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The Florists^ Review 



OCTOBBE 1, 1914. 



outdoors until the end of November, 

 giving the flats a coating of coal ashes 

 or sand. You can, if desired, place them 

 in a dug-out, cover well with soil and 

 later protect with straw or leaves and 

 keep out all winter. I think you would 

 do well to plant at least half your bulbs 

 outdoors, covering them four inches 

 deep. Then you are fairly certain to 

 have the flowers when wanted in May. 

 There is another double narcissus, 

 N. alba plena odorata, commonly called 

 the gardenia-scented narcissus, which 

 would bloom with you from May 15 to 

 Memorial day outdoors. This is a valu- 

 able commercial sort. The bulbs need 

 a deep soil, one which does not dry out 

 too much, or many of the buds will not 

 open. For a florist who can grow it, 

 this is the most valuable of all narcissi 

 for Memorial day trade. C. W. 



MOTT-LY MUSINGS. 



The outdoor trade exhibit of 1913 

 continues to interest the Minneapolis 

 public and, as the signs are retained, 

 the exhibitors must benefit by it. The 

 garden is, at the time of writing these 

 notes, still attractive, there having been 

 no frost to cut down the cannas, which 

 make a fine showing. The aquatic pond 

 is well filled. The nymphaeas are at- 

 tractive, but are crowded by the water 

 hyacinth. Dreer's Cardinal climber has 

 covered the arches and is full of bud 

 and bloom. Tlieir varieties of cannas, 

 Undine, Wm. Bates, Louisiana, AUe- 

 mania, Comte de Bouchard, Burbank 

 and Karl Kelsey, are immense. The 

 last named variety is over eight feet 

 tall. Eulalias and pennisetums have 

 grown like weeds. The bed of Canna 

 Beacon, by the Conard & Jones Co., is 

 a brilliant torch of color. A. T. Bod- 

 dington has cannas Gustav Gumpper, 

 Pres. Meyer and King Humbert; Far- 

 quhar & Co., gladioli; Vaughan, cannas 

 and assorted stock. Holm & Olson keep 

 up their display, which they realize is 

 one of the best ads they can have. 

 The park commissioners have grand 

 beds of Celosia Pride of Castle Gould, 

 giving a variety and richness of color. 

 The grass is kept close and the beds 

 clean. 



J. E. Matthewson, of Sheboygan, 

 Wis., is making preparations for a good 

 fall trade. Dutch bulbs are fine; azaleas 

 are promised, but not yet in sight. The 

 store, with one of McCray's special 

 refrigerators, is made quite attractive 

 under the supervision of J. E. Matthew- 

 son, Jr. 



The Farmer Seed & Nursery Co., of 

 Faribault, Minn., is working on the new 

 catalogue. Stocks are coming in nicely 

 and prospects are for a good season. 

 The Review in magazine form is to be 

 given a place in the office library. 



A. H. McDonald, formerly of Cin- 

 cinnati and Kansas City, will open a 

 most up-to-date flower shop for the de- 

 partment store of Gimbel Bros., Milwau- 

 kee, Monday, October 5. Backed by the 

 store's standing and facilities, Mr. Mc- 

 Donald expects to do a large volume of 

 business. 



L. L. May & Co., of -St. Paul, are 

 receiving reports from their travelers 

 that merchants are conservative in plac- 

 ing advance seed orders. Their farmer 

 customers are holding their stocks for 

 higher prices and holding up the mer- 

 chant instead of paying promptly, as 

 has been the custom in recent years. 

 Holm & Olson are working on a cata- 

 logue to be even more elaborate than 

 the one of this year. Business warrants 



it. The three White cars are giving 

 entire satisfaction. 



L. L. Olds Seed Co., of Madison, Wis., 

 has things running smoothly in the fine 

 new building of steel and concrete, with 

 every facility for handling the large 

 business with convenience and dispatch. 



The Haentze Co., of Fond du Lac, 

 Wis., considers Pres. W. R. Smith the 

 best outdoor summer rose, with Mary- 

 land for a companion. They have cut 

 continuously. Even now there is a 

 strong crop. W. M. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



It is safe to say that last week was 

 one of the most trying the wholesale 

 markets have had in a long time. This 

 was caused in a large measure by the 

 intense heat. The maximum tempera- 

 tures of 90, 92, 94 and 87 degrees were 

 officially recorded in Boston on the four 

 consecutive days including September 

 21 to 24; the worst experienced since 

 the same days of the month in 1895. 

 Quotations were such, for several days, 

 that the markets might almost as well 

 have been closed. For an example, 10,- 

 000 roses in good variety, with stems 

 up to twenty inches, sold for $7.50; 500 

 carnations went for 50 cents, and so on. 



Happily, we now have bracing, cool 

 weather. Prices have stiffened and 

 growers have again taken courage. 

 Roses had a hard week and many thou- 

 sands were wasted. At present, Taft 

 and Killarney Queen are in rather short 

 supply. There is a particularly good 

 call for Cecile Brunner, Ophelia, Rus- 

 sell, Hadley and Sunburst. The newer 

 or scarcer the rose, the more it seems 

 to be wanted. Carnations are coming 

 in more heavily, but prices continue low. 

 Violets are arriving, but as yet only one 

 or two growers are sending them in. 

