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The Florists' Review 



Makch 5. 1914. 



'deliver an address. The attendance this 

 season has been splendid throughout. 



Included among the specialties grown 

 this season by Mann Bros, are Tulip 

 Fred Moore, a better seller than Thomas 

 Moore; Prosperity and Cramoisie Bril- 

 liant. They also have a nice lot of 

 cinerarias and azaleas in bloom. 



The new home of the Boston Coopera- 

 tive Flower Market, at 260 Devonshire 

 street, is practically completed. Stalls 

 were apportioned February 28 and, 

 judging from appearances- on that day, 

 the market will be ready to transact 

 business March 7, if not earlier. Frank 

 J. Dolansky is among the new addi- 

 tions to this market. 



The Montgomery (So., of Hadley, is 

 sending in a fine grade of Killarney and 

 White Killarney and Kichmond roses. 

 Its new rose, Hadley, will be heavily 

 planted another season, as will Killar- 

 ney Brilliant. 



A series of practical demonstrations 

 of spraying, pruning, planting, etc., and 

 A course of lectures on various phases 

 of fruit culture, several talks being 

 ^iven daily, attracted good audiences 

 to Horticultural hall from February 24 

 to 28. It is hoped another season that 

 the committee on lectures will broaden 

 their scope a little, and arrange for 

 some lectures of a really practical na- 

 ture which will be of interest to gar- 

 <leners and florists. There are ten times 

 as many people in and around Boston 

 interested in flower and vegetable cul- 

 ture, as in fruits, and it would be well 

 to make some provision for them an- 

 other season. 



Peter Fisher anticipates great things 

 from his new carnation, Alice, which 

 will probably be introduced in 1915. He 

 i^ays it is a most wonderful bloomer, 

 giving a heavy crop early in the fall, 

 when Pink Delight has not begun to 

 produce. , 



Harry Quint, at 164 Tremont street, 

 is doing a fine business and he manages 

 to keep his large show window attrac- 

 tive. His special sales of violets and 

 narcissi attract lots of customers. 



Pink Delight, Benora, Enchantress 

 Supreme, Beacon, Rosette, White Won- 

 der and Mrs. C. W. Ward carnations 

 are giving cuts for the Halifax Gar- 

 den Co. Wa?"d, Sunburst and Taft 

 roses also are good. 



The William W. Edgar Co. has some 

 fine large specimens of Tausendschon 

 roses in bloom, also a nice lot of baby 

 ramblers. They have 14,000 giganteum 

 lilies for Easter. 



The spring show of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society opens March 12 

 and promises to be an unusually good 

 one. A year ago it was affected by the 

 New York S. A. F. show, and there 

 were many local exhibitors there. This 

 year, however, the Boston show will 

 be supported by practically all local 

 growers. 



Mrs. W. H. Ward, of Montvale, has 

 a fine lot of Benora, Beacon, Winsor, 

 White Wonder, Rosette and Pink De- 

 light carnations, in addition to excel- 

 lent freesias and forget-me-nots. 



F. W. Fletcher, of Auburndale, ex- 

 pects next season to plant 250,000 of 

 his carefully selected Purity freesia on 

 land he owns thirty miles from Palm 

 Beach, Fla. He reports large orders for 

 Nelrose antirrhinum. 



Darwin tulips are not looked upon as 

 adaptable for early forcing, but W. C. 

 Rust has been cutting Pride of Haar- 

 lem since the middle of January on 18- 

 inch to 24-inch stems. Here is some- 



PRINCESS DAGMAR 



WITHOUT DOUBT THE BEST 

 CRIMSON CARNATION IN EXISTENCE 



Booking orders now for early spring delivery: 



Rooted Cuttings, >, 

 $12.00 per 100 — $100.00 per 1000 



AWARDED: 



At th« Masaachusatto NortlcHKural 

 Soclaty, Boston, November, 1912: 

 Silver Medal. 



At tha Boaton Oardanara' and Florlata' 

 Club, January, 1913-February, 1913: 

 Report of Superior Merit (each month). 



