JdNk 4, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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Office and Greenliouse Gables at Establishment of Joseph Heacock Co., Wyncote, Pa^ 



double crimson, and quite a few German 

 iris. 



Memorial day weather was far from 

 ideal. The humidity was excessive, the 

 sun failed to show itself and heavy show- 

 ers fell at intervals, ending in a veri- 

 table downpour and gale towards even- 

 ing. 



The volume of business done in out- 

 lying cities and towns seems to have been 

 fully equal to that of a year ago, some 

 growers selling more than ever before. 

 In addition to cut flowers, there was 

 quite an active call for bedding plants 

 of all the more popular kinds. 



Business since Memorial day has been 

 quiet. Flowers, owing to continued hot 

 weather, are of indifferent quality. The 

 numerous weddings scheduled to take 

 place, as well as school graduations, will 

 call for a considerable amount of mate- 

 rial for the next three weeks. Quite a 

 few single peonies are coming in and 

 some doubles are also seen. These are 

 fully two weeks earlier than in 1907. 

 From present indications Jacq roses from 

 the open will be available within a week. 

 There is a fair call for lily of the val- 

 ley. Some of the frame and outdoor- 

 grown stock is of splendid quality. 

 Among roses, Kaiserin is assuming the 

 lead. Not many Carnot are yet seen. 

 Fair Maid sells well among carnations. 

 This is still favored by some as a profit- 

 able summer variety. 



Varioui Notes. 



From present indications there will be 

 a fine show of rhododendrons at Horti- 

 cultural hall June 6 and 7. Other fea- 

 tures will be iris, wistarias, orchids, her- 

 baceous flowers in variety and azaleas. 



The estate of Prof. C. 8. Sargent at 

 Holm Lea, Brookline, will be utilized for 

 a big charity fete -June 6. The magnifi- 

 cent collections of azaleas, rhododen- 

 drons, wistarias and other seasonable 

 flowers will be at their beat and an at- 

 tendance of many thousands is expected. 

 The 200 acres of beautifully laid out 



grounds are in themselves an irresistible 

 attraction for an army of flower lovers. 



S. J. Goddard had the heaviest Me- 

 morial day trade since he started busi- 

 ness, his home trade being specially good. 



Reports from the several seed stores 

 are that business has averaged up well 

 as compared with previous years. Owing 

 to the warmer season, there are fewer re- 

 ports of seeds failing to germinate. 



John McFarland, of North Easton, 

 had an extra fine lot of valley and stocks 

 for Memorial day. 



A. Roper is, as usual, bringing in quan- 

 tities of extra good Fair Maid carna- 

 tions. This variety was introduced by 

 Mr. Roper and has always proved a pop- 

 ular and profitable summer sort around 

 Boston. 



J. T. Butterworth had a splendid lot 

 of cattleyaa right for Memorial day, also 

 his usual fine lot of lily of the valley. 



Thanks to the unusual mildness of 

 the winter, there is this season the finest 

 display of rhododendrons seen for many 

 years on many estates in and around 

 Boston. Even some kinds of doubtful 

 hardiness are blooming profusely. In 

 both the Arnold arboretum and park sys- 

 tem there is a beautiful show of these 

 handsome shrubs at present. 



E. J. Shaylor has tendered an invita- 

 tion to the garden committee of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society to 

 visit and inspect his extensive collection 

 of peonies in a few days. Mr. Shaylor 

 ^as a magnificent collection, gathered 

 from all the best European sources, at 

 his nursery in "Wellesley Hills. 



W. N. Craig. 



DETROIT. 



TheMaricet 



We have been having a variety of 

 weather the last few weeks, with hot 

 predominating. 



Decoration day business was satisfac- 

 tory to all concerned. The sale of plants 

 for the cemeteries was about the same 



as in previous years. There was a big 

 demand for all kinds of cut flowers, 

 cleaning up the market. The local com- 

 mission houses report a big shipping 

 business, far exceeding that of last year. 



The market was well cleaned up last 

 week, but a spell of warm weather has 

 again been getting in its work; conse- 

 quently there is an abundance of stock on 

 hand at the present writing. 



The opening of the beautiful new 

 building of the Detroit City Gas Co., the 

 new offices of the First National Bank in 

 the Ford sky-scraper, and the reception 

 on the new D. & C. boat, the City of 

 Cleveland, all called for a lot of stock. 

 Many baskets of flowers and plants were 

 used, also many hundred Beauties and 

 other roses. All of the large stores had 

 their share of this work. 



Various Notes. 



This has been an exceptionally fine sea- 

 son for shrubbery of all kinds. The 

 season was about two weeks in advance 

 of former years, due to considerable 

 warm rain in the early part of spring. 

 White and lavender lilac, honeysuckle, 

 Spiraea Van Houttei, etc., were never seen 

 better. There was an unusually big de- 

 mand for small boxwoods. 



Some of the downtown stores had 

 pretty windows for Memorial day. Sul- 

 livan had a well made flag as a back- 

 ground. Breitmeyer had the largest win- 

 dows draped with large American flags. 

 Schroeter's window was laid out to rep- 

 resent a lot in a cemetery, with flower 

 bed, grave, etc. H. S. 



I MUST have the Review; the florists' 

 best paper. — ^D. H. Green, West Grove. 



Ionia, Mich. — Decoration day trade 

 was a record breaker. Everything with 

 a "posy" on it was cleaned out. Both 

 M. Wetterling and D. L. Vincent had an 

 excellent stock of geraniums, etc. M. 

 Wetterling had some exceptionally fine 

 roses in pots, some of them with twelve- 

 to fifteen flowers and buds. 



