Januaby 30, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



27 



<^ BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Flowers are now accumulnting in the 

 markets and there is a considerable 

 surplus of some varieties. We still 

 have weather more suggestive of April 

 than January and this is bringing flow- 

 ers on with a rush, bulbous flowers never 

 having been so abundant in January. 

 Koses are not in heavy supply and have 

 declined less in value than other flow- 

 ers. Beauties are rather scarce and 

 prices of these show no decline. Short- 

 stemmed stock of all roses has been in 

 good demand, but the better grades are 

 moving rather sluggishly. Flowers lack 

 substance and keeping qualities, owing 

 to the warm weather. 



Carnations have taken a sharp drop 

 and quantities are now being sold at $1 

 per hundred. The best make $3. There 

 has also been a considerable drop in 

 violets. Sweet peas are arriving in 

 large numbers and are down in price. 

 Bulbous stock is seen in great quantities 

 and of grand quality for January. Dou- 

 ble daffodils are selling rather better 

 than the more refined singles. Such 

 snapdragons as arrive sell with ease. 

 The same holds good of yellow marguer- 

 ites and bachelor's buttons. 



Lily of the valley has softened in 

 price, but callas and lilies have held up 

 well. Cattleyas still are decidedly 

 druggj-. Gardenias are more abundant 

 and selling somewhat lower. The call 

 for asparagus and ferns has not been 

 robust. 



There is a fair business being done in 

 pot plants, such as ericas, genistas, cyi 

 clamens, acacias, primulas, lilacs and 

 azaleas. 



Various Notes. 



The midwinter show of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society occurs 

 February 1 and 2, at Horticultural hall. 

 There are classes for primulas, azaleas, 

 begonias, orchids, various bulbous 

 plants, etc., also for roses, carnations, 

 violets and sweet peas. A good display 

 is expected. 



A fire, due to crossed wires, which 

 was discovered at 3 a. m. January 24, 

 burned through part of the roof over 

 the Boston Cooperative Market, and 

 smoke, fire and water damaged the in- 

 terior considerably. H. M. Bobinson 

 & Co. lost considerable stock in their 

 cases of sundries, such as ribbons, etc. 

 W. H. Elliott 's salesroom, directly above 

 the wholesale market^ escaped with com- 

 paratively slight injury. A few win- 

 dows were broken, but little damage was 

 done to flowers. Bepairs were started 

 as soon as the insurance was adjusted 

 and the present week will see these 

 practically completed. There were, for- 

 tunately, comparatively few flowers or 

 plants in the flower market, or the loss 

 would have been much heavier. 



President Kennedy, of the Gardeners ' 

 and Florists' Club, has appointed these 

 committees for 1913. Exhibits: Wm. 

 Sim, chairman; C. Holbrow, Wm. Pat- 

 terson, T. W. Westwood, R. M. Bobin- 

 son, Eber Holmes, Alex McKay, John 

 Campbell, W. D. Nickerson, A. K. Rog- 

 ers, Joshua Lawson, C. Sander, K. Fin- 

 layson, W. H. Elliott, J. Van Leeu- 

 wen, A. F. Calder, Sr., Henry Penn, 

 G. M. Anderson and Donald McKenzie. 

 Committee on entertainment: P. J. 

 Turley, chairman; John Reid, Geo. W. 

 Hamer, G. W. Butterworth, A. G. Saw- 

 yer, G. H. Noyes, W. A. Hastings, W. E. 

 Fischer, J. E. Brickley, Peter McManus 



"WHO'S WHO-AND WHY" 



MICHAEL H. NORTON. 



OLDEST of the living ex-presidents of the S. A. F. are Robert Craig, E. G. 

 Hill and John N. May. Then comes Michael H. Norton, who presided at the 

 Toronto convention in 1891 and who was for years a prominent figure in trade 

 circles in Boston. He retired from the business a few years ago and is now 70 

 years of age. Norton Bros, were famous in their day. They built a greenhouse 

 200 feet long when such a dimension was a marvel; they were the first to grow 

 violets in a greenhouse, and more than any other growers, their success with 

 Bon Silene rose brought that variety, shortly after its introduction, into the 

 wide popularity it at one time enjoyed. There is nothing Mr. Norton more enjoys 

 than talking over the old times in the flower business. 



and Frank Murray. The club will hold 

 a carnation night February 18, for 

 which many exhibits are already prom- 

 ised. There will be papers by one or 

 more well known experts. 



F. H. Houghton this week has attract- 

 ively arranged baskets of amaryllis, 

 camellias and single narcissi in his 

 windows. * 



James Wheeler, of Natick, reports 

 snapdragons as doing finely with him 

 this season. He has had no trouble in 

 getting $12 per hundred for all his best 

 spikes. In carnations Benora, White 

 Wonder, White Perfection and Pink De- 

 light are leaders. 



H. W. Vose, of Hyde Park, is one of 

 our largest and most successful bulb spe- 

 cialists, sending in thousands daily of 

 such varieties as La Reine tulip, double 

 Von Sion and Golden Spur narcissi. 



W. D. Howard, of Milford, has some 

 of the finest Mrs. C. W. Ward carna- 

 tions coming into the Boston market 

 this season. Of other varieties, Fenn, 

 Winsor, Pink Delight, Beacon and 

 White Wonder are of top-notch quality. 



Galvin, at his Tremont street store. 



has one of his large show windows filled 

 with a fine display of plants of Cattleya 

 Trianae from F. J. Dolansky, of Lynn. 



John K. Alexander, of East Bridge- 

 water, has taken advantage of the ex- 

 tremely warm January weather to plant 

 an acre of peonies, purchased from the 

 estate of the late Geo. HoUis, of South 

 Weymouth. State Forester Rane has 

 a large force of men planting white 

 pines on state reservations and numer- 

 ous orchardists have planted fruit trees, 

 something unusual for the first month 

 of the year. 



E. H. Borowski, of Rosliildale, built 

 two new lean-to houses last season, in 

 addition to a Lord & Burnham house 

 35 X 100. He grows pot plants exclu- 

 sively and no finer ramblers, cyclamens 

 and azaleas are seen in the local mar- 

 ket. He has also built a garage for an 

 auto car, to be used for delivering his 

 plants. 



Work is being pushed ahead with all 

 possible expedition at the new whole- 

 sale flower market in Winthrop Square. 

 At the opening, which will be about the 

 middle of February, there will be a fine 