At tha Intamatlanal Flowar Shaw, New 



York, April. 1913: 



First for best 100 crimson. 



Gkild Medal for 12 largest blooms. 



Silver Medal (Perpetual Flowering Car- 

 nation Society, England). 



Bronze Medal (American Carnation So- 

 ciety). 



Preliminary Certificate for Fred Domer 

 Memorial Medal. 



At tha Chlcasa Hartlcultaral Saclaty. 



April. 1913: 



Bronze Medal (first), best seedling not 

 disseminated, any other color. 



At tha Baatan Ca^apai-athfa Flawar 



Markat Shaw, April, 1913: 



First for 60 best seedlings not dissemi- 

 nated. 



First for 100 best carnations, any cahir. 



At tha Baatan Bardanara' and Flariata' 

 Club, May, 1913: 

 Report of Highest Merit. 



At tha Anarlcan Inatltuta, New York, 

 November, 1913: 

 Certificate of Merit. 



At tha Halyaka and Narthamptan Fla- 

 riata' Club, Holydie, Mass., November, 

 1918: 



Special Prize for 60 best carnations, any 

 variety not disseminated. 



At tha Ohia Hartleultnral Saclaty, 



Cleveland, Ohio, November, 1913: 



Certificate of Merit and Sweepstakes for 

 best seedling. 



Patten & Company 



TEWKSBURY, MASS. 



FINE PLANTS FOR FLORISTS 



TABLE FERNS, $4.00 per 100. 



BOUOAINVILLEAS, specimen plants in bloom. $1.00 to $10.00. 



SHAINROCKS, 1-inch and 2-inch pots, $40.00 per 1(XX); larger pans put up if 

 desired, I2I2C and 25c. 



AZALEAS, all varieties and sizes, ^Oc to $7.50 each. 



We are now booking orders for the beautiful* n«w wint«r-bloomiiiK 



Begonia* FLORENCE DAVENPORT* for June and July deliyery, at 



$25.00 per 100. 



A. M. DAVENPORT, 



t: Watertown, Mass. 



Geraniams and Other Stock 



IN HNE SHAPE 



Out of 2k-inch. 100 1000 



S. A. Nutt t 2.25 $20.00 



Harcourt (white) 2.50 22.60 



Poitevine 2.60 '22.50 



GERMAN IVY. 214-inch 2.25 20.00 



BLUE AQERATUM 2.25 20.00 



HELIOTROPE 2.50 22.50 



SALVIA Splendens 2.'25 20.00 



TRADESCANTIA, Var. and Green... 2.00 



SMILAX, 3-inch 2.50 



SPRENQERI, 3 inch 5.00 



VINCA Varietrata, 3-inch 6.00 



VINCA Varieirata, 4-inch 7.00 



DRACAENAS, 5-inch 25.00 



DRACAENAS, 6-inch 85.00 



Cash with order, please. 



MAGNUS PIERSON, • CromweU, Conn. 



thing for commercial growers to take 

 up. Such flowers would bring at least 

 double the prices of the ordinary early 

 tulips. 



Charles J. O 'Brien, of Jamaica Plain, 

 says that a great many of his Victoria 

 narcissi are coming twin flowered this 



CLEAN AND HEALTHY ROOTQ) 



Carnation Cuttings 



Benora and Pink Delight 

 $6.00 per 100 $60.00 per 1000 



Gloriosa and White Wonder 

 $4.00 per 100 $36.00 per 1000 



White Perfection and Wanoka 

 $8.00 per 100 $26.00 per 1000 



Winsor 

 $8.60 per 100 $80.00 per 1000 



See classified adv. for nursery stock. 



LITTLEFIELD & WYMAN 



NORTH ABINOTON. MASS. 



season, some carrying three, four, and 

 even five flowers to the stalk. His Mu- 

 rillo tulips are of splendid quality. 



"William Downs, of Chestnut Hill, is 

 enthusiastic over results from forcing 

 strawberries kept in cold storage. He 

 placed a batch of plants in cold storage 



