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March 24, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



17 



the prices are paid by the leading nar- 

 cissus fanciers. 



The special prizes oflEered by the Dutch 

 Bulb Growers' Association to the Koyal 

 Horticultural Society of England, to en- 

 <;ourage hyacinth cultivation, resulted in 

 an excellent show, March 8. For 200 

 jiyacinths in pots, not less than thirty- 

 i,!X varieties, R. and G. Cuthbert, South- 

 oate, London, were awarded a gold medal 

 ioT a fine collection, arranged on a car- 

 jiet of ferns and mosses. For 200 hya- 

 , inths in twenty pans, ten in a pan, the 

 : ame firm were to the front. There were 

 ;nany collections from private growers, 

 i.nd the Dutch Association's scheme is a 

 ,,ise course in the interests of bulb cul- 

 liire. Two banks of hyacinths from Sut- 

 ton & Sons, Eeading, showed the delight- 

 ;iil effects obtainable in color schemes. 



George Mount, of Canterbury, has a 

 fine seedling tea rose, named Lady Hill- 

 lugdon (award of merit, E. H. S.) ; it 

 is a cross between Papa Gontier and 

 ,\Iadame Hoste and is of a rich apricot 

 (olor. 



Under the auspices of the National 

 Dahlia Society, a highly successful con- 

 ference has just been held in London. 

 J:]. Mawley, president, occupied the chair. 

 Papers were read by G. Gordon, on 

 ' ' Dahlias in Garden Decoration ; " J. 

 Stredwick, on "Growing Dahlias for 

 Exhibition," and J. B. Eiding, on 

 "Methods of Exhibiting Dahlias." 



For the Perpetual Flowering Carnation 

 Society's show, to be held in December, 

 special prizes are offered by the E. G. 

 Hill Co. for J. Whitcomb Eiley and by 

 F. Dorner & Sons Co. for Scarlet Glow. 

 The schedule of prizes, just issued, is 

 the most comprehensive yet published by 

 the society and indicates the society's 

 progress and the increasing popularity of 

 the carnation. 



The proposed sweet pea society for 

 Scotland, which I mentioned recently, has 

 not matured. The promoters, not receiv- 

 ing the support they anticipated, are al- 

 lowing the subject to simmer until the 

 canny Scots' enthusiasm gets warmer. 

 There are a few red-hot sweet pea men 

 among them and they will undoubtedly 

 keep others alive upon the subject. 



Beb. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



A decided improvement has now taken 

 place in market conditions. Supplies 

 have fallen off quite sharply. As is cus- 

 tomary near Easter, prices have risen 

 moderately and flowers are being quite 

 well cleaned up. Eoses are more abun- 

 ■dant. Beauties are selling better, but 

 neither on these nor on other roses are 

 there likely to be any particular price 

 advances for Easter. ' White Kiilarney is 

 selling extra well. White roses are in 

 short supply and moving much better 

 tlian colored ones. Carnations are climb- 

 ing, extra good whites making $5 per 

 Imndred March 21. There jiromises to 

 1)6 an adequate carnation crop for Easter. 

 ')n violets 50 cents is at present top 

 price, but some advance will take place 

 later in the week. There will be more 

 \ iolets the coming Easter than for some 

 ^ears. Cut lilies are making $10 per hun- 

 Ired, but an advance is not unlikely 

 learer Easter. 



Sweet peas are plentiful. The best 



-Trades are now bringing $10 per hun- 



Ired, but prices run as low as one-fourth 



hat sum on poorer stock. Bulbous 



toek is cleaning up much better. Poeti- 



cus brings $10 per thousand; Trumpet 

 narcissi, $1.50 to $2 per hundred; tulips, 

 $1.50 to $2 per hundred. There are 

 smaller lots of Spanish iris, tritonias, 

 ixias, anemones and ranunculus. Wall- 

 flower is in heavy supply and of slow 

 sale. Pansies move moderately well, as 

 do English primroses. For myosotis and 

 other flowers there is only an uncertain 

 call. Callas are more plentiful, but sell- 

 ing well. Lily of the valley is in good 

 supply and demand. Gardenias are plen- 

 tiful. Cattleyas are rather scarce. 

 Lselias, dendrobiums and coelogynes are 

 the leaders in orchids. There is a strong 

 call for asparagus and other greenery. 

 Sprengeri is arriving more freely. 



Plant trade is brisk on pot lilies; 12 ^/^ 

 cents per bud is the ruling rate, but an 

 advance to 15 cents is not improbable. 

 Azaleas are seen everywhere and are fine- 

 ly flowered. Among rambler roses there 

 are less Crimson and Baby Eamblers 

 seen and many more of such varieties 

 as Dorothy Perkins, Lady Gay, Hia- 

 watha, Tausendschon and Wedding Bells, 

 also a good many nicely flowered hybrids 

 and plenty of Clothilde Soupert in pans. 

 Primula obconica meets with quite a sale 

 among cheaper plants. Hyacinths, one 

 to a pot, bring $8 to $10 per hundred. 

 Tulips and narcissi in pans are also pop- 

 ular. Lily of the valley in 6-inch pots 

 is selling well. Metrosideros, genistas, 

 spiraeas, acacias, hydrangeas, ericas, bo- 

 ronias, lilacs. Azalea mollis, pyrus in 

 variety and many other varieties are 

 seen. It promises to be far the greatest 

 plant Easter ever known here. 



