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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



December 21, 1911. 



for several days. December 16 the skies 

 were dark and rain fell practically the 

 whole day. This did not, however, deter 

 a large number from going in the spe- 

 cial car to the Gardeners' and Florists' 

 Club 's field day at Framingham. Over 

 sixty journeyed from Boston, and addi- 

 tions from Natick, Wellesley and other 

 towns swelled the total attendance to 

 o:^.r 100. The establishment of W. E. 

 Nicholson was first visited. Carnations 

 are the leading specialty here, and were 

 all in grand crop for Christmas. In the 

 largest house 6,000 plants are grown, 

 the varieties being Harry Fenn, White 

 Enchantress, Mrs. C. W. Ward and Pink 

 Delight. In one house a number of new 

 kinds were growing. " Golden Ray was 

 splendid and is the finest of its color 

 up to date. Princess Charming showed 

 up well. Washington did not look so 

 well as some other sorts. White Wonder 

 is grown in quantity and is the best 

 of its color. Beacon and Scarlet Glow 

 were both extra fine, also Gloriosa. Mr, 

 Nicholson likes Benson 's White En- 

 chantress better than any other form, 

 and it certainly did look superb. Cut- 

 tings in thousands were already rooted 

 and rooting in the propagating house. A 

 house of mignonette was splendid. 

 White and yellow marguerites are 

 grown in quantity and were heavily 

 flowered. The new double white, Mrs. 

 F. Sander, looked first-class. Shamrocks 

 in tens of thousands were noted; also a 

 fine lot of the Godfrey calla, violets 

 and a grand lot of Freesia Purity, 

 carrying remarkably long and stout 

 stems. Everything here was clean and 

 showed that W. E. Nicholson is a chip 

 of the old block. 



The next move was to S. J. God- 

 dard's, and Sam had his houses in^pple- 

 pie order. On entering the packing shed 

 a fine vase of the new scarlet, St. Nich- 

 olas, sent on by the raisers, Baur & 

 Steinkanip, Indianapolis, caught the vis- 

 itors' eyes. The flowers stood up as 

 if they were fresh picked and caused 

 many favorable comments. The three 

 large carnation houses here carried a 

 grand holiday crop. Helen Goddard, as 

 grown here, beats anything of its color 

 to date. Fenn was fine, Beacon grand. 

 A long bench of White Perfection would 

 be hard to duplicate. Gloriosa was well 

 grown, and Mr. Goddard thinks highly 

 of both this and White Wonder. White 

 Enchantress looked superb. Many new 

 kinds were on trial. Golden Eay was 

 blooming profusely. There were a num- 

 ber of English varieties also. The best 

 in a large batch was Eegina, salmon 

 pink in color; this variety will be more 

 heard from. In addition to the carna- 

 tions, a fine house of stevia was noted, 

 excellent Purity freesid, swainsona, or- 

 chids in variety and marguerites, also 

 a fine assortment of Christmas plants 

 for home trade. Coffee and sandwiches 

 were served here, after which a move 

 was made to J. T. Butterworth 's, in 

 South Framingham. 



Here orchids are a leading feature 

 and fill several houses. Their condition 

 was first-class. Though cattleya flow- 

 ers were being closely cut, some fine 

 C. labiata were still in evidence, as well 

 as C. Percivaliana, and a grand lot of 

 C. Trianae, including a fine specimen of 

 C. Trianae alba. Some good cattleya 

 hybrids were also flowering for the first 

 time. Dendrobium Phalaenopsis Schroe- 

 deriana was in fine crop. In cypripe- 

 diums, 8,000 flowers of C. insigne were 

 open, practically all ordered for the holi- 



[CoDcluded on page 82.] 



New York and New Jersey Plant Growers on Tour, 



PLANT GBOWEBS ON TOUE. 



The annual fall inspection tour of 

 the members of the New York and New 

 Jersey Association of Plant Growers 

 took place recently. The trip took 

 two days and the members were con- 

 veyed in automobiles to seventeen es- 

 tablishments on Long Island and four- 

 teen in New Jersey. On the Long 

 Island trip a noonday stop was made at 

 the dining hall of John Niederstein, 

 Middle Village, where under Frederick 

 Marquardt's direction a sumptuous meal 

 -had been prepared. The photograph 

 reproduced on this page was taken at 

 Middle Village by Miss Marie Mar- 

 quardt. It will be noticed that F. E. 

 Pierson, ex-president of the S. A. F., 

 who occupied the front seat, was the 

 fiuiding spirit of the larger car, while 

 the committee's car was dominated by 

 such large bodies as A. L. Miller and 

 Anton Schultheis. Not only was the trip 

 instructive and profitable, but the mem- 

 bers had an enjoyable time. 



TORONTO. 



The Market. 



The big rush is on and everyone is 

 heels over head in work. Increased 

 staffs in all the stores give ample evi- 

 dence of this. Really good stock is 

 scarce, although there is plenty of the 

 poorer grades. The small amount of 

 first-class stock is attributed to the bad 

 weather. During the last month we 

 have not had two days of sunshine. 

 Good poinsettias are hard to get and 

 as these are much wanted at this sea- 

 son, the scarcity will be keenly felt. 

 Eoses, carnations and violets of almost 

 top quality are quite plentiful. Of late, 

 the weather, while cold, has been abso- 

 lutely without snow. Eetailers are pray- 

 ing for a fall of at least enough to 

 cover the ground, as this gives a more 

 Christmasy air and helps business con- 

 siderably. 



Immortelle wreaths and bells are tak- 

 ing the place of holly to a large extent. 

 Many retailers who have heretofore han- 

 dled holly and wreathing say they will 

 not touch it this year, but will leave 

 it to the grocers and fruiterers. They 

 state there is no money in it. People 

 buy a 25-cent wreath and expect the 

 florist to send the wagon or automo- 



bile a couple of miles to deliver it. 

 Christmas trees are scarce, importations 

 being made from as far away as New 

 Brunswick. 



Various Notes. 



J. H. Dunlop imported a big shipment 

 of Italian pottery. These are finding a 

 ready sale at this season. Mr. Scrim, 

 late of Ottawa, Out., is now engaged in 

 J. H. Dunlop 's store. 



J. S. Simmons has a fine lot of azaleas 

 and other flowering plants. He expects 

 to do a large trade in hampers and 

 fancy baskets. He recently purchased 

 a new motor truck for delivery pur- 

 poses. Business at his new north end 

 store is excellent. E. A. F. 



HARTFORD, CONN. 



At the annual meeting of the Con- 

 necticut Horticultural Society, Decem- 

 ber 8, the members showed their im- 

 plicit confidence in their officers of the 

 last year by reelecting every single one, 

 thus giving testimony of their apprecia- 

 tion of the work done during 1911. 



The officers are: President, John F. 

 Huss, Hartford; vice-presidents, J. A. 

 Weber, Hertford; Alex Gumming, Jr., 

 Hartford; Carl Peterson, West Hart- 

 ford; county vice-presidents, Litchfield, 

 Walter Angus, of Chapinville; Fairfield, 

 C. H. Plump, of West Bedding; New 

 Haven, J. H. Slocombe, of New Haven; 

 New London, A. E. Mitchell, of Nor- 

 wich; Windham, F. M. Smith, of Willi- 

 mantic; Tolland, Chauncey Turney, of 

 Rockville; Middlesex, A. E. Curtis, of 

 Deep River; secretary, G. W. Smith, 

 Melrose; treasurer, W. W. Hunt, Hart- 

 ford; librarian, W. T. Hall, Hartford; 

 botanist, G. W. Smith, Melrose; pomolo- 

 gist, C. H. Sierman, Hartford. 



About thirty members of the society 

 were present and the year 's work was 

 reviewed, showing a total membership 

 of 211, cash on hand $121.68, and addi- 

 tional assets consisting of two shares 

 of ^tna Life ' Insurance stock. Eeso- 

 lutions of regret on the death of Wm. 

 B. May, one of the society's founders, 

 were adopted. It was voted to draw 

 up a new constitution and set of by- 

 laws, and F. B. Parker was elected to 

 membership. 



J. A. Weber was awarded a diploma 

 for three pots of Cypripedium insigne 

 which he exhibited. 



