Decembeb 10, 1908. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



35 



decorations for the D. B. Francis ball 

 at the St. Louis Club, Thursday, Decem- 

 ber 3. Over 200 of the best American 

 Beauties were used. 



Ostertag Bros, had the decorations for 

 the Turner reception at the St. Louis 

 Club, Friday, December 4. This was also 

 a large affair, which called for fancy 

 stock. 



C. A. Kuehn has issued his new cata- 

 logue of wire designs and supplies. This 

 department has been busy of late with 

 shipping orders. 



Harry Young, of C. Young & Sons Co., 

 as usual at this time of the year, took a 

 few days off for a hunting trip. All the 

 Young boys are noted as good shots and 

 never come home empty-handed. 



W. C. Smith Wholesale Floral Co. re- 

 ports an abundance of extra fine Califor- 

 nia violets, lily of the valley and carna- 

 tions. The firm has just received a fresh 

 stock of florists' supplies and has been 

 busy with shipping orders. 



William Bouche, one of our best land- 

 scape gardeners, met with a painful ac- 

 cident last week while superintending 

 the trimming of trees. A Kmb fell and 

 penetrated the right eye. Timely atten- 

 tion will save his sight. 



Daniel Boyle, assistant keeper of 

 O 'Fallon park, died suddenly last week, 

 of gastritis. 



The Florists ' Bowling Club had a great 

 night bowling Monday, November 30. 

 Monday, December 7, was ladies' night 

 and quite a large attendance of the fair 

 sex was present. President Connon says 

 refreshments will be served on aU occa- 

 sions when it is ladies ' night. J. J. B. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Colder and more seasonable weather 

 now prevails. This has appreciably re- 

 duced the output of flowers, and business 

 is fairly good. Chrysanthemums are 

 practically done, although some Bonnaf- 

 fon, Murdock, Nonin and Enguehard 

 are still seen. Those still coming are 

 selling well. Eoses are rather less abun- 

 dant and prices average better than a 

 week ago, Killarney, Bichmond and Beau- 

 ty being the best sellers. Bride, Maid 

 and Kaiserin are more sluggish. Carna- 

 tions are coming of fine quality, but are 

 not selling so well as they might, the 

 supply continuing excessive. For the 

 best quality flowers there is a good mar- 

 ket. 



Violets remain scarce and sell better 

 than anything else. Growers report that 

 these plants, especially the singles, are 

 producing less flowers than usual. Eoman 

 hyacinths and Paper Whites are abun- 

 dant, but not in much demand. A few 

 Trumpet Majors made their appearance 

 this week. Stevia is plentiful. Lily of 

 the valley sells fairly well. Mignonette 

 is steadily improving in quality. Lilies 

 are in better supply, quite a few of the 

 new season's Harrisii coming in. Of 

 sweet peas, antirrhinums and other sea- 

 sonable flowers there is a fair supply. 

 Poinsettias are coming in, but these have 

 a limited sale, except at Christmas. 



Pot plants are moving better. Among 

 those in evidence at the stores now 

 are ardisias. Azalea Firefly, Otaheite 

 oranges, primulas, cyclamens, Lorraine 

 begonias and Erica melanthera. 



Various Notes. 



Edward Hatch, the popular treasurer 

 of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club, has 

 gone to Cuba to recuperate from his re- 



cent serious illness. Peter M. Miller will 

 act as assistant treasurer in his absence. 



A. H. Kirkland, superintendent of the 

 state work against the gypsy and brown 

 tail moths, has resigned, ill health being 

 the reason attributed. 



Peirce Bros, are handling quantities 

 of nicely grown and flowered cyclamens 

 and Azalea Firefly at their stall in the 

 Park street market. 



Philip L. Carbone, the well-known and 

 artistic Boylston street florist, now oc- 

 cupies the store at 272 Boylston street, 

 on the ground floor, in addition to his 

 old store a few doors away. He was 

 married December 1 to Mile. Y. Vonne 

 Viaud, of Paris, France, who arrived in 

 Boston last week on the Cymric. 



Some fine Jeanne Nonin chrysanthe- 

 mums are coming in from William 

 Nicholson, of Framingham. 



E. J. Shaylor has imported all the best 

 of the new European novelties in peonies 

 and expects to make a finer display of 

 these popular flowers than ever next sea- 

 son. He captured, last season, the first 

 prize for the best peony garden, offered 

 by the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 



faVERY now and then a well 

 19 pleased reader speaks the word 

 which is the means of htiafpng a new 

 advertiser to 



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Such friendly assistance is thoroughly 

 appreciated. 



