OCTOBBS 31, 1912. 



The Florists' Re>^ew 



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er than Killarney; it is practically mil- 

 dewproof, flowers larger, deeper and 

 almost twice as full, while the color is 

 bi;ighter and petals more massive. It 

 \ will be interesting to see whether Col- 

 leen will do here, what Killarney never 

 could, and that is shake up Mme. A. 

 Chatenay. It is a curious fact that 

 whereas Killarney is a trump in U. S. 

 A., Chatenay is useless, coming bad in 

 color, and long and weak-necked. Over 

 here, Chatenay is premier pink, and of 

 a color that makes American visitors 

 sigh for its like in U. S. A. Killarney, 

 on the other hand, is thin and poor in 

 color, while it has an open invitation 

 to mildew." 



BRIDES AND MAIDS. 



I am sending you two rose buds, 

 Bride and Maid, which appear to be 

 diseased. Will you please let me know 

 what the disease is, and a remedy for 

 it? We are growing in the same house 

 Killarney and White Killarney, My 

 Maryland and Kichmond. All, includ- 

 ing the Brides and Maids, have made 

 splendid growth since being benched, 

 and only the Brides and Maids are 

 affected. W. C. M. 



Given similar treatment to the other 

 roses named, there is no good reason 

 why the Brides and Maids should not be 

 equally healthy. Few growers now han- 

 dle these two erstwhile favorites, and 

 their condition is most probably due to 

 a natural running out of your stock. 

 Probably a change of stock would effect 

 an improvement, but Killarney and 

 White Killarney are so much superior in 

 every way that you would do well to 

 drop the older sorts. In the wholesale 

 markets they are now almost unsalable 

 since the advent of the various Killar- 

 ueys. My Maryland and other Borts. 

 C. W. 



A PROFITABLE CROP. 



Sweet peas have proved one of the 

 most successful crops with John Garo- 

 fano, proprietor of the Metropolitan 

 Greenhouses, at Hackensack, N. J., and 

 he is now starting for another season 

 with every anticipation of continued 

 good results. The accompanying illus- 

 tration shows one of his sweet pea 

 houses photographed on St. Patrick's 

 day of this year. The seeds were 

 planted in 2-inch pots October 1, 1911, 

 and the plants were moved to the solid 

 beds in the greenhouse November 15. 

 He picked his first flowers January 15 

 and had a large and profitable crop un- 

 til the end of the season. 



TEMPERATURE FOR SNAPDRAGON. 



Please tell me what temperature I 

 should have in my greenhouse to suc- 

 ceed with snapdragons. Last year I 

 planted some in a house held at a tem- 

 perature of 40 to 65 degrees. They 

 grew five feet high, but bore no flowers. 



J. M. 



Snapdragons require a night tempera- 

 ture of 45 to 50 degrees. It should not 

 go above the latter figure on any ac- 

 count, and the cooler they are grown 

 the sturdier will the spikes be. How- 

 ever, I find that for winter flowering, 

 if kept between 48 and 50 degrees, they 

 do well. Give the plants a light, sunny 

 house, use good soil and ventilate free; 

 ly. Avoid heavy fumigation, as snap- 

 dragons are a little delicate and the 



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tops are rather easily scorched. In 

 this way you should be able to grow 

 first-class snapdragons, no matter 

 whether the plants are raised from 

 seeds or cuttings. C. W. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Continued warm weather and heavy 

 shipments of all kinds of flowers with 

 but a moderate demand were features 

 of last week 's market. Only on one day, 

 October 126, was the demand at all good. 

 The present week opens with an over- 

 stocked market and no special relief 

 would seem to be in sight, at least 

 before the chrysanthemum avalanche 

 somewhat subsides. 



Mums are now at their flood tide. 

 Early varietie^arp over, but the supply 

 of midseason a^nd late ones is excessive. 

 Good Bonnaffon sells well, as does 

 Ivory. Eaton is not popular. Chrys- 

 olora is an excellent yellow. Elise 

 Papworth, a grand white, makes as high 

 as $4 per dozen, the top price here this 

 season. Carnations are selling low and 

 are now overplentiful, although the 

 quality is much improved. Hoses are 

 fine, but many have to be cleared at 

 low rates. Mme. Charles Eussell still 

 holds the center of the stage, but Rich- 

 mond, Bulgaria, Beauty and Killarney 

 of good quality are in demand, also the 

 yellow varieties. 



Violets are in heavy supply and low 

 prices have prevailed, in some cases as 

 low as $1 and $1.50 per thousand. For 

 the best flowers 35 cents and 50 cents 

 per hundred is secured. Valley sold 

 fairly well the last week, also Cosmos 

 Lady Lenox, indoor grown. Cattleya 

 labiata is abundant; so is Oncidium 

 Rogersii. Cypripediunis are coming in 

 more freely, as are gardenias. Miscel- 

 laneous flowers are hard to move, but 

 there is a fair call for green stock. 



Flower Market Annual Meetings. 



The annual meeting and dinner of 

 the Boston Flower Exchange was held 

 at the Quincy House October 26. About 



100 stockholders and invited guests 

 were present and the dinner was the 

 best yet served. An efficient orchestra 

 furnished music. 



At the business session W. E. Stickel 

 presided in his usual happy manner. 

 The treasurer's report showed receipts 

 for the past year and cash on hand 

 totaling $17,757.60; running expenses, 

 $9,622.40, and, after payment of a ten 

 per cent dividend and purchase of o'.er 

 $6,000 worth of stock, the sum of 

 $1,007.14 remained on hand. The net 

 gain in 1910, 1911 and 1912 is $8,671.83. 



A. 8. Parker, of Stoneham, was 

 elected a director in place of Thomas 

 Pegler. Others elected were Wm. Nich- 

 olson, S. J. Goddard, E. A. Peirce, Alex. 

 Montgomery, W. C. Stickel, L. H. Mann 

 and Geo. Cartwright. It was unani- 

 mously voted to send an invitation to 

 the Boston Cooperative Market to join 

 in making one big wholesale market 

 at Winthrop Square. This was for- 

 warded by special messenger. 



The directors were empowered to 

 issue 100 additional shares of treasury 

 stock. A. S. Parker made a neat and 

 humorous speech in acceptance of his 

 election as director. A straw vote was 

 taken to show the presidential pref- 

 erences of the members in the coming 

 national election and when the vote 

 showed Roosevelt leading all other can- 

 didates combined there was great ap- 

 plause. Fine yellow chrysanthemums 

 from S. J. Goddard decorated the 

 tables. 



The Boston Cooperative Market held 

 its annual meeting the same evening at 

 the American, serving a first-class din- 

 ner as an innovation. There was a full 

 attendance, including several ladies 

 The treasurer's receipts showed a cash 

 balance of $1,395.51 for the year and 

 total assets now are $4,843.06. John 

 McFarland presided at the business ses- 

 sion and appointed W. H. Elliott toast- 

 master. Addresses were made by Messrs. 

 Robert Cameron and W. N. Craig for 

 the press. Julius H. Zinn spoke ably 

 for the retailers and Edward Wood, 

 James Wheeler and others for the 

 growers. 



