September 22, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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Alexander, E. W. Ela, N. A. Lindsay, 

 Mrs. L. M. Towle and others. There 

 were also excellent entries in the classes 

 for singles and peony-flowered varieties. 

 J. K. Alexander showed strongly in the 

 classes for eighteen cactus in separate 

 colors, taking first for yellow, white and 

 pink, and second for red.. He had an 

 extensive table finely arranged with all 

 types, many being on long stems. Lind- 

 vall & Delury, of Dorchester, were also 

 successful contestants in these classes, 

 capturing, among other prizes, first for 

 eighteen show, eighteen white show, 

 eighteen white decorative, eighteen 

 pink decorative, six peony-flowered, 

 and second for eighteen pink cactus. 

 George B. Gill, of Medford, showed 

 some of the finest blooms in the hall, 

 his vase of mammoth Souvenir de Gus- 

 tavo Doazon being the best ever staged 

 in Boston. Mr. Gill, who is a son of 

 the veteran, Mrs. E. M. Gill, captured 

 first for eighteen red cactus with a fine 

 seedling named in honor of his mother, 

 a variety which will be heard from; 

 also first for eighteen red decorative, 

 eighteen all types mixed, and second for 

 the largest bloom of a show dahlia, 

 A. E, Johnson taking first in the latter 

 class. Mr. Johnson's new pink seed- 

 ling, Mrs. Alice Longworth, took every- 

 one's eye. 



Edgar W. Ela, in the loggia, had a 

 large exhibit in 150 varieties to show 

 the decorative value of dahlias, a num- 

 ber of designs being well worked out. A 

 mound of the soft rose Jeanne Charmet 

 and another of Souvenir de Gustave 

 Doazon were taking. The Fottler, Fiske, 

 Eawson Co. had an extensive exhibit 

 from its Marblehead farm. The single 

 flowers were displayed on white collars. 

 While this shows up the individual 

 flower well, its formality is too severe 

 to warrant its extended use at shows. 

 One large table was devoted to deco- 

 rative. Among these we noted as being 

 particularly fine Snowdon, Wolfgang 

 von Goethe, Marblehead, Dorothy, of a 

 pleasing lavender pink color, Snow- 

 storm, Beloit, Cortez, Directeur Quinnce 

 and Marguerite Perroneau. On another 

 table the varieties Yellow Colosse, Papa 

 Charmet, Governor Guild, Souvenir de 

 Gustave Doazon, W. W. Rawson, Dreer's 

 White, Mont Blanc and Bertha von 

 Suttner were noteworthy. 



Mrs. E. M. Gill filled a table with an 

 excellent assortment tastefully ar- 

 ranged, tall vases being freely used 

 down the center. Other prominent ex- 

 hibitors, besides those already named, in- 

 cluded S. V. Walters, Alvin A. Bassett, 

 W. D. Moon and H. W. Kendal. There 

 were in all seventy-one classes, inclu- 

 sive of specials, of which twenty-seven 

 were allotted to amateurs. Some fine 

 new seedlings were shown and practi- 

 cally every class had competition. There 

 was a large attendance on each day of 

 the exhibition. Admission was free and 

 everything in<licated that interest in 

 dahlias was on the increase. 



The New England Dahlia Society now 

 numbers 420 members, in all parts of 

 the United States, as well as Canada, 

 England, Germany, France and other 

 foreign countries. The society issues a 

 monthly publication entitled the Dahlia 

 News. Its ofiicers for 1909-10 are: 

 President, H. W. Kendal, Newton, 

 Mass.; vice-president, George B. Gill, 

 Medford, Mass.; secretary, L. M. Bates, 

 West Bridgewater, Mass.; treasurer, 

 W. D. Moon, Lynn, Mass. The execu- 

 tive committee is: E. W. Ela, Woburn, 

 Mass.; N, A. Lindsay, Marblehead, 



Mass.; T. H. Tyndale, Boston; C. N. 

 Bacon, East Boston, Mass., and J. H. 

 Flint, Salem, Mass. 



The dahlia show in connection with 

 the show of the Massachusetts Horti- 

 cultural Society, opening September 23, 

 promises to be a large one, almost equal 

 in size to that held by the New England 

 Dahlia Society. 



Club Meeting. 



The opening meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club after the sum- 

 mer vacation attracted a rousing attend- 

 ance to Horticultural hall, September 20. 

 The report of the picnfc committee was 

 read and accepted and prize donors 

 thanked. There was some discussion 

 over the proposed banquet and enter- 

 tainment of visitors to the coming 

 S. A. F. national show, W. H, Elliott, 

 William Sim, K. Finlayson and D. Fin- 

 layson being added to the committee. 

 There was discussion of the Eochester 

 convention, which all who were there 

 pronounced the best ever. Vacation 

 experiences were given by Messrs. 

 Fisher, Cameron, Craig, Patten, Elliott, 

 Roger, Grey and others. The question 

 of offering extremely large premiums 

 was discussed by Messrs. Finlayson, 

 Elliott, Cameron, Craig, Kennedy and 

 others. Nine new members were elected. 



