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The Weekly Florists^ Re vie w^ 



Skptkmbkk 15, 1910. 



Kiiiji, ui.i' ot' tlirif lust varieties, is now 

 iK'uriii^ Inij^clv. K;it liciinc |)iirr is luit 

 yot ill Modiii, liiit |ii<piiiiscs wi'll. 'The 

 I'cils Mi'c ;i rcnlnic ni tiic sccdiiil iicld. 



('. A. W 1 is (iiir i<i liic old-time 



yrowris. lie li>\('s his \voii< draiiy iiiid 

 liis |il;icc siiows it. 



All tlic 1';ir!iis \\cit' tdcaii and tlic 

 stock licaltliy. 'I'lic rnt liiisiasin of the 

 iii'o\vci-s (dcaiiy said that no stoii.' 

 woiilil lio Ict't niiliiniccl to iiii|iid\c the 

 \aii('ti('s and maintain the standard 

 ot' tin- dahlia at i I aniniunt on. 



I'hil. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



< (inditions ha\o (dianjjrd lint little 

 from a W(>ek ajio. The summer dull 

 iie.ss lias ii(d y(d i;i\-eii jdace to fall 

 activity. I'l'ices show little (dianj^c. hut 

 on the whole Imsiness is fnlly as i^dod 

 as can l>o exjiected at tliis season and 

 (|nite a lot oi tloweis are lieiiii^ nio\cd. 

 in fact coiisiileialily itioic than a year 

 a<;(). looses aie liecoiiiini; more alniiid- 

 aiit. 'J'hev are not yet id' p.aiticularly 

 flood f)ii;dity and many of the short 

 stemmed ones are only (deared at low 

 prices. Killarnevs retain their popii 

 iarity. Some <iOod (ai'not. ]\Iarvland 

 and Kaiseiiii .'ire also seen, rarnations 

 ••ire now ai ri\ inji lioiii more growers, 

 Imt only in limited (jiiantities ;is yet. 

 \vhile stems are fjuito short. 



Lilies .are in fairly i^ood di'niand. Tj. 

 loiii/itlornm is now mostly seen, aura- 

 tums ;iiid s)ir(Mosums lieine scarce. 

 Aster'-- are aimndant and of jjrand 

 '|u;ility. I'rifis are somewhat lowi'r on 

 these. K'aiiis of last week s[)oiled a 

 Lliiod 7iiaiiv flowc^rs. American T'rancdi- 

 iiiL; is iinnsiiaily fiio', somo lia\iii<f 24- 

 in(di stems. (;ladi(di are jicttiiiji scarcer 

 and "^(lod spikes of the favorite colors 

 are tirinjiine fairly yood prices. The 

 scaieity in orchids sliows siyiis of re 

 li(d' now, with the arri\;il ai the first 

 laldatas. (;ard(Mii;is are not in nnicli 

 request. Valley sidls moderatidy widl. 

 • 'lit liydr.'in^ieas. tnl.eroses, siiii;le sun 

 flowers, cosmos, pliysosteyia ;iTid a v;i- 

 liety «d' other onldooi' llowers are Seen. 

 The demaiiil tui Lireen stock remains 

 •alioiit ■ he sanir. I'ot plant t r.-ole is 

 <t;irtiiiL; np ni'-ily. 



Various Notes. 



The llalilax (laideiis c,,.. ot' Halifax, 

 M.'iss., are ;inioiiy the new st.'ill Judders 

 at th(- Ilnstoii KlowiT l!x(dian<re, hav- 

 in;r I>iiieli;ised two stalls. I'ntil tliP 

 present season i-pcnmlii^rs. 1om;itoes and 

 lettuce were chiitl\- Mrowii. Imt the 

 manager, \V, K. I.cnk, has now ."iO.fifiO 

 i-arnatioiis planted as a starter in flori- 

 culture. 



Letters i('cii\i(! from .\iidicw ('hris 

 ti'iiseii, of Stem li.aiii, who is now in 

 Kiirope, show that he h;is done Lfnidon 

 and I'aris and is now Imsy on the conti- 

 nent visitipfT other jdaccs ai' horticiil 

 tiiral interest. 



Ainon<r the new st.'ill holder- ;i1 the 

 I'oston ( 'oiiperat i\'e {'lower .Maiket are 

 .\ithiir (Jriilin and ,Tohn I'. Mood, of 

 \V'olmrn. and James Wheeler, of Is'atick. 

