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JAXDABT 21, 1009. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



15 



During the year tbe club awarded five 

 reports of superior merit for exhibits, 

 nine reports of merit, thirty honorable 

 mentions and fifty-five votes of thanks. 

 During the year the secretary mailed 

 4,774 circulars to members, 1,525 postals 

 and 929 other pieces of mail. He antici- 

 pated a prosperous year in 1909 and as- 

 sured the members that no effort would 

 be spared to make the club helpful to as 

 many as possiblej 



The absence ol the worthy treasurer, 

 Edward Hatch, at Miami, Fla., was much 

 regretted, his humorous and genial re- 

 marks always having been a feature of 

 previous inaugural nights. The assistant 

 treasurer, Peter M. Miller, reported re- 

 ceipts of $809.50 during the year and a 

 good balance on hand. 



Thirteen new members were elected. 

 A committee was appointed to consider 

 maintaining a free hospital bed for mem- 

 bers. 



A new committee on exhibits was ap- 

 pointed as follows: Eber Holmes, chair- 

 man; G. M. Anderson, Wilfrid • Wheeler, 

 M. A. Patten, Chas. Holbrow, R. T. Mc- 

 Gorum, K. Pinlayson, J. F. Flood. 



The committee on entertainment is: 

 J. P. A. Guerineau, chairman ; G. W. But- 

 terworth, W. D. Nickerson, P. J. Turley, 

 C. Linsert, J. E. Barry, F. Murray. 



M. A. Patten spoke for the carnation 

 convention. About a dozen will attend 

 from here, with several exhibits, among 

 them Bay State. 



On the exhibition tables were a spe- 

 cially fine lot of violets, including Kaiser 

 Wilbelm, from Wm. Sim; Campbell, 

 from H. F. Woods; Princess of Wales, 

 from Gerhard Bleieken, and Baronne 

 Eothschild, from F. W. Fletcher. Albert 

 Eoper showed Bay State and a scarlet 

 seedling carnation. Henry Schrade, of 

 Saratoga Springs, had a yellow seedling 

 carnation, and Lewis Small a crimson. 

 Thomas Coles brought Primula Kewensis 

 and the J. F. Flood Co. showed mush- 

 rooms. 



Eefreshments were served and the en- 

 tertainment program was thoroughly en- 

 joyed. 



Carnations will receive special atten- 

 tion February 16. 



Exhibition. 



The midwinter flower show of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society, Janu- 

 ary 16, brought out some good exhibits. 

 A number of the primulas were unfor- 

 tunately frozen, the day being the cold- 

 est of the winter. For six Primula Kew- 

 ensis, Mrs. F. Ayer, George Page gar- 

 dener, was first; Mrs. J. M. Sears, W. C. 

 Ritchie gardener, second; Mrs. J. L. Gar- 

 dner, William Thatcher gardener, third. 

 William Whitman, M. Sullivan gardener, 

 led for six Primula Sinensis; E. J. Mit- 

 ton, J. Lawson gardener, second; Mrs. 

 J. M. Sears third. For six Primula 

 stellata, William Whitman led, followed 

 by Mrs. J. L. Gardner. For six Primula 

 obconica varieties, Mrs. Gardner won, 

 followed by Mrs. J. M. Sears and Mrs. 

 F. Ayer. Mrs. Sears had the only six 

 plants of Lorraine begonia, receiving sec- 

 ond prize, and was first for six cycla- 

 mens, Mrs. A. W. Blake, J. L. Smith 

 gardener, being second. 



For fifty blooms of any carnation not 

 disseminated, M. A. Patten won the silver 

 medal with a fine vase of his new crim- 

 son, Sara Nicholson. For four vases 

 distinct, C. S. Strout, Biddeford, Me., 

 was an excellent first with splendid vases 

 of White Perfection, Victory, Enchant- 

 ress and Afterglow ; M. A. Patten second, 

 with Beacon, Melody, Winsor and After- 

 glow; S. J. Goddard third, with Winsor, 



Fenn, Enchantress and Victory. Miss 

 E. J. Clark, Pomfret, Conn., John Ash 

 gardener, had splendid bunches of Prin- 

 cgss of Wales violets. H. F. Woods 

 received honorable mention for his new 

 single violet. Comet. M. A. Patten re- 

 ceived a similar award for his new rose- 

 pink carnation. No. 505. 



S. J. Goddard had a grand vase of 

 Purity freesia, the best we have seen 

 staged in Boston. Miss J. M. Sears 

 showed Clerodendron fallax, camellias and 

 Celsia Arcturus, and received a first-class 

 certificate for a fine dark red araaryllis, 

 eighteen months from seed. C. S. Strout 

 had an excellent vase of Winsor carna- 

 tion which received a gratuity. 



