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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 





Palm Auction! 





Tuesday, June 



The last big sale of the season 



The MacNiff Horticultural Co. 



62 VESEY STREET, NEW YORK 



A grand opportunity to stock up for the coming year at your own prices. 



R. W. MacNilf, Auctioneer 



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ANNIAL TRADE SALE 



TUESDAY, JUNE 20, AT 11 A. M. 



Grand opportunity for florists to stock 

 xspf an opporttjnity which only affords 

 itself once a year^ so do not overlook it« 



ELLIOTT 41CTI0N CO. 



W. J. KLLIOTT. 

 Auctioneer 



42 Vesey St., New York, N. Y. 



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yellow flowers bring $1.50 to $2 per 

 hundred. There is an adequate sup- 

 ply of gladioli, both large and small- 

 flowered varieties. Spanish iris is 

 about over for the season. Peonies, 

 especially pink and white varieties, 

 have sold well. Valley is only selling 

 moderately well and the call for lilies 

 and callas is not brisk. There is little 

 or no call for stocks, feverfew and 

 antirrhinum. Asparagus plumosus and 

 Sprengeri are selling well, but adian- 

 tum is moving slowly. The quality 

 leaves much to be desired. 



The Exhibition. 



The exhibition of the Massaolnisetts 

 Horticultural Society, June 10 and 11, 

 entirely filled the main hall. Peonies, 

 perbaceous plants in variety and or- 

 chids were leading attractions. There 

 were three entries for the best twenty- 

 five orchids Ranged with flowering 

 plants. First and third went to J. T, 

 Butterworth; second to Mrs. J. L. Gard- 

 ner, William Thatcher gardener. 



Peonies were quite largely shown, 

 and the quality was excellent, although 

 no classes were provided. T. C. Thur- 

 low & Sons had a large display. E. J. 

 Shaylor had two tables filled with a 

 choice assortment. A gold medal was 

 awarded to Mr. Shaylor for his work 

 in popularizing the peony and encour- 

 aging the planting of the best varie- 

 ties. He is nearly 70 years of age, but 

 active and full of vim for one of his 

 ye&rs. B. & J. Farquhar & Co. had an 

 immense display of herbaceous plants, 

 filling nearly 1,000 square feet of space. 

 Wilton Lockwood showed the single 

 peony, L'Esperance, orange yellow in 

 color, a unique shade. Robert Cam- 

 eron, of the Harvard Botanic Gardens, 

 had a fine tank of nymphaeas and other 

 aqujttics; Mrs. E. ,M. Gill^ a table of 

 hybrid perpetual roses, iris, pyrethrums, 

 carnations and other flowers. F. J. 

 Bea showed the new aster, amellus 

 Beaute Parfait, deep blue in color, 

 awarded a certificate of merit, and 

 aquilegias. Mrs. J. L. Gardner had a 



good collection of peonies, as had Will- 

 iam Whitman, M. Sullivan gardener. 

 The latter also had a fine group of Can- 

 terbury bells in pots and palms. The 

 leading exhibitor of peonies was Wal- 

 ter Hunnewell, T. D. Hatfield gardener, 

 who filled several tables. He also 

 showed Laelio-cattleya Wellesleyana 

 (Lselia elegans x Cattleya Mossi®) and 

 Beineckiana, a fine hybrid nearly pure 

 white in color, awarded a silver medal. 

 Longwater Gardens showed three plants 

 of the new seedling Laelio-cattleya 

 Longwaterensis (Cattleya Loddigesii x 

 Laelia purpurata alba), awarded a first- 

 class certificate, also several vases of 

 cut odontoglossums. J. T. Butterworth 

 received a bronze medal for a fine spec- 

 imen plant of Miltonia vexillaria, also 

 a first-class ,, cultural certificate for a 

 well flowered specimen of Cattleya 

 Mendellii Morganae, and a gratuity for 

 a group of miltonias. R. & J. Farquhar 

 & Co. received a silyer medal for their 

 big display of perennials, also honora- 

 ble mention for tree peonies and Iris 