 Golden Glow chrysanthemums are abun- 

 dant. Prices on these vary from 50 

 cents to $2 per dozen, the average being 

 about $1. Asters, thanks to the con- 

 tinued dry weather, continue abundant 

 and good, with prices low. Gladioli are 

 dwindling and prices on these are a 

 little better. Valley sells as well as 

 anything on the market. 



Dahlias are seen on some stands, but 

 do not meet with much favor, nor does 

 cosmos. Some indoor sweet peas are 

 already arriving and, with a probable 

 valley famine, white sweet peas should 

 be in demand. The call for green stock 

 shows an improvement. 



Pot plant trade is starting up. Cro- 

 tons, dracsenas, araucarias and nephro- 

 lepis are good sellers. 



Various Notes. 



McAlpine & McDonald are cutting a 

 fine lot of Cecile Brunner roses. This 

 rose is popular here for use in corsages 

 and boutonnieres. They have a fine lot 

 of Ophelia coming in and are cutting 

 Double White Killarney and Sunburst 

 of extra quality, in addition to their 

 Black Beauty. 



John McFarland has a good lot of 

 valley and it is selling particularly well. 

 His poinsettias, gardenias and chrysan- 

 themums are all coming along splen- 

 didly. 



The Boston Cut Flower Co. had sev- 

 eral good decorations for fall openings 

 of the big drygoods stores. At Gil- 

 christ's 5,000 of Tracy's gladioli, also 

 long-stemmed Beauties and Ophelias, 

 were used in quantity. Business is re- 

 ported as improving nicely. 



At the next meeting of the Garden, 

 ers' and Florists' Club, October L'o l 

 W. C. Tuthill, of New York, will It ture 

 on "Advertising, the Spark Plu,; of 

 Business." Chrysanthemums wil; be 

 shown by several local growers. 



Wm. H. Elliott is cutting a fin., loj 

 of Miller, Hadley, Sunburst, \\ ard 

 Kaiserin and Killarney Queen rosi s at 

 Madbury. A. R. Hatsen, the head sales- 

 man, says he does not remember a sea- 

 son when roses were of better quality 

 or the demand for them poorer. His ex- 

 perience seems to be general. 



Thomas Roland has been cutting Cyp. 

 ripedium insigne for several weeks. He 

 was the first to ship them into the local 

 market this season. He is having a ;;;;ood 

 call for crotons, araucarias, colored dra- 

 ceenas and other decorative plants. 



Until September 27 we had barely 

 one-hundredth of an inch of rain in Sep- 

 tember. Last week's intense heat in- 

 tensified the drought, which was by far 

 the worst of the year. Soaking laing 

 are needed at once, or there will be seri- 

 ous losses among trees and shrubs. 



Robert Montgomery's rose houses 

 never looked better than at present. He , 

 is a careful grower and turns out a 

 splendid lot of flowers. His varieties 

 are Richmond, Killarney Queen, Killar- 

 ney, White Killarney, Russell, Hadley, 

 Ward and Sunburst. 



Carter's Tested Seeds, Inc., reports 

 Dutch bulbs as selling well. Rumors 

 have been circulated to the effect that 

 W. J. Collins has severed his connection 

 with this concern. Mr. Collins says this 

 is entirely devoid of foundation. 



J. A. Nelson, of Framingham, is one 

 of our neatest and most skilled carna- 

 tion growers. His greenhouses are a 

 perfect picture. He is growing En- 

 chantress, White Enchantress, Pink De- 

 light, Benora, White Wonder, White 

 Perfection and Beacon. He had a sur- 

 plus of 7,000 field plants, which he eas- 

 ily disposed of. All Mr. Nelson's flow- 

 ers are handled by W. A. Hastings. 



The Boston Flower Exchange will hold 

 its annual meeting October 24. The al- 

 lies, it is rumored, are already mobil- 

 izing for the occasion. 



R. P. Petersen, of Framingham, has 

 his greenhouses in fine shape for the 

 coming season. He grows carnations 

 principally, but quite a little misiella 

 neous stock as well. 



Andrew Christensen, of Stonehani, has 

 returned from a trip to Quebec, Mon- 

 treal, the St. Lawrence and Saguenay 

 rivers. White mountains, etc., and 

 speaks most entertainingly of his trip- 

 Among his newer carnations, Matchless 

 and Champion look remarkably well. 



Fred Bell, of Stoughton, is brirging 

 in a fine lot of greenhouse-grown Spen- 

 cer sweet peas, the first of the local 

 growers to do so. 



Paine Bros., of Randolph, are cut- 

 ting a fine lot of Golden Glow chrysan- 

 themums. They have received abo'it all 

 their Dutch bulbs, but still are waiting 

 for some of their French bulbs. 



The annual fruit and vegetable -^ho* 

 at Horticultural hall takes place Octo- 

 ber 3 and 4 and promises to be an ex- 

 cellent one. 



Local nurserymen all report fall 'r*°J 

 as excessively dull. The severe draught 

 has shut off the sales of everg eenSi 

 and orders for deciduous trees, siirubs 

 and perennials are far below the avef 

 age. 



The Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co. con- 

 tinues to have attractive dahlia o"' 

 plays in its windows. The dahlias ar« 