 .\t the Boston I'lower l-]xc)ianj;(>, .\. 

 Hoper, of 'I'ewkslnirv, has taken two 

 stalls. T<oiiis Smith, of Tewkstniry, and 

 .\. ]\T. Davenjiort. of W'atertown. are 

 also new accessions, 



Miss I'.'iinice T'cdcliei- h.as opened .-i new 

 tlower store in W'inthroii Center. Her 

 l>rotlier for some- time li.as operated 

 frreenhotisos there, Imt has 7ie\-er had a 

 =!tore. Miss I'lehdier is well known ;iiid ' 



is doiiiij an e.xctdlent Imsiness. 



A'. M. Silverman, at his always in- 

 teresting Winter street store, had hist 

 weidv some excellent ]):ins of achinienes 

 and line >dnie. P.eiyniann chiysantli(>- 

 mums. 



.Mr. and INIrs. W. IL Elliott moved 

 Se|)tenilier from ^I.adlniry. N. IL, to 

 tlndr tine new Brighton home. The 

 loses lioth at Madlmry and Bri<i;hton are 

 looking exceptionally W(dl. ]\Ir. Klliott 

 tiiids that fnmijiiition with liydrocyanic 

 acid yas of snflicicnt streneth to kill 

 rose plants li;is no (dfect on the de- 

 striicii\-e leaf roller, which h.as caused 

 him a lot of tronlile at iMadhury. 



-Vmona yrowors who are sending in 

 nice carnations of the new season's 

 cop to the Boston I'dower KxchanjiC 

 ail W. 1>. lloward. of :\Iilford; Leonard 

 Cousins, of Concord .lunction; .\. Chris 

 tonsen, of Stoneham; S. J. Goddard. 

 (>\' I'ramiiiiiham, and danu's Tiilis, of 

 South Sudlmrv. 



At Thomas Calvin's Treniont street 

 store last week one window contained 

 some lieaiitifnl vases of fjladioli. In 

 another window crotons, Aralia V(dt- 

 idiii, |)and;tiiiis, ferns in variety and As- 

 )>ara,L;ns pliiinosus were tastefully ar- 

 ranjicd. 



Quite a nnndier id' our local yrowcM'S 

 have, durinti' the last few days, been 

 visitors at the liiti aviation nie(din<r at 

 Atlantic, where daily atten(lanc(>s of 

 ."il),(m(i to T.'i.tliKi have heen the rule. If 

 inly some siiidi attraction as (irahame- 

 White could lie secured for the coming 

 national show its lin.ancial success 

 .vouhi lie a foregone conclusion. 



.1. Xewnian i.^ Sons, at tliidr Tremont 

 street stole, h;i\-e lieeii finite Imsy with 

 fuiHMal work l.atidy. They liavi> had 

 excellent summer Imsiness. In their 

 windows \aiions foliage jilants in small 

 I'ancy dishes, such as crotons, Cocos 

 Weddidliana. .asp.avagiis, etc., are being 

 m;ide a feature ;it ])res(Mit. 



.1. 1'. I'lood, who recently juiridiased 

 the i);i\id i'isher estate in \Vobiirn, liiis 

 his <-;irnat ions all housed and is jticking 

 a niie lot of llowers. .\s]iaragus S|iren- 

 gcri and a<lia nt iinis are btdng in.ade spe 

 ci.alties. 



b'emeiidier the (dub meiding Septem- 

 ber L'li. \;ic;ition ex]ieriences will lie 

 given bv a number of members and 

 there will be much fither Tuisiness of 

 interest. 



I!, r. Wiiudi is sending in some good 

 Coldeii (ilow clny.-int hemiims, which 

 are l:;tiidli>d by .t! S. Manter at the 

 Lofton i'lower l-;x(diange. 



I'all tr.adi' is beginning to start u|i 

 nicidy with ^\'(dch i^ros., and tliev an 

 ticip.'ite an excidlent season. Thev iiie 

 recei', ing exi-ellent ISeaiitv .and Kill.ar 

 iH'y loses. \-;illey. carnations, (dii'vsan 

 themiims, gardeni.'is and cattlexas. 



iJiich ti-e(>s in eveiy jiart -tif M.assa 



chnsetts h;i\e I n skej<doni/.ed bv ;i 



small Lireen woiin. The trees haxc the 

 a!ip<'arai;ce of being scor(died bx- fire. 

