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BOSTON. 



The Market. 



The usual after-Easter slump has 

 taken place and business is more or 

 less demoralized. A wave of warmer 

 weather has increased production and 

 made conditions even worse. Many of 

 the wealthy residents have gone, or 

 will soon go, to their country estates 

 and social activity is all but over. An 

 abundance of weddings acts as some- 

 thing of a bolster. Without this, and 

 funeral work, conditions would be bad. 

 Roses are abundant and prices have 

 taken a big tumble. Beauties, which 

 realized $40 to $50 per hundred for 

 Piaster, are now going at $12 to $20, 

 and other varieties have fallen in pro- 

 portion. Such varieties as Mrs. Taft, 

 Maryland, "Ward and Sunburst are sell- 

 ing well; others are more or less neg- 

 lected. Carnations are somewhat of a 

 glut. Violets, except for a few dou- 

 bles, are over for the season. 



Sweet peas are selling as well as 

 anything on the list; valley also is go- 

 ing fairly well. Yellow marguerites 

 are now in adequate supply; white va- 

 rieties are not wanted at all. Dutch 

 bulbous stock from indoors is hard to 

 move; it also is nearing the end. The 

 season for this has been more profitable 

 than usual. Snapdragons, even the best 

 pink ones, are hardly salable, some- 

 thing that never has happened here be- 

 fore at this season. Such flowers as 

 anemones, ranunculi, ixias, tritonias, 

 Spanish iris and blue cornflowers sell 

 quite well. Lilies have hardly any 

 sale and callas are hard to move. Gar- 

 denias are not selling well. Cattleya 

 Mossise is much preferred to C. Schroe- 

 dersB. 



Club Meeting. 



There was an attendance of 120 at 

 the meeting of the Florists' Club, April 

 21. One new member was elected. On 

 the motion of F. E. Palmer the sum of 

 $500 was voted to be devoted to con- 

 vention expenses. Charles Sander ex- 

 hibited cyrtopodiums and antirrhinums, 

 for which he received a report of supe- 

 rior merit; he also received a report of 

 merit for Narcissus Olympia, a large 

 trumpet variety. Peter Fisher showed 

 antirrhinums, H. Waldecker had fine 

 Spanish iris and Weld Gardens exhib- 

 ited Hydrangea Otaksa. Fine standard 

 Dorothy Perkins roses from F. E. 

 Palmer were awarded a cultural report 

 of merit. Prof. Bees, of Amherst, gave 

 a splendid lecture on "Apple Orchard- 

 ing" and Prof. Nehrling also gave an 

 address. A good discussion followed. 

 Patrick Welch and others gave talks on 

 the convention. On the motion of 

 Thomas Roland the question of affilia- 

 tion was laid on the table. 



Various Notes. 



J. A. Budlong & Sons Co., among 

 other roses, has J. L. Mock, similar in 

 form to La France, but the center is 

 deeper. It promises to be a good sum- 

 mer rose. Indiana, of a deep rose color, 

 is a wonderfully prolific sort. Cardinal 

 is fine, and so are Fire Flame, Killarney 

 Queen, Maryland, Taft, Double White 

 Killarney, Russell and Sunburst. The 



Wholesale Cut Flower Prices. 



latter is well liked, but Shawyer is not 

 cared for. A nice cut of Hadley, which 

 has been planted heavily, already is 

 being made. 



MacMulkin had quite an elaborate 

 decoration April 20 for the opening of 

 the new Wilbur theater. He reports a 

 good Easter trade. He had only sixty 

 pot plants unsold out of his whole 

 large stock. 



The Westboro Greenhouses, Paul F. 

 Brigham, proprietor, is sending H. T. 



Capers a fine lot of Richmond, Killar- 

 ney and White Killarney roses; also 

 fine carnations, such as Benora, Rosette, 

 White Enchantress, Winsor and Gloria. 

 A new scarlet also is good. 



John Newman has had a successful 

 violet season. He had 35,000 singles 

 for Easter, which finished up his crop. 



Robert Montgomery had a great crop 

 of roses for Easter. He grows fine 

 stock, bis leaders being Richmond, Hill- 

 ingdon, his favorite yellow; Killarney, 

 White Killarney and Sunburst. He does 

 not like the last named, as it fades out 

 too quickly. 



April 18 Wax Bros, had one window 

 entirely devoted to sweet peas, charm- 

 ingly arranged in baskets tied with 

 chiffon and ribbon on a base of purple 

 velvet. All the best Spencers were in- 

 cluded, on 15-inch to 18-inch stems. In 

 another window all flowers were also 

 arranged gracefully in baskets, the spe- 

 cialties being ranunculi, calendulas, 

 double cornflowers and yellow marguer- 

 ites. These all have a large sale here. 

 The silver medals won for floral and 

 artistic decorations at the last show of 

 the American Sweet Pea Society are 

 displayed here in a neat frame which 

 shows both the front and reverse side 

 of the medals. Easter trade here was 

 good and now wedding orders are keep- 

 ing the force busy. 



S. J. Goddard states that Easter trade 

 with him was the best on record. He 

 finds an increasing call for Begonia 

 Gloire de Chatelaine, which is always 

 in flower, good alike for pots or bed- 



rOINSETTU STOCK PLANTS 



Which we offer for quick sale at $6.00 per 100, $56.00 per 1000. 



F. J. DOLANSKY, LYNN, MASS. 



ORCHIDS and GARDENIAS a Specialty 



WELCH BROS. CO., 226 Devonshire Stmt, BOSTON 



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ORCHIDS 



Cnt Cattleyas, Dendrobinms, 

 Onoidiums, Cypripediami, 

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 ity second to none. Prices 

 right Prompt delirery. 



PAUL DE NAVE 



Orchid Grower 

 FALL RIVER. MASS. 



The New Carnation 



"ALICE" 



A beautiful shade of clear blush 

 pinkp midway between Gloriosa 

 and Euchantress. A marv«lous 

 bloomer. Will be disseminated 

 season 1914-15. 



PETER fiSHER, Ellis, Mass. 



