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The Weekly Fbrists' Review. 



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May 12, 1910. 



Coming heavier and better every day. Can supply buyers, large or small, at $4.00 to $20.00 per 100. 



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CARNATIONS 



Gooditook per 100, $1.60 to $2.60 



Special fancy per 100, 3.00 



PEONIES 



Good Btook ^ per 4oz., 50o to 76c 



Special fancy ' per doz., $1.00 



All kinds of Roses of fine quality 



ORCHIDS, SWEET PEAS, VALLEY, BULB STOCK AND GREENS. 



==Call on us for everything you need. We've got the good8.= = 



n|^^^Now booking orders for PEONIES and other stock^^^MM 

 i^^^ for Decoration Day— write us about your needs, ^^^m 



Vaiighan & Sperry 



52 and 54 Wabash Avenue, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 



Me^'tlon The Review when you write. 



folia variegata and Fieus pandurata 

 among other plants at present. 



H. R. Comley, on Park street, had 

 branches of Cornus florida in bloom, 

 which worked in nicely with his other 

 window decorations. Orchids, gladioli 

 in variety, Spanish iris and a large 

 variety of choice cut flowers and plants 

 were noted. 



Alexander McKay, formerly in busi- 

 ness at. South Framingham, and who 

 went to Scotland a year ago broken 

 down in health, returned a few days ago, 

 looking remarkably well. Mr. McKay is 

 uncertain yet as to where he will locate, 

 but being a first-clas3 grower he is bound 

 to succeed. 



Mothers' day was quite generally kept, 

 not only in Boston but throughout the 

 state. There was a marked increase in 

 cut flower sales, particularly of carna- 

 tion*. The various women's clubs, King's 

 Daughters and similar organizations did 

 much toward popularizing the day. As 

 a general rule, carnations were mostly 

 favored, but another year, with a prob- 

 able large increase in sales, a wider va- 

 riety of flowers should be used. 



Seed merchants are at last getting a 

 let-up in business. During March and 

 April it was a case of night and day work 

 and the tired staffs appreciate a breath- 

 ing spell. All report the volume of busi- 

 ness as equal to any previous year's rec- 

 ord and the majority note a large in- 

 crease. 



Peterson & Co. are operating the green- 

 houses formerly occupied by Alexander 

 McKay at South Framingham, their spe- 

 cialty being carnations. 



Thomas F. Galvin has a fine show of 

 Calceolaria Stewarti in his Tremont 

 street store windows at present, also 

 many of the spotted herbaceous varieties. 

 He also has a fine line of orchids. 



Henry M. Bobinson & Co., are looking 

 forward to an exceptionally heavy Me- 

 morial day trade and are better equipped 

 than evier for handling it. Business -with 

 them continues satisfactory. 



N. F. McCarthy & Co. have had a sue- 



Way to Advertise 



See that your business wagons are 

 strictly up-to-date and the liand- 

 somest ttiat money can buy in the 

 particular style that you need for 

 your work. 



The ARMLEDKR BUSINESS 



WAOON is made id Over one hun- 

 dred styles, atTording you a large 

 variety in selection, and every dollar 

 that you pay for the ARMIiKDKR 

 WAGON should be charged to 

 your advertlsrtftg account. 



Get our Catalogue " I " and you will know the reason why. Ask for it. It's free. 



Xasy terms If desired. 



idUr... ARMLEDER, Cincinnati, Ohio 



Mention The Keview v»iieu you wnte. 



cessful series of auction sales this spring. 

 Prices generally have been moderate and 

 favored purchasers. 



Arthur F. Coolidge, of Cambridge, has 

 an extra fine line of bedding geraniums 

 at 2 Park street, which are in active 

 demand at present. 



While we had low temperatures here 

 during the first week in May, with read- 

 ings as low as 26 degrees and 28 degrees, 

 the damage done was not serious. Straw- 

 berries and asparagus suffered somewhat ; 

 carnations in the field were unharmed 

 and fruit trees sustained little damage; 

 such plants as peonies and lilacs were 

 untouched. 



Julius H. Zinn continues to make quite 

 a display of Rose Mrs. Aaron Ward in his 

 window on Park street. He has some ex- 

 cellent calceolarias' and fine Gladiolus 

 Peach Blossom. 



Pierce Bros., of Waltham, will have 

 their usual big crop of Memorial day 

 flowers, such as spireeas and gladioli. 

 They are now marketing some superb 

 spikes of the latter. Gardetiiks will be 

 made more of a specialty in the coming 

 year. 



The committee on prizes and exhibi- 

 tions, met at Horticultural hall, May 9, 

 and made arrangements for the coming 

 big orchid show. The attendance prom- 

 ises to be a record one; many are coming 

 long distances to see it. Among English, 

 visitors, H. A. Barnard, of Stuart Low 

 & Co., is due in Boston next week, to be 

 here during the exhibition. 



W. N. Craig. 



MINNEAPOLIS. 



The Market. 



Continued dry weather is causing a 

 great deal of comment and some damage^ 

 and a much longer drought would re- 

 tard growth to a serious point. Already 

 vegetation is somewhat sickly and dry,, 

 and the lawns and parks present burnt 

 offerings to the sun's rays. 



Stock is not plentiful. There are a 

 few tulips and daffodUs on the market,, 

 some Gladiolus America^ j^iyeet peas^ and 

 a fair supply of roses and carnations. 



Mothers' day greatly increased the de- 

 mand for white carnations the latter part 



