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The Florists' Review 



FEBEUAttY 20, 1913. 



ment of W. W. Edgar Co. to see the 

 Easter plants. President Kennedy made 

 a number of suggestions to be acted on 

 at the March meeting, when Edwin 

 Jenkins will lecture on sweet peas. 



The exhibits of the evening were 

 superb. There was a grand collection 

 of pansies from William Sim, awarded 

 a report of superior merit; also a collec- 

 tion of sweet peas. J. D. Cockcroft 

 showed Carnation Northport, which re- 

 ceived honorable mention. William Ec- 

 cles, British Triumph and Lady North- 

 cliffe, shown by Scott Bros., Elmsford, 

 N. Y., received honorable mention. 

 Salmon Winsor from W. D. Howard 

 received honorable mention. S. J. God- 

 dard showed a splendid assortment of 

 carnations, including Lady Northcliflfe; 

 No. 59, crimson, received honorable 

 mention. L. C. Midgley showed Eureka, 

 which received honorable mention. Gor- 

 geous, from Peter Fisher, received a re- 

 port of superior merit. Mr. Fisher also 

 showed a collection of seedlings. James 

 Wheeler showed White Perfection, 

 White Wonder and Benora. M. A. Pat- 

 ten's Princess Dagmar was awarded a 

 report of superior merit. Benora, from 

 A. A. Pembroke, received a cultural re- 

 port of merit. A specimen Coelogyne 

 cristata from C. Cooper received a cul- 

 tural report of merit. Cypripedium 

 Boxalli, from David Weir, received a 

 report of cultural merit. W. W. Edgar 

 Co. staged a splendid collection of Eas- 

 ter plants, awarded honorable mention. 

 Cypripedium Dicksonianum, from Wil- 

 liam Thatcher, received a report of mer- 

 it. Carnation Commodore, from E. G, 

 Hill Co., Kichmond, Ind., arrived in ex- 

 cellent condition. 



Opening of New Market. 



Saturday, February 15, was a red 

 letter day in Boston's wholesale fiowpp 

 industry, the occasion beinf tie open- 

 ing of the splendid and capacioto new 

 wholesale flower market of the Boston 

 Flower Exchange, on Winthrop square. 

 The weather on the opening day was 

 clear and crisp and the attendance was 

 large, the big market being uncomfort- 

 ably crowded at times. There is a 

 floor space of over 23,000 square feet 

 on the street floor and basement. There 

 is a wide square fronting the main 

 entrance and ample space for numbers 

 of express and delivery teams. 



Most of the 200 stalls on the street 

 floor are already taken, and Febru- 

 ary 15 most of them were attractively 

 arranged with plants and flowers, in- 

 cluding many varieties from a distance. 

 A fine orchestra furnished music, while 

 a well known firm of caterers furnished 

 a first-class lunch. 



Mayor John F. Fitzgerald spoke in 

 his usual entertaining way at the open- 

 ing exercises, on behalf of the city of 

 Boston. Other speakers were J. K. M. 

 L. Farquhar, on behalf of the S. A. F, 

 and Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, and W. J. Kennedy, for the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club of Boston. 



The stallholders and others made a 

 fine display, both of plants and cut 

 flowers, the latter predominating. In 

 roses, Waban Rose conservatories showed 

 Mrs. Charles Russell and a vase of a 

 new seedling with a flesh pink center, 

 outer petals white, a beautiful va- 

 riety which took everyone's eye, A. 

 N. Pierson had Milady rose, also Car- 

 nation Rosette and fine plants of Adian- 

 tum Farleyense. McAlpine Bros., of 

 the Exeter Rose Conservatories, had 

 Richmond, Killarney and White Killar- 

 ney. 



Carnations were largely shown. 

 Among the novelties were Matchless, a 

 splendid white from the Cottage Gar- 

 dens Co.; Gorgeous, Peter Fisher's su- 

 perb cerise seedling; The Herald, from 

 the Chicago Carnation Co.; Lady North- 

 cliflfe, British Triumph and William Ec- 

 cles, from Scott Bros.; Princess Dag- 

 mar, from Patten & Co.; Eureka, from 

 W. D. Howard. A. Roper had some 

 good seedlings. No. 302, scarlet. No. 

 24, white, and No. 82, of Gloriosa shade; 

 being fine. Peir^e Bros, had Virginia, 

 scarlet; B-104, light pink, and B-1002, 

 scarlet. Peter Fisher, in addition to 

 Gorgeous, had No. 61, a good scarlet; 

 No. 66, crimson, and a vase containing 

 some other fine seedlings. J. D. Cock- 

 croft had a good vase of Northport. 



Among other carnation exhibitors 

 was H. H. Rogers, who had Winsor, 

 Benora, Gloriosa and White Enchant- 

 ress. F. P. Putnam had excellent Wi- 

 nona, Pink Delight, Mrs. Ward and 

 White Wonder. W, D. Howard had Mrs. 

 Ward, Beacon and his salmon sport 

 from Winsor. Littlefield & Wyman had 

 Wanoka, Gloriosa, White Wonder, Ben- 

 ora and two pink seedlings. A. A. Pem- 

 broke had superb vases of White Won- 

 der, Gloriosa, Pink Delight and Benora. 

 e. J. Renter had White Wonder, iilo- 

 Tiosa,, Jf^o Melody and Mrs. Aaron 

 WarrfTQses. W. R. Nicholson had a big 

 vase of splendid Pocahontas. B. f. 

 Winch showed Beacon, Benora and 

 White Enchantress. John Barr staged 

 his variegated seedling, Mrs. B. P. 

