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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



June 23, 191(i 



There was an excellent floral display 

 on the exhibition tables, sufficient to 

 provide a bunch for all ladies present, 

 William Sim 's sweet peas being much 

 in evidence, as usual. Among the notable 

 exhibits were splendid Cattleya gigas 

 from "William Downs, perennials from 

 J. Huerlin, Dahlia Jack Eose from W. 

 C. Ward and collections of strawberries 

 from Wilfred Wheeler. Kefreshments, 

 consisting of ice cream, strawberries, 

 cake, etc., were served. The club will 

 hold its next meeting September 20. 



Various Notes. 



The sympathy of a host of friends 

 goes out to George Gordon, head gar- 

 dener on the Dudley L. Pickman estate, 

 Beverly Cove, Mass., in the loss of his 

 daughter, Mabel, by drowning in Jamai- 

 ca Pond, Boston, June 17. The deceased 

 young lady was 29 years of age and 

 graduated from Wellesley college a few 

 years ago. She had gone to a Jamaica 

 Plain hospital for treatment for nervous 

 troubles a week before the drowning 

 and destroyed herself, it is thought, 

 while temporarily unbalanced. The 

 body was recovered from forty feet of 

 water and had been heavily weighted 

 down with stones. Mr. Gordon is a 

 member of the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club and one of the most respected 

 members of the profession in the neigh- 

 borhood of Boston. He has the sym- 

 pathy of everyone in his sad bereave- 

 ment. 



A successful flower and fruit show 

 was held in Milton, June 18, roses, 

 peonies, irises, miscellaneous hardy per- 

 ennials, shrubs and strawberries being 

 features. J. K. M. L. Farquhar and 

 W. N. Craig officiated as judges. 



Charles Evans is one of the latest to 

 get the automobile fever and talks of 

 disposing of horses and teams in favor 

 of a horseless vehicle. 



W^ F. Chase, the popular salesman for 

 Julius H. Zinn, is enjoying a needed 

 vacation at Ogunquit, Me. 



A. G. Lake, of Wellesley Hills, has a 

 new forcing tomato, which for crop- 

 ping qualities and perfectly shaped 

 fruit will take a lot of beating. 



Charles E. Robinson, of H. M. Robin- 

 son & Co., has been busy handing out 

 cigars during the last week. It is a fine 

 boy this time. 



Miss Lillie Mary Neil, the eldest 

 daughter of Samuel Neil, the well 

 known Dorchester florist, was married 

 at the home of her parents, .501 Park 

 street, June 22, the fortunate bride- 

 groom being William Thornton Decker, 

 of New Jersey. The house was beauti- 

 fully decorated for the wedding and the 

 happy couple were the recipients of a 

 host of valuable presents. 



The annual rose show of the North 

 Shore Horticultural Society will be held 

 on Vine street, Beverly Farms, June 29 

 and 30. Many Bostonians will attend. 



Rain has fallen here on fourteen out 

 of the last nineteen days, the aggre- 

 gate precipitation being six inches. 

 Trees, shrubs and lawns never looked 

 more luxuriant and, while the continual 

 dampness has greatly hindered the ex- 

 tensive spraying operations, it has been 

 unfavorable for the hatching of insect 

 pests, for which we are duly thankful. 



Charles E. Robinson and William 

 Penn are among those who are planning 

 European trips at an early date. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. have a grand 

 display of peonies at their Dedham 

 nurseries at present. The collection in- 

 cludes a choice lot of Richardson seed- 



lings, in addition to some fine ones of 

 their own raising. 



In the Arnold Arboretum at present 

 the display of Kalmia latif olia at the 

 base of Hemlock Hill is unusually fine. 

 Syringas of the Lemoinei varieties are 

 also beautifully flowered. 



E. J. Shaylor, of Wellesley Hills, in 

 his extensive peony collection has a 

 charming pure white named Le Cygne, 

 one of Lemoine's newest introductions. 

 His own seedling, Georgianna Shaylor, 

 is also grand. 



Miss Mary Florence Pettigrew, daugh- 

 ter of J. A. Pettigrew, was married at 

 the home of her parents June 18 to 

 George Wright Hinckley, of New "York. 

 Quite a number of local prominent horti- 

 culturists were iircluded among the 



Th« Kdltor Is pleased 

 when « Reader 

 presents his Ideas 

 on any subject treated In 



As experience Is the best 

 teacher, so do we 

 learn fastest by an 

 ezchance of experiences. 

