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The Florists^ Review 



Febulauv 13, 1913. 



there will be more small luncheons and 

 teas, and possibly the retailers make as 

 •much on this kind of business as on - 

 Jthe bigger events, for there is not so 

 imucli cutting of prices. The shop win- 

 dows all look well, but there is nothing 

 oew in sight except an unusual effort 

 >on tlie part of some, by means of cir- 

 •culars, letters arfd street car adver- 

 tisements, to stimulate the sending of 

 'floral valentines. ' " 



Club IVIipeting. 



The club met "Tuesday evening, Feb- 

 ruary 4, and there' was a large attend- 

 ance. The subject for the evening was 

 carnations, but the only carnations on 

 exhibition were a bunch shown by 

 James Wiseman, gardener for D. M. 

 Clemson. The flowers, which were 

 Winsor, white and pink, were particu- 

 larly good when it is taken into con- 

 sideration that they were grown right 

 in the smoke district, in the heart of 

 the city, and a cultural certiflcate was 

 awarded. 



Carl Becherer,, gardener for Dixmont 

 hospital, had so^ fine cyclamens and 

 primulas, which 'also were awarded a 

 cultural certificate. 



The following officers were elected 

 for the ensuing year: President, Neil 

 McCallum; vice-president, E. C. Eeine- 

 tnan; treasurer, T«. P. Langhans; secre- 

 tary, H. P. Joslin; assistant secretary, 

 W. A. Clarke; executive committee, 

 P. S. Randolph, Augustus Frishkorn 

 and C. H. Sample. 



The president-elect, being called on 

 for a speech, responded in his own 

 inimitable way. After expressing his 

 appreciation of the honor conferred on 

 him, he at once wandered off into 

 flowers and poetry in a way that makes 

 his title, "Sage of the Club," seem 

 decidedly appropriate, and it is safe 

 to predict a year of interesting meet- 

 ings. He did not take the chair, but 

 will be installed in office on the same 

 day as President Woodrow Wilson, on 

 the evening of March 4, when the club 

 will give a reception for him. A com- 

 mittee has been appointed to arrange 

 for entertainment and refreshments. 



The retiring president, E. C. Ludwig, 

 has had a highly successful year, bring- 

 ing in many new members and having 

 many interesting meetings, at which 

 many good things have been shown, 

 and he turns over the finances of the 

 club in the best condition in the club's 

 history. 



Various Notes. 



There is talk of getting together a 

 fund for the purpose of carrying a 

 notice above the obituary notices in 

 the newspapers, cautioning people re- 

 garding those florists who are known 

 as crepe pullers and who visit the 

 houses sometimes before the under- 

 taker and solicit orders. 



There had been considerable com- 

 plaint among valley growers about the 

 large percentage of bad valley pips. 

 They are so bad this year that the grow- 

 ers scarcely know how many to put in 

 the sand, as one time perhaps sixty 

 per cent arc good, while not over ten 

 per cent of the next batch makes good 

 flowers. One grower here says his loss 

 will be over $1,500. 



T. P. Langhans says that Charles 

 Henry Fox's paper on "Zeitgeist," or 

 "The Spirit of the Times," which ap- 

 peared in The Review of January 9, is 

 "sohr wahr und gut." 



On Saturday, February 8, the Pitts- 

 burgh Cut Flower Co. 's big truck, 

 which operates between the greenhouses 

 and the store, was sent to the Packard 

 garage for its regular inspection. This 

 work is done on the fourth floor of the 

 garage. When the work was completed, 

 the chauffeur got into the car to wait 

 for the elevator. Then, through some 

 misunderstanding, he backed into the 

 elevator shaft when the elevator was 

 two stories below, and had a sheer drop 

 of forty feet down the shaft onto the 

 elevator. By some strange good for- 

 tune, the chauffeur was not scratched; 

 neither was the truck injured to any 

 extent. 



Frank Myers, of Myers & Samtman, 

 Philadelphia, was a visitor last week. 



Vincent J. Gorly, of Grimm & Gorly, 

 St. Louis, Mo., visited the retail stores 

 of this city last week, looking for any 

 new ideas that might develop. 



Clarke. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



February has so far given us stead- 

 ily cold winter weather, in marked 

 contrast to that of January. The 

 changed conditions are welcome in 

 some ways, as we seem now reasonably 

 sure of an ice crop, which will mean 

 a saving next summer to nearly all 

 florists. The skies have been unusually 

 clear and flowers have not materially 

 shortened up. The advent of Lient has 

 cast the customary cloud on the market 

 and conditions are not at all good. 

 Roses are still selling better than other 

 flowers, as they are still in under crop. 

 Beauties continue scarce and prices are 

 hi^h. Mrs. Charles Russell also is scarce. 

 Killarneys are more abundant than 

 White Killarneys, the latter moving 

 well. Hillingdon is arriving in much 

 better shape. Wards also are good. 

