May 20, 1909. 



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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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referred to the desirability of discussing 

 more fruit and vegetable topics, suitable 

 varieties of hardy roses and about every- 

 thing in the horticultural calendar. 



The coming field day at E. J. Shay- 

 lor's, the July picnic and other topics 

 were severally referred to. One new mem- 

 ber was elected and the May meeting of 

 1909 proved one of the best the club has 

 yet held. 



Various Notes. 



In Lynn, Mass., May 15, carnation day 

 'was held. Fifty girls sold carnations on 

 the streets for the benefit of a sani- 

 tarium. Over 20,000 were sold, and be- 

 tween $3,000 and $4,000 netted as a re- 

 sult. The great success attending the 

 sale will encourage the promoters to 

 make it an annual afifair. 



The Arnold Arboretum has been the 

 Mecca for many visitors this week, the 

 display of malus being the special at- 

 traction. A week hence the lilacs will be 

 at their height. 



John K. M. L. Farquhar expects to 

 leave on a European trip about June 20. 



H. M. Robinson & Co. are doing a good 

 summer trade, and are planning for a 

 heavy business at Memorial day. 



Orchids are unusually abundant in the 

 flower stores at present. Cattleya Mos- 

 sise is mostly in evidence. C. Skinneri 

 is seen in lesser numbers. Dendrobiums 

 and Lselia purpurata are other sorts 

 noted. 



W. B. Goodenow, of Stoughton, was 

 last in the market with double violets. 

 He is now picking a nice lot of cucum- 

 bers and tomatoes. 



Peirce Bros, have a big lot of Spiraea 

 Japonica which will be in season for Me- 

 morial day. 



The garden committee of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society visited the 

 Langwater estate, North Easton, where 

 W. N. Craig has charge, to look over the 

 spring flower garden, May 18. Late 

 tulips, narcissi and other seasonable 

 flowers interested the visitors. 



There will be an exhibition at Horti- 

 cultural hall May 23, at which some in- 

 teresting plants and flowers will be 

 shown. 



The Budlong Co., of Auburn, E. L, is 

 sliipping an unusually fine lot of roses 

 to the Park street market, Richmond and 

 Killarney being extra good. 



W. N. Craig. 



COLOEAGO SPRINGS, COLO. 



May 15, William Henry Evans, presi- 

 dent of the Pikes Peak Floral Co., con- 

 summated the purchase of the greenhouse 

 property and business of William Clark. 

 Mr. Clark retains his nursery and will 

 continue to operate it. The considera- 

 tion is not made public, but it is in the 

 vicinity of $25,000, and by this purchase 

 the Pikes Peak Floral Co. becomes the 

 largest wholesale cut flower producing 

 firm in the state and one of the largest 

 west of Chicago. The Pikes Peak Floral 

 Co. has operated 85,000 square feet of 

 glass and the Clark range includes ap- 

 proximately 100,000 square feet of glass. 

 Edward Johnson will have the charge of 

 the greenhouses and growing. William 

 E. Crump will be in charge of the sales 

 depairtment and the concern will now 

 enter the retail field locally; heretofore 

 the Pikes Peak Floral Co. has done an 

 exclusively wholesale business. 



Washington, Ind. — Christ Voyes, for- 

 merly of Merrill, Wis., is, here to erect 

 two greenhouses and go into the business. 



These Are the Little Liners That Do theBosioess 



GARDNER, MASS. 



Arthur F. Johnson, of Amherst, for- 

 merly of Gardner, has petitioned the Su- 

 perior Court of Worcester to allow dis- 

 solution of the corporation known as the 

 Riverside Greenhouse, Inc., of Gardner, 

 of which he is secretary. The corpora- 

 tion was organized under the Massachu- 

 setts laws July 27, 1904, and was capi- 

 talized at $8,000. The greenhouses are 

 located below the Parker street bridge 

 and were bought three years ago by Carl 

 Erickson, the present owner. Some of 

 those having shares are Carrie H. John- 

 son, Arthur F. Johnson, Jr., Roger John- 

 son, all of Amherst, and George R. Lowe, 

 Milton A. Creed and other Gardner peo- 

 ple. The corporation voted to dissolve 

 at a meeting in Athol in April. There 

 will be a hearing on the petition in the 

 July term of the Superior Court. 



FRANCOAS. 



Please tell me how to grow Francoa 

 glabrata and F. ramosa. Do you think 

 they will be worth raising for cut flow- 

 ers? Will they bloom the first year from 

 seed and will they bear the heat of mid- 

 dle Georgia? S. B. 



I have not grown Francoa glabrata, 

 but F. ramosa, while not much seen in 

 America, is a common plant in European 



gardens. In central Georgia it should 

 prove perfectly hardy, it having wintered 

 out as far north as Washington, D. C. 

 You cannot flower f rancoas the same sea- 

 son from seed. If some is sown now in a 

 frame or greenhouse and kept grown 

 along in pots, it will flower in the sum- 

 mer of 1910. The francoas flower when 

 choice flowers are scarce, and if you have 

 use for these in design or table deco- 

 rative work, you will find the white sprays 

 of F. ramosa excellent. With me it grew 

 three feet in height and flowered in July. 

 The flowers last quite well in a shaded 

 greenhouse. I doubt if it will pay you 

 to raise these flowers merely for cutting, 

 but why not plant some in vour perennial 

 ground"? ' C. W. 



Enid, Okla. — J. E. Detwiler is erect- 

 ing a neat, modern store, to be operated 

 in connection with his greenhouses. 



PouGHKEEPSiE, N. Y. — Thomas P. 

 Logan, formerly head gardener at Alta 

 Crest, in Coscob, Conn., has now ac- 

 cepted a similar position with Dr. Elin- 

 kead, in this place. 



Greenville, III. — Zbinden & Corboz, 

 having secured a five-year lease on some 

 property here, will erect a greenhouso 

 and will conduct business under the 

 name of the Greenville Floral Co. 



