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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



SpPTEMBER 29, 1910. 



There were also many of the Cedar 

 Acres seedlings included. 



Among the many miscellaneous exhib- 

 its not in competition were large dis- 

 plays of dahlias from Andrew W. Pres- 

 ton, W. D. Hathaway and K. & J. Far- 

 quhar & Co. The latter firm filled a 

 large, low table with flowers arranged 

 in large vases on long stems, to show 

 their value for decorative effects. They 

 had a fine collection of the peony-flow- 

 ered class. They also had a collection 

 of palms, ferns and hybrid tea roses, a 

 collection of Wilson's new Chinese dis- 

 coveries, including dishes of fruit from 

 some of the new rubus. They received 

 honorable mention for their new bed- 

 ding or basket tuberous begonia, Alicb 

 Manning, golden yellow in color. 



The Fottler, Fiske, Rawson Co. filled 

 several tables with a big collection of 

 dahlias in several hundred varieties 

 from the Marblehead farm, also vases 

 of lilies and gladioli, such as Mrs. F. 

 Pendleton, Jean Dieulafoy, Brilliant, 

 Rosella, Mrs. Francis King and Har- 

 vard. The collection received a silver 

 medal. Mrs. E. M. Gill showed some of 

 the best blooms in the hall. Her Sou- 

 venir de Gustave Doazon, nine inches in 

 diameter, were noteworthy, also big 

 vases of A. D. Livoni, Jumbo and Grand 

 Duke Alexis, with many good single 

 seedlings. George B. Gill also had a 

 good display of dahlias. 



The Henry A. Dreer Co. received a 

 silver medal for a display of aquatics. 

 It included such nymphajas as Ernest 

 Ludwig, Pennsylvania, Frank Trelease, 

 Sturtevanti, Bissettii, dentata superba 

 and Mrs. C. W. "Ward, and such nelum- 

 biums as Shiroman, roseum plenum and 

 others, and Victoria regia. 



Mrs. H. F. Durant, Thomas Watt 

 gardener, had a fine specimen plant of 

 Oncidium varicosum Rogersii. William 

 Thatcher, gardener for Mrs. J. L. Gard- 

 ner, had excellent specimens of Adian- 

 tum poly phy Hum, Davallia Fijiensis 

 plumosa, Acanthus montanus, etc. 



There was a fine display of vege- 

 tables of all kinds. The two leading 

 prize winners were Col. F. Mason, E. L. 

 Lewis gardener, and Oliver Ames, Ed- 

 ward Parker gardener. Fruits were also 

 of fine quality. The class for green- 

 house grapes, calling for not less than 

 four varieties, two bunches of each, 

 brought out a remarkable display. 

 Thomas E. Procter, Topsfield, Mass., 

 James Marlborough gardener, led with 

 a grand lot of twenty-three bunches in 

 all, many being five to six pounds in 

 weight, of the following varieties: 

 Black Alicante, Lady Hutt, Appley 

 Towers, Mrs. Pince, Golden Queen, 

 Black Hamburgh, Mrs. Barron, Muscat 

 of Alexandria, Madresfield Court, Lady 

 Downe, Mrs. Pearson and Gros Maroc. 

 The last named carried a high bloom. 

 A silver medal was hardly sufiicient for 

 this superb collection. The second prize 

 went to Morton F. Plant, T. W. Head 

 gardener, who had fine Barbarossa, 

 Black Alicante, Muscat of Alexandria 

 and Black Hamburgh. A good collec- 

 tion also came from Mrs. J. C. Whitin, 

 William McAllister gardener, consisting 

 of Lady Downe, Mrs. Pince, Golden 

 Queen, Muscat of Alexandria, Mrs. 

 Pearson, Black Alicante and Gros Guil- 

 laume. Mr. Marlborough also had a fine 

 group of Adiantum Farleyense. 



Admission to the exhibition was free 

 and the attendance large, especially on 

 Sunday, September 25, when the halls 

 were crowded. 



Various Notes. 



Herbert Belcher, of Winthrop, is this 

 season growing 150,000 bulbs, including 

 30,000 Golden Spur narcissi and 25,000 

 Paper Whites. He will have plenty of 

 the latter in bloom in October. Mr. 

 Belcher also has 8,000 chrysanthemums 

 and a quantity of single violets. George 

 Cartwright acts as his salesman at C 

 Park street. 



William H. Elliott has a splendid lot 

 of Mrs. Aaron Ward roses. This variety 

 sells well. Maryland is coming of a 

 high color at present. Killarney and 

 White Killarney are of good quality. 



Julius H. Zinn, among other flowers, 

 is this week showing some extra good 

 achimenes, gladioli, large vases of 

 Sedum spectabile, Cattleya Harrisonise 

 and chrysanthemums in variety. 



Thomas Roland is first in the market 

 with pink chrysanthemums, the variety 

 being Marquis de Montmort. He also 

 has a nice lot of Lady Fitzwygram. 



Charles Evans, of Watertown, and 

 the Sutermeister estate, of Readville, 

 are sending in quantities of white eupa- 

 torium, which sells well while flowers 

 are none too abundant. 



