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Septembeb 21, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



23 



Various Notes. 



Not for many years have we had so 

 early and severe a frost as this season. 

 September 14, 1911, will be well remem- 

 Ijered by dahlia specialists, of whom 

 we have many near Boston. In some 

 cases whole fields were destroyed, 

 which is a serious loss, not alone in the 

 tiowers spoiled, but in the inability to 

 exhibit at the many fairs being held 

 lit this season throughout New Eng- 

 land, which means reduced selling and 

 advertising opportunities. 

 ^ The salesmen for the new Boston 

 Flower Sales Co., M. Hambro and A. 

 McAlpine, are handling some excellent 

 carnations from F. P. Putnam and A, 

 A. Pembroke, £ne roses from Messrs. 

 Ueuter and McAlpine and valley from 

 \Vm. Jurgens. 



Arnold & Petros, on Boylson street, 

 liave had a nice business this summer. 

 They had a splendid vase of long- 

 stemmed Beauties in the center of their 

 window September 16. 



S. J. Goddard is first in the market 

 with bunches of the semi-double mar- 

 <i;uerite, Mrs. F. Sander, which promises 

 to be popular. He also has fine carna- 

 tions. 



H. Hansen, of Maiden, through A. H. 

 (!arr, is disposing of some well grown 

 l)andanus, araucarias and nephrolepis at 

 the Boston Flower Exchange. 



Carbone, on Bolyston street, is dis- 

 jdaying dahlias attractively arranged in 

 large jardinieres. 



Matthew F. Euane, who had the 

 misfortune to break one of his legs Sep- 

 tember 9, is convalescing nicely at his 

 liome in Waltham. 



The convention of the Vegetable 

 (irowers' Association of America opened 

 at Horticultural hall September 14, with 

 a large attendance. The visitors are 

 being well cared for by the local Mar- 

 ket Gardeners ' Association. 



N, F. Comley is one of the heaviest 

 shippers of asters now to the Boston 

 '.'o-operative Market. He has sold over 

 '')0,000 field-grown carnation plants in 

 the last few weeks. 



John Barr's carnations are unusually 

 tine for so early in the season, realiz- 

 ing $2.50 per hundred when many grow- 

 ers have to be content with $1 to $1.50. 



W. W. Tailby^ of Wellesley, has a 

 fine lot of Gladiolus America at pres- 

 ent, though most of the growers are 

 about through cuttings 



A. S. Parker, of Stoneham. lost 

 many thousands of fine asters by the 

 frost September 14. Mann Bros, and 

 other large growers were also badly hit. 



Albert Eoper and Fatten & Co., of 

 Tewksbury, and W. D. Howard, of Mil- 

 ford, are among those who are picking 

 excellent carnations at present. 



The schedule for the February and 

 spring shows of the Massachusetts Hor- 

 ticultural Society will be ready in a 

 few days. The number of exhibitions 

 being planned for 1912 is thirteen, an 

 increase of three over 1911. 



The New England Dahlia Society 

 held its annual show at Horticultural 

 hall September 15 to 17. An account 

 of it appears in another column. 



W. N. Craig. 



PAXTON, ILL. 



September 11 hail broke 1,500 feet of 

 glass in the establishment of Addems, 

 Morgan & Co. The plant contains 21,- 

 000 feet. They were just putting up a 

 new range of four houses, each 238 feet 

 long, and had just completed two. On 

 the north side of these two houses there 



John E. Haines. 



were not over twenty lights left. At 

 the older houses there was not so much 

 wind and the hail came straighter 

 down, so there was considerable break- 

 age on the south side as well as the 

 north. E. B. M. 



OINOINNATI. 



The Market. 



The cut flower market is fair. There 

 are plenty of cut flowers of all kinds 

 and an especially fine lot of lilies. 



Various Notes. 



B(mi to Mr. and Mrs. Eay Murphy, a 

 fine J©-pound girl. 



Clare Murphy, daughter of Wm. Mur- 

 phy, is confined to her room, the result 

 of an accident while on her vacation. 



John Bruckner has started into the 

 florists' business at Kennedy Heights. 



The new commission firm of Heckman 

 & Ostendorf is flourishing. 



The flower show committee is hustling 

 to get the florists into shape to have 

 the finest show on record. G. M. 



NEW BEDFORD, MASS. 



Trade was fairly good last week, for 

 funeral work has been plentiful. Stock 

 continues abundant, but the aster is 

 the main flower depended on. Some 

 nice gladioli still come in and good car- 

 nations begin to be seen. Last week 

 came near being the finish of all out- 

 door stock, for we had about the hard- 

 est frost ever known here at this early 

 date. 



The New Bedford Horticultural So- 

 ciety closed a most successful flower 

 show September 16. The school gar- 

 den contest created a great deal of 

 interest. Quite a few local florists ex- 

 hibited, outdoor stock principally. 



E. H. Chamberlain spent several days 

 in Boston last week. W. L. 



OBITUAEY. 



John E. Haines. 



John E. Haines, one of the oldest flo- 

 rists in the state of Pennsylvania and 

 one of the well known figures in car- 

 nation circles, died September 11 at his 

 home at Bethlehem. He was 66 years of 

 age. He had been ill for a long time 

 with consumption. 



In 1895 Mr. Haines put up a small 

 greenhouse to grow lettuce and other 

 vegetables, more as a pastime than for 

 a profit. As with so many others who 

 have started in the business in this way, 

 he soon found himself growing cut flow- 

 ers and specializing on the carnation. 

 He always had been of studious disposi- 

 tion and found that the work of rais- 

 ing seedlings and testing them^eld par- 

 ticular attractions for him. Shortly 

 he was adding to his glass and devoting 

 all his space, time and attention to 

 the varieties originated on the place. 

 At the meetings of the American Car- 

 nation Society he was for several years 

 a quiet, kindly, well-liked figure. One 

 of his peculiarities was that he always 

 brought his seedlings for exhibition 

 packed in a trunk that had been fitted 

 with several trays to carry the blooms. 

 In 1906 he disseminated a red variety 

 bearing his own name. The next year 

 he disseminated jointly with A. J. 

 Guttman the varieties Imperial and 

 Pink Imperial. Star of Bethlehem was 

 a yellow of his raising, and there were 

 several others. Of late years failing 

 health had prevented his usual activity, 

 but he had not ceased t > give his at- 

 tention to the pursuit that gave him so 

 much pleasure. ' 



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