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The Weekly Horists' Review^ 



July 0, 1011. 



FANCY CALADIUMS. 



In the summer months, when flower 

 ing plants are not overabundant, the 

 fancy-leaved caladiums are useful for 

 decorative purposes. There are such a 

 variety of beautiful colorings in the 

 leaves that it is a wonder they are not 

 more cultivated. For some reason 

 there appears to be a decline in the 

 popularity of colored-leaved plants, 

 both here and in Europe. At the recent 

 Temple show in London, where cala- 

 diums used to be a star feature, only 

 one group was this year shown. Prob- 

 ably, as in the case of many other 

 plants, this is merely a temporary, re- 

 action and a few years hence thoir 

 popularity will be reasserted. These 

 caladiums need some shade, but it 

 should not be heavy if the fine color- 

 ings of the leaves are to be seen at 

 their best. They rather enjoy a close, 

 moist atmosphere, but stand dry con- 

 ditions well. A§ the roots fill the pots, 

 liquid manure twice a week will be of 

 great benefit. As subtropical bedding 

 plants, these caladiums are little used 

 in the north, but even there they make 

 a good growth outdoors, especially if 

 used as a groundwork below taller 

 plants, which will throw them a little 

 shade, and if the beds are occasionally 

 soaked with water. However, entirely 

 apart from bedding purposes, they are 

 among our most valuable summer deco- 

 rative plants. 



Many fail to carry them successfully 

 through the winter. The roots want 

 a warm, dry place, with a minimum 

 temperature of 55 to 60 degrees, and 

 if laid on their sides after the foliage 

 has died down, where they are out of 

 the reach of moisture, there should be 

 few losses. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Extreme dullness now rules in the 

 flower market. June business was gen- 

 erally admitted to be the best in a num- 

 ber of years, but with the advent of 

 July and the passing of weddings, grad- 

 uations, college commencements, etc., 

 all life has gone and there is likely to 

 be little doing until September. 



Sweet peas continue to sell as well 

 as anything, and the best still bring 

 75 cents and $1 per hundred. The out- 



mer rose and sells well. Carnot also is 

 in demand. 



Gladioli are overabundant. America 

 is the most popular variety. Bachelor's 

 buttons and sweet sultan are small 

 flowers which are in fair demand, also 

 swainsonas. There is little call for val- 

 ley, lilies or callas and absolutely none 

 for such flowers as snapdragon, fever- 

 few, stocks, etc. 



For asparagus the demartd has :(alle|l 

 off, and the call is light for adiantund.' 

 Early closing of the wholesale markets 

 and commission houses went into effect 

 July 1. 



Various Notes. 



A. N. Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn., is 

 sending some fine shipments of Rose 

 Prince de Bulgarie to a number of the 

 leading retailers, and it has become ex- 

 tremely popular. 



F. H. Houghton closed his Boylston 

 street store June 30 and will locate 

 elsewhere on or about October 1. 



Noted in H. R. Comley's window on 

 Park street last week were Agapanthus 

 unbellatus, clivias, Shasta Daisy King 

 Edward VII and miltonias. 



Montrose Greenhouses still are cut- 

 ting some fine Killarney and White Kil- 

 larney, Richmond and Ward. The Kil- 

 larney are of a splendid color. 



Mann Bros, have this season had a 

 fine lot of Iris Anglica. This iris fol- 

 lows Hispanica and should be more 

 largely grown. They have an abund- 

 ance of gypsophila, coreopsis, rambler 

 roses and other seasonable flowers. 



P. J. Donahoe, the popular manager 

 for the Boston Rose Co., and Miss Buck- 

 ley, of Rpxbury, were married June 28. 

 The honeymoon is being spent in New 

 York and vicinity. Their many friends 

 remembered them well with gifts and 

 wish them many long years of wedded 

 bliss. 



Julius H. Zinn's window was prettily 

 arranged July 1, with blue cornflowers, 

 hardy delphiniums and ferns, with a 

 t.nnk of white nymphaeas in the center. 



N. F. Comley is giving up the green- 

 houses he has been hiring in Bed- 

 ford and in which he grew 50,000 car- 

 nations and quantities of vegetables 

 last season. In future he will concen- 

 trate all his energies on his Lexington 

 plant. 



