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The Weekly Florists* Review. 



Febbdary 1, 1912. 



this his specialty, and has over a 

 thousand fine plants in his houses. 



A. Moltz has leased the entire sec- 

 ond floor of the Coogan building and 

 has sublet nearly all of it. He will 

 occupy the same office and store he has 

 held for the last year and will handle 

 all kinds of cut flowers as usual. 



J. Austin Shaw. 



Wertheimer Bros, say the spring sea 

 son is opening up most promisingly. 

 Reports from their ten traveling ,meu 

 are to the effect that the florists' trade 

 throughout the country is in a pros- 

 perous condition. 



The New York and New Jersey Asso- 

 ciation of Plant Growers will hold its 

 monthly meeting at the Astor House 

 February 6 at 3 p. m. 



Judge Hough has dismissed the peti- 

 tion in bankruptcy filed January 16 

 against A. Moltz & Co., 55 West Twenty- 

 sixth street, on consent of creditors. 

 Mr. Moltz claimed the firm is solvent; 

 the partnership is to be dissolved and 

 he will assume all the debts. Maurice L. 

 Glass was the other partner. 



BOCHESTEB. 



The Market. 



The automobile show and the Jan- 

 uary commencements had a vitalizing 

 influence on the business of last week. 

 Few cities can boast of graduations of 

 public schools semiannually, as Eoches- 

 ter can, and flowers as graduation gifts 

 are always in evidence. Business in 

 general was much brisker than in the 

 previous week, because the weather 

 had moderated considerably, so that 

 shippers were about in greater numbers. 



Roses were extremely scarce last 

 week and the prices were almost 

 doubled. Fancy Tafts and Killarneys 

 went for $4 and $5. Beauties brought 

 $10 and $12; Richmonds, $3 and $4. 

 The Mrs. Aaron Ward roses were all 

 quite short-stemmed and they went for 

 $2.50 per dozen, as did short Killarneys. 

 It was necessary to draw on the Chicago 

 market for special orders of Perle roses. 



Carnations are plentiful and of splen- 

 did quality. Cattleyas are still flooding 

 the market and are cheap, to say the 

 least. Easter lilies and callas are 

 bringing good prices, because they are 

 scarce. 



The display in all the florists' win- 

 dows consists of spring flowers, _ both 

 plants and cut blooms. Pussy willows 

 are in great favor at present and add 

 artistic touches to baskets and plants. 

 Violets are falling off in supply, but 

 the demand is still firm. 



Various Notes. 



S. A. Anderson, of Buffalo, N. Y., 

 was in town on business last week. 



At the regular meeting of the park 

 board, held January 25, Alexander B. 

 Lamberton was again chosen president 

 of the board. William C. Barry was 

 made first vice-president; H. F. At- 

 wood, second vice-president, and John E. 

 Durand, third vice-president. 



Charles Sharpe, of H. E. Wilson's, 

 entertained his parents, from Hornell, 

 N. Y., last week. 



Miss Nettie Mahr has been assisting 

 at the store of the Rochester Floral Co. 

 for a few days. 



Word has been received from the 

 Misses Bradstreet, who are in Daytona, 

 Fla., that they have had cold weather 

 in the southland. 



Harry Brush, of George B. Hart's 



commission house, has returned from 

 New York city, where he had been 

 spending a few days. 



Mr. Weller, of Salter Bros., did a 

 pleasing table decoration of spring 

 flowers at the Powers hotel recently. 



Mrs. E. R. Fry made a high score 

 at the bowling club last week. It 

 was 340. 



George Arnold gave two talks at the 

 Farmers' Institute in Geneseo, N. Y., 

 not long ago. 



James Bishop, who had a paralytic 

 stroke last week, is improving slowly 

 but surely. 



The Julius Eoehrs Co., of Rutherford, 

 N. J., is shipping some fine cattleyas to 

 this city. 



, William C. Barry was again elected 

 president of the Western New York 

 Horticultural Society, after having 

 acted in that capacity for twenty 

 years, and John Hall was elected sec- 

 retary and treasurer, at the convention 

 which took place in this city January 

 24 to 26. 



George Kramer has discontinued his 

 activities with S. A. Anderson, of Buf- 

 falo, and is again residing in Rochester. 



George J. Keller has begun cutting 

 his crop of myosotis and it is bringing 

 a fancy price. 



F. C. Wallace, of Canandaigua, was 

 in town last week. 



Visitors: R. J. Irwin, New York 

 city; Julius Dilloff, of Schloss Bros. 



E. C. A. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



We have had several successive days 

 of severe cold, which as usual has had 

 a somewhat depressing effect on busi- 

 ness, and, with the exception of roses, 

 there is an oversupply in nearly all 

 lines of stock. Roses continue to 

 clear out in short order, white varie- 

 ties moving almost as well as the 

 colored ones. Prices on Beauties hold 

 up well and these are not at all plenti- 

 ful. Antoine Rivoire or Prince de Bul- 

 garie is a good selling rose and many 

 more could be disposed of. Radiance 

 also takes well; all the yellow shaded 

 roses are also in good demand. Car- 

 nations are in oversupply and prices 

 are about the same as a week ago. 

