted for the Chelsea relief 

 fund. 



Exhibits, even so soon after Easter, 

 were quite numerous. George Stewart 

 received a report of merit for Calceolaria 

 Stewartia. Thomas Coles had Gerbera 

 Jamesoni and mushrooms. George Page 

 showed Mareehal Niel and Chatenay 

 roses. William Sim showed a large lot 

 of sweet peas. W. N. Craig had annual 

 larkspur and Lilium candidum. B. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. had hybrid lilies, longi- 

 florum X Philippense. 



At the May meeting Mr. Palmer will 

 give a few thoughts on the art of sell- 

 ing. 



Varloai Notes. 



Henry M. Eobinson & Co. report a 

 heavy volume of Easter trade at lower 

 prices than a year ago. The call for 

 evergreen wreathing was less active than' 

 usual. All greenery supplies were slower 

 sales. 



W. B. Goodenow, of Stoughton, picked 

 65,000 Campbell violets for Easter, of 

 extra fine quality. 



A. Leuthy & Co. sold out clean, not 

 having any flowering stuff left. They 

 have this season disposed of over 15,000 

 ^zaleas. 



Edward MacMulkin had his usual at- 

 tractive Easter windows, white being the 

 only color used. Among other plants he 



had some good Prunus triloba and Doro- 

 thy Perkins rose. 



Sidney Hoffman, on Massachusetts av- 

 enue, did a heavy Easter trade. No finer 

 specimen azaleas, rambler roses, mar- 

 guerites and other flowering plants vMpre 

 seen than at this up-to-date store. 



Charles Holbrow, of Brighton, had 

 some of the best Lilium candidum on the 

 market, at 12 1^ cents per bud wholesale. 

 These should be worth growing if one 

 only secures the true type. 



The H. E. Fiske Seed Co. had a fine 

 display of Easter lilies and other flower- 

 ing plants at the store on Faneuil Hall 

 square. This firm is doing an excellent, 

 business. 



Darwik and other late flowering tulips 

 in great variety will be a feature at W. 

 W. Rawson & Co. 's trial grounds in a 

 few weeks. Sweet peas and dahlias will 

 also be grown largely. 



W. W. Edgar & Co. did a splendid 

 Easter trade, disposing of about 25,000 

 pots of longiflorum lilies alone. Frank 

 Edgar was unfortunately on the sick list 

 for the Easter trade. 



Welch Bros, sold more lilies in pots 

 than ever and had a heavy call for cut 

 flowers at moderate prices. They report 

 a quite satisfactory Easter trade. 



Arbor day will be celebrated in Massa- 

 chusetts April 25. It is estimated that 

 a million young forest trees will be 

 planted in the state this year. 



Pleasant weather prevailed this year 

 on the day before Easter, rain holding 

 off until night. Easter day was pleasant 

 in the morning, but rain fell in the after- 

 noon. Early in the morning of April 17 a 

 temperature of 14 degrees above zero was 

 recorded close to Boston. 



William Sim picked 40,000 sweet peas 

 April 17. W. N. Craiq. 



NEW ORLEANS. 



Qub Meeting. 



The New Orleans Horticultural Society 

 held its monthly meeting Thursday, 

 April 16. 



The committee on the fall flower show 

 arrangements is working hard on differ- 

 ent subjects. 



E. Baker, one of the founders of the 

 society, presented his resignation, having 

 accepted a position in a different line of 

 business. The society made him an hon- 

 orary member. 



A. Alost invited the members to a 

 dinner party to be held at his place, the 

 Rose Villa, May 3. 



B. M. Wichers brought a bunch of 

 Magnolia glauca. All magnolias grow 

 and bloom ^own here to perfection, and 

 nearly two months ahead of those in 

 more northern localities, the M. grandi- 

 flora being now covered with blossoms. 



H. Dasher made his application to be 

 a member of the society. 



Various Notes. 



In the gardens of New Onjfigns, longi- 

 florum lilies have never before been so 

 conspicuous at Easter as they were this 

 year. No doubt this was owing to sev- 

 eral past mild winters and also to the 

 lateness of Easter. Nevertheless, the 

 importation of lilies does not seem to be 

 necessary in a place where home-grown 

 plants reach such perfection at this time 

 of the year. 



J. H. Menard reports Easter business 

 as good. He had several church decora- 

 tions, one of these, at the Jesuits ' church, 

 being an elaborate one and one of the 



largest of the city. He has on hand yet 

 a good quantity of spring plants. A lot 

 of pot roses look extra fine. 



A. Alost, unlike many others, says he 

 has been very successful with his cut- 

 tings of chrysanthemums and is waiting 

 for favorable weather to transplant them 

 from pots to the ground. His new green- 

 houses are nearly completed. 



A. Newsham has consigned to the Jos. 

 Steckler Seed Co. several tons of orchids 

 from Belize, Honduras. He expects to 

 make some more shipments before return- 

 ing home. 



J. Verberg's son met a horrible death 

 by being run over by an electric car and 

 instantly killed. 



C. R. Panter is putting the last touch 

 to the planting of the Dannell park, a 

 beautiful little spot, facing St. Charles 

 avenue. The place has been donated to 

 the city. A single bed of 1,000 roses 

 will be a sight when well established. 



Otto Abele, of Abele Bros., says the 

 Easter business was not so good as last 

 year. M. M. L. 



MILWAUKEE. 



Easter Trade. 



Easter trade, both in pot plants and 

 cut flowers, came up to expectations, and,, 

 without doubt, it was just as good as a 

 year ago. There (were about enough 

 good Easter lilies, bWh in pots and cut 

 flowers, to meet the fllemand. All other 

 pot plants also sold welL In the cut 

 floM-er line there was a decided glut in 

 bulbous stock and roses, the latter sell- 

 ing at a price so low as to make the 

 growers feel anything but satisfied. 

 There were plenty of good carnations, 

 which sold well, but the pickled stock, 

 which again made its apearance, as usual, 

 proved to be a poor speculation and will 

 only decrease, instead of increase, the 

 returns. 



All the retailers made good window 

 displays, which, no doubt, helped to keep 

 them busy. 



Various Notes. 



At the last club meeting, a letter from 

 the board of the Wisconsin State Fair 

 was~ at hand, stating that five prizes, to 

 the amount of $150 cash, would be on 

 the premium list for the best flowering 

 beds, same to be planted in spring and 

 judgment passed during the fair, which 

 generally takes place during the first 

 part of September, 



The Sentinel, a morning paper, has 

 again organized a Back Yard Improve- 

 ment Association and called upon the 

 club for judges. President Fred Holton 

 appointed Messrs. Kellner, Dallwig, Zim- 

 merman and Zepnick, one for each side 

 of the city, to cooperate with the asso- 

 ciation and help a good thing along. 

 Owing to the efforts of the Outdoor Art 

 Association, the river front, formerly 

 left to care for itself, being a general 

 dumping place, will, if all promises hold 

 good, be beautified with window boxes, 

 trees and shrubs in pots and tubs. R. 

 B. Watrous, secretary of the Citizens^ 

 Business League, said that a meeting of 

 directors of the league, property owners 

 and members of the Outdoor Art Asso- 

 ciation will be called for an early date. 

 This certainly is a step in the right di- 

 rection, helping to beautify the city and 

 at 'the same time helping the florist who 

 handles that line of stock. 



The installation of the lately elected 

 mayor and council, April 21, created quite 



