AcocsT 15, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



45 



Whitman, M. Sullivan gardener, and 

 T. C. Thurlow'a Sons Co. also had large 

 and varied displays. 



Perennial phloxes were largely shown, 

 T. C. ' Thurlow 's Sons Co. having the 

 leading display. Some of their most 

 striking varieties were Mme. Prospre 

 Langier, Elizabeth Campbell, Saison's 

 Lierval, Feu de Monde, Stella's Choice, 

 Mme. Fape-Carpentier, Mme. Meuret, 

 G. A. Strohlein and Flora Hornung. 

 William Whitman and several others 

 had collections of phloxes, Mr. Whitman 

 having the best twelve spikes. 



Some splendid gladioli were shown. 

 Chamberlain & Gage had some grand 

 seedlings. No. 301 and No. 11003 being 

 extra fine. In named varieties they had 

 as their best Chicago White, Premier, 

 Mrs. M, Chamberlain, a magnificent 

 white of immense size; ScroUa, Myrtle, 

 Wm. Steinhausen and Governor Han- 

 lay. B. Hammond Tracy, in his large 

 and well arranged collection, had as his 

 best sorts Delight, Mrs. James Lanca- 

 shire, Pride, Royal, America, Cedar 

 Acres Mauve, Dawn, Shakespeare and 

 Harvard. C. W. Brown also had a nice 

 collection. 



There were extensive displays of an- 

 nuals from W. Whitman, M. Sullivan 

 gardener; Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Wm. 

 Thatcher gardener, and Mrs. E. M. Gill. 

 D. F. Eoy showed Begonia gracilis 

 Prima Donna and was awarded a first- 

 class certificate. E. L. Lewis had a col- 

 lection of fine sweet peas, W. N. Craig 

 also showing fifty varieties of the lat- 

 ter. Mrs. J. L. Gardner and Mrs. F. 

 Ayer, George Page gardener, showed 

 fine Gladiolus Kunderdi Glory. A. W. 

 Preston, J. L. Smith gardener, had 

 splendid asters and gloxinias. H. Dar- 

 lington showed gladioli and asters. 



Chamberlain & Gage, for Gladiolus 

 Mrs. M. Chamberlain, received a first- 

 class certificate and a silver medal for 

 G. Gandavensis Myrtle. Walter Hun- 

 newell, T. D. Hatfield gardener, received 

 honorable mention for Prunus Lauro- 

 cerasus in fruit. Farquhar's table of 

 Lilium Henryi was awarded a silver 

 medal. 



The children's garden products will 

 be seen at an exhibition in Horticul- 

 tural hall August 31 and September 1, 

 and September 13 to 15 the annual 

 dahlia and fruit show will be held. 



Various Notes. 



We are now getting somewhat 

 warmer weather, but a deficiency of 

 over 500 degrees in temperature is the 

 record for the year to August 12. Ee- 

 cent rains have brought the precipita- 

 tion nearly up to normal. 



The sensational new rose, Mme. 

 Charles Eussell, will cut a considerable 

 figure here next season. Mr. Montgom- 

 ery has benched over 10,000 of it and 

 the plants are making splendid growth. 

 This is the variety raised at the Waban 

 Conservatories which seems destined to 

 place an old friend. Beauty, in a back 

 seat. 



The Boston delegation to the Chicago 

 S. A. F. convention will leave the 

 South station at 2 p. m. on Sunday, Au- 

 gust 18. It was the wish of the Bos- 

 tonians to join the New York party and 

 accompany them, August 19, but train 

 arrangements did not allow this. A 

 good number are planning to make the 

 trip and it looks at this time as though 

 the party will fill the special car which 

 has been reserved. E. Allan Peirce, of 

 Waltham, is in charge of the train and 

 other arrangements. 



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Employees of A. C. Canfield, Springfield, 111. 



Hitchings & Co. are building several 

 new houses on the estate of Philip Dex- 

 ter, Manchester, Mass. 



