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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



March 31, 1910. 



-Xii'dii^- dtlicr ]j|;iiils. y;iri|c'iii;is. cvi-hi- 

 iiieiis, lM,nmi;is. lily ,,i th,' \ ;ilic_v ' and 

 hullMMi- sliick ill \;ui('ty snM writ.' \'r\\ 

 good ii;:ii;^ii.'i'it<'S wcrr sr.'ii, iiiil thcr.' 

 "('I''' I'li'iiiv ,,)• sjiirn-as ( asl ilin's ) and 

 I'rJiimla cdirdiTha. 'I'licrr was a I'airlv 

 StX'd rail fill- lcrii>. iialiiis and ntiiiV 

 fojia-r plants. 'i'lic warm wratlici- cm 

 (.iodd l')iilay and llic lact that it \va- 

 eoin|>aia1 isciy mild vn the l'(ilhi\vin<j; day, 

 Miadr wiappin^i uiiiioccssafy, and tills 

 was a lii;; siiviii;; lit' laluir for the jdaiits- 

 incn. 



('omiii;:- iM th(^ cut llower trado. Ijiisi- 

 noss diuiii;;- the whole of the week ijol'orc 

 Kasier was exrelleiit and iiotiiin^ Init 

 th" tiiisoasoiialily imt wave could have 

 eaii-cd a 'surplus. Juisi's. es|>ei-ially hm^- 

 stciiiiiir.l ones, were Hon.' too ]drntilnl. 

 Theri \\as Imt little advance in jirices 

 on ihex'. Killarney. liiidmiond and 

 Jieautii-v; wore leaders. Of short stemmed 

 llo\\<!s there was a bi<i su]>ply, but even 

 ihise idcaiicd np jiretty well. Carnations 

 made ti'iin >l' to .*." per humlred all the 

 week, ■^iiHii' fancies makiiiL; .*(!. Marcdi 

 -0 tin- :irii\al> were ratlirr nmrc than 

 the iii.'iikct ciinld digest ami values Ai'- 

 elincd III liic a I'tt'rniidii. X'inlcis canic 

 out ill I iriiifiii|(iii'< \ Illume. Many showed 

 the (rrc,-!> ,,{ I he !i.it wa\i\ (lodd sin 

 gles, well l.iinclic(i. and smne doubh's 

 made -^ 1 )irr Inindrcl. dthers <;(iinL;- at 

 75 cent- ami ."lO <-ciit^. The present week 

 will jiiai! ic,dl,\ lini-li ilie singles. Sweet 

 peas w. le >c(ii in tens of thousands and 

 sold Well .-ii I'leiii .^l.-'ii ildwii to 3.1 eent- 

 fier Iniiidi > d. 



'J'ldip- ;iiid iiaicdssi were fort hcnndiie 

 in imnii ii-e (|iiantilii's. jiricos a\erai;ine 

 from .-l.."o III s:j jior jnnidred. N. (imatii-^ 

 {Toinu .'ii >l. ('lit lilies made .•fjo per 

 luHidred. l.iii decdined late Saturday and 

 wei'i- ail ■'\ ei -iip|dy. I'aiisies. piimi'oses. 

 niyn^'ii;-. ci Mi!'i\\er-. etc.. sold (piite 

 well. Vi'ihiw w;illlhiwer< moved s;itis- 

 faelerilv. I,|i: ll:e lihind-rid \aiiefy hiiiie 

 fire. I al!;i- i.:id a eund side, a^ did lily 

 of the valley. MiL;liunetre and ]ile;i^ilie- 

 sliade- .it' -li.ip'ii ;il:mii IiihI a ■^nml c:dl. 



YeilnW 'lili e.lil ilev <,,],{ lirtter i hall t he 

 A\liite. ( .:irde:,i;'~ \.e|e ;iliiilidaiil : ^iMMJ 

 fl0A>e!^ S dd \- el! : ^ecOlnls podl'ly. 



Orel. 1,1- ,111 !iii!, !i:^i;re in tin. maikei. 

 Yny :■ liait.ii.. \^i.;ir.iL:iis |pluiniisa~ ami 

 Splinu'M. '■■'■■I -iiii'ax. tr.'ide w ;k ext r;i 



^O.mI. 