 Cheney. S. J. Goddard had a fine col- 

 lection, including Beacon, Gloriosa, 

 Rosette, White Wonder, White Perfec- 

 tion, Pink Delight, No. 59, a crimson 

 seedling, and a fine vase of. assorted 

 English seedlings. H. W. Field, of 

 Northampton, showed Gloria, deep pink. 



Among miscellaneous flowers F. J. 

 Dolansky had the field to himself in 

 cattleyas, gardenias and valley in pots, 

 all of best quality. Peirce Bros, had 

 lilies and nephrolepis in pots. Thomas 

 Roland showed acacias, ericas, amaryl- 

 lis, dendrobiums, azaleas, cyclamens, 

 etc. W, W. Edgar Co. in its collection 

 had some of the new French hydran- 

 geas, spirajas, genistas and bulbous 

 stock. H. W. Vose had cinerarias and 

 bulbous flowers. F. R. Pierson Co. had 

 a collection of nephrolepis and A. b. 

 "Parker had single violets. Willow Hill 

 Greenhouses had excellent genistas. 

 Mann Bros, had a fine lot of Azalea mol- 

 lis and a large assortment of bulbous 

 flowers, including Iris filicifolia. Paine 

 Bros, had cut bulbous flowers in fine va- 

 riety. Geo. E. Buxton had a splendid 

 vase of his new snapdragon, which took 

 the public's fancy at once. F. W. Hat- 

 cher & Co. also showed a good silver 

 pink snapdragon. 



A few of the many visitors noted 

 from a distance were: J. R. Fothering- 

 ham, Tarrytown, N. Y.; R. T. Brown, 

 Queens, N. Y.; J. T, Scott, Elmsford, 

 N. Y.; C. S. Strout, Biddeford, Me.; 

 G. E. B^xton, Nashua, N. H.; W. R. 

 Pierson, Cromwell, Conn., and L. J. 

 Renter, Westerly, R, I, 



Various Notes. 



Sidney Hoffman's greenhouses, at 

 Mount Auburn, are filled with high 

 grade plants for Easter and he will re- 

 quire to buy few this season. He has 

 splendid large batches of ericas, aca- 

 cias, azaleas, rambler roses, genistas, 

 lilies, etc. One house contains garde- 

 nias, now in good crop, and two are de- 



voted to carnations. Everything showi- 

 extremely good culture. 



James Nicol, well known as a cham 

 pion grower of Chrysanthemum Mrs 

 Jerome Jones, has been elected superin 

 tendent of Quiney cemetery for th« 

 nineteenth year, with a well merited 

 advance in salary. 



George E. Buxton has named hi^ 

 light pink snapdragon Killarney Pink, 

 as this favorite rose is its nearest com 

 parison as to color. One advantage ol 

 this variety, as seen growing, is that it 

 needs no supporting and the length ol 

 stems is ample. 



The stockholders and stallholders of 

 the Boston Cooperative Market, at a 

 largely attended and enthusiastic meet- 

 ing at the Quiney House, February 12, 

 unainimously voted against amalgama 

 tion with the Boston Flower Exchange, 

 and will continue to do business at the 

 old stand, 2 Park street. The repairs 

 necessitated by the recent fire are now 

 completed and the market presents a 

 spick and span appearance. 



The houses of E. J. Ahem, of Welles- 

 ley, one of the growers for the Boston 

 Cooperative Market, were frozen up 

 February 13. His night foreman had a 

 fall and became unconscious. It being 

 a sharp night, the temperature in the 

 houses fell to 17 degree. Mr, Ahern's 

 specialties were primulas and margue- 

 rites and he has the sympathy of a 

 large body of growers in his misfortune. 



Walter J. Feeney, formerly with the 

 Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co., is now with 

 Peter Henderson & Co., New York. 



Adolph E. E. Koch, of Nobscot, is 

 getting a fine crop of Marguerite Mrs. 

 Sander, also pink snapdragons, which 

 are in active demand in the markets. 



William Sim has two large houses of 

 sweet peas in' full crop. He is trying 

 quite a few of the newer varieties in 

 these houses, including practically all 

 Zvolanek's new winter-flowering Spen- 

 cers. 



Mann Bros, are cutting good batches 

 of Iris filicifolia, which closely resem- 

 bles the Spanish iris in form and takes 

 well in the market. They also have a 

 splendid lot of Azalea mollis. 



A. A. Shurtleflf delivered a stereopti- 

 con lecture at Horticultural hall, Feb- 

 ruary 15, on * ' Landscape Arrangement 

 of Public Parks and Private Grounds," 

 before a large and appreciative au- 

 dience. 



Business at the new wholesale mar- 

 ket of the Boston Flower Exchange was 

 good on the day it opened for business, 

 February 17, and members and stallhold- 

 ers appreciate the change from the old, 

 dingy, underground quarters to the new 

 street floor location. 



Valentine's day business in Boston 

 was good with the retailers. F. H. 

 Houghton had a great c*ll for old-fash- 

 ioned bouquets. Pen'n's did a tremeTi- 

 dous business in violets, valley and or- 

 chids. Galvin's were exceptionalh' 

 busy. In fact, all had a good share of 

 the business. W. N. Craig. 



DETROIT. 



The Market. 



The Detroit florists are fast realizing 

 that business is just what one makes it. 

 The most recent illustration of this is 

 the St. Valentine's day trade. Every 

 retail store in the downtown district 

 displayed special St. Valentine's day 

 arrangements, and most of them were 

 hardly prepared for the demand that 

 resulted from the special efforts. The 



