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The Florists' Review 



Febuuahv 5, 1914. 



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BOSTON. 



The Market 



Flowers, with the i)08sible exception 

 of roses, are now nuuh more .ibundant. 

 J^ast week prices hehl up well, but now 

 increased supplies are causing a drop 

 in man}- staples. The weather, for some 

 days, has been unusually warm for mid- 

 winter. January ."50 the temperature 

 reached 60 degrees in the shade and 

 this naturally brought flowers along with 

 a rush. Hoses are not yet overplentiful, 

 and prices even on short-stemmed stock 

 are holding up well. Beauties continue 

 scarce, but Killarney Queens and Rich- 

 monds are more plentiful; so are Wards 

 an<l Killarneys. Kussells are now of 

 grand quality. Carnations are a little 

 lower in price, owing to increased sup- 

 jdies; the same is true of violets. Sin- 

 gles are now blooming much more freely, 

 and indications now are for a good sup- 

 ply for St. Valentine 's day. Sweet peas 

 were surely never more plentiful or of 

 grander quality at this season. The 

 Jargest proportion seen are of the Spen- 

 cer ty])e, the best making $2 per hun- 

 dred. In Dutch bulbous flowers, a much 

 larger assortment of tulips and narcissi 

 are coming in. Of Paper Whites there 

 is still an ample supply, but Romans 

 are Hearing the end. Freesias are still 

 abundant and goo<l. Lilies, callas and 

 valley are all fine, and the last named 

 sells well. Mignonette is extra fine; so 

 .are calendulas. Some of the latter with 

 24-inch stems have made $12 per hun- 

 4lred. A little more snapdragon is seen, 

 while yellow marguerites come some- 

 what more freely. 



('attleya Triana* is still plentiful, and 

 Phalffnopsis amabilis is also seen in fair 

 quantity. Gardenias are abundant for 

 midwinter, while the quality is grand. 

 Adiantum fronds are of better quality. 

 Asparagus Sprengeri and plumosus are 

 moving a little better. 



riower Market to Move. 



At a large and enthusiastic meeting 

 of the stockholders and stallholders of 

 the Boston Coojierative Flower Market, 

 held at* the Quincy House January ;!1, 

 it was unanimously voted to instruct 

 the directors to sign a lease for the 

 basement and street floor of the Carter- 

 Rice building, at 260 Devonshire street, 

 facing on Winthrop square, for a term 

 of years, for a flower market. The new 

 location, on which necessary alterations 

 will be rushed, has i;i,000 feet of floor 

 space, or four times that of the present 

 market on Park street. It is conveni- 

 ently fitted up in every way, is near the 

 South Terminal and all express com- 

 panies and has unequaled teaming facil- 

 ities. 



The management expects to have the 

 market ready for occupancy about 

 March 1. On the street floor, spaces will 

 be allotted for 337 stalls, 4x4 feet, al- 

 lowing for 6-foot aisles, in addition to 

 leaving considerable space to lease to 

 dealers in sundries, etc., for which there 

 are already many applications. With 

 the removal of this market to W^inthrop 

 square, practically the entire wholesale 

 flower business of Boston will be cen- 



Wholesale Cut Flower Prices. 



Boston. Feb. 4, 1914. 



Per 100 



Beauty, Specials $40.00 @ $60.00 



Extra 20 00 @ 30.00 



Shortatems 8.00 @ 15.00 



Shawyers. Russells 5.00 # 25.00 



Killarney 4.00 @ 12.00 



White Killarney 4.00 @ 10.00 



Dark Pink Killarney 5.00 @ 12.00 



Double White Killarney 5.00 @ 12.00 



Killarney Queen 5.00® 20.00 



Mrs. Aaron Ward 4.00 @ 10.00 



Lady Hillingdon 4.00® 8.00 



Richmond, Rhea Seid 4.00® 16.00 



Sunburst 4.00 @ 16 00 



Ri voire (Bulgarie. Taft) 5.00® 12.00 



Carnations 2.00® t.OO 



Cattleyas 35.00 @ 40.00 



Lily of the Valley 2.00® 4.00 



Easter Lilies 10.00 ® 12.60 



Qardenlas 10.00® 23.00 



Pansies 35 ® .60 



Single Violets 30 @ .50 



Double Violets ^'^ @- -50 



Marguerites .... 1.00 @ 2 00 



Antirrhinums 3.00 ® 10.00 



Sweet Peas 50 ® 2 dO 



Mignonette 4.00® 6.00 



Paper Whites, Romans 1.00® J. 50 



Cypripedlums 8.00 @ 12.00 



Callas 8.00 @ 12.50 



Tulips 2.00® 3.00 



Daffodils 1.60 a 2.50 



Freesias 3.00® 6.00 



tered there, including the Boston Flower 

 Exchange, Welch Bros. Co., H. M. Rob- 

 inson & Co., B. A. Snyder & Co., N. F. 

 McCarthy & Co., and the New England 

 Florist Supply Co, The stockholders of 

 the Boston Cooperative Market are 

 united and enthusiastic, and are con- 



fident of their ability to double their 

 business at the new st9,nd. 



Various Notes. _ 



William J. Patterson, of Wollaston, 

 has splendid Murillo, Couronne d'Or 

 and I'rosperity tulips, also Golden Spur 

 and Von Sion. He also specializes in 

 wallflowers and scented geraniums. 



Paul E. Richwagen, of Needham, has 

 the sympathy of many friends in the 

 death of his mother, which occurred 

 January 26. Mrs. Richwagen had 

 reached the ripe old age of 85. Inter- 

 ment was at Forest Hills cemetery Janu- 

 ary 29. 



N. E. Boyle, of Maiden, likes Rose 

 Milady and is cutting a fine crop of it. 

 He has a splendid lot of Killarney, 

 White Killarney and Hillingdon. Of 

 giganteum lilies, he has 65,000 coming 

 along for Easter. 



Frank J. Dolansky and wife spent a 

 few days in New York last week. He 

 is still cutting plenty of Cattleya Tri- 

 ana; and will have a fine cut for St. 

 Valentine 's day. Of Schrcederses and 

 Mossia's he has a big crop coming in, 

 and of Mossiffis he will have 25,000 for 

 Easter. His gardenias are of superb 

 quality; some of these he is shipping to 

 New York. 



Henry Penn left February 4 for a 

 week's visit to Philadelphia and New 

 York. He believes that in spite of de- 

 pressed trade conditions, business in vol- 

 ume for .January, 1914, will just about 



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We have the healthiest stock of Gardenias in the country, and are now booking 

 orders for young stock to he delivered in March and later. 



2^-inch pots, $10.00 per 100; 3-iiich pots, $15.00 per 100 



F. J. DOLANSKY, 



114 

 Market St., 



Lynn, Mass, 



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Orchid Grower 

 FALL RIVER, MASS. 



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