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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Ski'teiibkr 1, 1910. 



uer'8 first offering is a neat and at- 

 tractive production. 



Wertheinier liros. report that busi- 

 ness is the largest in their history. 

 They say that their salesmen on the 

 road find the trade in excellent condi 

 tion throughout the country. 



John Michelsen, of E. C. Amling's 

 force, Chicago, is visiting in New York 

 with the object of a conference with 

 the firm's violet growers at Rhinebeck. 



Max Schling has opened a new store 

 at 22 West Fifty-ninth street, adjoin- 

 ing the Plaza hotel. 



In the report of A. L. Miller, state 

 vice-president of the S. A. F. for New 

 York, was an item showing a tendency 

 i»f the times that is worthy of special 

 mention. It is to the effect that land 

 in the vicinity of New York city (and 

 other large cities) is so high in price 

 that it makes it impossible for flofists 

 to extend any farther without getting 

 beyond wagon reach. This will mean 

 the growing of fewer potted plants, 

 hut more cut flowers. 



W. A. Sperling, of the Stumpp & 

 Walter Co., has just returned to the 

 i-ity, having visited friends in Cleve- 

 land and Pittsburg after the S. A. F. 

 convention. 



David Adam, for ten years with J. 

 M. Thorburn & Co., is enjoying a holi- 

 day with his family at Ardsley before 

 taking a position with another promi- 

 nent New York firm in the same line. 

 .F. Austin Shaw. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Cut flowers have been rather more 

 plentiful the last week. Business 

 shows a slow but steady improvement 

 and the markets were fairly well 

 cleaned up each day. Asters are the 

 |)redominant flower of the day and are 

 much more abundant. _As a consequence, 

 I trices have dropped sharply and 

 flowers worth $3 per hundred ii week 

 ago are now to be had at one third of 

 this figure. The quality of asters con 

 tinues uniformly good. 



Gladioli are less plentiful than they 

 were. Good Americas readily bring $;") 

 to $6 per hundred, other varieties 

 $3 to $4. The quality is not so good 

 as a few weeks ago. Sweet peas are 

 not plentiful; really good ones are ex- 

 tremely scarce. 



Roses are improving a little in qual- 

 ity. Last week's hot wave made them 

 overabundant and hard to dispose of. 

 Carnations of the new crop are as yet 

 only seen in limited numbers. A few 

 of the old crop are still coming in, but 

 cut little figure now. There has been 

 a fair call for longiflorunis, but specio- 

 sums have not moved so well. Valley 

 is not abundant, but sells quite well. 



The advance guard of the mum army, 

 in the form of Golden Glow, is already 

 in evidence. The best make $1.50 per 

 dozen. For candytuft and cosmos the 

 demand is rather poor, nor are dahlias 

 in much request. Tuberoses are seen, 

 but there is no great call for them. 



Asparagus and adiantum are of fine 

 (piality, but the sales are not yet heavy. 



Flower Market Auction. 



The annual auction sale of stalls at 

 C Park street, where the new Boston 

 Flower Exchange, Inc., sells its goods, 

 took place August 27, and the results 

 were of a most gratifying nature, 

 higher prices being recorded than ever 



before in the history of Boston 's whole- 

 sale flower market, extending over 

 eighteen years, the aggregate premiums 

 totaling $7,000. This is in addition to 

 an annual rental of $2o per stall. 



Among some of the higher prices 

 paid for choice of stalls were: Thomas 

 Roland, $130; J. A. Budlong Co., $115, 

 $115, $80; F. Sutermeister Estate, $120. 

 $120; Montrose Greenhouses, $115, $115; 

 Andrew Christensen, $120, $120; Peirce 

 Bros., $130, $100, $100, $100; William 

 Sim, $120, $120; Paine Bros., $100, 

 $100; John J. Fee, $125, $125; A. S. 

 Parker, $95; F. J. Dolansky, $75, $75; 

 Neil Boyle, $115; S. J. Reuter, $115, 

 $115, $115; William Nicholson, $95, $95; 

 Nelson & Johnson, $90, $90; W. ('. 

 Ward, $87.50; Kidder Bros., $88, $80; 

 Paul E. Richwagen, $75; Edgar Bros., 

 $75; W. D'. Howard, $90; Samuel 

 Wheeler, $90; J. T. Butterworth, $82.50; 

 Mann Bros.. $100, $100; Geo. E. Bux 

 ton, $100; C. L. Pierce, $95; H. F. 

 Calder, $72.50, $72.50; William Hill 

 Greenhouses, $85; W. C. Stickel, $1U(I; 

 Hanover Greenhouses, $70; S. J. God 

 dard, $115; William Patterson, $75. 



James T. Carroll made, as usual, an 

 efficient auctioneer. 



Various Notes. 



