April 2, 1914. 



The Florists* Review 



127 



Attention--New England Trade 



Easter lilies 

 lilium giganteum 



In crates of 25 plants ready for shipment 



Price, $12.00 per 100 



PLACE ORDER EARLY 



Choice assortment of Azaleas, Crimson Ramblers, 

 Spiraeas, Genistas, Hydran^^eas, Hybrid Roses, etc. 



WELCH BROS. CO., BOSTON, MASS. 



226 DEVONSHIRE STREET 



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cALPIME & McDONALD-ii^l^;^ 



ANNOUNCE 



to thyir i^ahy Triends in the trade that on April 1 they opened 

 theil- new, up^to-date and commodious salesrooms at 256 Devon- 

 shire Street, right in the center of Boston's wholesale flower trade. 

 Regular shipments will be received from some of the largest and 

 best grdwers in New England. Roses, a leading specialty. Carna- 

 tions and all other Flowers and Greens in stock. We have the 

 goods and can guarantee efficient service and satisfaction. Call 

 and inspect our new quarters and stock when in town. 



Correspondence inyiCei 



NcALPINE & HcDONALD, Wholesale Fiwists 



ZX DeTMikire Stmt, :::::: BOSTON, IWSS. 



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ceive all the roses from McAlpine Bros. 

 A new house, 80x600, is now ovSi- half 

 glazed, in addition to the two ?00-foot 

 houses. They will also receive large 

 shipments of roses, .carnations and 

 other flowers and greens from other 

 growers, and will conduct a general 

 wholesale florists' business. Both 

 members of the new firm are young, 

 popular, well experiene«d in tne han- 

 dling of flowers, and eijiergetic, and are 

 sure to make good. 



Various Notes. . _ 



Penn is busy preparing for an im- 

 mense Easter trade. He is doing a 

 heavy business now in American 

 Beauty roses. March 26 and 27 he had 

 seventeen pieces, mostly of American 

 Beauties, for the opening bJ the new 



Merchants National bank. Henry Penn 

 visited the New York show and bought 

 large numbers of Easter plants. 



E. H. Borowski, of Koslindale, has a 

 superb lot of specimen bou^ainvilleas 

 and rambler roses for Easter. He is 

 one of the finest pot plant "growers in 

 New England. 



Frank P. Putnam, of Lowell, is send- 

 ing in splendid Beacon, Gloriosa, Pink 

 Delight, Rosette, White Wonder and 

 White Enchantress carnations, also 

 snapdragons in several colots^ ane- 

 mones and Spanish iris. Of the latter 

 lie 'hod the first in this vicinity. All 

 Mr.^utnam's flowers wHl be handled 

 by the new firm oJ*-']ffcAlpine & Mc- 

 Donald. 



The landscape gardening classes of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' Club will 



hold a field day at F. E. Palmer 's New- 

 ton establishment, April 4. The Bos- 

 ton and Worcester electric cars pass 

 near the place. All going i^hould get 

 off at Parker street, Newton High- 

 lands. 



J. T. Butterworth, of South Fram- 

 ingham, among other specimen orchids 

 has one of Cattleya Thayeriana carry- 

 ing fifty-five flowers; also a fine Cym- 

 bidium Lowianum with six spikes. He 

 is cutting Cattleya MosSiaj and Sch- 

 roederae in quantity. For Easter he 

 will have 1,000 pots of high grade lily 

 of the valley. 



Peirce Bros., of Waltham, have 3,000 

 giganteum lilies in good shape for Eas- 

 ter. Among roses their Killarney, 

 White Killarney and Mme. Cecile Brun- 

 ner are particularly good. A house of 



