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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



June 18, 1908. 



Mrs. Marshall Field 



Use this grand summer rose in your 

 Wedding and Commencement Woric 



Roses, Beauties and Carnations 





BID Per dos. 



▲marioan Beauty, lone atema $4.00 



SO'lnob atama 8.00 



24>lneb atama..... 2.50 



20-lnoli atama 2.00 



IS.lnoli atama 1.60 



12-lnoli atama 1.S5 



Short Btema 75o to 1.00 



Per 100 



Rlobmond, liberty $400 to $8.00 



WHXTX — Bride, Ivory 4.00 to 6.00 



Trom l,580«00O feet of modern glass 



PRICE LIST 



Per 100 

 LIGHT PINK- Uncle John, Golden Gate. . $4.00 to $0.00 



PIMK-Mme. Cbatenay 4.00 to 8.00 



Brldesnudd 4.00 to 0.00 



Mrs. ManbaU Field, KlUamey.... 0.00 to 10.00 



Roaea, our aeleotion S.OO 



Camatlona 1.50 to 2.00 



Kaater IJliea, Callaa 8.00 to 12.00 



VaUey, fancy S.OO to 4.00 



Kztra Fancy Aap. Plumosua, per bunob.. .50 to .75 



PETER REINBERG 



51 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO 



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large part of the arrivals are sold for 

 anything they will bring, the rubbish 

 heap being the destination of many. 

 There is little call for indoor roses, but 

 the Jacqs and other outdoor hybrids are 

 now of good quality and sell fairly well. 

 Carnations can be had at almost any 

 price. Numbers have been cleared at 

 $1.50 to $2.50 per thousand, some even 

 lower. A fair price is 50 cents per 

 hundred, and more sell lower than higher. 

 Peonies are abundant and meet with a 

 fair sale. After the present week they 

 will shorten up, some growers having al- 

 ready finished cutting them. 



Outdoor sweet peas are now of fair 

 quality. Prices vary from 10 cents to 

 25 cents per hundred. There is little 

 call for lilies, double feverfew, stocks 

 and other flowers. For lily of the valley 

 there is a fair call, also for gladioli and 

 Spanish iris. Bedding plant trade is 

 about over. Sales have been satisfactory 

 this season. 



Rote and Peony Exhibition. 



The main exhibition hall was filled to 

 overflowing June 13. The display of 

 peonies was undoubtedly the best ever 

 held in Boston. While the hardy roses 

 made a creditable showing, numerous fine 

 displays of hardy perennials and other 

 flowers added interest to a most beauti- 

 ful and varied exhibition. 



Taking the peonies first, we have never 

 seen a finer lot of blooms, and the inter- 

 est in them was far greater than that 

 shown in the hardy roses. For thirty or 

 more double varieties, prizes went to T. 

 C. Thurlow, James McKissock, George 

 Hollis and E. J. Shaylor & Son. The too 

 heavy preponderance of white flowers in 

 the last named exhibit prevented it from 



securing a higher award. For twelve 

 named doubles, three of each, William 

 Whitman, M. Sullivan gardener, E. J. 

 Shaylor and George Hollis won in order 

 named. For collection of singles, T. C. 

 Thurlow was first. This was an excellent 

 lot. A few of his best varieties were: 

 Adana, Venus, Meteore, Lady Helen Vin- 

 cent, Queen of May, Dorothy, Argus, 

 Hesperus and Princess of Wales. Sec- 

 ond and third went to George Hollis. 

 For twelve varieties single Japanese, 

 George Hollis won with a fine set, with 

 one exception all being his own seed- 

 lings. The best specimen bloom was 

 shown by James McKissock, George Hol- 

 lis, second. Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Wil- 

 liam Thatcher gardener, secured first 

 in the large China vase class with a 

 well arranged lot, second going to Dr. 

 C. G. Weld, W. C. Rust gardener. For 

 six named doubles, white, prizes went 

 to T. C. Thurlow, J. L. Blanchard and 

 C. S. Minot. For six varieties rose-pink, 

 six varieties salmon-pink and six va- 

 rieties red, T. C. Thurlow was first in 

 each class. For twenty-five blooms, white 

 or blush, T. C. Thurlow was again first, 

 while for twenty-five double pink or 

 rose, E. J. Shaylor was first, followed by 

 T. C. Thurlow and William Whitman. 

 For twenty-five double red /^r crimson, 

 T. C. Thurlow led with a splendid vase of 

 Felix Crousse, W. Whitman spcond, Fred- 

 erick Mason, E. L. Lewis gard«ner, third. 

 For any other color W. Whitman won. 

 For twelve blooms, double, for new com- 

 mercial growers, J. L. Blanchard led in 

 a strong class, W. Whitman second, Mrs, 

 Gardner third. 



There were several large non-competi- 

 tive collections of peonies. A. H. Fewkes 

 had a splendid lot. Some of bis best 



were: Livingstone, Mme. Emile Galle, 

 a beautiful soft pink, and Marie Le- 

 moine. George Hollis had a good many 

 seedlings, Eliza, single pink; Admiral 

 Togo, double dark red, and Aristocrat, 

 double soft pink, being the best. James 

 McKissock had seventy-four varieties of 

 doubles, John Richardson, deep pink; 

 Mme. L. Mere and Tarquemada, full deep 

 pink, being noteworthy. T. C. Thurlow 

 showed a splendid collection of all 

 classes. Some of his best doubles were: 

 Pottsi alba, a lovely soft pink; Due de 

 Wellington, Princess Clothilde, Mr. Man- 

 ning, fine double red; Virginia, soft pink; 

 Rousseau, shrimp pink; Bridesmaid and 

 Edouard Andre. From E. J. Shaylor 

 came many unique varieties. Some of 

 the best flowers noted were: Baroness 

 Schroeder, Triomphe de L 'Exposition de 

 Lille, Mme. Savrean, James Kelway, su- 

 perb white; Souvenir de L 'Exposition 

 Jniverselle, Avalanche, M. Dupont, H. 

 Woodward, M. M. Cahuzac, La Tendresse, 

 Germaine Bigot, Aurore, Duchesse de Ne- 

 mours (Calot), probably the purest white 

 variety known, also shown here under the 

 name of Mrs. Gwyn Lewis; Henry Lau- 

 rent, M. Jules Elie, A. A. Gould, Mme. 

 de Galhau, Kelway 's Queen, Mme. Leonie 

 Calot, Gloire de Charles Gombault, Mar- 

 guerite Gerard, Octave Demay, Mme. de 

 Vatry, Mme. de Verneville and Emily 

 Hoste. For his fine new seedling, Georgi- 

 ana Shaylor, a first-class certificate was 

 awarded, no other novelties receiving 

 mention. 



Farc|uhar & Co. staged an extensive 

 collection of peonies, mostly in large 

 vases, and containing about 2,000 flow- 

 ers altogether. These included some fine 

 sorts. Among other exhibits they also 

 had flowers of a new lily in the way of 