.Mai.-ii _'^ -.■.■.\ .-111 a l.i'.ndi:nici. ..t' tlnw 

 ors and pii..-- ..n 'li. di.wn Lirade. Wiil, 

 colder -\eat;ii i. -imIi .-i- we are nii\>. i^ei 



tinrr. 11, e Sllp].|\ \\ill l.e cuvt.-liled. Maii\ 



gr(/\v . 1 - ]■■' k 1. I .^... .1 \piil pi i"!-. .|iM' 



to 1-. .|. i w . a' 1 . r w l,i. i, >. . ~h..nl.| lia\ i 

 lind :•: \'m), :,. 



Various Notes. 



\\ iiii:i!;i >ini lia.i i .\ .. .■! 1 i- :;.i'i ti.el 

 liOil^e- an.i ..'.e imi i'. . I |..|i_; in ni-i-.-jd ti- 

 eeill 1 ..] I .| I 'a-tel I 'r..lii I ill - • he 



]li(d^.•.l .■'..-■■ !.. l."ii.iin.. .;:,|k^ A;:ile|i -J). 

 The j.jai,:- wi ri. a \eiii:ilde ina<- of 

 bl.i..;i!. lie iiri- ii-.i :i huii-e of the Spcu- 

 eei- lype^ .-.imi.'u "U I'..) laii- blocinin^x- 

 ^'ildel'; iiejd f.i;: m ihe hnu^e-- for I']aster 

 (hi- -.ear. Ill .-ehlii i..n. Mr. Sim had 

 abiM,; ].""!> s:i-',.- ..t ihem in heavy cro]'. 

 whi'li yieldi .i a lii'dlitude el' llowers. 



Last fall i.e -co-.e.! two lews i.f ^v\eet 

 pea- in th'-.' 'raiin'-. The plants win- 



(ereil Well, ,iit h..||..^h ciAeli'd Up -o lolle, 



and a,- the violetb and sa>lies are rc- 

 ino I .1 -he j.eas will bf cjiven supports 

 and .\l!. .-'iiii h'ljpe^ i., i. .-iitiin^ a line 

 croji I). .Ill (heni oiitdii..i~ f.ii- .\b'iiMiri,-i ! 

 flay. 



I'eireii l;re-. had n ni.e hit of spi' 

 ciosum lilie-. in addition i.. huiyillnriinis. 

 for l"a<ler. .iNe ^.one ^.,,.,1 iniuiMini.t te. 



'J'l.e ■■ .leiaii. \\'i!li;ilii MiMer. lit We-t 



l.yiiii, has been spendiiij;' the last feu- 

 weeks ill I'orto K'ico, the (diniate of wliii h 

 island he enjoys in winter. 



William II. I'.lliott had an extra lie:i\y 

 III of I'oses for Master, all of whiidi 

 sold readily. The \ariety, Heai-oii Hill, 

 a seedling of \'.. (i. Ilill's, is beiiiy tried 

 by him. hotii at .Madbury, .\. II., and 



I iri^lit on. It is of siniilai' color to 

 llri'h siaaid, but niucdi larj^er, and Mr. 

 Mlliott tliinks it may jirove a useful sum- 

 mer \ariety. Some splendid llowei-s on 

 loiii; stems ;\ro beiiii^' cut at ]»reseiit. 



riiilip I,, ('arbone's lioylston street 

 store was artistically arraniicd for 

 Ivisti r. .\.iioiie other plants noted here 

 ef special merit were Mine. Lemoine and 

 Mail list ;i(hya lilacs, amaryllis, boi'oiiias, 

 la ica 'afli-.i den^a. beautiful specimens 

 lit' horothy Teikiiis and other rosi's. as 

 well as many iiniiiiie varieties id' cut 

 linweis. 



The full ]ireiiiiiiiii list t'or the bie 

 iiicliid exhibition which opens in I'xiston 

 .M;iy L'li is now ready and will be for- 

 warded nil application to the secretary 

 III the Ma-sichusctts Horticultural So- 

 .ieiy. W. I', li'ich. :;nii Massaidiiisetts 

 avenue. ISostoii. 



Thom.'i^ l\'id;iiid des.-iibes the Ivisler 

 leant trade as satisfactory. The poorest 

 selline' thin;4s were liydi'an^eas, which 

 fur some lea^oii no one seenieil to want 

 this seagull, r\in tlioueh they \\ere of 

 >plendid i|iialily. i)oi'otliy I'erkins roses, 

 jink and white. Tauscndsidioii, boronias. 

 luacias. eiic.'is. eonist.is and cither \a 



liet if.- Sdhl w el!. 



