July 2, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



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yet plentiful and have quite short sterna. 

 Gladioli are scarce, but there are plenty 

 of cornflowers, stocks and other miscel- 

 laneous flowers, for which demand is 

 Ugfat. 



Various Notes. 



The early closing movement will com- 

 mence in many of the flower stores this 

 week and employees will start on their 

 vacations in a number of cases. 



Edward MacMulkin has had a number 

 of large wedding orders of late and re- 

 ports an excellent June trade. 



The sports committee is at work secur- 

 ing premiums for the club picnic at Pine 

 Banks park. Maiden, on July 29. A re- 

 duction in the number of athletic events 

 is favored by many. 



John McFarland, of North Easton, is 

 busy on additions to his greenhouses. 



John McKenzie, of North Cambridge, 

 reports the best trade in geraniums and 

 other bedding plants since he was in 

 business. 



Four big pay exhibitions are being 

 planned for 1909 at Horticultural hall, 

 with a number of smaller ones sandwich- 

 ed between them. 



W. B. Goodenow, of Stoughton, is be- 

 ing kept busy these days picking to- 

 matoes, of which he has a fine crop in 

 his houses. 



Members of the New England Dahlia 

 Society are predicting an exhibition in 

 Tremont Temple, Boston, in Septem- 

 ber, the like of which has never been 

 seen in America. 



A number from Boston and vicinity 

 visited the annual rose show of the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society June 23 and 

 report an excellent exhibition. 



W. N. C. 



MANCHESTER, MASS. 



The annual rose and strawberry show 

 of the North Shore Horticultural Socie- 

 ty was held in a large tent on the 

 lawns of the Essex County Clubhouse, 

 Manchester, June 23 and 24, and was a 

 pronounced success in every way. 



Eoses were finely shown. For the 

 best table of roses, arranged for effect, 

 by ladies only, Mrs. George E. Cabot, 

 Patrick Corrigan gardener, won the 

 gold medal offered by W. E. Doyle. For 

 fifty blooms, teas or hybrid teas, Mrs. 

 James McMillan, F. F. Brasch garden- 

 er, won the Farquhar silver cup. The 

 same exhibitor won a gold medal of- 

 fered by Samuel Knight & Sons for the 

 best table arranged for effect. For six 

 hybrid perpetuals, Mrs. A. G. Thayer, 

 J. McGregor gardener, was first, and 

 William Swan second. The same ex- 

 hibitors won for three blooms. For 

 twenty-five mixed hybrid perpetuals, 

 William Swan was first and Mrs. A. G. 

 Thayer second. For best basket, ar- 

 ranged for effect, Miss Mary Bartlett 

 was first and William Swan second. 



For collection of delphiniums, William 

 Swan captured the Highwood cup with 

 an excellent assortment. For group of 

 foliage and flowering plants, Mrs. Lester 

 Leland was first and William Swan sec- 

 ond, each securing a fine silver cup. 

 William Swan easily secured the silver 

 cup offered for twenty-five varieties of 

 perennials, also a special for twelve dis- 

 tinct hybrid perpetual roses. Mrs. Les- 

 ter Leland had the best display of glox- 

 inias and William Swan the finest 

 achimines. Mrs. James McMillan led in 

 the sweet pea collection class. 



Breck's special prize for vegetable 

 collection went to Mrs. Philip Dexter, 

 James Salter gardener, Kawson's spe- 



cial being won by Mrs. Gordon Abbott. 

 For best and largest collection vegeta- 

 bles, Mr. Salter was again in the lead, 

 Mrs. Lester Leland" second. 



W.'W. Bawson & Co. had an extennve 

 /collection of sweet peas in 100 varieties, 

 which received an award of merit. Mrs. 

 E. S. Grew, A. E. Parsons gardener, 

 captured a special for Frau Karl 

 Druschki roses. H. A. Dreer had a fine 

 tank of water lilies. 



James McGregor, gardener to Mrs. A. 

 G. Thayer, sailed from New York June 

 27 on a visit to Scotland. A number of 

 friends visited him June 25 to wish him 

 bon voyage and presented him with 9, 

 handsome suit case. 



W. N. Ceaig. 



LAURIUM, MICH. 



A. M. York, who has his headquarters 

 at Hancock, has made plans for the re- 

 modeling of his branch store here, at 

 the corner of Third and Osceola streets. 

