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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Max 13, 1909. 



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ter has boon good in all lines. Mr. 

 Kahrs has a new horse and buggy. He 

 made his first appearance witli it last 

 week in the wholesale <listript. 



The Engelmann Botanical Club held 

 its first field meeting of the season Sat- 

 urday, May 8, at the old Grant farm on 

 the Gravois road. The meeting was 

 under the direction of L. P. Jensen, 

 gardener for the Bush estate, which 

 owns the farm. J. J. B. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



AVhile conditions are a little less satis- 

 factory than a week ago, they are on the 

 whole good for the season. Roses are 

 abundant and lower in price. The quality, 

 thanks to the cool weather, holds good. 

 (Jarnations also are holding up remark- 

 ably well in quality, with no great change 

 in prices. A few straggling violets still 

 appear, but the present week will end 

 them. Sweet peas continue good and re- 

 main popular. Marguerites sell fairly 

 well, also Spanish iris. Quite a number 

 of narcissi and tulips are coming in from 

 outdoors. These arc of good quality, and 



a little later than usual in flowering. 

 Lilies and callas meet with a fair sale, 

 with no change in prices. Mignonette is 

 getting small. Some candytuft is seen, 

 but sells poorly, nor is there any better 

 call for antirrhinums, wallflowers and 

 stocks. Pansies are abundant and good. 

 Gladioli are becoming abundant, the 

 smaller varieties selling better than the 

 Gandavensis types. 



Asparagus and ferns are unchanged, 

 but hardy ferns continue scarce. There 

 is a good demand starting in for bedding 

 plants, although bedding out does not 

 become general here until near Memorial 

 day. 



Various Notes. 



A recent call on Jackson Dawson at 

 the Arnold Arboretum found that gentle- 

 man busy planting out numerous varieties 

 of Wilson's recent introductions from 

 northern China. In the propagating house 

 were pans of some fifty varieties of new 

 rhododendrons, the seeds germinating as 

 thick as mustard and cress. There were 

 also numerous interesting novelties in 

 berberis, clematis, magnolias and many 

 other genera. In the grounds the early 

 spira'as, such as arguta and Thunbergii, 



magnolias and prunus, were attractive, 

 P. subhirtella being especially fine. 

 Cerasus pendula was already on the wane. 

 The pyrus and mains were opening, while 

 the large collection of lilacs looked un 

 commonly well, thanks to the cool, moist 

 season. Forsythias were a golden mass 

 of bloom. 



It is to be regretted that Peter Bisset 

 will be unable to attend the club meeting 

 May 18 to deliver his lecture on the 

 aquatic garden. Mr. Bisset 's paper will, 

 however, be read, and a number of slides 

 given. Other aquatic specialists will be 

 present. Exhibits will be unusually in- 

 teresting, and the question box will have 

 more queries than for a long time. 



The Metropolitan Park Commission, in 

 :i report now before the state legislature, 

 recommends a new bridge over the Ne- 

 ponset river, between Boston and Quincy. 

 and a parkway from Columbia road along 

 the Boston shore of Dorchester bay to 

 Neponset river, at a cost of $1,000,000. 



Farquhar & Co. have a large and inter- 

 esting display of tulips and narcissi in 

 their nurseries at present. The tulip dis- 

 play in the public gardens is also now at 

 its best. 



Welch Bros, have been appointed sales 