Wax ISros.. on Tremoiit street, liacl 

 -■line specially widl yrown sjiecimcns of 

 pvramidal e,>nistas last week, als:) an ex- 

 cellfiii .i>.--oit ment of rambler n s;'s tiiid 

 edier jiiit plants. In i ut llowei-s. ondiids 

 were shown in emid variety. 'Iliey did 

 :: bie busilK^S". 



The X( vv Kiii^ ( onstrui-t ion houses at 

 lladley. .\la>s., buill for the .Mont c^omeiv 

 I'o.. aie now ready fiu- tihi/.ini;. Alex. 

 Mont Ljiiinerv. .Ii.. will en there .\iiiil I 

 \> i I I a t Hi ee i it' e ln/icrs. 



At William V.. I )oyle s. mi ItoyNtnii 

 --I : eel . ]daiil I rade lie. at all records. 

 I'leity biiu^.'ii iiv i lleas in ."liiich jiots were 

 iinlc'd here. Tau-eiicKchiih and l>cirot!iy 

 i'l'ikiiis we|-.- h^adc'is .aninne rambler-, 

 lici.id e;i ji||.ui;is aiul cxti;! li'ii- a/alea- 

 aml lilie-- were also seen. 



.\t 1 he ll|ec.|il|e iif till' I dirdeller-- ' ail I 



rdi.ii>iv" (hill. .March L'-J. William Sim ■- 

 new violet, (vcdops, .•illracled miiedi at 

 leiiiiiiii. lie in. ported it finiii l-ai^laiiel 

 I.I-: vc.-ir. The ilnwii- are l.aree.. dark 

 I. lie ami s!eiii>- !iiiie. 'j'li,. v'likin^ thine 

 :i!iUi the tleiwer. hnWeVer. I- the. Lalec 

 center, v.jiiih ill some c-a-e-~ lemilnN oih- 



lit an .-nil iiiciiie cdirysanthemiini. Mr. Sim 

 -hnwed liehtcen sple ticlid vase-- nt' ^weet 

 J.c .IS .-il the -ame nieetin^. I'.. ( ). (Ilpel 



-e.-;;red a ic-pciit o t' sii | ii'ric ir merit tHi 

 l.;i liii ' att lev a Kc'is diov i;i . a fine white 

 t'liiiii lit' l.ii lici ( at t leva l'ri'cliM-ied\ lioyh. 



At Thciin.'K J. ('iaik"< sime, at the i-oi 

 jie.r III' llerkedev and I'.nyNtnn street-, 

 -ciini- ni.'cly iloweied W'eieelia b^vii 

 b'.-iihke Were -eel! la-t wc-ek. I'lrie-as were 

 i\iia _;iiih1 and a splendiel ^eiiei-al line 

 .if pill pi, mi- wa- displayed. The ciidy 

 ii.allv e,i,,,| >[.i|<i- ol' l.ilinin e-a nilidiiin 



W 1 !■■ Ill be -e(.|| lil'le. 



.\. I.eiithy iV I'd. ejid a ei.,-iuil l-l.aster 

 traele. They h;ie| si^iiiie extra line lilies, 

 eai cli'iiiiis, a/,;ileas, ac;ici,-is ami forceel 

 elec-ieliidiis shrubs, al-ci liavine ;i nodil 

 call for palms, t'ei n- and either tuliaee 

 [ilants. 



Ivlwaiel Mae-Mulkin, em lioylstdii 

 -Meet, hacl liis (nistomary altraedive win- 

 ■ li.w lit' while llciw eriiie ],hiii!v t'or fia-ter. 



I I 'i,i.l line Idi- III' l:ii.ii|iiden.!iiiii- K;iii' 



Waleicr and John Waterer, wliieli sold 

 fast. These, with I'ink JViirJ, he con- 

 sidoi'S the cream of the ihododendrons 

 for I'^aster trade. ]'"inc sjiecimens of ilia- 

 watlia and Tausendscdion roses tind u 

 }fr;uul lot of spceitnen azaleas wore in- 

 cluded amoii}^ a big assortment of other 

 lloweriny ])lants. 



