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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



September 17, 1908. 



VIOLETS IN COLDFRAMES. 



Can California and Princess of Wales 

 violets be grown as satisfactorily as 

 Marie Louise in coldframes? How should 

 they be' treated? Can the same bed be 

 run a s^ftond year? B. D. S. 



The Bingle violets, like Princess of 

 Wales and California, do just as well in 

 frames Ml t^e doubles. They are better 

 not plaMfed before October. Treat pre- 

 cisely as yon would doubles, once they 

 are in the fratmes. They will not afford 

 many flowers until the middle or end of 

 February, but always give a heavy spring 

 crop of idark blue flowers. Give them soil 

 which htis plenty of rotted manure in it. 

 Air freely on all favorable occasions, 

 and give a light shading when the flow- 

 ers come on plentifully, to hold the color. 

 It will not pay to run the same plants 

 a second year. Use rooted runners. 

 Plant outside late in April and lift in 

 fall for best results. C W. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Business shows a little improvement, 

 but prices remain much the same. Out- 

 door flowers continue abundant, espe- 

 cially asters, which are of splendid qual- 

 ity; Semple's, Vick's and Giant Comet 

 especially so. Victoria is much seen 

 also. Gladioli are not so abundant, but 

 ample for all requirements. Quite a few 

 tuberoses, cosmos, dahlias and other out- 

 door flowers are also seen. 



Roses are steadily improving in qual- 

 ity. American Beauties are making 

 slightly better prices, but the general run 

 of roses remain much the same. Car- 

 nations are not yet abundant, but some 

 of these from early plants or indoor- 

 grown stock have good stems. There is 

 a good sale for all grades of carnations. 



Violets have appeared, a few of both 

 Princess of Wales and Lady Hume Camp- 

 bell being seen, but are small yet. Chry- 

 santhemums are seen only in small lots 

 and with the abundance of fine asters are 

 really not needed. Lilies and lily of the 

 valley are each in moderate supply, and 

 there is a fairly steady demand for 

 green stock. 



In the way of choice flowers, Vanda 

 caerulea, Cattleya Harrisonise and Oncid- 

 ium Eogersii are seen, among others; 

 also some nice dendrobiums, phalsenopsis, 

 gardenias and Bouvardia Humboldtii at 

 the better class stores. Plant trade is 

 improving a little, there being more in- 

 quiry for palms and foliage plants, but 

 it is too early for real activity. 



Dahlia Exhibitioa. 



The exhibition held September 11, 12 

 and 13 was chiefly notable for the mag- 

 nificent display of dahlias from R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. This exhibit was so ar- 

 ranged as to bring out the most beau- 

 tiful blending of colors, being in the 

 nature of a big floral design, with palms 



and other foliage plants as a back- 

 ground, broken by handsome vases of 

 dahlias on large stems. Some 20,000 

 dahlia flowers were used and the dis- 

 play was the finest of the kind ever seen 

 in Boston and probably has not been 

 equaled in America. All classes of 

 dahlias were represented, several hun- 

 dred varieties, being shown. 



In the competitive classes there was 

 keen competition, the flowers being of 

 splendid quality. The chief prize win- 

 ners were J. K. Alexander, Mrs. H. A. 

 Jahn, W. D. Hathaway, F. L. Tinkham, 

 Taole Dahlia Gardens, Joseph Thorpe, 

 W. H. Simmonds, W. H. Cruff and Dor- 

 chester Dahlia Farm. The W. W. Rawson 

 silver cup for best display by a private 

 gardener was wo'n by W. A. Riggs. The 

 exhibition of dahlias far outclassed any 

 previous ones held in Boston. 



Blue Hill Nurseries were first and 

 third for thirty varieties of herbaceous 

 plants, Belleviic Nurseries being second. 

 First-class certificates were awarded to 

 L. W. Goodell for a splendid strain of 

 verbenas, and to Peirce Bros, for Chry- 

 santhemum Golden -Glow. Harvard Bo- 

 tanic Gardens had. a fine display of an- 

 nuals and perennials; F. J. Rea, herba- 

 ceous plants; B. ^Hammond Tracy, a 

 splendid lot of gladibli; W. C. Winter, 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill and William Whitman, 

 general displays. F. W. Fletcher received 

 honorable mention for Marguerite asters, 

 also for Violet Baronne Rothschild, and 

 an improved form of Physostegia Vir- 

 giniana named grandiflora. H. A. Dreer 

 received a similar award for a tank 

 of aquatics. 



C. W. Parker had a collection of twen- 

 ty varieties of hardy roses, Wilfrid 

 Wheeler asters, Vick's Pink, and helian- 

 thus; the Boston Park department, flow- 

 ers of tamarix, buddleia, etc., and Gen. S. 

