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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



October 13, 1910. 



Our Sensational New Ostrich Plume Celosia 



''PRIDE OF CASTLE GOULD," in grand shape at 



our Greenhouses, in 7-in. and 8-in. pots, 2 to 3 ft. tall. 



Price $2.50 and $3.00 each. 



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FANCY CARNATION BLOOMS 



Our place is in full crop and we are able to take care of orders on short 

 notice. Nothing but the best varieties, all colors, long stems, strictly fresh cut. 



We are not only handling Carnations but are in position to supply every- 

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lower all around, the best stock making 

 $2,50 to $3 per hundred. Double violets 

 are coming from several growers, and 

 singles are quite abundant, but not yet 

 of good quality. The bulk of the plants 

 are still outdoors, growers preferring a 

 little frost before housing them. Chrys- 

 anthemums are now coming in quantity, 

 but as yet there is no glut. Few large^ 

 fancy blooms are seen nowadays, the 

 demand for them being light. The 

 flowers which are most in demand 

 wholesale at $4 to $10 per hundred. A 

 few fancies make $2.50 to $3 per dozen, 

 but these are top prices. Golden Glow, 

 Halliday, Polly Eose, Pacific Supreme, 

 Glory of Pacific, Montmort and Mon- 

 rovia are the varieties mostly seen. A 

 few Ivory also appeared this week. 



There are still quite a few asters, but 

 they are of poor quality, and the prices 

 obtained for them will hardly pay for 

 picking and express charges. Dahlias 

 are getting fewer. They are featured 

 just now by quite a few of the stores, 

 and if cut with longer stems should in 

 future seasons be more in demand. A 

 few indoor grown sweet peas are seen, 

 and a few outdoor stragglers also. 

 Cornflowers, pansies, tuberoses, cosmos 

 and some other outdoor flowers are seen. 

 Pansies average 50 cents per hundred; 

 cosmos, 25 cents to 50 cents per hun- 

 dred. 



Lily of the valley is coming of better 

 quality, and has been in fairly good 

 demand. Lilies are not overabundant, 

 and the bulk make 10 cents to 12*^ 

 cents each. Smilax is not much seen 

 nowadays, but one or two growers are 

 bringing it in. Asparagus and adian- 

 tum are both good, the fronds of the 

 latter being hard and well ripened. The 

 demand for hardy ferns is improving. 



Trade in pot plants is steadily grow- 

 ing, the demand being as yet chiefly for 



foliage plants, but chrysanthemums are 

 now quite plentiful and of good quality. 

 Lorraines, Christmas peppers and sola- 

 nums are all seen in quantity. The call 

 for small ferns for dishes is good. 



Various Notes. 



William C. Ward, of Quincy, is bring- 

 ing in some good yellow pompon chrys- 

 anthemums, also a fine lot of pansies, 

 in which latter flower he is a leading 

 greenhouse specialist. 



F. J. Dolansky is cutting extra good 

 Eosiere and Polly Eose chrysanthe- 

 mums. He has a fine lot of pot plants 

 in variety. 



New England's great outdoor car 

 nival, the Brockton fair, held October 

 4 to 7, attracted this year more people 

 than ever before. Paid admissions on 

 October 5 were 52,650 and October 6, 

 90,995, gate receipts for these two days 

 being over $60,000. The total attend- 

 ance was close to 200,000. Is there anv 

 other fair in America that can beat 

 these figures for a four days' show? The 

 frost the week previous materially 

 reduced the show of outdoor flowers, 

 dahlias suffering the most. The leading 

 exhibitors of these were G. H. Walker, 

 F. L. Tinkham, A. E. .Johnson, A. W. 

 Tripp, W. D. Hathaway and W. F. Tur- 

 ner & Co. Some large growers, like J. 

 K. Alexander, did not have a flower to 

 show, all being frozen. The Montrose 

 Greenhouses secured first prize for fifty 

 roses. The rose men did not show up 

 as they should. Baskets and bouquets 

 of native flowers were this year a new 

 feature. Among the judges were Dun- 

 can Finlayson, on vegetables, Wilfrid 

 Wheeler, on fruits, and W. N. Craig 

 and W. D. Hathaway, on flowers. 



Among those in the trade noticed at 

 the Brockton fair were: George Cart- 

 wright, W. A. Hastings, W. .1. Thurs- 



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Chrysanthemom 



By Arthur Herrinsfton 



Formerly president Chrysanthemum 

 Society of America. 



The most complete and comprehensive 

 work on the cultivation of the chrysan- 

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 America. Its scope and character may 

 be gleaned from the list of contents, 

 which comprises chapters on composts; 

 planting; benches, boxes or pots; general 

 cultural details ; crown and terminal buds ; 

 feeding, its object and application; care 

 of the buds; exhibition and judging; spec- 

 imen plants, plants in pots; raising from 

 seed and hybridizing; sports; hardy 

 chrysanthemums ; chrysanthemums for 

 south and west ; insect pests and diseases ; 

 classification and selection of varieties 

 for special purposes; history of the chrys- 

 anthemum, etc. The book will be wel- 

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 well as the practical character of its con- 

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 pages. 5x7 inches. Price 50c postpaid. 



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ton, A. S. Parker, Charles Evans, J. Mc- 

 Farland, N. F. Comley and W. E. 

 Cahill. 



The Eosiere chrysanthemums seen at 

 C Park street, from Willow Hill Green- 

 houses, are this season extra fine. They 

 are easily disposed of by Thomas 

 Pegler. 



Edward MacMulkin, on Boylston 

 street, had an attractive window dec- 

 oration in yellow last week. Chrysan- 

 themums were freely used with such 

 ferns as Cibotium Schiedei. Pot chrys- 