The Willow Hill (ireenliouscs, of West 

 "Roxbuiy. were leaders with Si)ira'a 

 (^neen Alexandra for lOtister. It lU'ttecl 

 double^ the price of the white ^arieti(>s. 



i'aine Hros., of Randolph, had a 

 charming and finely grown as.sortmcnt 

 of bulbous stock, iu the culture of which 

 they are well known specialists. 



'ilie .1. A. Budlong Co., at Auburn, H. 

 J., is liiuing excellent success with .My 

 .Maryland tind is shipping large lots to 

 Boston at present. Eichmond and Kil- 

 liirney were also in heavy croji. They 

 will increase their planting of White 

 Killarney this season. 



S. Holfman, at his big ]\rass:ichusetts 

 avenue store, did a tremendous business 

 and tiie qn.'ility of his jthints was un- 

 surpassed in Boston. His new State 

 street store has "caught on" and is 

 tloing a rushing business in the heart of 

 ' ' financialdom. " 



Cood Friday, 1910, was th(> hottest 

 .Mareh day ever known in Massachusetts; 

 SI' degrees was the maximum. 



•Tolin ]McFarlan(l, of North Kaston. 

 had a hea\y crop of gardenias right for 

 i;ast(M- and they sold well, also exe-i'lleiit 

 valley. 



H. K. Coniley, on Park street, showeel 

 (ierbera .Famesoni (South African daisy). 

 In ))ot ])lants boronias and Kose Tau- 

 si'iidsidion were noteworthy. 



.luliiis A. Zinn, on I'ark street, hael 

 t h(^ best specimens of metrosideros ami 

 jiougainvillea S.andeiiana seen. 



Charles ]•]. Hollirow, of B>righton. has 

 just finished six weeks of duty as a .jury- 

 man. It came at a somewhat inoiijior- 

 liino time and Mr. Holbrow had to <lo 

 s itiK^ hustling to ilispose of his l-'.aster 

 ^toek. Spira'ii (Hailstone ;nid Dorothy 

 I'erkins rose were well grown. 



\. I'. Condey had an immense pick of 

 sweet jnas for Faster ;ind a lio-t of 

 bulbous llowers. 1 do not remember 

 ever seeinn so many sweet ])eas in the 

 I'.oston mark'ds. even in summer. 



II. -M. ]\(diiiison & Co. had night-and- 

 dav work jirior to Kiister to keep alireast 

 eif their orders. The cut llower and ]dant 

 trade was exceptionally good, while or- 

 ders feir laurcd wreathing and otluM' 

 uree'iieiy were unusually heavy. 



TIicim.-is I', (ialvin had one window of 

 ,ie;icdas ami one^ of eeuistas on Tremoiit 

 -neet. The.y hael wi>^tarias, I'riiniis tri- 

 Inba, I'yriis Scdieielei-keri, a \ariety of 

 ■ il.-ie- ;iiie| other fori-ed shrubs, .and elicl an 

 i!iiiiie.n-i' plant ami cut tlower traele at 

 liciili their |!:icd< Hay ;iiid Tiemont -tieet 



-telle -. 



.binic.- WI ler le.-ives I beioklim- this 



wi'ck I'eir hi- eew comiiieie ial |d;ice at 

 \;ilick niid will rii-h work em his new 

 ;;iei.niieiii-e. 'Ihe .\. T. .S|(\'irns Lumber 

 ( ei. will -apply the liimber auel the Heiston 

 I'lale \ Wiiidiiw (dass (d.. th.. elass. 

 The. ^1 e.c.iihdiiM.- wliicdi liavi. be. en in Mr. 

 W'hi.eler"- e-;ii(. fnr -d iiiaiiy year- are id 

 be elenidlisheel slioi'tly. W. 1 ). Xicd<ersoii. 

 his assistant, succeeds him ;is dai-dcncr. 



S. .1. (leuldarel is sending in some extra 

 line, pink antirrhinum to (J I'ark street at 

 present. He had the liea\iest Ha-ter 

 triieie in hi^ e>\perience. in beitli c-ut 

 lleivvc.r- ami jioi plants. 



.1. T. i Jut terw ort h clid a i;ood trade 

 in )ieits cit' lily cif the valley. He had a 

 bie cut cif liiilbdus Heiwer-:. Ondiids e|id 

 iieil cut any -pe.e-i;il t'eatiire with him this 