Qub Field Day. 



About forty members of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club joined in the 

 outing to the establishment of the W. W. 

 Edgar Co., March 19. The houses were 

 found filled to overflowing with capitally 

 grown plants, and were never in better 

 condition. Lilies to the number of 15,- 

 000 were in the pink of condition for 

 Easter. Among these were multiflorums, 

 giganteums and some splendid Formo- 

 sas. As many as a dozen flowers per 

 stem were to be seen on some of the 

 last named. It is the cleanest of all the 

 Easter lilies, but grows rather tall for 

 a pot plant. Some thousands of azaleas 

 were in flower. Among other varieties, 

 Mme. Ernest Eckhaute, double cerise, 

 was good. Other leaders were Prof. 

 Wolters, Marie Louise, Van der Cruyssen, 

 Charles Encke, Vervseneana, Simon 

 Mardner and Empress of India. 



Hydrangeas in quantity were in fine 

 condition, the majority carrying eight to 

 twelve flower heads, each in 7-inch pots. 

 There were 2,000 coming along for Me- 

 morial day, and 4,000 young stock for 

 next year. A large batch of H. P. 

 roses were just right. Eamblers were 

 heavily set with buds and good batches 

 of astilbes, genistas, metrosideros, aca- 

 cias, lilacs and other plants were finely 

 flowered. Geraniums to the number <of 

 20,000 are grown for spring trade and 

 large quantities of other bedding plants, 

 also adiantums, palms, Ficus elastica and 

 other decorative foliage plants. Chrysan- 

 themums were being heavily propagated. 

 Golden Glow being a favorite among the 

 earlies. 



After an inspection of the houses an 

 adjournment was made to the roomy 

 packing-shed, where refreshments were 

 served ^and short addresses were made by 

 W. N. Craig, F. E. Palmer, T. J. Grey, 

 M. H. Norton, T. H. Westwood, Eobert 

 Cameron, George M. Anderson and 

 Thomas Pegler. Hearty votes of thanks 



and rousing cheers were given to Mrs. W. 

 W. Edgar and her skillful manager, Her- 

 man H. Bartsch. Mrs. Edgar said she 

 hopes the club will pay them a visit 

 every year. 



Most of the visiting members next pro- 

 ceeded to the establishment of Edgar 

 Bros. The boys, Frank and Robert, have 

 two large houses of sweet peas of which 

 they are feeling justly proud, which are 

 just coming into nice crop. The vari-' 

 eties grown include Christmas Pink, 

 Mont Blanc, Mrs. Wallace, Pink Beauty, 

 Governor Fort and Greenbrook. A num- 

 ber of Spencer varieties are also coming 

 along for flowering in May and June. 

 Chrysanthemums are being propagated 

 in quantity and are planted as soon as 

 the sweet peas are gone. We were 

 pleased to see that the Edgar boys are 

 making good and understand that they 

 are planning to add another house this 

 season. 



Later a number of the visitors pro- 

 ceeded to A. M. Davenport's, of Water- 

 town, on invitation, and were well repaid 

 for their visit. There were seen 8,000 

 lilies in beautiful condition, 1,500 Crim- 

 son and Baby Eambler roses, 2,000 rub- 

 ber plants and 25,000 small ferns. All 

 were well grown and a treat to look 

 upon. In a sash house were 2,000 Mar- 

 shall strawberries in 6-inch pots, which 

 were just setting their fruit. These will 

 be a sight well worth seeing a month 

 hence. 



Club Meeting. 



Coming as it did so near Easter, the 

 attendance at the meeting of the Garden- 

 ers ' and Florists' Club, March 22, was 

 less than in February, but considerably 

 over 100 were present when Vice-presi- 

 dent Miller called the meeting to order. 

 Letters were read from several senators 

 and congressmen relative to resolutions 

 forwarded by the club, asking them. to 

 support parcels post legislation and op- 

 pose free seed distribution by the govern- 

 ment. The death of the beloved treas- 

 urer, Edward Hatch, called forth sym- 

 pathetic references, and a committee to 

 draw up suitable resolutions was ap- 

 pointed. The secretary announced the 

 receipt of $100 from Mr. Hatch a short 

 time before his death, to -be used as a 

 permanent fund for the landscape classes. 

 A letter was read from E. H. Wilson, 

 thanking the club for honoring him by 

 election to honorary membership. Mrs. 

 E. M. Gill, the veteran and well-known 

 florist of Medford, ilas unanimously 

 elected an honorary member. 



Arthur E. Thatcher, of the Arnold Ar- 

 boretum, read an able and instructive 

 paper on * ' New and Desirable Hardy 

 Herbaceous Plants," which brought out 

 an interesting discussion. There were 

 some good exhibits, and further additions 

 were made to the membership list. 



Various Notes. 



At the private funeral services for the 

 late Edward Hatch, held at his late 

 home, 328 Commonwealth avenue, ]\[areh 

 16, the Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 was represented by ex-Presidents W. 

 Downs and Thomas J. Grey. The club 

 sent a wreath of roses. There was a 

 wealth of beautiful floral tributes. 



The Boston Market Gardeners' Asso- 

 ciation visited the greenhouses of A. M. 

 Davenport, of Watertown, March 19. In 

 the afternoon they had a lecture and 

 discussion at Horticultural hall. 



Edward MacMulkin, besides being a 

 successful florist, does some truck farm- 

 ing. Last year he planted sixteen acres 