C. H. Gerron has been appointed su- 

 perintendent of the estate of J. F. 

 Lindsey, Southboro, Mass. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co., who have had 

 two telephones in their seed store, are 

 adding two more and will in future 

 have a special operator in their ex- 

 change. The increase in business has 

 necessitated the doubling of their trunk 

 lines. 



The annual convention of the Amer- 

 ican Association of Park Superintend- 

 ents at Horticultural hall has brought 

 many visitors to town this week, whom 

 we are glad to see. Weather conditions 

 are proving ideal for them. 



Patten & Co. have their carnations 

 all housed and well established. They 

 •are growing 3,000 Benora, also St. Nich- 

 olas and one or two other novelties. 

 They have had a heavy call for God- 

 frey callas. 



James Tulis, of South Sudbury, has 

 been marketing carnations of the new 

 crop for the last ten days at the Boston 

 Flower Exchange. W. N. Craig. 



CANFIELD'S "BUNCH." 



The group shown in the accompany- 

 ing illustration are as loyal a bunch of 

 hard and capable workers as one would 

 hope to find manning a greenhouse plant. 

 These are the employees of A. C. Can- 

 field, Springfield, 111. It is said that 

 the most valuable quality a business 

 man can possess is that of surrounding 

 himself with capable assistants. Mr. 

 Canfield, therefore, is to be congratu- 

 lated. 



REMOVING HARD PUTTY. 



Do you know of anything that I 

 can use to remove hard putty from 

 sashbars? If so, please let me know. 

 A. M. B. 



There is no entirely successful meth- 

 od of softening putty so that it can 

 be readily removed from sashbars. A 

 sharp chisel will generally remove it 

 with little difficulty after a drenching 

 rain or thorough wetting down with a 

 hose. 



Norwich, Conn. — E. J. Langenbach, 

 on Lafayette street, has torn down some 

 of his old greenhouses and replaced 

 them with new ones of strictly mod 

 em design. 



NASHVILLE, TENN. 



The Market. 



The week has been unusually cool for 

 the season and the rainfall has been 

 abundant. The weather has been favor- 

 able to roses in particular, and as a re- 

 sult the cut is even better than it has 

 been. Asters have been in large supply, 

 with a fair demand, but they have been 

 rather too weak-stemmed and water- 

 soaked. Business, on the whole, is in 

 a satisfactory condition, though quiet. 

 There have been several large funerals* 

 the last few days that have cleaned up 

 much stock. 



Various Notes. 



The seedsmen report their crops in 

 satisfactory condition. The onion set 

 crop in these parts is short. Cow peas 

 give promise of the best crop for several 

 years, unless there should be too much 

 rain at harvesting time. These two 

 items are about all the trade get from 

 here. 



McKay, Eeece & Co., seedsmen, report 

 an unusually successful season. The fall 

 trade is opening up well. Seed potatoes 

 for planting the second crop were never 

 in better demand. They have sold out 

 entirely and are unable to secure any 

 more cold storage stock. Mr. Ewing is 

 on a month 's trip in the interests of the 

 firm. 



P. J. Foley spent August 11 seeing 

 the sights of our city. He was on a 

 business trip. 



Geny Bros, report a satisfactory 

 week, with a good clean-up at the 

 close. Their valley this week seems 

 better than usual, and they are still 

 having an abundant supply of asters 

 that would do them credit in the 

 autumn. I noticed some of the best 

 Whitmani ferns I have seen for some 

 time in their houses. This fern is one 

 of their best sellers. 



Haury Bros, report that they were 

 able to clean up close at the end of last 

 week, and with a good out-of-town wed- 

 ding and a few other out-of-town events 

 the coming week bids fair to be good. 



The Joy Floral Co. reports a good 

 supply of all kinds of flowers. The last 

 week has been characterized by a great 

 deal of out-of-town business, taking 

 most of their stock. They have had a 

 hard fight with the aster bug, but have 

 it well in hand, with little injury done. 

 They report cutting their first chrysan- 

 themums this week. F.B. 