On the exhibition table were Bud- 

 dleia variabilis, from L. G. Van Leeu- 

 wen; hybrid tea roses, from Gerhard 

 Bleicken; Dendrobium Pearei and pent- 

 stemons, from D. Finlayson. 



Various Notes. 



Sidney Hoffman has added still one 

 more store to his already large estab- 

 lishment, and now has the largest and 

 most imposing frontage of any Boston 

 store. Mr. Hoffman picked up quanti- 

 ties of new things while in Europe, 

 especially in the pot plant line, and fall 

 business is starting in with him finely. 



Mr. Quint, the Roxbury Crossing flo- 

 rist, will open a new store about Octo- 

 ber 15, on Boylston street, almost 

 directly opposite F. H. Houghton. This 

 street is now getting thick with florists' 

 stores. 



Mrs. J. W. Rogers, on Summer street, 

 has added a fine new ofiice and made a 

 number of floor improvements. A win- 

 dow containing a large display of the 

 autumn crocus, Colchicum autumnale, in 

 bloom, and bulbs In large variety, is 

 an attraction at present. Business here 

 shows a steady increase. 



William E. Turner, of Woburn, is 

 already picking nice Princess of Wales 

 violets, which he sells at the Boston 

 Flower Exchange. 



B. J. McGinty, at 2 Park street, is 

 handling a nice grade of roses from 

 W. R. Morris, Wellesley Hills. 



William R. Nicholson is again in evi- 

 dence at C Park street with some of his 

 high-grade carnations. The stock at 

 Framingham looks unusually well. Chrys- 

 anthemums, including some splendid 

 earlies, are a feature, as well as carna- 

 tions. 



Willow Hill Greenhouses, West Rox- 

 bury, are sending in fine Golden Glow 

 chrysanthemums to Thomas Pegler at 

 C Park street. 



A. A. Pembroke, of North Beverly, 

 has this season some 10,000 carnations 

 and is already cutting some excellent 

 flowers. Last season he made quite a 

 specialty with sweet peas, which he 

 grew splendidly. 



William Sim is getting his houses 

 ready for his big batch of single vio- 



lets, of which he will plant about 100,- 

 000 this fall. His tomatoes produced a 

 better crop than ever last season. 



Thomas Roland, the Nahant plant 

 wizard, is sending in fine Dracaena San- 

 deriana and D. Massangeana, among 

 other plants, to the Boston Flower 



Exchange. . ^ , n 



At Thomas F. Galvin's Back Bay 

 store more space is being added to make 

 room for his ever increasing business. 



The Boston Flower Exchange is 

 making some improvements in its cold 

 storage department. A neat new sign 

 has just been hung over the entrance to 



the market. . 



From the Waban Rose Conservatories 

 Killarney and White Killarney roses 

 are of good quality at present. They 

 will have a nice lot of Mrs. Aaron Ward 

 shortlv. W. X. Craig. 



CINCINNATI. 



Census Count Is 36i,463. 



Business was fair last week. Large 

 amounts of stock were sold, but there 

 was more than enough on hand to fill 

 orders in some lines. Roses are now 

 arriving in great shape. The stems and 

 foliage are good and the blooms are 

 fine. Practically all kinds, including 

 Beauties, Killarney. White Killarney, 

 Taft Bride and Maid, can be obtainca 

 in quantities, and find a good market. 



Many consignments of asters are com- 

 ing in, chiefly from New' York. The 

 automobile floral parade last Wednes- 

 day was expected to create a demand 

 for these flowers and some extra ship- 

 ments were arranged for accordingly. 

 This demand, however, did not mate- 

 rialize and many asters were left over. 



Carnations are increasing in volume 

 and find a fair request. The best bring 

 cTood prices. Lilies also have a good 

 market. Cosmos and dahlias are good 

 and manv ere used, especially of the 

 former, which cleans up every day. 



In decorative greens, smilax is not 

 ovorplentiful. Good Asparagus Spren- 

 eeri is arriving daily from the south 

 End is offered by most of the whole- 

 salers. Southern smilax also is here. 



Various Notes. 



The automobile floral parade, Wednes_ 

 day, September 14, was more or less ot 

 a disappointment. Only two cars were 

 decorated with natural flowers paper 

 ones being used for the remainder. Ut 

 the former, one, which took the second 

 prize in its class, was decoriited by Miss 

 Edith Kyrk and L. H. K.vrk. The 

 decorations were neat and simple and 

 consisted of southern smilax an'\f' 'Tie 

 asters. The other car was 11. B. Mc- 

 Cullough's large fifty-four horse-power 

 Stevens-Duryea touring car. i he ton- 

 neau was in pink and white asters, to 

 represent a sea shell. In this part were 

 Mr. McCullough, his iittlc sou and five 

 girls with pink parasols. This was 

 drawn by two white swans placed over 

 the front fenders. The whole floated on 

 a sea of southern smilax and blue 

 asters This car received a special men- 

 tion from the judges. The cars decor- 

 ated witli paper represented all kinds 

 of flowers, even blue chrysanthemums, 

 and showed all colors of the rainbow. 

 A few were pretty and artistic, but the 

 remainder were mediocre. 



C. E. Critchell now has southern 

 smilax on hand at all times. 



K. Witterstaetter is now cutting car- 