 The main entrance of the remodeled es- 

 tablishment will be at the corner, while 

 a glass front, facing Third street, will 



Allow me to say that 



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is a very welcome guest and its 

 coming is always awaited with 

 interest. I cannot understand how 

 anyone in the trade can do business 

 without it. To those who are in 

 doubt I would recommend, **Try 

 The Review.** 



Respectfully, 

 A. D. ZIMMERMAN. 

 Ottawa, Kan., June 22, 1908. 



be put in and extensive alterations in 

 other parts of the building will be made. 

 The store will be managed, as hereto- 

 fore, by Mrs. Nordquist, who will give 

 up her millinery trade. The remodeled 

 store will be one of the most up-to-date 

 establishments of the kind north of Chi- 

 cago. 



ST. PAUL. 



The fifth annual flower show of the 

 Minnesota State Rose Society was held 

 in the exhibition room of the St. Paul 

 Dispatch building, Fifth and Minnesota 

 streets, Tuesday afternoon and evening, 

 June 30. 



The following members of the trade 

 were appointed to act as judges: Olaf 

 J. Olson, August S. Swanson and Fred 

 Nussbaumer, of this city, and John Mon- 

 son, of Minneapolis. 



RICHMOND, IND. 



Word received from E. G. Hill, who 

 was called to Paris some weeks ago to 

 be a judge at the international rose 

 show, indicates that the stock sent by 

 the local florist will not be eligible this 



y^ar, owing to the fact that the plants 

 were only sent abroad in March and it is 

 understood that the plants must be in 

 France, one year before they can be en- 

 tered in the competition. This is proba- 

 bly done to allow the rose bushes to be- 

 come acclimated and therefore grow their 

 choicest blooms. 



Mr. Hill will remain in Paris for two 

 or three weeks and is not expected Ho 

 return to Eichmond before August 1. 



WASHINGTON. 



Excepting a spurt now and then, there 

 is not much doing, and hardly enough 

 stock to do with at that. Some fairly 

 good Beauties are being shipped herb 

 from the north. 



The ' local florists decided to use bay 

 trees and spruce for the decoration for 

 the Municipal building. Trees and 

 palms will be used on the balustrades 

 and spruce to cover the soil, to give a 

 lawn effect. This is to be finished on 

 the evening of July 3 for the celebra- 

 tion July 4. O. O. 



VAYSIDE NOTES. 



Thos. F. Buchanan, gardener to 

 Grant Hugh Brown, at Brownleigh 

 Park, Goshen, N. Y., has a splendid lot 

 of Cardinal nectarines and Crawford's 

 Early peaches in full crop, grown in 

 pots in an orchard house, part of a 

 large range built by the Lord & Burn- 

 ^ ham Co. 



Alex. Bonnyman, gardener to J. M. 

 Fuller, Warwick, N. Y., had charge of 

 the decorations at the swell wedding of 

 Miss Fuller last week. It was con- 

 ceded to be the finest seen in this lo- 

 cality. 



The Yuess Gardens Co., Newburgh, 

 N. Y., is breaking ground for an addi- 

 tional house, to meet the increasing de- 

 mand for cut flowers. 



A. Gilbert, of Middletown, is the 

 latest addition to the professional ranks. 

 He has a snug place, with good land. 



Frank X. Dienst, of Middletown, N. 

 Y., is busy throwing out and replanting 

 carnations. Enchantress is a leader. He 

 reports increasing business. M. 



PLANTING STRAWBERRIES. 



At a university experiment station it 

 was desired to start a new plantation to 

 furnish fruit the following year. An old 

 strawberry patch which contained some 

 excellent varieties had just finished bear- 

 ing. The plants which were most pro- 

 lific were marked with stakes, and a plot 

 of ground was carefully prepared beside 

 the old patch. At the first signs of rain 

 the marked plants were lifted, with the 

 spadeful of earth adhering to them, 

 and carried to the new ground. About 

 1,000 plants were transplanted in this 

 manner. They grew rapidly, so vines cov- 

 ered the ground by winter and they bore 

 bountifully the next spring. 



A moderate rainfall distributed 

 through the summer is required to make 

 the plants thus treated grow rapidly. 

 This method of planting has many dis- 

 tinct advantages. It permits of the care- 

 ful selection of prolific plants; hence in 

 improvement by selection it is valoable. 

 It gives the plants more time to grow 

 than those set in the fall; it gives more 

 time to cultivate and destroy all weeds, 

 allows the gardener to start his new 

 plantation after the old one has borne 

 and permits the old patch to be plowed 

 under and the weeds destroyed before 

 maturity. 



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