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The Florists' Review 



March 6, 1914. 



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BROCKTON, MASS. 



A fire, resulting from soot being 

 placed in a wooden box, started a blaze 

 Wednesday evening, February 25, at 

 the Copeland Greenhouses, Campello, 

 operated by William J. Marshall. Six 

 firemen had a narrow escape from death 

 when a floor on which they were stand- 

 ing collapsed. Owing to the deep snow, 

 only motor-driven vehicles reached the 

 scene of the fire, but these did good 

 work and the fire was largely confined 

 to the boiler room.^ More damage was 

 done to the plants in the greenhouses 

 by smoke and cold than by fire. Mr. 

 Marshall estimates his loss at about 

 $5,000. He will probably rebuild. 



William W. Hathaway has had an 

 active business at his Main street store 

 all the season, and expects the coming 

 Easter to be the best on record. His 

 carnations from Littlefield & Wyman 

 are extra fine. He handles all the up- 

 to-date roses, such as Hadley, Taft, 

 Russell and Sunburst. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Last week gave us almost continu- 

 ously clear skies, with temperatures 

 steadily rising to the end of the week. 

 The advent of March sees the ground 

 deeply buried in snow, but the increas- 

 ing rays of the sun are steadily melting 

 it, and spring does not now seem far 

 away. Lent has, as usual, caused a 

 cessation of social activity and trade 

 rules quiet all around. Carnations seem 

 to be in somewhat light crop and prices 

 are holding up remarkably well. Roses 

 are becoming quite plentiful and prices 

 show a sagging tendency. Beauties 

 continue scarce, but all the Killarneys 

 are abundant. Yellow varieties, such 

 as Hillingdon, Ward and Sunburst, all 

 show a weakening tendency. Richmond 

 is good, and Mrs. Taft retains its popu- 

 larity. 



There is a veritable glut of violets 

 and prices are low and quite unprofit- 

 able. Dutch bulbous flowers are in 

 heavy supply; first grade quality cleans 

 up well, but there is a decided surplus 

 of the poorer grades. Freesia continues 

 to come in of good quality. Sweet peas 

 are seen in great numbers; the grandi- 

 flora varieties, even with long stems, 

 are hard to sell in competition with the 

 new winter-flowering Spencers. Splen- 

 did spikes of Christmas Pink, worth $2 

 per hundred a year ago, are now hard 

 to move at 75 cents. 



There is an abundant orchid sup- 

 ply, with somewhat low prices. Valley 

 IS abundant and good. The clear 

 weather has increased the supply of 

 gardenias. In lilies the Formosas are 

 now more in evidence than the gigan- 

 teums. English primroses, yellow mar- 

 guerites and double bachelor's buttons 

 all sell well. Other miscellaneous flow- 

 ers move slowly. 



Club Banquet. 



There was an attendance of over 250 

 at the annual banquet of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club at Horticultural 

 hall, February 24, It was a pleasure 



Wholesale Cut Flower Prices. 



Beauty, Specials 



Extra 



Short sterna.... 



Shawyers, Russells 



Killamey 



White Killamey 



Dark Pink Killamey.. . . 

 Double White Killamey 



Killamey Queen 



Mrs. Aaron Ward 



Lady Hillinsdon 



Richmond, Rhea Reid 



Sunburst 



RiTOire (Bulcarie, Taft) 



CamationB 



Cattleyas 



Lily of the Valley 



Easter Lilies 



Oardenias 



Pansies 



Single Violets 



Double Violets 



Marguerites 



AntirrUnums 



Bweet Peas 



Mignonette 



Paper Wtiites, Romans. . 

 Cypripedlmns 



Tulips .* ,' .* .* .* * .* ." .' ." .' .' .' .' ,* .' .' .' .' 



Daffodils 



Freesias 



Boston, Mar. 4, 1914. 

 Per 100 



to see an excellent showing of. retail- 

 ers in the gathering. The tables were, 

 as usual, beautifully decorated, the 

 flowers being donated by a number of 

 leading commercial firms and private 

 estates. Darwin tulip Pride of Haar- 

 lem, from W. C. Rust, of Brookline, was 

 noteworthy. W. W. Edgar Co. and A. 

 M. Davenport furnished many flower- 

 ing plants and palms. A. M. Davenport 

 furnished a miniature plant with sau- 

 cer to match, of Asplenium Nidus-Avis, 

 as a souvenir for all. The menu has 

 never been surpassed at a club ban- 

 quet. 



W. J. Kennedy acted in the double 

 capacity of president and toastmaster. 

 Speeches were made by J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, for the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society; Patrick Welch, for the 

 florists and S. A. F.; W. N. Craig, for 

 the private gardeners, and S. J. God- 

 dard, for the American Carnation So- 

 ciety. Solos by Miss Margaret Alexan- 

 der and James Singer afforded much 

 pleasure. " Huntingtower, " a famous 



Scotch duet, rendered by them simply 

 brought down the house. Hutchina'' 

 orchestra furnished excellent dahce 

 music until midnight. W. J. Collins 

 was floor director, W. J. Patterson first 

 assistant, and George Butterworth, H» 

 L. Pree, J. L. Miller, Joshua Lawson^ 

 James Methuen and John Reid, aids. 



Various Notes. 



The Boston Retail Florists' Club had 

 a well attended meeting preceded by a 

 banquet at the City club March 3. 

 President Thomas F. Galvin, Jr., pre- 

 sided. 



W. B. Southworth, of Stoughton, ha» 

 a superb lot of Burpee 's reselected "Eai*- 

 liest of All sweet peas on long stems.. 

 His double violets also are good. 



Peirce Bros., of Waltham, have a 

 dozen strong plants of real climbing 

 Killamey rose. The plants make 

 growths up to fifteen feet long, and 

 flower practically the whole length of 

 the stems. The flowers are large and 

 full. They have a scarlet seedling car- 

 nation, a little darker than Beacon^ 

 which looks good. They are cutting 

 quantities of Formosa lilies and have 

 25,000 giganteums looking fine for 

 Easter. 



At the next meeting of the Garden- 

 ers ' and Florists '• Club R. C. Pierce, of 

 the U. S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C, will lecture on the 

 chestnut tree blight. The last session ' 

 of the landscape gardening class wjll 

 be held March 9. William Downs will 



ORCHIDS 



Cut Cattleyas, Dendrobiums, 

 Qnoidiums, Cypripediams, 

 etc.. at their seasonB. Qual- 

 ity Beoond to none. Ihicet 

 right Prompt delirery. 



PAUL DE NAVE 



Orchid Grower 

 FALL RIVER. MASS. 



WE ARE THE HEADQUARTERS FOR CUT 



ORCHIDS and GARDENIAS 



Quantities of each, of the finest Quality, can be shipped daily. 



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



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



2is-iiich pots, $10.00 per 100; 3-lncb pots, $15.00 per 100 



F. J. DOL ANSKY, M.riit%t . Lynn, Mass. 



WELCH BROS. CO., 226 Devonshiit Street, BOSTON 



THE LARGEST WHOLESALE HOUSE IN AMERICA 



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