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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



July 14, 1910. 



ASTERS 



Our Special Stock will be r eady July 24 



One of our largest aster growers has for years been working 

 up his strains of the best cut flower varieties of Asters until they 

 are so far ahead of the common run of Asters as to be in 



A Class by Themselves 



White, Pink, Liglit Pinic 



Lavender will not be ready until a few days later. 



These are extra fancy Asters, long stems, big flowers, the same that we 

 handled in quantity last year and that had the call over aU other Asters in this 

 market. Book orders now. $2.00 to $4.00 per 100. 



Good Summer Roses and all other stock in season 



E. H. HUNT 



EstaUished 1878 Oldest House in tke West locorporated 1906 



76-78 Wabash Ave., Chicago, III. 



PRICK LIST 



AMERICAN BEAUTIES. Per doz. 



30to36-lnch $3.00 



24to30-inch $2.00 to 2.B0 



18to24-lnch IJSOto 2.00 



12tol6-lnch l.OOto 1.60 



8tol24Qch .7S 



Per 100 



to $6.00 



6.00 



ROSES 



Brides $3.00 



Maids 3.00 



KaiserlD 3.00 



Klchmonds 3.00 



Klllarney , white, pink 3.00 



My Maryland 3.00 



Perle 4.00 



Roses, our selection 



CARNATIONS, medium 



" fancy 



BflSCELI^ANEOUS 



Harrisll LlUes per doz., $i JiO 



All ratum Lilies per doz.. 1.60 



Gladioli per doz., 60c to 1.00 



Candidum Lille8..banch, 76c to $1.00 



Valley 3.00 



Mlgrnonette 4.00 



Sweet Peas 50 



Daisies 75 



GalUardias so 



Candytuft per bunch, 26c 



Adlantum 75 



Asparagus Stringrs such, 



Aspara«rus Bunches " .ss 



Sprengeri Bunches " .35 



SmllM per doz., IJJO 



OalM per 1000, 



rt>mB..... per 1000. 



Boxwood perlb.. 



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Mention Tbe Revit-w wben you write. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



A general listlessness and extreme 

 dullness pervade cut flower circles. 

 Good flowers are becoming increasingly 

 scarce and the demand is light. We 

 have been sweltering with tempera- 

 tures of 90 to 100 degrees in the shade, 

 and this in itself suffices to put business 

 down and out. The general verdict that 

 there is absolutely nothing doing well 

 portrays the situation. Qood roses are 

 scarce. A few decent quality Beauties 

 are still seen, also excellent Kaiserin 

 and Carnot. Killarney and Maryland 

 are getting poorer all the time. Values 

 are away down. Carnations also are 

 poor — in fact, good flowers are the ex- 

 ception. A select few may make $2 per 

 hundred, but the majority go at 25 to 

 50 cents. Sweet peas are abundant, but 

 getting short-stemmed. 



Trade in valley, cattleyas, lilies and 

 callas is quite light. Gladioli are good, 

 but sell slowly with the rest. Nymphseas 

 are being used freely for window deco- 

 rations. Bouvardia Humboldtii comes 

 in small quantities and makes 50 cents 

 per bunch. Good sweet sultan, candy- 

 tuft, cornflower, asters, the latter in 

 limited numbers as yet, and gypsophila 

 are to be had. There is not much de- 

 mand for asparagus and adiantum. 

 Trade in pot plants has sunk to a low 

 ebb. Hydrangeas are as much seen as 

 anything, while some tuberous begonias, 

 gloxinias and fuchsias are used. 



Various Notes. 



William A. Hastings, of the Park 

 street flower market, left July 8 for 



cool Nantucket, io be away until early 

 in September. 



Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Neil, of Dor- 

 chester, are spending a few weeks at 

 Ocean Grove, N. J. In the meantime 

 the boys, Tom and Charlie, are hustling 

 along necessary changes in the green- 

 houses. 



William J. Thurston, the popular man- 

 ager of the older Park Street flower mar- 

 ket, accompanied by W. E, Turner, of 

 Woburn, started July 11 for Jefferson, 

 N. H., where their vacations will be spent. 



Advices from S. J. Groddard show that 

 gentleman to be thoroughly enjoying him- 

 self in the south of England. When last 

 heard from he was at Bournemouth, one 

 of the qiost beautiful of British watering 

 places and health resorts. 



E. Jackson Bogean, sale.sman for A. N. 

 Pierson and other prominent growers, left 

 July 8 for a trip to Nova Scotia. 



A number of local horticulturists will 

 visit Bar Harbor, Me., and officiate as 

 judges at the third annual flower show 

 there August 13 and 14. 



The two wholesale flower markets have 

 decided to close Saturdays during July 

 and August, when business is at its lowest 

 ebb. This change is much appreciated by 

 the salesmen. W. H. Elliott and the 

 Waban Eose Conservatories have adopted 

 a similar rule and it now only remains for 

 the wholesale commission people to do 

 likewise and make the thing unanimous. 



Joseph Margolis, of the firm of H. M. 

 Robinson & Co., and Sidney Hoffman, the 

 enterprising and popular Massachusetts 

 avenue retailer, were among the passen- 

 gers on the steamship Amerika, for Eu- 

 rope July 9. Each will make an extended 

 tour and combine business with pleasure. 



Wilham McAlpine, chief salesman for 

 the J. A. Budlong & Sons Co., of Auburn, 

 a. I., in Boston, is enjoying his annual 

 vacation at Exeter, N. H. 



Edward Bingham, the well-known violet 

 specialist of Dedham, sailed for England 

 on the steamship Ivernia, July 5. 



Samuel Kantz, buyer for P. H. Hough- 

 ton, 18 making a tour of Atlantic City, 

 New York, PhUadelphia and sundry other 

 places and will keep his eyes wide open 

 tor new floricultural ideas while away 



Mrs. Jarvis Cartwright, of Needham, 

 died July 5 and was interred July 8. Our 

 sincere sympathy goes out to the bereaved 

 husband. 



Edgar Bros., of Waverley, are just fin- 

 ishing construction work on their fine new 

 greenhouse. 



Edward Wood, of Lexington, is rebuild- 

 ing one or two houses, building a new 

 chimney and making lots of other im- 

 provements at present. 



An interesting^and charming hardy gar- 

 den is that of Benjamin Worcester, Piety 

 Comer, Waltham. Superb delphiniums, 

 eight feet in height, grand candidum liHes 

 and other hardy herbaceous plants are 

 now a feature. 



Thomas Clark, father of Thomas J. 

 Clark, the well-known Boylston street flo- 

 rist, a familiar face for a number of 

 years with Norton Bros., later with 

 Houghton & Clark, and up to the time of 

 his decease with his son, was taken ill 

 July 3, died July 6 and was interred 

 July 9. Quite a number of those in the 

 trade remembered the deceased with flo- 

 ral souvenirs and attended to pay him 

 their last mark of respect. 



Matthew P. Buane, salesman for Peirce 

 Bros., left this week on his annual vaca- 