 We h.ad a similai' attack .'ib'ont ten 

 years ;igo, but since that time have 

 1 cell pi;i('t ic.ally imniiiiie from the pest. 



11. \\. ( oinley. on I'.ark sfreid, h.as 

 m;ide excellent use of Clematis panicii- 

 l.-ita of late in his wimlow decor.ations. 

 \\'e noted i;iiod achinienes, Boiivardi.a 

 lliimboldtii and ( attleya Ilarrisonia' 

 .ainonii other llowers. 



\\'illi;ini I', .\ylward is at jiresent 

 h.andling some excidlent Christmas peji 

 pers from II. W. A'ose. of Hyde Park. 



Mann Uros.. of Randolph, have at 

 pii'sent fine lots of tuberoses. Ilvdr.aii 



gca paniculata. Liliiim longiflorum and 

 dahlias at their stands in the Boston 

 Flower Exchange. 



Wheeler & Co., of Waban, the orchid 

 specialists, have a grand lot of (^attleya 

 labiata, bristling with sheaths, from 

 which they M'ill cut thousands weekly 

 in a short time. 



•Tohn McFarland, of North l^aston. 

 h.as 2,000 poinsottias in 6-inch pots 

 which promise to be ideal plants for 

 Christmas. He is growing some of the 

 double variety, plenissima, which hi> 

 likes very much, but which is less easy 

 of propagation than the common pul- 

 cherrima. 



L'obert ]\Iontgomerv has been spend- 

 ing his vacation at his summer cottage 

 in ]\Iaine, and is much improved there 

 by. 



A. N. Pierson, of Cromwell, Conn., 

 was a visitor last week. Edward J. 

 Rogean is salesman for Mr. Pierson at 

 the Boston Flower Exchange. 



Eecent soaking rains did considerable 

 damage to the aster crop, white flowers 

 suffering the most. Vegetation has. 

 liowe\er, liecn wonderfully revived. 

 Light frosts were reported from several 

 places on the mornings of September 

 n and 12. 



,T. 11. Leach & Son. of North Easton. 

 have an extra fine lot of carnations this 

 season, including the most up-to-date 

 varieties. They are growing less asters 

 this season than a year ago. The black 

 beetle proved destructive, but they 

 have an excellent lot of gladioli. 



At W. W. Edgar & Co. 's, stock is 

 looking first class at present. They 

 have grand lots of poinsettias. TjOi 

 raines, azaleas, metrosideros, small 

 ferns, hydrangeas, genistas and other 

 ser\ieeable stock, 



\'e\v Engl.and's greatest fair ofiens at 

 Brockton October 4. More money is 

 this year given for cut flowers. Foi 

 vase of fifty roses, ."fil.'), .^ilO and $5 i- 

 offered. There are also new classes for 

 vases of twenty-five blooms of each typ( 

 of dahlia shown with long stems, whiidi 

 should jirove a phrasing change from 

 the flat stereotyjn'd style of exhibitiiie 

 usually in ex'idence. 



Henry M. Boliinson & Co. are rapidly 

 filling their large new store rooms with 

 seasonal le s.'oods. 1'hey are receiving 

 (jiiantities of sjilendid new crop hardy 

 ferns and the cut flower diMnand is 

 bracing iij). 



N'. F. McCarthy's auction sales 

 st.arted up again Septemlier 1.'? and will 

 continue for some weeks. 



W. N. Craig 



TO RIPEN SPRENGERI SEED. 



Would you kindly tidl us how to 

 ii|ien Asparagus Sprengeri seeil ? \\'e 

 have had a piece of a ))ench in Spren 

 geri for the last ye.ar, and during the 

 summer months it produced strong 

 sprays, whi(di we li.ave allowed to go te 

 seed. The spr.ays bear heavy clusters ot 

 the seed :ind r;imlde .all over the bed. 

 but the seeds do not ripen, or if they do. 

 they fall off unnoticed. Shoubf the 

 spra.vs be cut with the green berries 

 on them and dried, or should they be 

 hung up, letting the sun do the rest .' 

 How should the watering be condiicteil 

 ;tt this ])eriod of thidr growth? H. .T. I'. 



The seeds of Asparagus Sprengeii 

 would ripen more readily and more 

 evenly if the sjirays were supported so 

 that the sun and air could reach them. 

 It would ]>e an eas\- mattei- to run a 



