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>Hwj. SFBINGFIELD, MASS. 



The Market. 



•■ Btisiness for the last two weeks has 

 been fairly good and, considering the 

 time. of the year, there is no cause for 

 complaint. Stock is becoming more 

 abundant, but still is commanding the 

 same price. Bulbous flowers are quite 

 plentiful and for the last few weeks 

 sale^ have been held on daffodils, etc., 

 at 35 cents per dozen. Azaleas and 

 other potted plants go slowly and in 

 some places mark-down sales are being 

 held on them. On account of the deep 

 snow and rough streets, difficulty is 

 being found in delivering with automo- 

 biles. A couple of trucks have had 

 their axles broken and gears stripped 

 and tiie"lMi*8e3 have been brought into 



use again. 



Varions Notes. 



The proprTe'tors of the Hickory Street 

 Greenhouses are turning out some good 

 snapdragon, slojBfe and sipeet peas. They 

 intend to puT"up a propagating house 

 this summer and later will add another 

 larger house to their establishment. 



William Schlatter & Son had a fine 

 showing of cinerarias in their window 

 last week. 



N. F. Higgins' carnations are in full 

 crop. White Enchantress and Enchant- 

 ress do especially well with him. He 

 finds Winsor does best when planted in 

 early June, giving better and larger 

 flowej"^ amd longer stems and keeping 

 contiiuiously in crop. White Wonder is 

 a gootl on©, and he intends planting 

 more of it «ext year. P. J. C. 



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BOSTON. 



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The Market. 



Warmer weather, in spite of addi- 

 tional snowfalls, has brought in flowers 

 in greater -abundance. Business has re- 

 mained M:imet- -and prices on several 

 staples show declines. Funeral busi- 

 ness has be«ii ^good and, in spite of the 

 Lenten season, there has been more so- 

 cial activitpr than usual. American 

 Beauties remain scarce, but fhey are 

 little missed, as the number of calls is 

 smft^. All other roses are more plenti- 

 ful and prices show a decline. Rich- 

 monds are not quite up to the mark yet. 

 Hadley, which is a sweet-scented vari- 

 ety, is preferred, and a year hence will 

 cut quite a figure. White roses have 

 been selling better than pink, for fu- 

 neral work. Sunburst is proving popu- 

 lar a»d bids fair to be a serious com- 

 petitor to Ward another year. Carna- 

 tions are holding up quite well. For 

 whites the demand has been good. 

 More split flowers are seen than is 

 usual at this season. Pink Delight and 

 Gloriosa continue leaders in light pink 

 shades. Violets continue low and are 

 decidedly druggy. 



Sweet p?M are seen in immense num- 

 bers and oT every quality. The best 

 are superb. ^Dutch bnlbous stock stead- 

 ily increases in numbers. The more 

 popular sortp are Murillo, Couronne 

 d'Or, La Keine, Couleur Cardinal, Pros- 

 perity and Yellow Prince tulips; Golden 



Wholesale Cut Flower Prices. 



Bostoa. Mar. 11, 1914. 



Beauty, S pecia lB 



Short Items 



Shawyers, Russells 



Kiilamey 



White Klllamey 



Dark Pink Klllamey 



Double White Klllamey . 



Klllamey Qaeen 



Mrs. Aaron Ward 



Lady Hllllnsdon 



Richmond, Rhea Reid. . . 



Sunburst 



Ri voire (Bolsaile. Taft). 



CamationB 



Cattleyas 



LUy of the Valley 



DlMter Lilies 



Gardenias 



Pansies 



Sinsle Violets 



Double Violets 



Marguerites 



Antirrhinums 



Sweet Peas 



Mignonette 



Paper Whites, Romans... 

 Cyprlpediums 



Tulips 



Daffodils 



Freesias 



Per 

 .$60 00 



. 20 00 



. 8.00 



. 3.00 



. 2 00 @ 



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. 1.60 O 



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100 



$60.00 



35.00 



16.00 



20.00 



10.00 



10.00 



12.00 



10.00 



12.00 



8.00 



8.00 



12.00 



16 00 



12 00 



4 00 



35 00 



4.00 



12.50 



25.00 



.60 



.50 



.60 



8 00 



12.00 



1 00 



6.00 



2.00 



12 00 



10.00 



3.00 



2.50 



4.00 



Spur, W. T. Ware, Von Sion, Victoria 

 and ornatus narcissi. Good freesia still 

 comes in, some of the colored sorts 

 being seen in small numbers. A few 

 ixias, anemones and tritonias also are 

 arriving. Good mignonette sells well, 

 also pink snapdragon, bachelor 's but- 

 tons and yellow marguerites. The \s,t- 

 ter still are far below the demand in 

 numbers. 



Valley is particularly good and in de- 

 mand. Cattleyas still are plentiful, 

 both Triame and Schroederiana. A 

 good variety of other orchids are com- 

 ing in. Gardenias are gradually becom- 

 ing more plentiful, but sales might be 

 better. The call for hardy cut ferns 

 and asparagus is only moderate. Pot 

 plant trade is fairly good. Fine Taus- 

 endschou roses are now a feature; also 

 lilies, cyclamens, acacias, metrosideros 

 and cinerarias. 



Various Notes. 



William J. Patterson, of Wollaston, 

 now has a fine cut of La Reine, Murillo, 



of the S. A. F. 

 rch 17 .and will 



the Gardeners' 

 ;' evening, when 



on the "Chest- 



Couronne d'Or, Couleur Cardinal and 

 Yellow Prince tulips; also Victoria,, 

 double Von Sion, ornatus and Golden 

 Spur narcissi. 



At the spring exhibition of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society, open- 

 iilg March 12, the show of carnations,, 

 roses, sweet pea^ and other flowers 

 promises to be particularly good. Ret- 

 tailers will be out in force for the table 

 decorations. The plin^ts will be better 

 than for several yeaij^'. The show will 

 last four days. 



The board of direct 

 will meet in Boston! 

 attend the meeting 

 and Florists' Club 

 Roy Pierce will lec{ 

 nut Tree Blight'.' and much business of 

 importance will come up. No action 

 has as yet been taken by the club rela- 

 tive to affiliation. 



The writer received a. long and inter- 

 esting letter from James F. M. Far- 

 quhar, at Coamo, Porto Rico, March 7. 

 Mr. Farquhar's many friends will be 

 glad to learn he is much improved in 

 health and is planning to sail for New 

 York March 24. Mr. Farquhar likes 

 the Porto Rican climate, but the food, 

 even at the best hotel, he says, is some- 

 what inferior. 



A. Magnuson, of Manchester, Mass., 

 is a shipper of fine snapdragons and 

 sweet peas to the Boston Flower Ex- 

 change. 



Peirce Bros., of Waltham, have a 



ORCHIDS 



Cot Cattleyas, Dendrobionu, 

 Onoidiums, Cypripediomi, 

 etc.. at their seasona. Qoal- 

 itj seoond to none. Price* 

 right. Prompt deliyery. 



PAUL DE NAVE 



Orekid Growsr 

 FALL RIVER, MASS. 



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