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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Januabt 7, 1009. 



Wild Smilax 



Now on hand in any quantity. 



Can ship from Chicago at a moment's notice. 



All Cut riowers in Large Supply at Chicago Market Rates. 



KENNICOn BROS. CO. 



WHOLESALE COMMISSION TLOBISTS 



48-50 Wabash Ave. L.D.Phone,centt.i4M. CHICAGO 



Mention The Review w hen you write. 



VIOLETS 



Carnations, 



Roses, 

 Green Goods. 



We have best quality in quantity and respectfully solicit a share of your patronag»e. 



VSUGHSN & SPERRY 



Wholesale riorists, 58-60 Wabash Ave., CHICAGO 



Mention The Review when you write. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



Conditions in the cut flower market 

 have remained fairly satisfactory since 

 Christmas. Supplies, owing to the con- 

 tinued clear and comparatively mild 

 weather, are abundant. Roses are less 

 plentiful. A heavy crop at Christmas 

 has resulted in some shortening of re- 

 ceipts. The quality is now extra good. 

 Beauties, Killarneys and Bichmonds con- 

 tinue the leaders. Carnations are sell- 

 ing much better than a fortnight ago. 

 There is a better demand for whites and 

 the usual heavy supplies of these are 

 now lacking. Fancies make up to $5 

 and $6 per hundred. Violets sell well at 

 an average of $1 per hundred; some 

 make a little more, others less. Of 

 Paper Whites and Romans there is an 

 abundant supply, also of Trumpet Ma- 

 jors. Of tuUps, supplies are still rather 

 short. A few Campemelle jonquils are 

 arriving. 



Freesia from several growers is re- 

 markably good. The best has made up 

 to $8 per hundred, but is now lower. 

 Purity is the variety mostly seen. Sweet 

 peas are not abundant, but are of good 

 quality, so is mignonette; select spikes 

 of the latter make $1 per dozen. Lilies 

 and callas are in good supply and valley 

 sells quite well. Poinsettias are still seen, 

 but no one seems to want them now. 



Cypripedium insigne is plentiful. Green 

 supplies are selling quite well. 



New Year's day made little difference 



That last advertisement in 



eVB^ 



seems to have touched the spot, all 

 ri^ht. We received nineteen orders 

 from it on the first mail this morning. 

 CHAS. POMMERT. 

 Amelia, O^ Jan. 4, 1909. 



in the local market. The day is but 

 little kept in New England and does not 

 help the florists. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



The annual meeting of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society was held at 

 Horticultural hall January 2. The treas- 

 urer's report showed receipts of $18,400 

 for the year and expenses of $20,000. 

 The deficit was mainly due to diminshed 

 hall rentals. President Weld urged mem- 

 bers to raise the membership of the so- 

 ciety from 838 to 1,000 during the pres- 

 ent year. 



Peter Fisher, Thomas Boland, George 

 B. Dorr and W. H. Bawker, the new 

 trustees recently elected, attended a 

 board meeting for the first time. 



Arrangements are well advanced for a 

 big exhibition of orchids and other sea- 

 sonable plants, to be held in Boston, May 

 26 to 30, 1910. About $3,000 will be 

 offered in orchid premiums. For the best 

 commercial group a gold medal and 

 $1,000 will be offered for first prize, a 

 silver medal and $500 for second. Gold 

 and silver medals and substantial money 

 prizes will also be offered for groups 

 from private growers, also groups of 

 cypripediums, odontoglossums, cattleyas 

 and other leading genera. Gold and sil- 

 ver medals will also be offered for best 

 seedling orchid, stove and greenhouse 

 flowering and foliage plant, herbaceous 

 plant, hardy climber, etc Azaleas, rhodo- 

 dendrons, groups of stove and green- 

 house plants, etc., will also be well pro- 

 vided for. A number of exhibits are ex- 

 pected from European growers. 



