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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



June 9, 1910. 



ISAAC S. HENDKICKSON. 



Isaac Suydam Heudrickson, iirst 

 president of the American Gladiolus 

 Society, has charge of the wholesale de- 

 partment. of the business of John Lewis 

 (:;hi]ds. Floral Park, N. Y. Mr. Ilen- 

 drickson is a typo 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 

 lias been one of his special departments 

 for years. 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. Ilendrickson was born Soptoinber 

 (), 1875. at rioral Park. lie has l)eoii 

 in the service of ]\lr. Childs over 

 twenty-three years and for oiglit years 

 lias occupied his jnesent ]iosiTion. lie 

 IS treasurer of the Methodist cliurch in 

 liis town, and a director of tlie h^loral 

 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 bench, 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 and 

 llower them. They are now a popular 

 spring and early summer flower and 

 liave (>vidently come to stay. 



larvjE in rosebuds. 



1 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 

 thorn are perfect flowers. J. S. 



This malformation is caused by an 

 insect, Cynips rosie. depositing its eggs 

 in the bud. The grubs or larva? hatched 

 from these eggs ]>roduce those galls or 

 lumps, covered with greenish or reddish 

 libers 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 kept 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. Eibes. 



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 

 sjiecially good sale. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Husiiiess has been quiet since Alemi. 

 rial day. A good number of wedding 

 are now taking place and this natu 

 rally uses up considerable material 

 Peonies have not yet made their ap 

 pearance to any great extent, bu' 

 toward the close of the present weel 

 they will be abundant. Early arrivah 

 iiave realized excellent prices. Theri 

 are complaints that late severe frost: 

 have killed the buds on many varieties 

 and the crop with some will be belo^^ 

 the average. 



Koses are in overabundant supply ant.' 

 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 sc- 

 are Killarney and White Killarney. Of 

 My Maryland there are some fine flow 

 ers seen, indicating that it promise.- 

 well as a summer variety. Bride and 

 Maid continue slow sellers. ]\^s. Aaroi: 

 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 receni 

 orchid show. 



Tliero arc (piaiititics of single pyre 

 tlirums, (iermaii iris and other hard^ 

 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 signt 

 of languishing, but the bulk of the deal 

 ors are pretty well sold out. 



Various Notes. 



I'cnn Bros., the enterprising anc? 

 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 Roehrs 

 first-prize exhibit being^ncluded. 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- Tvistarias and 

 many other seasonable flowers. 



Richard D. Kimball, of Waban, wa^ 

 first on hand at C I'ark street witl 

 double peonies, and is shipping fine lots 

 daily to Thomas Pegler. 



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

 left June 4 for a visit to New Yorl- 

 city. His firm has had an exceptionally 

 busy season, the best in its history. 



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

 quliar spent June 5 visiting the severa- 

 fine estates in South Lancaster, Mass. 

 [t'ontinupd on page 70.] 