 Many valuable points 

 are brouKht out 

 by discussion. 



Good penmanship, spelling and 

 grammar, though desirable, are not 

 necessary. Write as you would talk 

 when doing your best. 



WK BHAIX BK GLAD 

 TO HXAR TBOM TOU 



guests. The newly married couple were 

 well remembered by a host of friends. 



Mrs. E. M. Gill, of Medford, will 

 celebrate her eightieth birthday June 

 28. Mrs. Gill was a prize winner at the 

 recent peony exhibition. 



Visitors last week included W. J. 

 Bean, of Kew, England, a noted writer 

 and authority on hardy plants, and 

 George W. Strange, of Summit, N. J. 



W. N. Craig. 



LOUISVILLE, KY. 



The Market. 



Last week was commencement week 

 with us. Everybody had his share of 

 work and is well satisfied. There are a 

 few complaints of how flowers are han- 

 dled at the theaters by those who take 

 care of them. It is truly a shame how 

 bouquets and baskets are piled up and 

 walked over by indifferent stage help. 

 It is time for the florists to get to- 

 gether and try to arrange some plan 

 with the school board or those that 

 have charge of each commencement to 

 take proper care of flowers for these 

 occasions. It certainly does not do the 

 florist any good to have a basket or 

 bouquet, which he has taken great 

 pains to make, sent on the stage looking 

 as if it had been through a threshing 



mill. It is too late for any remedy this 

 year, but it is none too early foi the 

 next year, while things are still iresh 

 in the minds of all concerned. Besides 

 the Kentucky Society of Florists may 

 take a hand in this most impoitant 

 subject, which affects both grower and 

 retailer. 



June is certainly proving true to its 

 name as the month of weddings. A few 

 good ones have taken place every Moek 

 and some nice ones are booked foi the 

 latter part of the month. -Sweet peas 

 figure prominently for these, altliough 

 white roses and valley are the best bet 

 for the bride. Peas were a little scarce 

 the first part of the week, but after 

 Wednesday they were plentiful. Almost 

 everybody has bundles of them, and the 

 prices have taken a tumble. Roses are 

 in fairly good shape, but the warm 

 weather is telling on them. Carnations 

 are more than plentiful; the heat is 

 also getting the best of them. Outdoor 

 stock, such as phlox, iris, sweet will 

 iams, etc., is arriving regularly. Out 

 door ramblers were never prettier liere 

 than this season, and some remarkable 

 plants are to be seen. 



Planting out is about complete<l, and 

 the greenhouse men are getting the 

 mums in as rapidly as possible. K. K. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



The Market. 



There is not much doing outside of 

 funeral work, but this has been quite 

 plentiful of late, helping to get rid of 

 a lot of surplus stock. Flowers are 

 abundant just now, both from indoors 

 and outdoors. Carnations are, now re 

 tailing at 35 and .50 cents per dozen; 

 roses, at $1..50 per dozen. Outside sweet 

 peas are justcommencingto bloom. Lilies 

 sell at $2 per dozen. Outdoor roses are 

 in full bloom and present a fine sight 

 wherever seen. 



There is still a good call for gera 

 niums and other bedding plants. Aster 

 plants sell well, as also do marigolds, 

 cosmos and a whole host of flowering 

 annuals. 



Young carnations are about all iii.nit- 

 ed out for this year. Mum stock in g<'ii- 

 eral is looking well. Hardy ferns of 

 good quality are coming in now. SdUie 

 fine peonies are to be seen just now in 

 this section; they are now in full bl'i'in- 



Various Notes. 



Peter Murray, of Fairhaven. M:iss., 

 has just received a big importation ot 

 palms, etc., from the other side. 



S. S. Peckham is still cutting -'""• 

 nice ten weeks' stocks. W. '- 



NAME OF PLANT. 



I am sending a flower for nani' 

 found this flower in a cemetery sd 

 as a decoration, in a dry state. I j 'j'^'' 

 it to be a hardy plant. W. W. ^^ • 



One of the sea lavenders, or staticfs. 

 The best hardy variety is S. latil>'l'»- 

 The variety enclosed seems to he ^■ 

 Holfordi, a greenhouse variety. All the 

 statices can be cut and treated I'K^ 

 everlastings. ^• 



Mount Gilead, O.— The trustees of the 

 bankrupt estate of Armondo L. ^'"" 

 filed their final report June 14. -l""^ 

 27 was fix d as the date for the ""«' 

 meeting of the creditors. 



