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FjebbuabV 25, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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Fancy Carnations 

 Choice Roses 



You can wire us for anything you need and be sure of 

 getting the right goods at the right prices. 



E. H. HUNT 



Established 1878. Oldest House in the West 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. 



BEAUms Per doa. 



80 to 86-iDCh $4.00 



24 to ao-incta $2.60 to 3.00 



18to20-lnch 1.50to 2.00 



8to 12-Inch l.OOto 1.60 



ShortB .76 



R08SS (T.M) Per 100 



Bride and Maid I 5.00 to $8.00 



Richmond 4.00to 8.00 



KiUamey 4.00to 8.00 



Perle 6.00to 7.00 



Roses, oar selection 4.00 



OARMATIONS, medium 1.60 to 2.00 



" fancy 2.00 to 3.00 



]III«C]BLI.AKi:obs 



Violets, double 76 to 1.00 



slnsrle 60to .75 



HarrisU LilTes 12.00to 16.00 



OaUas 12.60 



VaUey 4.00 



Paper Whites 3.00 



Jonquils 3.00 



SweetPeas.... 75to 1.00 



OBEBNS 



Smllax Strines per doi.. 1.60 



Asparagus Sfrinars each, .60 



AaparacuB Bunches " .86 to .60 



Sprengeri Bunches " .26 to .86 



Adlanram per 100, - 1.00 



Ferns, Common per 1000, 2.00 



Oalaz " 1.00 



Mexican Ivy per 100, 1.00 



Leucothoe Sprays per 1000, 7.60 



Wild Smllax.... per case, $3.00, $4.00 and 6.00 



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A fine combination, that is if the stock is good. DID you ever try our 

 stock? You ought to, it pleases. 



Of course we have everything else in flowers, such as Valleyy Tulips, 

 Daffodils, Lilies, Carnations and Roses. 



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neous flowers are now seen. Adiantum 

 of the new season's crop is good. There 

 is quite a good call for -both ferns and 

 asparagus. 



Qub Meeting. 



As briefly reported in last week's Re- 

 view, the club meeting held February 

 16 was a successful one, 211 being pres- 

 ent, although it was one of the moat 

 disagreeable nights of the winter. From 

 Providence a good delegation came, 

 Messrs. McNair and Chappell, president 

 and secretary, speaking interestingly dur- 

 ing the evening. From the North Shore 

 Horticultural Society came a dozen mem- 

 bers, for whom Messrs. McGregor and 

 Alex. Shaw acted as spokesmen. The 

 addition of six new members showed that 

 the club's growth is to continue. Not 

 for over four years has there been a 

 meeting without applications for mem- 

 bership. 



Among the exhibits, the Winsor carna- 

 tions from C. S. Strout, which gained a 

 report of merit for culture, were the 

 best ever seen in Boston, the stems be- 

 ing of remarkable length. Charles Simp- 

 kins, of Peabody, had a collection of 



stocks showing splendid culture, as did 

 the grand vase of Lupinus mutabilis from 

 William Swan, who also showed splen- 

 did annual larkspur, worthy of more at- 

 tention from florists. Daniel Whyte's 

 Primula Kewensis showed what a splen- 

 did thing this is when well grown. F. W. 

 Fletcher, as usual, showed Baronne 

 Rothschild violet. Carnation Kanarien- 

 bird, from Henry Schrade, Saratoga 

 Springs, N. Y., has the earmarks of a 

 good yellow. It keeps splendidly and as 

 the introducer says it is a free bloomer, 

 it ought to be heard from. 



R. & J. Farquhar's cyclamens, which 

 received a cultural report of merit, were 

 excellent. They also had fine Primula 

 obconica and Acacia heterophylla. Car- 

 nations Splendor and Victory, from O. M. 

 Whittemore, were both good, while En- 

 chantress, as grown by Alfred Parsons, 

 was remarkably good. Andree, a crim- 

 son seedling of H. A. Stevens Co., looked 

 promising, as did a vase of mixed seed- 

 lings from Peter Fisher and a collec- 

 tion of six varieties from E. B. 

 Beals, of Springfield. White Killarney, 

 from Waban Rose Conservatories, re- 

 ceived an award of a report of highest 



merit, the first time the club has ever 

 given such an award. Answering queries, 

 Mr. Montgomery said the White Killar- 

 new possessed much greater vigor than 

 Killarney, had a larger flower and one 

 containing many more petals. An occa- 

 sional plant would carry flowers half 

 pink and half white. The severe weather 

 and blockaded railroads prevented some 

 exhibits from a distance arriving on time. 



The annual banquet was set for March 

 .31, one day earlier than in 1908, and wdll 

 undoubtedly draw a big' crowd. M. A. 

 Patten's talk on carnations, while short, 

 was practical and drew out a good dis- 

 cussion, among those taking part being 

 Peter Fisher, James Wheeler, Eber 

 Holmes, Wilfrid Wheeler, W. H. Elliott, 

 G. M. Anderson, W. N. Craig, James Far- 

 quhar, H. A. Stevens and K.- Pinlayson. 

 Mr. Patten said he never fumigates in 

 his houses, preferring a fine nicotine 

 spray from a barrel pump. Fumigating, 

 he believes, hurts the stems. Spraying is 

 done once in two weeks. Nicoticide, with 

 some Ivory soap, is used and found ef- 

 fective. He was asked what would give 

 good stems and his answer was, lime, 

 keeping on the dry side and rather cool. 



