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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Sbptkmbkr 2, 1909. 



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seiitable blooms (if the divine flower 

 throughout August. 



Morris Hoffman, with A. M. Campbell, 

 was married August 26. 



Charles Berger hap been touring Mont- 

 gomery county in the interest of the 

 Philadelphia Insecticide Co., giving the 

 farmers demonstrations of the deadly ef- 

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BOSTON. 



The Market 



Trade wat> quiet last week, but the 

 total of sales for August were quite a 

 little ahead of those a year ago. Some 

 good American Beauties are coming in. 

 These sell quite well. My Maryland con- 

 tinues to hold its own well. Some good 

 White Killarney are seen, while Killarney 

 is coming a little better. Kaiserin is 

 good. Other roses are of little account. 



Carnations of the old crop are prac- 

 tically done and new crop flowers are 

 short-stemmed. Asters continue at their 

 flood tide; the quality is splendid, but 

 they are so numerous that they are hard 

 to move. Flowers with stems two feet 

 long are quite common. 



Gladioli are a glut and are only cleared 

 at low prices. Tuberoses are more plen- 

 tiful than is usual in this market, but do 

 not sell well. There is an abundance of 

 lilies; callas are still in evidence. Golden 

 Glow chrysanthemums are good, but 

 August is too early for them, when there 

 :ire .so many fine asters. Sweet peas are 

 still abundant, selling all the way from 

 '){) cents to $2.50 per thousand. Pink 

 varieties are the favorites. 



Cattleyas are scarce and such gardenias 

 as arrive bring good ])ric'es. Cosmos is 

 plentiful. Valley has a fairly steady sale. 

 Xo change in adiantuiii or asparagus. 



Annual Market Stall Auctions. 



The annual auction sale of stalls in the 

 I 'ark Street flower market was held Aug- 

 ust 28 and proved to be the most success- 

 ful one the Boston Cooperative Flower 

 Growers' Association has yet held. Bid- 

 ding was brisk throughout and 120 stalls 

 >vere disposed of for between $5,000 and 

 •iifi.flftO, an increase of some $600 on last 

 year in gross premiums. Tliis is in ad- 



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dition to the regular rental of $25 per 

 stall. William Sim secured first choice at 

 $97; Mann Bros., Peirce Bros., S. J. 

 Goddard and F. J. Dolansky paid $90 

 each; W. C. Ward, $87.50; Budlong Co., 

 $82.50; William Nicholson, two at $80; 

 Thomas Roland, $80; Walian Conserva- 

 tories, Paine Bros, and Messrs. Boyle, 

 Kidder and A. Christensen gave from 

 $77.50 to $80 each. 



The Boston Cooperative Flower Market 

 held its annual auction of stalls in 

 Music Hall market August 29. There was 

 a large attendance of growers. W. W. 

 Tailby made an efficient auctioneer. First 

 choice went for $90, second for $80 and 

 third for $76. The total sales were much 

 better than in 1908, lowest price being 

 $20 against $15 a year ago. One hundred 

 and twenty-one stalls were disposed of. 

 After sale, the price of the remaining 

 stalls will be $25. The serving of coflfee. 



.sandwiches and salads to all present was 

 a plea.sant feature. 



Vwiotu Notes. 



The sale of stock for the new whole 

 sale flower market makes steady progress 

 and there is now little doubt of the sue 

 cess of the j»ropo8ed amalgamated market, 

 although it may be a year before it be 

 comes a reality. Some growers believe 

 that five shares of stock should be the 

 limit to any one individual, that no juoxv 

 voting should be allowed and that "One 

 man, one vote" should be the motto. 



In a circular just issued by the Park 

 Street growers' market some interesting 

 statistics are given. The present market 

 has but forty-three stockholders. It was 

 organized seventeen years ago, with sixty 

 shares at $25 each. This amount has 

 been paid back in dividends over eight 