The Boston Flower Exchange base- 

 ball team, accompanied by many 



Harvesting Freesia Ptmty at Rudolph Fischer's. 



door crop of these is not especially good 

 and those who have first-class peas are 

 in luck. Carnations are small and the 

 number going to the rubbish barrels is 

 on the increase. Colored varieties, espe- 

 cially red, are almost unsalable. Roses 

 are good for the season. Beauty, Kil- 

 larney, Maryland, Chatenay, Ward and 

 Richmond are excellent. Prince de Bul- 

 garie has jumped into favor as a sum- 



friends, took the 2:30 p. m. boat for 

 Nahant July 1 and played the Roland 

 aggregation. The weather was ideal 

 and everyone enjoyed the sail, the game 

 and the other good things. 



H. M. Johnson, oi Lynn, a compara- 

 tively new grower, is having grand suc- 

 cess outdoors with Spencer sweet peas, 

 which he has been marketing for sev- 

 eral weeks. 



Julius Heurlin, of the Blue Hill Nur- 

 series, South Braintree, is away on his 

 annual European trip and witnessed the 

 coronation procession in London, June 

 22. 



Herbert Capers, at the Boston Co-op- 

 erative Market, is handling fine outdoor 

 sweet peas from the Halifax Garden 

 Co. and still receives excellent Bouvar- 

 dia Humboldtii. 



At Carbone's store on Boylston street 

 Rose Prince de Bulgarie is in great re- 

 quest. I noted among other flowers the 

 pretty lavender-blue Trachelium cserlis- 

 leum, also Gladiolus nanus in variety, 

 including the white Mathilda. Business 

 in Italian ware continues good. Mr. 

 Carbone is at present in Europe select- 

 ing goods for the coming season and 

 will not return until October 1. 



S. J. Goddard is busy throwing out 

 his carnations and preparing to get his 

 new stock, which looks well, planted as 

 soon as possible. He is still cutting 

 some extra fine flowers. 



Caledonia Grove, West Roxbury, 

 where the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club picnic will be held, will undoubt- 

 edly bring out the largest crowd ever 

 seen at a club picnic. Many offers of 

 special prizes have been received and 

 the program will soon be ready. 



The various seed stores started early 

 closing on Saturdays, July 1. Business 

 held up well all through June and em- 

 ployees will be glad of some respite. 



A. S. McDonald and Edward Wood, 

 of Lexington, have a fine line of cut 

 rambler roses at 2 Park street at pres- 

 ent. Mr. Wood's sweet peas are also 

 extra good. 



H. W. Vose, of Hyde Park, J. W. 

 Simpson, of Woburn, and Wm. Patter- 

 son, of Wollaston, have had a fine cut 

 of Canterbury bells of late. The single 

 pink finds most favor, next to that, 

 white and lavender. The hose-in-hose 

 variety sells more slowly, and no one 

 wants the doubles at all. 



Patrick Welch is enjoying the ocean 

 breezes at Old Orchard, Me., but we 

 think he will emerge from there and 

 be heard from at the Baltimore con- 

 vention. 



Arnold & Petros keep their store win- 

 dow attractive even in the present hot 

 weather, using ferns, crotons and a 

 variety of green foliage plants, with 

 only occasional vases of light-colored 

 flowers. 



J. Newman & Son, on Tremont street, 

 have had a fine June business. Their 

 window never looks the same on two 

 successive days; always something new 

 to see. W. N. Craig. 



HABVESTINa FBEESIA BULBS. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 the scene at R. Fischer's bulb farm at 

 San Gabriel, Cal., during the harvest 

 time for Freesia Purity. The field 

 shown contains ten acres. Japanese la- 

 bor is employed, the bulbs being plowed 

 out and then brought to the surface 

 with a special short-handled hook made 

 for the purpose. 



Kansas City, Mo.— A. St. Clair Elber- 

 field, of the Alpha Floral Co., has se- 

 cured a 96-year lease on a 2-story brick 

 building, with a frontage of fifty feet, 

 at 1220 and 1222 Grand avenue, on the 

 basis of a valuation of $200,000. The 

 annual rental will be $10,000. Exten- 

 sive improvements will be made in the 

 leased property, with the ultimate in- 

 tention of making it the firm's head- 

 quarters. 



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