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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Febbuabt 24, 1910. 



3-inch pots and topped twice. These, if 

 planted out and left to come into bloom, 

 should give you a fine lot of flowers. 

 Plant in beds instead of single rows. 

 Set the plants about eight inches each 

 way. Mulch them with some old, loose 

 stable manure, to hold in the moisture, 

 and water when needed. 



All the Enchantress varieties should 

 prove satisfactory. We have found May 

 a splendid one for this purpose. 



A. F. J. B. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SCXZIETY. 



Frank E. Whitney, Fishkill-on-Hudson, 

 N. Y., gardener to Winthrop Sargent, 

 registers Carnation Wodenethe, Prosper- 

 ity X Enchantress; pure white; three 

 and one-half to four inches in size; 

 strong, erect grower; runs to flower 

 quickly; beautifully formed, full flower, 

 with the old clove scent; strong calyx, 

 seldom bursts; scored ninety points for 

 preliminary certificate at A. C. S. conven- 

 tion at Pittsburg. 



A. F. J. Bauer, Sec'y- 



A BROOKLYN FIRM. 



Time was when Brooklyn looked to the 

 New York market for its cut flower sup- 

 plies, but now the City of Churches has a 



been by two months the junior member 

 of the firm. 



AT FRAMINGHAM, MASS. 



A Call at William Nicholson's. 



Carnations are the leading specialty at 

 the Pleasant Hill Conservatories, Fram- 

 ingham, and William Nicholson, Jr., 

 acted as an escort on the occasion of a 

 recent visit, William Nicholson, Sr., 

 being away at the time, attending to 

 business in Pittsburg. All varieties here 

 are looking uncommonly well, better than 

 ever before. White Enchantress is well 

 liked, and is the principal white grown. 

 It carries a splendid crop. Some White 

 Perfection and Lady Bountiful are also 

 grown. Harry Fenn carried an immense 

 crop. It begins to show occasional signs 

 of running out, and as a bread-and-butter 

 variety it will be difficult to replace. 

 Viola Sinclair was not doing well, and 

 will be dropped. Mrs. Patten is still 

 grown as a variegated and, as grown 

 here, is very prolific. 



Winona is well liked and was in heavy 

 crop. Winsor is also extremely popular 

 and is always in crop. Enchantress is 

 still grown in considerable numbers and 

 looked well. Beacon and Victory, as 

 scarlets, both carried heavy cjops; each 



Ladj Bountifnl in Mlilljiiim^ alao Whtc 

 Enchantress. Small lots of Bon Ami u <] 

 Granite State, G. E. Buxton's new se. i- 

 lings, were on trial and doing well. Be ii 

 Beacon and Victory are grown as sc. r 

 lets, the former looking a little the b. 

 ter. 



Helen Goddard, raised here, still do s 

 well, and there is no prettier flower . 

 its color today. Winsor is found to i. 

 indispensable. Loris, a cerise seedling ( : 

 H. H. Kogers, of South Sudbury, wa 

 under trial. Pink Delight is, however 

 the star variety here. It has been a con 

 tinuous cropper and the color makes i; 

 sell on sight at higher prices than Ed 

 chantress. The latter, however, is stii; 

 grown. Pink Delight makes few cut 

 tings, and these are found difficult to 

 root. This will probably have a tendency 

 to keep its price up. 



Butterw oith's Orchids. 



Orchids are the specialty at J. T. But- 

 terworth's, and of these he is constantly 

 increasing his collection. Cattleya Tri- 

 anae was in good crop when we called. 

 The flowers are sold as fast as they open, 

 Boston having acquired something of an 

 orchid mania of late. Some good types 

 of C. Trianaa were noted. Lslia anceps, 

 including some good white varieties, was 

 in season, while a portion of the Cyprige- 



Store of Bonnet & Blafce, Brooklyn, N. Y. 



flourishing wholesale section of its own. 

 The accompanying illustration is repro- 

 duced from a photograph of the front of 

 the new store of Bonnet & Blake, 130 

 Livingston street, and a few words as to 

 the careers of the members of the firm 

 may be of interest. 



C. Bonnet was born in 1869 at New- 

 ark, N. J. He has been connected with 

 the florists' business in some capacity 

 since 1890, first with J. Zscijorna, in the 

 retail department, and afterwards for 

 twelve years with the veteran, J. V. 

 Phillips, on Fulton street, Brooklyn. 

 After two years with Hicks & Crawbuck 

 in the wholesale business, Mr. Bonnet 

 formed a partnership with G. H. Blake. 

 Mr. Blake was born in Michigan, also in 

 1869. Moving early to Bochester, he was 

 in the employ of Salter Bros, until 1890, 

 when he engaged as rose propagator with 

 John N. May, of Summit, N. J. Later 

 he was one of the firm of Blake & Dobbs, 

 of Auburn, N. Y. Selling his interest 

 there, he purchased a half interest in the 

 business of the late J. M. Lyons, rose 

 grower of Madison, N.> J. After selling 

 his interests here he entered the whole- 

 sale field, and for the last six years has 



does well here. Small batches of Sangamo, 

 Superba, Niagara and other new varieties 

 were under trial. Some promising seed- 

 lings were also noted. Afterglow is 

 grown as a dark pink; it also shows some 

 signs of running out. 



A large batch of Freesia Purity car- 

 ried exceptionally fine spikes, with large 

 flowers. Marguerites, both yellow and 

 white, are grown in quantity. These will 

 not come in heavy crop until April and 

 May. Many thousands of shamrocks are 

 grown and these were ready for pots and 

 pans. Mignonette of an extra fine strain 

 carried some immense spikes, probably 

 not excelled by any in New England. 



Goddard's Carnations. 



S. J. Goddard 's range has been aug- 

 mented by a fine King Construction house 

 since our last visit. This was not planted 

 until October, but the plants look well 

 and are throwing a fine crop. The other 

 houses, planted earlier, were all in heavy 

 crop. Fenn is the leading crimson, but 

 some Euby is grown and well liked, the 

 bursting characteristics so noticeable in 

 other places being less conspicuous here. 

 White Perfection is the leading white. 



dium insigne crop was still uncut. A 

 batch of Miltonia vexillaria looked well. 

 Odontoglossum crispum, both semi-estab- 

 lished and newly imported, were promis- 

 ing. A collection of insigne cypripedi- 

 ums, including Sanderse, Laura Kimball, 

 Harefield Hall and others, were coming 

 into flower, also Dendrobium Wardianum 

 and nobile. A batch of Phalsenopsis 

 Schilleriana and Vanda ceerulea were in 

 splendid health. Of Cattleya Mossise, 

 gigas and other summer varieties there 

 were some grand specimens, which should 

 carry off some honors at the big orchid 

 show in Boston next May. 



Lily of the valley is a specialty here 

 and is always to be had of fine quality. 

 Dutch bulb stock is largely forced, 

 Tulip La Eeine and Narcissus Trumpet 

 Major and Golden Spur being mostly in 

 evidence. In the carnation houses. Bea- 

 con, Fair Maid, Enchantress, Queen and 

 Winsor are the leading varieties grown. 



C. 



MiiiFORD, Mass. — W. D. Howard is 

 building an addition to his boiler-room, 

 installing a new eighty horse-power 

 boiler and making other improvements. 