Johnson & Neilson, of Framingham, 

 are among those sending in excellent 

 carnations to the Boston Flower Ex- 

 change, also good Princess of Wales 

 violets and splendid asters. 



Charles J. Harvey, of Needham 

 Heights, has just finished two new 

 houses, 20x100, in which he will grow 

 wall flowers, mignonette and his other 

 specialties. He will heat them with a 

 Kroeschell boiler. 



J. J. Casey, of The Rosary, on Claren- 

 don street, returned home from a Euro- 

 pean trip September 17 and reports an 

 enjoyable trip. Business at his well- 

 equipped store is starting in satisfac- 

 torily. 



The Cummings brothers and William 

 Spillsbury, the two Woburn single violet 

 specialists, are once more regularly seen 

 at the markets with quantities of nice 

 flowers, Princess of Wales being their 

 favorite variety. 



Letters from William Downs state 

 that he had a pleasant passage to 

 Europe, only missing one meal. His 

 health is already showing an improve- 

 ment. 



Visitors last week included J. S. Hay, 

 of Philadelphia, and David Smith, rep- 

 resenting Thomas Smith & Sons, Stran- 

 raer, Scotland, on his annual visit to 

 America. Mr. Smith finds demand good 

 for Scotch-grown roses, rhododendrons 

 and other nursery stock. 



William F. Aylward is handling an 

 excellent cut of Bride and Bridesmaid 

 roses at the Boston Flower Exchange, 

 grown by his father. 



Robert Cameron judged the flowers, 

 fruits and vegetables at Easton Grange 

 fair, North Easton, September 21. About 

 $225 were awarded in prizes, chiefly for 

 children's exhibits. One child's collec- 

 tion of vegetables contained sixty-two 

 varieties and there were sixteen collec- 

 tions shown in one class. The various 

 private estates in North Easton all made 

 exhibits. R. & J. Farquhar & Co., of 

 Boston, had an extensive display of 

 dahlias and herbaceous plants and J. K. 

 Alexander of cactus dahlias. 



The New England Nurseries have the 

 planting contract for an Italian garden 

 fronting the Christian Science temple, 

 almost adjoining Horticultural hall, 



which will be quite an attraction on 

 Huntington avenue. 



Norris F. Comley, of Lexington, is 

 cutting large quantities of fine Golden 

 Glow chrysanthemums. His aster crop 

 is still holding out well. He is cutting 

 quantities of carnations now from his 

 new crop, which includes all the best 

 new varieties. 



Matthew F. Ruane, the popular sales- 

 man for Peirce Bros., at the Boston 

 Flower Exchange, has opened a flower 

 store at Waltham. Miss Ruane will 

 have charge of it, and there is little 

 doubt but that a good business will 

 soon be built up in the watch city. 



W. N. Craig. 



NEW YORK. 



The Market. 



With the waning of September, 

 greater life is manifest in the market, 

 and the expected buoyancy appears. 

 Everything of value sold rapidly at 

 last week's close. Now that the gladi- 

 oli have vanished and the aster crop is 

 nearing its finish, roses and carnations 

 will again dominate, and as these 

 lengthen in stem and increase in size 

 of flower, the market will rapidly re- 

 spond. Society has started its return 

 to the city, and the fall and winter list 

 of weddings and receptions booked al- 

 ready indicates a splendid season. 



The best Beauties rose to 25 cents 

 occasionally last week, but only now 

 and then did they touch that figure, the 

 average of the selected never going 

 above $20 per hundred. Maryland and 

 Killarney are abundant and the best of 

 them have not gone above $5 per hun- 

 dred to date. Some excellent stock of 

 these and Kaiserin are arriving, but of 

 the lower grades, especially of Killar- 

 ney, there seems to be no limit. Bride 

 and Maid are comparatively scarce, and 

 one of the oldest wholesalers predicts 

 these two varieties will command a 

 much better price than during the last 

 five years, so general has been the de- 

 parture of the growers to Killarney and 

 My Maryland. 



The effort to raise carnations to 3 

 cents did not meet with an encouraging 

 response, and $2 per hundred probably 

 will be the prevailing top for a while 

 longer. Lilies had a fluctuating experi- 

 ence last week, selling one day up to 

 12 cents, with light offerings. On Sat- 

 urday they were coming in larger vol- 

 ume, and 9 cents was the high rate that 

 evening. Valley only touched 4 cents 

 for a day; most of it was selling at 

 $2.50 per hundred and under as the 

 week closed. There are plenty of or- 

 chids, and the sources of supply are 

 many. While all the popular season- 

 able varieties are in evidence, the retail 

 windows are made attractive by the 

 oncidium sprays. There are plenty of 

 gardenias, and prices range downward 

 from $25 per hundred. 



Dahlias were abundant last week, 

 and with the advent of rainy weather 

 their quality will improve. The grow- 

 ers have been sadly handicapped by 

 drought. Some of the leading whole- 

 salers are featuring the dahlia this 

 week by fine window displays. There 

 are few violets as yet, and quality is 

 nothing to brag about. 



Some mums sold as high as $4 per 

 dozen. This is likely to be the top 

 price for a long time. The arrivals are 

 increasing daily, and many other varie- 



