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The Rorists^ Review 



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Walter Hunnewell. 



In tho death of Walter Hunnewell, of 

 Wellesley, Mass., September 30, in his 

 seventy-eighth year, Massachusetts loses 

 one who was a generous patron of horti- 

 culture, as well as a well known financier 

 and philaathropist. He was born in 

 1844 and was the son of Hollis H. Hun- 

 newell, whose beautiful estate on the 

 shores of Lake Waban, at Wellesley, 

 was ever the Mecca for lovers of beau- 

 tiful trees, shrubs and gardens. Mr. 

 Hunnewell himself was always keenly 

 interested in horticulture and, on his 

 father's death, moved to the ancestral 

 home, which he continued to keep in fine 

 condition. 



Here are to be found many of the 

 oldest and finest hybrid rhododendrons 

 in America and a wealth of splendid 

 specimen trees, both evergreen and 

 deciduous. The beautiful Italian gar- 

 den, with its trimmed evergreen trees, 

 is especially noteworthy. 



The deceased gentleman became a life 

 member of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society in 1882. He had served 

 for many years as one of the trustees, 

 also as vice-president, and for years had 

 been an eflScient treasurer and had safe- 

 guarded the society's investments most 

 zealously. Contributions of rhododen- 

 drons, azaleas and new and rare plants 

 were often made from Wellesley and 

 proved among the striking features of 

 recent Boston shows. The new rhodo- 

 dendron, Miss Laura Hunnewell, 

 awarded a gold medal in 1919, was 

 raised at Wellesley. Orchids were also 

 one of Mr. Hunnewell 's specialties. 



The deceased gentleman is survived 

 by three sons, two daughters, a brother 

 and two sisters, all of whom are resi- 

 dent at Wellesley. Funeral services 

 were held at the Berkeley Street Uni- 

 tarian church, Boston, October 3, when, 

 in spite of the injunction, "It is re- 

 quested that no flowers be sent," there 

 were many beautiful tributes. A num- 

 ber of the trustees and other oflScials 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety were among those present at the 

 funeral services. W. N. C. 



Mrs. George Madsen. 



Mrs. Madsen, wife of George Madsen, 

 of Alton, 111., died September 26, after 

 an illness of several years. The funeral 

 took place September 28 and many beau- 

 tiful flowers were sent by members of 

 the trade in Alton, St. Louis and vicin- 

 ity. J. J. B. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



There is little change in the condition 

 of tho cut flower market, the only dif- 

 ference in a comparison of the business 

 of the last few weeks being that occa- 

 sional buying spurts are now noticed. 

 The supply last week, except October 

 1, was greatly in excess of the small 

 demand. In the early morning of Octo- 

 ber 1 nearby New Jersey was visited by 

 a downpour of rain and in the afternoon 

 the whole surrounding territory of New 

 York experienced a terrific thunder 

 storm, which did immense damage, and 

 destroyed ranch outdoor florists' stock. 



thereby relieving the market to some 

 extent. The storm also broke up u hot 

 spell, which was the greatest on record 

 for the end of September. The .Jewish 

 New Year holidays commenced October 

 2. Many retailers believe that from 

 now on business will revive, a condition 

 which will be welcomed by all branches 

 of the trade. 



Roses are in heavy sup.ply, but find 

 only a small demand. American Beauty 

 arrivals are much heavier than for some 

 time, and the warm weather has brought 

 along the new crop of hybrid teas. While 

 prices fluctuated slightly last week, this 

 week they seem strong at a slight ad- 

 vance on last week's quotations. 



Early chrysanthemums are arriving 

 now in some quantity, but their move- 

 ment is rather sluggish. The quality is 

 fairly good, considering the growing 

 conditions which they have had to ex- 

 perience. About $6 per dozen is the 

 selling price of the best, the rest moving 

 at various figures down to $2 per dozen. 

 Carnations are in larger supply, but 

 the quality is poor, short-stemmed stock 

 predominating. There is no change in 

 the price range. 



The supply of white lilies is not large, 

 but plentiful enough for the demand, 

 which is not particularly active. Lily 

 of the valley is in good supply, but in- 

 active in its movement, and prices are 

 unchanged. 



The supply of cuttleyas is in- 

 creasing, the variety labiata coming 

 well on crop and forming the bulk of 

 the supply. A few hybrids arrive, which 

 bring top prices. A few gardenias are 

 seen, but they are hardly a quotable 

 item yet. 



The supply of asters continues large. 