Variottt Notes. 



Prof. E. Dwight Sanderson, of Dur- 

 ham, N. H., lectured before a large audi- 

 ence on * ' Injurious Insects and How to 

 Control Them," at Horticultural hall. 



for the N. W. Harris estate. Lake Gene- 

 va, Wis. W. N. Ceaig. 



Carel Mulder. 



January 16. Numerous questions were 

 asked and the "meeting proved interest- 

 ing. 



The committee on nominations for the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society has 

 organized and elected T. J. Grey secre- 

 tary. 



J. Fred Dawson, of the firm of Olm- 

 sted Bros., is back from a lengthened 

 stay in Seattle. He considers the site 

 for the Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition 

 as an ideal one and expects a magnificent 

 floral display in the grounds, the lay- 

 ing out of which he superintended. 



E. Allen Peirce's household had a visit 

 from the stork last week. This makes 

 his fifth, all doing well. 



Wheeler & Co., of Waban, are handling 

 an extra fine lot of Cattleya Trianae at 

 present. This "firm handles orchids ex- 

 clusively. 



Edward MacMulkin will talk before the 

 floricultural classes at the Massachusetts 

 Agricultural College on retail market- 

 ing of plants and flowers. 



Philip Carbone is in Europe on his 

 annual trip. 



Joseph Krupa, for some years in Bos- 

 ton and vicinity, is now superintendent 



James F. Quinn and David J. Quinn, 

 trading as J. F. & D. J. Quinn, Brook- 

 line, have filed a joint petition in bank- 

 ruptcy. The indebtedness of the firm is 

 $9,247, distributed among about 140 cred- 

 itors, the principal being J. A. Budlong, 

 Son & Co., 303 Congress street, $817. 

 There are no assets shown. Neither 

 petitioner has individual indebtedness. 



OBITUARY. 



Jamet McBride. 



The funeral services of James 'Mc- 

 Bride, a veteran florist of South Wey- 

 mouth, Mass., were held January 12, in 

 the Church of St. Francis Xavier, and 

 the body was interred in the St. Francis 

 Xavier cemetery. The floral remem- 

 brances were many, with special pieces 

 from the South Weymouth grange. 

 Patrons of Husbandry; Joseph Breck & 

 Sons, of Boston, and the state hospital 

 at Tewksbury. 



Carel Mulder. 



Carel Mulder, one of the old-time 

 florists of Chicago, died January 15, at 

 the home of his son, John C. Mulder, the 

 Auburn Park florist, of 7923 Normal 

 avenue, from old age, complicated by an 

 attack of Bright s disease. Mr. Mulder 

 was 86 years of age, and was born in 

 Alphen-on-the-Rhine, Holland, where he 

 served a long and rigorous apprentice- 

 ship in all branches of floriculture. He 

 conducted a nursery and florist's busi- 

 ness at Groningen, Holland, before com- 

 ing to this country. He came to Chicago 

 in 1866 and in 1867 built a greenhouse 

 and opened business at 868 West Lake 

 street, where he continued with a suc- 

 cessful and growing trade till 1886, when 

 he sold out and went to Europe for a 

 visit of several months. On his return 

 he made his home with his son, John C. 

 Mulder, who learned the business under 

 his father, and has operated greenhouses 

 on Normal avenue since the time when 

 Auburn Park was a swamp. Mr. Mulder 

 was a thorough plantsman, schooled in 

 every branch of the business, from his 

 thorough old-country training, and was 

 held in high esteem personally by all 

 who knew him. He leaves six children. 



Claude V. Espy. 



Claude W. Espy, of Brookville, Pa., 

 died January 9, after an illness of only 

 three days with the grippe. Mr. Espy 

 was 48 years of age. He had been 

 sexton of the Brookville cemetery for 

 many years. He was a tireless worker, 

 and in addition to his labors at the 

 cemetery he found time to establish him- 

 self in business as a florist on a humble 

 scale some ten years ago, and had built 

 up the business to handsome proportions, 

 until it had become one of the estab- 

 lished institutions of the town. The de- 

 ceased is survived by his wife and four 

 children. 



Mary Raeder. 



Miss Mary Raeder, of the firm of 

 Raeder & Co., Hyde Park, Mass., died 

 January 13 of pneumonia, after a brief 

 illness. The deceased, whose specialty 

 was single violets, was well known at 

 the stores and markets in Boston and 

 attended the Park Street market Janu- 

 ary 9, apparently in her usual health. 

 She was 36 years of age. 