 M. Weld, Thomas Coles gardener, a col- 

 lection of herbaceous plants. Mrs, J. 

 C. Whitin, W. McAllister gardener, had 

 the best collection of foreign grapes. 

 There were excellent displays of season- 

 able fruits and vegetables. 



Qub Meeting. 



There was a splendid gathering of 120 

 members September 15, in Horticultural 

 hall, when club meetings were resumed. 

 Six new members were elected. In place 

 of a regular lecture there were vacation 

 experiences from quite a number of the 

 members. M. A. Patten spoke of S. A. F. 

 convention and a Canadian trip ; Robert 

 Cameron talked on Nova Scotia; Geo. 

 Butterworth on horticultural sights in 

 England and Holland; Kennett Finlay- 

 son on Bar Harbor, and Wm. Downs on 

 Amherst College. Mr. Farquhar made a 

 report on the landscape classes. 



Messrs. Palmer, Wheeler and D. Fin- 

 layson were appointed a committee to 

 draft resolutions on the death of Emil 

 Johansson. Several members spoke feel- 

 ingly on his untimely death. 



The committee appointed to draw up 

 resolutions on the death of Warren W. 

 Rawson, a member of the club, presented 

 resolutions which were unanimously 

 adopted. The committee consisted of 

 Thomas J. Grey, J. A. Pettigrew and 

 William P. Rich. 



The committee on the late picnic, 

 through Peter M. Miller, made a financial 

 report, which was accepted and votes of 

 thanks were passed to all prize donors. 

 There were also short reports on field 

 days at Amherst Agricultural College and 

 the New England Nurseries. 



Exhibits included Dendrobium Phalse- 

 nopsis from D. Finlayson, Violet Baron- 



ess Rothschild and Marguerite asters 

 from W. S. Fletcher, and Bouvardia 

 Humboldtii from W. N. Craig. 



Refreshments were served and the 

 evening proved a pleasant one for all 

 who attended. 



Various Notes. 



F. W. Fletcher continues to make a 

 specialty of Physostegia Virginiana, 

 which, under the name of Texas heath, 

 has attained quite a little market popu- 

 larity. 



The attendance at the dahlia show at 

 Horticultural hall was much the largest 

 of the present year. Interest in dahlias 

 continues to grow apace in Massachusetts. 



The annual fruit and vegetable show 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety will occur October 10 and 11. The 

 annual chrysanthemum show comes No- 

 vember 6, 7, 8 and 9. 



H. M. Robinson & Co. are receiving 

 some fine Beauties and other roses, and 

 their lily of the valley is excellent. They 

 are anticipating good fall business. 



The various seed houses have received 

 a good consignment of Dutch bulbs and 

 expect sales to equal those of a year ago, 

 more especially in kinds for outdoor 

 planting. 



Funeral services for the late Joseph 

 de Lara Galvin occurred September 10. 

 There was a large concourse of mourn- 

 ers, including quite" a number in the 

 trade, and floral souvenirs were numer- 

 ous and beautiful. W. N. Ceaig. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The market last week was dull; the 

 appearance of the wholesale houses show- 

 ed plainly that little was going on among 

 the retailers. The weather has been warm, 

 and we have not had a drop of rain 

 for a month. Even funeral work was 

 scarce all last week. The opening of 

 the public schools brought in a little extra 

 work Tuesday, September 8, but the 

 wholesalers said it was one of the dull- 

 est weeks we have had for a long time. 



There are plenty of roses and fairly 

 good stock in all varieties, with consid- 

 erably longer stems, but the hot spell 

 made them soft. Carnations, too, are 

 coming better, with plenty of them, but 

 still short in stem. Asters have come 

 in heavily and thousands found their 

 way to the dump. The same can be said 

 of tuberose stalks and other outdoor 

 stock. There are plenty of dahlias, too. 

 All greens are plentiful. 



Qub Meetins;. 



The Florists' Club spent Thursday 

 afternoon, September 10, at the home of 

 J. F. Ammann, Edwardsville, 111. ; it was 

 the most enthusiastic as well as the best 

 attended meeting of the year. The mem- 

 bers met at the east approach to the 

 bridge and left at 1 p. m., arriving in 

 Edwardsville at 2 p. m. Before the meet- 

 ing the members inspected this well- 

 kept place of 50,000 feet of glass. We 

 found the young stock looking fine, es- 

 pecially Ivory, Killarney, Alice Roose- 

 velt, Rhea Reid and Perle. In carnations. 

 White Enchantress, Queen Louise, En- 

 chantress and Beacon looked good, and 

 there also was a good house of chrysan- 

 themums. Those who had not seen Mr. 

 Ammann 's place for a couple of years 

 were surprised at the great improve- 

 ments and all said that they had never 

 seen a better arranged or a better kept 

 place. 



The meeting was held in the packing 