 They are used in quantities for funeral 

 work, at prices ranging anywhere from 

 $2 per hundred downward. Gladioli 

 appear to have passed for the season; a 

 few shipments arrive, but the flowers 

 on the stalks are few and small. Dahlias 

 are exceedingly abundant. They are 

 not value features in the market, most 

 of the business in them being done on 

 the job-lot basis. A few of the superior 

 varieties bring as much as ."^O cents per 

 dozen. 



Various Notes. 



Eugene Dailledouze and F. H. 

 Traendly passed judgment October 1 on 

 three fine new varieties of mums sub- 

 mitted by the Charles H. Totty Co., 

 Madison, N. J., for the Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America's preliminary cer- 

 tificate. 



I. S. Hendrickson, manager of John 

 Lewis Childs, Inc., has been a busy man 

 of late. With a number of exhibition 

 entries at the New York dahlia show on 

 hand, he had to fill in on his company's 

 usually large exhibits at the Mineola 

 show of the Nassau County Agricultural 

 Society. 



The next meeting of the New York 

 Florists' Club will be held Monday eve- 

 ning, October 10, in the Engineering 

 Societies' building, 25 West Thirty- 

 ninth street. 



The dahlia show of the Nassau County 

 Horticultural Society was held October 

 4 and 5. 



Many in the trade are evincing in- 

 terest in the coming convention of the 

 National Association of Gardeners, 

 which opens in the Park Avenue hotel 

 in this city October 11. The convention 

 will extend over four days. The last 

 day will be taken up with a brief tour 



of various private estates on Long 

 island. Visitors will be entertained at 

 Koslyn by the Lewis & Valentine Co. 

 October ID. It is reported that other 

 trips plaiiui^d will take the gardeners to 

 tJK' riiterniyer estate, at Yonkers, 

 N. Y., and tlurJohn D. Kockef oiler es- 

 tate, at Tarrytown N. Y. 



J. C. Vaughan, of Chicago, and J. 

 Otto Thilow, of Henry A. Dreer, Inc., 

 I'liiladelphia, were visitors last week. 



The Short Hills Garden Club held its 

 annual dahlia show .-it Short Hills, N. J., 

 Se])teniber oO and October 1. 



The New York and New Jersey Plant 

 Growers' Association held a clambake 

 at a ])opular resort at Woodside, L. I., 

 Hejitember .10. The occasion was some- 

 what marred by a terrific storm coming 

 up that afternoon. J. H. P. 



CHICAGO. 



The Market. 



The Chicago wholesale cut flower mar- 

 ket seems to be in a specially favored 

 position, as business continues to im- 

 prove and is excellent at a time reports 

 indicate most of those in other lines in 

 Chicago, and in the florists' business in 

 many cities, are busy only with the 

 effort to collect past-due accounts. Fif- 

 teen years ago, or even more, we used to 

 hear that the Chicago market had 

 reached its zenith and that the activ- 

 ities of the greenhouse builders through 

 the country would steadily reduce the 

 number of buyers dependent on this 

 market. Exactly the reverse seems to 

 be true. With each passing year the 

 demand for flowers increases faster than 

 the supply in the middle west and the 

 number of buyers who look to this mar- 

 ket becomes greater. The general busi- 

 ness depression we hear so much about 

 has not been severe enough to counter- 

 act the influences for local growth. 



Shipping trade began to show the au- 

 tumnal revival about September 15 and 

 now city business is picking up nicely. 

 For several months the local retail busi- 

 ness has been a little slack, but the re- 

 tailers have made no serious complaint, 

 as they have had an easy market and 

 could make an extra profit by shopping 

 for their stock. Recently there has been 

 an increased call for wedding flowers 

 and the call for funeral work also has 

 shown a sharp upturn. The retailers 

 feel, with the wholesalers, that all the 

 trade needs is frost to clean up the 

 gardens and weather that will keep the 

 people at home. There are too many 

 automobiles now to have the flower busi- 

 ness brisk in fine weather. 



There is nothing new to be said of the 

 supply of stock. The usual autumnal 

 change noted in recent issues is pro- 

 gressing. Asters and gladioli are close 

 to their finish and as they go down the 

 supply and quality of carnations and 

 chrysanthemums are coming up. The 

 first cut of roses is off and the supply has 

 shortened, particularly of short-stemmed 

 flowers, which probably will be increas- 

 ingly scarce from now on. As always, 

 as the stems become longer the flowers 

 become finer and there is plenty of 

 first-class stock to be had; plenty, that 

 is, if the order is for pink, as it usually 

 is; other colors are not so easy to locate 

 in just the grade desired. 



Valley continues to sell well and the 

 small supply of lilies affords no diffi- 

 culty except, perhaps, to buyers. Vio- 

 lets have come. A certain someone who 



