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June 10, 1909. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



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PEONIES 



Good, 35c; medium, 50c; fancy, 75c per doz. 



ROSES of all varieties 

 Fancy Carnations In Large Supply 



All other Cut Flowers in seaBon and every thtnc in Baskets, Ribbons and 



Other Requisites. 



E. H. HUNT 



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Large Daily Shipments Now Received of 



Cattleya Mossiae 



Extra fine Moornis, per doz., $4.00 to $6.00; per 100, $40.00. 



Beauties, Fancy Teas, Carnations, 



PEONIES, GARDENIAS, 



Valley, Sweet Peas and all Fancy flowers, Earleyense and all 

 Fancy Greens and Decorative Stock, Ribbons and Chiffons. 



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FANCY FERNS 



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five summer shows. Palms were used as 

 a background for this group of shrubs. 



T. C. Thurlow showed tree peonies, 

 azaleas and iris in excellent shape. F. J. 

 Rea contributed a collection of herba- 

 ceous plants, as did the Bellevue Nurs- 

 eries. Mrs. E. M. Gill had a display of 

 carnations, aquilegias, cosmos, deutzias 

 and other flowers. W. C. Rust, gardener 

 to Dr. C. G. Weld, received a cultural 

 certificate for specimen hydrangeas. R. 

 & J. Farquhar & Co. had a good group 

 of Araucaria exersa. Francis Skinner 

 showed a nice collection of rhododen- 

 drons. 



"Walter Hunnewell had the largest and 

 best collection of hardy rhododendrons, 

 William Whitman leading for azaleas. 

 Mrs. F. Ayer, George Page gardener, had 

 tree ferns, fuchsias and irises. Bronze 

 »edals went to W. tC. Rust for Cypripe- 

 dium Lawrenceanum and W. Whitman 

 for German iris. W. C. Clemson, J. O. 

 Christensen gardener, was the most suc- 

 cessful exhibitor of forced vegetables. 



Various Notes. 



Official figures of May weather shatter 

 some popular impressions. Rainfall is 

 given as 2.33 inches, or 1.07 below the 

 yearly average. Mean temperature was 

 56 degrees, against 57 degrees for a 

 thirty-nine year period. We had six clear 

 days only, fifteen cloudy and ten partly 

 cloudy. Rain fell on fourteen days. On 

 the night of June 5 we had a rainfall of 

 1.54 inches, which gave the ground a 

 fine soaking. 



Remember the meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club, June 15. The 

 question box will occupy most of the 

 evening and some pertinent queries are 

 down. Arrangements for picnic, etc., 

 will also come up for discussion, also field 

 day at E. J. Shaylor's, June 17. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. have bought 

 twenty-seven acres of land at the corner 

 of .Washington and Elm streets, Dedham, 

 Mass., which they will use for nursery 

 purposes. 



Th« annual peony show of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society occurs 



June 19 and 20 and will undoubtedly 

 eclipse all its predecessors. Peonies 

 never looked more luxuriant and promis- 

 ing than at present. W. N. Cbaig. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market 



Business last week was much quieter 

 than the week previous, the weather being 

 summer-like, with lots of rain, which had 

 a bad effect on the quality of stock in 

 general. 



There is only one week more left be- 

 fore the closing of the schools, and then 

 the summer stillness will be upon us for 

 good. There are plenty of June wed- 

 dings, but nothing worthy of comment. 

 With one exception, they were all small 

 affair^ in the cut flower linie. 



The wholesalers are receiving great 

 consignments of roses, carnations, sweet 

 peas, peonies and cape jasmines ; in fact, 

 everything in season is abundant just 



