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The Weekly Florists^ Re vie w^ 



January 25, 1912. 



FATE AND FISHERMEN. 



There's a divinity tiiat shapes eur ends, 

 IJouyli-liew tlieai liew we will. 



It is an intcTOHtiii^' coincidonce that 

 I'aul M. Jirvaiit and Charles Morrison 

 Diekiusou mot and became I'rionds 

 while fishing in noitliern Wisconsin. 

 That was in 1910. In 11)11 Mr. Dick- 

 inson induced Mr. liryant to join him 

 in the niana<j;oinont of tiio business of 

 K. II. Hunt, the wichdy 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 aifairs unforeseen by 

 the fishermen. 



Mr. Bryant is a native of Milwau- 

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

 you are quick at figures, you can reckon 

 that he will be 2') years of age the 

 8unday 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 comi)any, where he had 

 several years of the best kind of busi- 

 ness training, including manufacturing, 

 selling, accounting antl general manage- 

 ment. He went with the Hunt corpo- 

 ration February 1, 1911. It is a busi- 

 ness that dates back to 1878. 



Mr. Brj'ant now makes his home at 

 I'ark Ridge, where he has a inother 

 and sister whose }>ride in him is a sjiur 

 that prevents anytiiing short of his 

 best effort. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



\\'eather conditions ha\i' not been 

 particularly favorable to trade, but, 

 on the whole, there is little cause for 

 complaint, as clearances have been 

 (piite satisfactory. Koses are in short 

 (•r<i|i and ha\e been selling jiarticularly 

 well. Beauties are ratlier scarce and 

 are bringing higli ]irices for the season. 

 Kichmond with the leading growers 

 also is oil" crop. i\illarneys. both pink 

 and white, have lieen in demand, also 

 the yellow varieties. Mrs. Waddell, 

 Hillingdon and Ward. The call for 

 Prince de Bulgarie is excellent, but 

 the supply is not sutTiciently large. Car- 

 nations are much more plentiful than 

 roses and }>rices are not what they 

 should be; few sold over .*3 per hun- 

 dred last week, and even now $4 

 is absolute top jirice on fancies. Vio- 

 lets alwaj's drop in the coldest weather, 

 but sweet peas, which are of superb 

 (piality, are selling well. Among trum- 

 j»et narcissi quite a few Victoria and 

 Empenir now are seen, also poeticus 

 ornatus. In tulips Thomas Moore and 

 La lieine are leaders. There is an 

 abuiulance of Freesia Purity. Pansies 

 sell rather slowly. Stevia is over for 

 the seastin. Marguerites soil well. 

 Some superl> mignonette is seen. The 

 best makes $1 per dozen. For lilies 

 the demand is good. A'alley is less 

 abundant, but amide for all calls. Car- 

 denias are ]i]entiful and of fine quality, 

 but tlie demand is not iObust. Cat- 

 tleyas are getting overabundant also, 

 while cypripediunis 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 



oflicers attracted an attendance of ^.Ifl 

 to the meeting .lanuary 23. The new 

 officers are: I'resident, Thomas Pegler; 

 \ice-president, AV. .1. Kennedy; treas- 

 urer, Peter Fisher; secretary, W. N. 

 Craig; executive I'ominittee, P. M. 

 Miller, W. .7. Patterson, II. II. Bartsch 

 and William Sim. Eacdi made short, 

 optimistic addresses. Treasurer Fish- 

 er's report showed finances to bo 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 3.55, 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. 



exhiljits. During the year 7,500 pieces 

 of mail were sent out. 



Committees were appointed as fol- 

 lows: 



Exhil)its — William Downs, chair- 

 man; Christensen, (ieorge Page, Eber 

 Holmes, .Tnlius Heurlin, tieorge Ander- 

 son, Alex. McKay, William Patterson 

 Sander, A. E. Thatcher. .1. Van Leeu- 

 wen, 'I'homas Coles, Thomas Roland, 

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



]'>nfertainment — W. 1). N'ickerson, 

 (diairman; (ieorge Butti^rworth, Frank 

 Murray, (ieorge Xoyes, (Ieorge Ilarner, 

 A. (•. Sawyer, John Rcid. 



Eight new members were elected. 



Peter Fisher showed tarnation Re- 

 nora and received a report of superior 

 merit. James Wheeler set up Princess 

 Charming in excellent form. Sidney 

 Hoffman showed Carnations P.eacon, 

 White Perfection., Rose j'ink Ench;int- 

 ress an.l a sport of Patten, (ieorge Page 

 lirought a sport from Beacon. Mont- 

 rose Greenhouses showed fine dark Kil- 

 larneys. AV. W. IM^ar Co. exhibited a 

 do/,(>n 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- 

 |nng trade holds up well in spite of 

 the cold weather. This energetic firm 

 has just opened a New York branch 

 store for the sale of cut flowers and all 

 kinds of sundries at 40 West Twenty- 

 sixth street. Josei)h 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. I'Yeesia 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 Coiiper- 

 ative Market. 



J. Leach & Son, of North Easton, are 

 cutting splendid Ereesia 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-fiowered 

 plants of Dendrobium nobile, also cat- 

 tleyas and cyprii)ediums in variety. The 

 new Waban Conservatories' rose, Mmo. 

 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 Coiiperative Market. 



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

 an extra fine lot of Golden Spur narcis- 

 sus. La Reine tulips and Dutch hy- 

 acinths, whi(di E. J. Rogean sells at the 

 Boston Flower Exchange. The same 

 salesman has grand single violets from 

 11. L. C^ox, of Winchester. 



Wm. Ihinnan & Sons, of Dorchester, 

 are shi)>ping quantities of well flo<v- 

 ered azaleas and Primula obconica to 

 tlic Jloston Cooperative Market. 



W. R. Morris, of Wellesley, who is 

 one of our best rose specialists, finds 

 that v.hiie 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. 

 Lembrokc and Peirce Bros. Their Kil- 

 larnev and White Killarney from Mc- 

 Ali.in'e, of Exeter, N. IL, "are superb. 

 Sweet peas in great numbers are com- 

 ing from Messrs. Sim and Pembroke, 

 valley from Wm. Jurgens and cattloyas 

 and gardenias from Messrs. Dolansky, 

 K'fdarid and Peirce. 



:Manu Bros., of Randolph, are in the 

 market with large cuts of Narcissus 

 jioeticus ornatus and fine Victorias, and 

 :nnong 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 

 with each. 



Alexander Porter, of Woburn, is 

 sending daily shipments of excellent 