Give us the name of anyone from 

 whom you are buying, not an adver- 

 tiser. We especially wish to interest 

 those selling articles of florists' use 

 not at present advertised. 



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 530-60 Cazton Bklg. Chicago 



ciety, being also given a silver medal for 

 the superior quality of his stock. 



Do not forget election night at the 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club, December 

 15. Interest in the contest for presi- 

 dent steadily increases and a heavy bal- 

 lot will be cast. Some fine floral ex- 

 hibits will adorn the tables again. 



W. A. Hastings has just returned from 

 a successful western trip in behalf of 

 A. H. Hews & Co., of North Cambridge. 



Samuel Beck, the popular salesman for 

 James Tulis, at the Park street mar- 

 ket, was married December 1 to Miss 

 Kose Coral Breitstem, of Bosebury, at 

 Commonwealth hall, East Boston. 



Henry M. Bobinson & Co. are busily 

 preparing for Christmas, and are receiv- 

 ing big consignments of holly and other 

 evergreens. Cut flower trade with them 

 is good. 



Cooler and quite seasonable weather 

 now prevails with us. The continued lack 

 of rain is the most serious feature of 

 our otherwise excellent season, climati- 

 cally. Wells and springs are, in many 

 cases, dried up; swamps and streams con- 

 tain little water, and many ponds are 

 quite dry. The extreme dryness of the 



soil if continued through the winter will 

 probably result in an unusuaUy heavy 

 death roll among trees and shrubs. 



One of the best equipped and most 

 artistic flower stores in Boston is that 

 of J. Newman & Sons, on Tremont street. 

 This section was some years ago thickly 

 clustered with florists, but all but Messrs. 

 Newman have now moved nearer the 

 Back Bay section. 



At the Music Hall market L. E. Small 

 is handling an unusually fine grade of 

 double violets. Bobert Montgomery, as 

 usual, brings in a first-class lot of Bich- 

 mond, Bridesmaid and other roses. 



John McFarland is disposing of 8,000 

 valley per week, double his sales of a 

 year ago. 



A number of prominent cut flower spe- 

 cialists near Boston wiU assist in the 

 short special floricultural course at Am- 

 herst College from January to March, 

 1909. 



J. Edison Smith, formerly of Brent- 

 wood, N. H., and for the past year in 

 the employ of the F. W. Fletcher Co., 

 Auburndale, is at the Newton hospital 

 seriously ill with typhoid fever. 



W. N. Cbaiq. 



OBITUARY. 



Charles E. Miles. 



Charles E. Miles died at his home, in 

 Oneonta, N. Y., Saturday morning, No- 

 vember 28, after a brief illness from 

 pneumonia. Although he had been in 

 poor health for the last three years and 

 his friends had noticed a more rapid 

 decline of late, it was not until the pre- 

 ceding Thursday night that he was taken 

 seriously ill. Mr. Miles was the eldest 

 son of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Miles, and 

 was born in Oneonta, December 26, 1857. 

 After leaving the high school he engaged 

 in the livery business with his father. 

 Later he embarked in the grocery busi- 

 ness. Still later he established a coal 

 business and conducted it for years. In 

 1902 he removed to Albany and remained 

 for two years, returning to Oneonta in 

 the spring of 1904. About three years 

 ago he purchased the greenhouses of 

 Mrs. Scott, on Grove street, and has since 

 conducted the business. 



Mr. Miles was married, September 6, 

 1882, to Miss Edwina Utter. Besides his 

 wife, he is survived by his aged parents, 

 one sister, Miss Lyra Miles, and one 

 brother, Fred A. Miles, the latter residing 

 in Waterbury, Conn. To them the sin- 

 cere sympathy of the community is ex- 

 tended. 



Mrs. H. A. Kresken. 



Mrs. II. A. Kresken, of Cincinnati, O., 

 died December 2, and her body was cre- 

 mated three days later. She had been 

 engaged in the retail business for years 

 and was well known and much respected 

 in the trade. Her funeral was largely 

 attended and many beautiful floral trib- 

 utes were presented. 



Baldwinsville, Mass. — On Sunday 

 afternoon, November 15, J. G. Lund 

 found that his boiler had sprung a leak, 

 running a stream as large as one's fin- 

 ger, and was fast putting out the fire, 

 but he managed to maintain heat enough 

 to keep his plants from freezing. On 

 the following Tuesday Mr. Lund pro- 

 cured another boiler, and the old one was 

 taken out and the other installed between 

 7 a. m. and 5 p. m. As the weather was 

 favorable, the plants were saved, but 

 it was a narrow escape. 



