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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



JANUABT 25, 1012. 



FATE AND FISHERMEN. 



There's a divinity that shapes our ends, 

 Rough-hew them how we will. 



It is an interesting coincidence that 

 Paul M. Bryant and Charles Morrison 

 Dickinson met and became friends 

 while fishing in northern Wisconsin. 

 That was in 1910. In 1911 Mr. Dick- 

 inson induced Mr. Bryant to join him 

 in the management of the business of 

 E. H. Hunt, the widely known Chicago 

 house, and with the opening of 1912 

 Mr. Bryant took over the majority of 

 the stock interest held since the death 

 of E. H. Hunt by Mrs. Hunt and her 

 son, Mr. Dickinson, assuming the con- 

 trol of the corporation. It certainly 

 was a progress of affairs unforeseen by 

 the fishermen. 



Mr. Bryant ia a native of Milwau- 

 kee, born April 14, 1887, from which, if 

 you are quick at figures, you can reckon 

 that he will be 25 years of age the 

 Sunday after Easter, After going 

 through the grade and high schools of 

 the Cream City, Mr. Bryant went into 

 the employ of a big wholesale cigar 

 manufacturing company, where he had 

 several years of the best kind of busi- 

 ness training, including manufacturing, 

 selling, accounting and general manage- 

 ment. He went with the Hunt corpo- 

 ration February 1, 1911. It is a busi- 

 ness that dates back to 1878. 



Mr. Bryant now makes his home at 

 Park Bidge, where he has a mother 

 and sister whose pride in him is a spur 

 that prevents anything short of his 

 best effort. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Weather conditions have not been 

 particularly favorable to trade, but, 

 on the whole, there is little cause for 

 complaint, as clearances have been 

 quite satisfactory, Roses are in short 

 crop and have been selling particularly 

 well. Beauties are rather scarce and 

 are bringing high prices for the season. 

 Richmond with the leading growers 

 also is off crop. Killarneys, both pink 

 and white, have been in demand, also 

 the yellow varieties, Mrs. Waddell, 

 Hillingdon and Ward. The call for 

 Prince de Bulgarie is excellent, but 

 the supply is not sufficiently large. Car- 

 nations are much more plentiful than 

 roses and prices are not what they 

 should be; few sold over $3 per hun- 

 dred last week, and even now $4 

 is absolute top price on fancies. Vio- 

 lets always drop in the coldest weather, 

 but sweet peas, which are of superb 

 quality, are selling well. Among trum- 

 pet narcissi quite a few Victoria and 

 Emperor now are seen, also poeticus 

 ornatus. In tulips Thomas Moore and 

 La Reine are leaders. There is an 

 abundance of Freesia Purity. Pansies 

 sell rather slowly. Stevia is over for 

 the season. Marguerites sell well. 

 Some guperb mignonette is seen. The 

 best makes $1 per dozen. For lilies 

 the demand is good. Valley is less 

 abundant, but ample for all calls. Gar- 

 denias are plentiful and of fine quality, 

 but the demand is not vobust. Cat- 

 tleyas are getting overabundant also, 

 while cypripediums are slow to move. 

 Small lots of white lilac are seen, and 

 among other miscellaneous flowers seen 

 are dimorphothecas, lupines and prim- 

 roses. 



Club Meeting. 



Ladies' night and installation of 



officers attracted an attendance of 350 

 to the meeting January 23. The new 

 officers are: President, Thomas Pegler; 

 vice-president, W. J. Kennedy; treas- 

 urer, Peter Fisher; secretary, W. N. 

 Craig; executive committee, P. M. 

 Miller, W. J. Patterson, H. H. Bartsch 

 and William Sim. Each made short, 

 optimistic addresses. Treasurer Fish- 

 er's report showed finances to be in a 

 sound condition, with a good balance 

 on the right side. The secretary re- 

 ported the largest attendance at meet- 

 ings in 1911 to have been 355, smallest 

 98, average 173, Sixty-eight new 

 members were admitted. One report of 

 highest merit, six reports of superior 

 merit and nine reports of merit were 

 made, also thirty-four minor awards to 



Paul M. Bryant. 



exhibits. During the year 7,500 pieces 

 of mail were sent out. 



Committees were appointed as fol- 

 lows: 



Exhibits — William Downs, chair- 

 man; Christensen, George Page, Eber 

 Holmes, Julius Heurlin, George Ander- 

 son, Alex, McKay, William Patterson 

 Sander, A. E. Thatcher, J. Van Leeu- 

 wen, Thomas Coles, Thomas Roland, 

 W. C. Rust, A. A. Pembroke. 



Entertainment — W. D. Nickerson, 

 chairman; George Butterworth, Frank 

 Murray, George Noyes, George Harner, 

 A. G. Sawyer, John Reid. 



Eight new members were elected. 