 The quality leaves little to be desired. 

 Violets seem to be opening slowly and 

 are not in large supply, but ample for 

 the demand. Sweet peas were surely 

 never .seen in such numbers in mid- 

 winter, nor of finer quality. The supply 

 far exceeds the demand, however. 



Prices on bulbous stock have been 

 practically cut in two. Golden Spurs 

 which were selling at $4 are down to 

 $2, and even $1 per hundred. Princeps, 

 Victoria, Emperor and Single Von Sion 

 are other trumpet varieties. There is 

 also plenty of poeticus ornatus. Tulips 

 are abundant and of fine quality. Val- 

 ley is in better supply, but the sales 

 are uncertain. There are also many 

 more Easter lilies coming in. Mar- 

 guerites are more abundant. The yellow 

 variety sells the best. There is still 

 a good supply of freesia. Of antir- 

 rhinum some splendid shipments are 

 seen, as of mignonette. Orchids are 

 overplentiful, cattleyas especially being 

 hard to move. Quite a few La^lia 

 anceps, dendrobes, Phalsenopsis and 

 other varieties, are seen. Gardenias are 

 an uncertain sale. Asparagus and ferns 

 sell quite well. 



Plant trade is better. Among other 



flowering subjects now offered are aza- 

 leas, lilacs, genistas, metrosideros, 

 double cherries, mains, deutzias,. aca- 

 cias, marguerites and ericas. 



Various Notes. 



Thomas Pegler has been appointed 

 manager for the Flower Growers' Sales 

 Co., entering on his duties January 29. 

 The company hardly could have found 

 a more popular, energetic or better 

 posted man. Mr. Pegler recently was 

 elected president of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club. 



George E. Buxton, of Nashua, N. H., 

 is one of the largest shippers of high 

 grade carnations to the Boston whole- 

 sale markets. His leaders this season 

 are Pink Delight, White Wonder, Glori- 

 osa. Beacon, Winsor, White Enchant- 

 ress, White Perfection and Bon Ami, 

 one of his own seedlings. He also had 

 grand mignonette ani some of the 

 finest pink antirrhinums, of a pure 

 color, coming into the city. 



I noted in P. L. Carbone's Boyleston 

 street store last week many grand 

 specimens of lilacs in variety, Azalea 

 mollis. Acacia pubescens, amaryllis, 

 specimen Azalea amcena, forsythias, 

 prunus, and many other interesting 

 plants. Mr. Carbone has had some 

 large decorations of late and the store 

 always seems busy. New and extensive 

 wholesale quarters at 263 Summer 

 street and 10 Melcher street are now 

 filled with a big stock of Italian flower 

 ware, rustic garden furniture, baskets, 

 etc., which branch shows a great in- 

 crease in business. 



W. B. Goodenow, of Stoughton, is 

 recovering from a couple of broken 

 ribs, the result of a fall on the ice a 

 few days ago. Mr. Goodenow has some 

 of the finest Campbell violets seen in 

 the local market. 



Prof. E. F. Hitchings, of Orono, 

 Me., lectured before a good audience 

 at Horticultural hall January 27, his 

 subject being "Insect Pests and Their 

 Control." 



Mention was inadvertently omitted 

 of the singing of the Boston Flower 

 Exchange trio at the last club meet- 

 ing. The vocalists were James Mc- 

 Carthy, Nathan Lerner and "Happy" 

 Lerner. Their selections were vigor- 

 ously applauded and great credit is due 

 Wm. McAlpine, their efficient manager. 



H. W. Vose, of Hyde Park, at the 

 Boston Flower Exchange sold from 

 8,000 to 10,000 Golden Spur narcissi 

 daily last week, in addition to his 

 other bulbous flowers. His La Reine 

 tulips are fine. 



The members of the Boston Flower 

 Exchange collected and sent a purse of 

 $20 to the widow and six children of 

 Silas N. Phelps, who was electrocuted 

 at Boston, January 26, for murdering 

 a deputy sheriff. 



Galvin's windows on Tremont street 

 have contained a fine assortment of 

 old-fashioned hand bouquets with paper 

 holders. Comments of onlookers were 

 favorable. 



Last week developed quite a demand 

 for yellow carnations, which could only 

 be partially filled. At present Messrs. 

 W. R. Nicholson and S. J. Goddard, of 

 Framingham, are about the only grow- 

 ers of yellow carnations. Golden Ray 

 with them is promising. 



Aubrey A. Pembroke, of Beverly, 

 through the Flower Growers* Sales Co., 

 is selling thousands of sweet peas daily. 

 He also has a splendid lot of carna- 

 tions. 



The midwinter flower show at Horti- 



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