August 15, 101:.'. 



The Florists^ Review 



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Whitman, M. Sullivan o;avdoncr, and 

 T. C. Thurlow's Sons Co. also had largo 

 and varied displays. 



IVrcnnial phloxes were laijiely shown, 

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

 leading display. Some of their most 

 striking varieties were Mnic. Prospro 

 Langier, Elizabeth Campbell, Saison's 

 Lierval, Feu do Monde, Stella's Choice, 

 Mme. Fapc-Carpentier, Mme. Mcuret, 

 G. A. Strohlein and Flora Hornung. 

 William Whitman and several otiiers 

 had coHections of phloxes, Mr. Whitman 

 having the best twelve spikes. 



Sonic splendid gladioli were shown. 

 Chamberlain iV Gage had some grand 

 seedlings. No. 301 and Xo. IIOO;] 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. ITammond Tracy, in Ids large 

 and well arranged collection, had as his 

 best sorts Delight, ^Irs. James Lanca 

 shire, Pride, Koyal, .\merica, Cedar 

 Acres Miiuxc, Dawn, Sliakespeare and 

 Harvard. C. W. Brown also had a nice 

 collection. 



There were extensi\(> displays of an 

 nuals from AV. Whitman, M. Sullivan 

 gardener; ]\rrs. J. !>. Gardner, Wm. 

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

 D. F. Roy showed Begonia gracilis 

 Prima Donna and was awarded a first- 

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

 lection of fine sweet jteas, W. N. Craig 

 also showing fifty varieties of the lat- 

 ter. Mrs. J. Tj. Gardner and Mrs. F. 

 Ayer, George Page gardener, showed 

 fine Gladiolus Kunderdi Glory. A. W. 

 Preston, J. T,. Smith gardener, had 

 splendid asters and gloxinias. H. Dar 

 lington showed gladioli and asters. 



Chamberlain & Gage, for Gladiolus 

 Mrs. M. Chamberlain, leceived a first 

 class certificate and a silver inedal for 

 G. Gandavensis Myrtle. Walter Flun- 

 newell, T. D. Hatfield gardener, received 

 honorable mention for Pruiuis Lauro- 

 cerasus in fruit. Farquhar's table of 

 Lilium Ilenryi was awarded a silver 

 medal. 



The children's garden jiroducts will 

 be seen at an exhibition in ITorticul 

 tural hall August ?A and September 1, 

 and September 13 to !■") the annual 

 dahlia and fruit show will be held. 



Various Notes. 



We are now getting somewhat 

 warmer weather, but a deficiency of 

 over .100 degrees in temperature is the 

 record for the year to August 12. Tie- 

 cent rains have brought the precipita- 

 tion nearly up to normal. 



The sensational new rose. Mme. 

 Charles Russell, will cut a considerable 

 figure here next season. ^Ir. 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 di^stined to 

 place an old fticMid, Bt\auty, in a back 

 seat. 



The Boston delegation to tlit> Chicago 

 S. A. F. convention will leave the 

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

 gust 18. It Avas the Avish of the Bos- 

 tonians to ,ioin the New York | party and 

 accompany them, August 10. but train 

 arrangements did not allnw this. A 

 good number ar(> jilanning to niake the 

 trip and it looks at this time as though 

 the i>arty will fill the special car whicdi 

 has been reserxcd. V.. Allan I'eirci-, ul' 

 Waltham, is in charge of the tr.'iin ;n:l 

 Other arrangements. 



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



Ilitchings &: Co. are Vjuilding several 

 new houses on the estate of Philip Dex 

 ter, Manchester, Mass. 



C. H. (>erron has been appointed su 

 |ierintendent of the estate of J. P. 

 Lindsey, South1)oro, 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. 



•tames 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 ot 

 ' hard and capable workers as one woubl 

 hope to find manning a greenhouse plant. 

 These are the emj)lovees 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. 

 Ganfield. therefore, is to be congratu- 

 lated. 



REMOVING HARD PUTTY. 



NASHVILLE. TENN. 



Do you know of anything that 1 

 can use to remove hard putty from 

 sashbars? If so, i)lease let me know. 

 A. M. B. 



'rh(M'(> is no entirely successful meth- 

 od of softening jnitty so that it can 

 be readily remove<l from sashbars. A 

 sharp (diisel will generally remove it 

 with little ditliculty after a dren(diing 

 rain or thorough wetting down \vith a 

 hose. 



Norwich, Conn. !•;. .1. r,angenbach. 

 on l,af;iycttc street, has torn down some 

 of liis old gi ccnhouses and replaced 

 them with u"\\ oiics of <trictl\' mod 



nil ili'si^in. 



The Market. 



Tiie week has been unusuall;/ cuol for 

 the season and the rainfall h;is been 

 abundant. TIk^ weather has lu'eti favor- 

 able to roses in particular, and :is u re- 

 sult the cut is even better than it has 

 been. Asters have been in large supply, 

 with a fair demand, but they liave been 

 rather too weak-stemmed and water- 

 soaked. Business, on the whole, is in 

 a satisfactor.y 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, Reece & Co., seedsmen, rei>ort 

 an unusually successful season. The fall 

 trade is opening ii)" well. Seed potatoes 

 for ])lanting the second cro]) were never 

 iu 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 th(> interests of the 

 firm. 



P. -T. Fob'v sjicnt .August 11 s(>eing 

 the sights of our city. Tie was on a 

 liusiness trip. 



Geny Bros. re|iort 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. T noticed some of tin* best 

 Whitmani ferns 1 have seen for some 

 time in their houses. This fern is one 

 of their best sellers. 



Haury Bros, report that thev wen- 

 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 .Toy Floral T'o. r(^])orts a good 

 supply of all kinds of IIowits. The last 

 wetdv 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 nster iuig. but liav(> 

 it well in hand, with little injnrv done. 

 They rejiort cutting their first clirysan- 

 themums this week. I'. li. 