The Massachusetts Horticultural So 

 ciety will hold a midwinter show of 

 plants and flowers, February 24 to 26, 

 1911, about a month in advance of the 

 National Show. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 will resume its regular monthly meet 

 ings September 29. There promises to 

 be u large niembersiiip accession the 

 coming fall. 



Sidney Littlefield. of hittlcfield & 

 Wyman, has l)een spending his vacation 



rat Fast Stoneham, Ale. His firm has 

 had all its carnations housed for some 

 time, and they look remarkably well. 



Golden (Jlow chrysanthemums are 

 .already seen in fine quality in the 

 market. I'aine Bros., of Randolph, 

 have a fine lot at C Park street, also 

 S. J. Goddard, of Framinghani. 



B. P. Winch, of tS-amingham. is 

 among the first of the carnation spe- 

 cialists to bring in good flowers of the 

 new season's crop. 



H. F. Calder, of Norwood, who sells 

 at C Park street, and G. L. Le Carpen- 

 tier, of Lexington, whose stall is at 

 2 Park street, have the finest sweet 

 peas arriving at present. 



Sidney Hoffman, the well-known 

 Massachusetts avenue and Cambridge 

 florist, arrived home August 29, after 

 an enjoyable and profitable trip. Mr. 

 Hoffman visited growers and markets 

 in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland 

 and England. He was chiefly inter- 

 ested in plants, and of these he saw 

 many beautifully grown batches show- 

 ing great cultural skill. In the way of 

 flowers and floral designs, he does not 

 think Europe can teach us anything. 

 During his entire visit he only expe- 

 rienced one day with rain. 



George W. Butterworth, of South 

 PVamingham, returned last week from 

 his annual European trip, which took 

 in both Great Britain and the conti- 

 nent, orchids and bulbs being special 

 objects of his visit. 



Harry Wildan, a Bostonian, now of 

 Greenwich, Conn., has been spending a 

 few days visiting places of horticul- 

 tural interest in and around Boston, 

 with his wife and family. He has been 

 enjoying a vacation at Monument 

 Beach. 



Thomas Mulligan, one of the oldest 

 and best known of Boston's market 

 oardeners, died at his home in Revere, 

 Mass., August 28, aged 89 years. 



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

 is enjoying his vacation mostly at 

 Cotuit, Mass., where fishing is good. 

 .1. P. A. Guerineau, of the same firm, 

 lias just returned from a fortnight's 

 vacation. 



Alexander P. Dewar, head of the 

 flower seed department of R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co., is at Showhegan, Me., 

 for a few weeks. 



W. P. Collins has purchased the Rr-E. 

 Lassman greenhouses and good will at 

 \V;itertown, Mass. He will make many 

 improvements and grow a general line 

 of plants and cut flowers, selling the 

 same at 2 Park street. 



Weather conditions continue unfavor 

 .ible for crops, the drought being only 

 relieved by occasional scattered show- 

 ers. Boston from July 1 to August 30 

 lias a deficiency of 4.88 inches in rain 

 fail. During August less than an inch 

 fell. 



Thomas Pegler is back at his stand 

 at C Park street, well tanned, after a 

 vacation spent in Maine following the 

 S. .v. F. convention. 



We regret to hear of (he serious sick 

 iiess of F. R. Mathieson, of Clematis 

 Brook. Mr. Mathieson is one of our 

 oldest and most respected florists, and 

 we hope his recovery may be speedy. 



W. N. Craig. 



ROCHESTER. 



The effect of a great convention on 

 the public at large is usually most no- 

 ticeable in the days immediately fol 

 lowing the event, but the local news 

 paper notices, the entertainments and 

 the excursions during the S. A. F. 

 • onvention week served to bring the 

 florists' business before the public in 

 a much larger measure than ever be 

 fore. The amount of space given by 

 the press to the S. A. F. was of almost 

 inestimable advertising value, and the 

 local trade should reap a large share 

 of the benefits derived from such pub- 

 licity. Since the close of the session 

 much has been published and on Sun 

 day, August 28, one of the local papers 

 gave nearly a page to convention 

 views as a part of its illustrated sun 

 pleincnt. With the impetus given bv 

 -the convention, Rochester florists and 

 growers ought to push Rochester grown 

 flowers and plants into a far wider 

 territory than now covered 



The aster season is here; blooms have 



ShinT"^i 't ''"'? •'"'^' '*' hut until 

 with n the last week or two the sup- 



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 H.r? lo f ^ ''' r^'^'"^'"*''^^'! by George 

 Hart last week, and some growers shin 

 to out-of-town dealers direct The stoel 



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 will see thousands ;f A ^''''*'*"^««'< 

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 quality. Sweet peas aTi nr 5 ''\?'' 

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 stores. Some eoml Z ^°""^ »° ^^*- 

 but the pr ice^Ts " f ' "^ *" ^« »»*<1- 

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