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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



JUNR 9, 1910. 



ISAAC S. HENDKICKSON. 



Isaac Suydam Hendrickson, first 

 president of the American Gladiolus 

 Society, has charge of the wholesale de- 

 partment of the business of John Lewis 

 Childs, Floral Park, N. Y. Mr. Hen- 

 drickson is a type of the young men 

 who have done so much in recent years 

 to establish floriculture on a business 

 footing similar to that on which other 

 industries are conducted. The gladiolus 

 has been one of his special departments 

 for yeais. There are few who deal in 

 the gladiolus more extensively, and his 

 selection as president seems a fortunate 

 one for the new organization to be de- 

 voted to this special flower. 



Mr. Hendrickson was born September 

 6, 1875, at Floral Park. He has been 

 in the service of Mr. Childs over 

 tw;enty-three years and for eight years 

 hals occupied his present position. He 

 IS treasurer of the Methodist church in 

 his town, and a director of the Floral 

 Park Bank. 



MARGUERITES. 



There is no use in trying to secure 

 any propagating wood from marguerites 

 at this season of the year. It is a good 

 plan, however, to plant out a quantity 

 of each variety, from which cuttings 



defy all the efforts of many growers 

 to furnish cuttings. Plant out some 

 of these, cutting them back pretty well. 

 Keep others indoors. Our best cuttings 

 came from some grown in a piece of 

 bench, cut back well after flowering. 

 As they started to grow, we top-dressed 

 the bepch, kept them well watered and 

 about August 15 some nice propagating 

 shoots appeared. It pays to do a little 

 experimenting with yellow marguerites 

 to find out the best way to grow find 

 flower them. They are now a popular 

 spring and early summer flower and 

 have evidently come to stay. 



LARV^ IN ROSEBUDS. 



I am sending you in a box some sam- 

 ples of roses that look and act 

 strangely. Can you tell me what is the 

 cause? Is it a disease? The bush is 

 large and full of blooms, but few of 

 them are perfect flowers. J. S. 



This malformation is caused by an 

 insect, Cynips rosa?, depositing its eggs 

 in the bud. The grubs or larvae hatched 

 from these eggs produce those galls or 

 lumps, covered with greenish or reddish 

 fibers that look like moss. 



Spraying with some of the tobacco 

 solutions when the buds are forming 



Isaac S. Hendrickson. 



can be obtained in late summer. Where 

 plants of the white varieties are in 

 3-inch or 4-inch pots, they 'will make 

 nice, bushy specimens by the end of 

 September, especially if kopt watered. 

 Potted at that time, they make capital 

 winter flowering plants, coming in 

 much earlier than those propagated 

 later in the year. Yellow marguerites 



will prevent the insects from approach- 

 ing the buds. Bibes. 



Cedar Rapids, la. — In his newly im- 

 proved and modern establishment, John 

 E. Lapes is doing a much larger business 

 than heretofore. He advertised his 

 Memorial day facilities and had a 

 specially good sale. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Business has been quiet since Memo 

 rial day. A good number of weddings 

 are now taking place and this natu- 

 rally uses up considerable material. 

 Peonies have not yet made their ap- 

 pearance to any great extent, but 

 toward the close of the present week 

 they will be abundant. Early arrivals 

 hav^ realized excellent prices. There 

 are complaints that late severe frosts 

 have killed the buds on many varieties 

 and the crop with some will be below 

 the average. 



Eoses are in overabundant supply and 

 many are only cleared at low rates. 

 Owing to the absence of hot weather, 

 the quality has held up surprisingly 

 well. Carnot is a good seller and so- 

 are Killarney and White Killarney. Qf 

 My Maryland there are some fine flow- 

 ers seen, indicating that it promises 

 well as a summer variety. Bride and 

 Maid continue slow sellers. Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward is popular. 



Carnations are not yet overabundant 

 and many flowers are spidery and of 

 little value. Good flowers are selling 

 well. Spencer sweet peas are more 

 abundant and sell as well as anything 

 on the market. There is still a good 

 supply of marguerites, the yellow color 

 being in especially good demand. 

 Gladioli of the large-flowered types are 

 more plentiful. So far they have sold 

 satisfactorily. Of lilies and callas there 

 is an adequate supply. Quite a few au- 

 ratums are coming in. Stocks are over- 

 abundant and the sale for candytuft, 

 feverfew, etc., is light. Outdoor val 

 ley is done and the indoor variety is 

 selling only moderately well. There is 

 a fair sale for orchids. There were 

 never so many seen in the windows in 

 any previous June, thanks to the recent 

 orchid show. t 



There are quantities of single pyre 

 thrums, German iris and other hardy 

 flowers, which, however, sell rather 

 poorly. Antirrhinums are getting poor 

 and will soon be over. For asparagus 

 and adiantum the demand is quite good. 



Trade in bedding plants shows signs 

 of languishing, but the bulk of the deal- 

 ers are pretty well sold out. 



Various Notes. 



Penn Bros., the enterprising and 

 thoroughly up-to-date Bromfield street 

 florists, had their large show-window en- 

 tirely devoted to orchids last week, a 

 large proportion of the Julius Boehra 

 first-prize exhibit being included. The 

 display attracted the attention of hosts 

 of passers-by. 



The grounds of Holm Lea, Brookline, 

 Prof. C. S. Sargent's charming estate, 

 were opened to the public June 4 and 5, 

 and many thousands of visitors em- 

 braced the opportunity to inspect the 

 beautiful show of hardy azaleas, rhodo- 

 dendrons, huge standard wistarias and 

 many other seasonable flowers. 



Eichard D. Kimball, of Waban, was 

 first on hand at C Park street with 

 double peonies, and is shipping fine lots 

 daily to Thomas Pegler. 



Peter M. Miller, of the T. J. Grey Co., 

 leffJtrae"* fbr a visit to New York 

 city. His firm has had an exceptionally 

 busy season, the best in its history. 



J. A. Pettigrew and J. K. M. L. Far 

 quhar spent June 5 visiting the several 

 fine estates in South Lancaster, Mass. 



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