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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



November lU, 1011. 



fon, Wanamaker and Eaton chrysanthe- 

 mums; also fine violets. 



J. Leach & Son, of North Easton, 

 have nearly finished cutting mums, but 

 are now cutting excellent valley. Their 

 new carnation, Pink Supreme, looks 

 fine. 



William H. Elliott has, among other 

 roses, Mrs. A. E. Waddell of fine qual- 

 ity. He finds roses sell well. He ex- 

 pects to double his sales of Asparagus 

 Sprengeri the coming season, finding it 

 profitable. 



The Waban Rose Conservatories, 

 which did not grow any mums for some 

 years, is handling some this season. 

 The Bonnaffons are superb. 



J. W. Foote is a wonderful grower 

 of Bouvardia Humboldtii. He measured 

 bunches November 11 just a yard long. 

 No other grower seems able to get such 

 stems. 



Montrose Greenhouses grow all roses 

 well, but at this time they feel more 

 proud of the Richmond than any others. 

 They are certainly fine. 



Henry M. Robinson & Co. are keep- 

 ing busy and say that fall business has 

 been eminently satisfactory. 



Herman Waldecker has Chrysanthe- 

 mum Mrs. Weeks of extra fine quality 

 and Batons in quantity. He is also well 

 to the front with violets. 



The annual election of the Massachu- 

 setts Horticultural Society occurs No- 

 vember 18. 



Wm. W. Edgar Co. has President 

 Roosevelt, Intensity, Jerome Jones, 

 Bonnaffon and Eaton mums as fine as 

 any I have seen this seaon. Their Lor- 

 raines and cyclamens are selling fast. 



The Halifax Garden Co., through the 

 Boston Flower Growers' Sales Co., is 

 now disposing of an immense cut of 

 mums and carnations of excellent 

 quality. 



A. A. Reed, of Whitman, is still cut- 

 ting fine Cattleya labiata. He has a 

 splendid lot of Trianae in sheath and 

 has already cut a few. He will have 

 a fine crop of these for Christmas. In 

 his carnation houses, White Wonder, 

 Pink Delight, Gloriosa, White Enchant- 

 ress, White Perfection, Dorothy Gordon 

 and Beacon are looking extremely well. 



The Halifax Garden Co., of Halifax, 

 Mass., held its annual fall exhibition 

 at the greenhouses November 11 and 

 12, and several thousand people took 

 occasion to visit and inspect the ex- 

 tensive and up-to-date plant. Chrys- 

 anthemums and carnations are the lead- 

 ing specialties. 



S. J. Reuter, Westerly, R. I.; W. R. 

 Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., and George 

 E. Baldwin, Mamaroneck, N. Y., were 

 among recent visitors. 



William Sim's pansies almost take 

 people's breath away. Everything Mr. 

 Sim takes in hand he does well and his 

 pansies were never equaled in this 

 market. W. N. Craig. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. have bought 

 of the New York, New Haven & Hart- 

 ford railroad a parcel of land on Elm 

 street, Dedham, containing about seven 

 and one-quarter acres, and abutting the 

 present holdings of the grantees. The 

 buyers intend to build heating plants 

 and nurseries. 



Superior, Wis. — ^F. H. Eockwood is 

 erecting four additional greenhouses on 

 Elmira avenue, between Twenty-fourth 

 and Twenty-fifth streets. Three of the 

 new houses are each 20x100; the other 

 is 12x30. 



The accompanying cut shows a sample of the 



Many Shipments of Evergreens 



Being sent out by the firm of 



J. H. Von Canon & Co. 



BANNERS ELK, N. C. 



Wlio are doing quite an extensive business in this line. 



They have recently built a large annex to their 

 packing and storage department, which is under the 

 management of Mr. R. L. Cook, a man of eigliteen years' 

 experience in the Evergreen business. 



The Gralax and Leucothoe, shown in this picture, 

 only abound in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in the heart 

 of wliicli this firm is located, and are handled direct 

 from the pickers, with whom they have season contracts, 

 having control of 12,000 acres of evergreen territory. 



Mention The Review when you write. 



ST. LOUIS. 



The Market. 



The cut flower business last week 

 showed great improvement over that of 

 the preceding week. The west end 

 florists say they had a lot of work for 

 receptions, 'dinners and weddings. There 

 was also considerable plant trade, for 

 which the weather was then just right. 

 Now, since the weather has become so 

 much colder, we can look for a steady 

 general business. 



The wholesale markets, too, are re- 

 ceiving much better stock in all va- 

 rieties, especially in mums, violets and 

 carnations, and prices have advanced 

 on fancy grades. All roses are arriving 

 in fine condition and in large quanti- 



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Manufactured by 



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10,000 $1.75 50,000 $7.60 



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ties, and, in spite of the big supply of 

 mums, are having an excellent sale. 

 Violets are limited in quantity and are 

 cleaned up daily. Fancy mums and 

 carnations are selling well. Valley and 

 lilies are plentiful. There was a good 

 call for smilax all through the week, 

 and for other greens as well. 



Club Meeting. 



The Florists' Club held a most in- 



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