 Taft, Sunburst and Radiance are three 

 good selling varieties. There are more 

 carnations than the market can digest 

 and many are cleared at low prices. A 

 few select Gloriosa and Pink Delight 

 reach $4, but the general run make 

 $1 and $2, with $3 for fancies. 



Violets are for some reason less popu- 

 lar this season and are selling cheap. 

 There is also considerable waste in 

 short-stemmed sweet peas. Bulbous 

 stock is abundant. Such double tulips 

 as Gouronne d'Or and Murillo sell well. 

 In singles, La Reine, Flamingo and 

 Yellow Prince are leaders. There is a 

 glut of double daffodils and prices on 

 these are low. Golden Spurs and Vic- 

 torias are moving better. Lilies for 

 the time being are in short supply. 

 Antirrhinums and yellow marguerites 

 are good sellers. Valley is good and 

 has been selling fairly well. There is 

 some let-up in the supply of cattleyas, 

 and gardenias are a little more abun- 

 dant. Mignonette is good. There is 

 a considerable surplus of miscellaneous 

 flowers, such as wallflowers, bachelor's 

 buttons, calendulas, etc. There is only 

 a fair call for fern and asparagus. 



Various Notes. 



The Horticultural Club, at its meet- 

 ing last week, had among its guests 

 F. R. Pierson, Eugene Dailledouze and 

 S. J. Reuter. The question of holding 

 a big open air flower show in a section 

 of the Back Bay was mooted, on the 

 occasion of the next S. A. F. conven- 

 tion here. The club voted at a previ- 

 ous meeting to send an invitation to 



the S. A. F. to hold its 1914 convention 

 here. 



F. E. Palmer and Miss Florence 

 Palmer returned this week from their 

 visit to Panama, Costa Rica, Jamaica 

 and Cuba and are enthusiastic over the 

 trip. 



W. H. Elliott went to Amherst Feb- 

 ruary 10 and spoke before the students 

 in the floricultural department on roses. 

 William Duckham and C. H. Totty 

 spoke February 11 and Eber Holmes 

 is to speak on roses February 14. 



Welch Bros. Co. reports a fine call for 

 Taft and Cardinal. P. Welch is well 

 pleased with the coming of the new 

 wholesale flower market near his firm 

 and is convinced that here will be the 

 future wholesale cut flower district of 

 Boston. 



At Penn 's one window last week con- 

 tained large vases of A. A. Pembroke's 

 prize-winning carnations. Preparations 

 were being made for an immense St. 

 Valentine's day trade. 



Mayor Fitzgerald, President Far- 

 quhar, of the S. A. F., and other promi- 

 nent persons will speak at the opening 

 of the new wholesale market of the 

 Boston Flower Exchange, on Winthrop 

 Square, February 15. A fine show of 

 novelties is promised and a big attend- 

 ance of those in the trade is expected. 



John McFarland buried his father-in- 

 law, William Twohig, at North Easton, 

 February 7. Mr. Twohig lived to the 

 ripe old age of 91 years. Among the 

 floral offerings was a massive arch and 

 lyre from the members of the Boston 

 Cooperative Market, of which Mr. 

 McFarland is president. 



Kidder Bros, are among the few 

 growers of single violets this season 

 whose flowers are as fine as ever, and 

 they are always beautifully bunched. 



Peter M. Miller, of the T. J. Grey Co., 

 is back from a ten days' trip in New 

 York state and is this week covering 

 Cape Cod. Advance orders are heavy 

 with his firm. 



William Rosenthal, of the Boston Cut 

 Flower Co., is busy with general work 

 and states that Lenten business is good. 



Paine Bros., of Randolph, are one 

 of our largest bulb specialists. Their 

 Flamingo and Murillo tulips and Vic- 

 toria, Golden Spur and Von Sion nar- 

 cissi are of splendid quality. 



S. J. Goddard, T. H. Westwood and 

 R. T. McGorum are all on the sick list, 

 but will soon be around again, we 

 hope. 



H. F. Calder, of Norwood, grows 

 superb Campbell violets. He is also 

 about the only successful grower of 

 double white violets, having 2,000 plants 

 of Swanley White. 



Practically every carnation novelty 

 and large numbers of vases of standard 

 sorts will be seen at the next meeting 

 of the Gardeners' and Florists' < liib, 

 on its carnation night, February 18. 

 There will also be many other exhibits. 

 Peter Fisher, S. J. Goddard and A. A. 

 Pembroke will each contribute short 

 papers and a banner attendance is cer- 

 tain. 



D. J. Horrigan, of East Foxboro; 

 W. P. Foley, of Mansfield, and the 

 Mishawum Flower Co., of Woburn, are 

 all large shippers of high grade sweet 

 peas to J. M. Cohen, at the Boston Co 

 operative Market. 



William Patterson, of WoUaston, is 

 one of the few growers of grape hya- 

 cinths in pots. H. R. Comley handles 

 practically all his output. Mr. Patter- 

 son 's Murillo. Courouno d 'Or and La 