Peter Fisher showed Carnation Be- 

 nora and received a report of superior 

 merit. James Wheeler set up Princess 

 Charming in excellent form. Sidney 

 Hoffman showed Carnations Beacon, 

 White Perfection, Rose-pink Enchant- 

 ress and a sport of Patten. George Page 

 brought a sport from Beacon. Mont- 

 rose Greenhouses showed fine dark Kil- 

 larneys. W. W. Edgar Co. exhibited a 

 dozen genistas. 



The entertainment was provided by 

 Emmanuel Quartette, with solos by 

 Messrs. Littlefield, Tasker, Nash and 

 Williams, and Mrs. McKeon. Dances 

 by the Misses Irvine were a pleasant 

 feature. 



Various Notes. 



R. S, Edgar has the sympathy of the 

 trade in the death last week of his son^ 

 3 years old. 



Henry M. Robinson & Co. say ship- 

 ping trade holds up well in spite of 

 the cold weather. This energetic firm 

 hafe just opened a New York branch 

 store for the sale of cut flowers and all 

 kinds of sundries at 46 West Twenty- 

 sixth street. Joseph Margolis, one of 

 the firm, who attended the Detroit con- 

 vention, enjoyed his visit there and 

 visited friends in Saginaw, Mich., while 

 away. 



William R, Nicholson is cutting 

 grand mignonette. He is also sending 

 regular shipments of the same to Phil- 

 adelphia. Freesia Purity and margue- 

 rites are also unusually fine at present. 

 Mr, Nicholson will move several of the 

 oldest houses, built by his father in 

 .1890, and build a wide house 200 feet 

 long to accommodate 15,000 more car- 

 nations. 



John T. Gale, of Tewksbury, has fine 

 Campbell violets, and in carnations is 

 strong on Beacon and Fair Maid. Geo. 

 W. Foster, of the same town, has a 

 fine lot of carnations. Each grower's 

 pick is handled at the Boston Cooper- 

 ative Market. 



J. Leach & Son, of North Easton, are 

 cutting splendid Freesia Purity. Their 

 carnations are also excellent, especially 

 their new seedling. Pink Supreme. 



At Galvin's Tremont street store the 

 last week I noted some well-flowered 

 plants of Dendrobium nobile, also cat- 

 tleyas and cypripediums in variety. The 

 new Waban Conservatories' rose, Mme. 

 Charles Russell, showed up in great 

 shape. 



H. M. Howard, of West Newton, is 

 having splendid success with Princess 

 of Wales violets this season. His flow- 

 ers are all handled by B. J. McGinty 

 at the Boston Cooperative Market. 



H. W. Vose, of Hyde Park, is cutting 

 an extra fine lot of Golden Spur narcis- 

 sus. La Reine tulips and Dutch hy- 

 acinths, which E. J. Rogean sells at the 

 Boston Flower Exchange. The same 

 salesman has gi'and single violets from 

 H. L. Cox, of Winchester. 



Wm. Hannan & Sons, of Dorchester, 

 are shipping quantities of well flow- 

 ered azaleas and Primula obconica to 

 the Boston Cooperative Market. 



W. R. Morris, of Wellesley, who is 

 one of cur best rose specialists, finds 

 that while he practically loses his first 

 crop of flowers on own-root Killarneys, 

 they average up better than the grafted 

 plants before the end of the season. 



The Flower Growers' Sales Co. is 

 receiving grand carnations from F. R. 

 Putnam, Halifax Gardens Co., A. A. 

 Pembroke and Peiree Bros. Their Kil- 

 larney and White Killarney from Mc- 

 Alpine, of Exeter, N. H,, are superb. 

 Sweet peas in great numbers are com- 

 ing from Messrs. Sim and Pembroke, 

 valley from Wm, Jurgens and cattleyas 

 and gardenias from Messrs. Dolansky, 

 Roland and Peiree. 



Manu Bros., of Randolph, are in the 

 market with large cuts of Narcissus 

 poeticus ornatus and fine Victorias, and 

 among tulips their Thomas Moore and 

 La Reine are noteworthy. 



Malcolm Orr, of Saugus, is this year 

 specializing in double violets and sweet 

 peas and is having splendid success 



Alexander Porter, of Wobuni, is 

 sending daily shipments of excellent 



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