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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



OCTOBEU 19, 1911. 



showed White Perfection and Pink De- 

 light. Wm. Downs was awarded a re- 

 port of superior merit for (Jelosia 

 Thompsoni pyramidalis. From R. & J. 

 Farquhar & Co. came Viola cornuta pur- 

 purea, awarded a report of superior 

 merit. The same exhibitor also showed 

 Lady Hillingdon, Radiance, Prince de 

 Bulgarie and Mrs. Ward roses. W. W. 

 jCdgar Co. was awarded a report of 

 merit for Chrysanthemum Early Snow, 

 also showing other varieties. James 

 Wheeler exhibited Enchantress carna- 

 tion. 



Various Notes. 



Frank J. Dolansky, of Lynn, has re- 

 turned from a ten weeks' visit to 

 Europe on the President Grant 's last 

 trip, most of his time being spent in 

 Germany, which he found drought- 

 stricken, there being only one shower 

 while he was there. Mr. Dolansky re- 

 cently entered the commercial orchid 

 field and now has three houses of cat- 

 tleyas, Trianaes predominating. His 

 labiatas are not yet opening. One house 

 of poinsettias in pans is in grand shape, 

 as is a house of gardenias. He also has 

 five houses of roses and three of carna- 

 tions, all in first-class shape. He is not 

 growing sweet peas this season. 



John McFarland, of North Easton, 

 has a nice house of poinsettias for 

 Christmas, in pans and pots; also some 

 in benches. A large house of chrysan- 

 themums is chiefly Eaton and Bonnaffon 

 for late cutting, to be followed by mig- 

 nonette, now in pots. One house is de- 

 voted to gardenias, of which a few 

 flowers are still being cut. There is a 

 tine bench also of Cypripedium insigne, 

 bristling with spikes. 



The annual meeting of the Boston Co- 

 operative Flower Market will be held 

 October 23 and that of the Boston 

 Flower Exchange October 28. 



Andrew Christensen, of Stoneham, is 

 picking from 3,000 to 4,500 carnations 

 daily. He grows more Queen than any 

 other sort and finds it the most profit- 

 able of all. Other favorites are Fenn, 

 Beacon, White Enchantress and En- 

 chantress. None of the newer introduc- 

 tions has as yet displaced these sorts in 

 Mr. Christensen 's affections. 



October 10 Welch Bros, rounded out 

 thirty-four years as wholesalers in Bos- 

 ton. They were the pioneers in New 

 England and their success has been 

 earned by honest dealing and strict at- 

 tention to business. October business 

 has so far been excellent. 



John Barr, of Natick, has dropped 

 the culture of "both cyclamens and hy- 

 drangeas, for which he has been noted 

 since going into business. He now 

 grows nothing but carnations and pur- 

 poses sticking to them. All his houses 

 are in grand crop. His new variegated 

 seedling, Mrs. B. P. Cheney, is in splen- 

 did shape. 



The Boston Flower Growers Co. has 

 fitted up a case for the display of sun- 

 dries of all kinds* at the back of the 

 Boston Flower Exchange market, where 

 H. M. Robinson & Co. formerly had a 

 stand. They purpose dealing in all 

 kinds of miscellaneous florists ' supplies. 



W. B. Goodenow, of Stoughton, and 

 Tj. E. Small, of Tewksbury, are the first 

 in the local markets with excellent 

 double violets. A. F. Anderson and 

 Mishawum Greenhouses are consigning 

 splendid Princess of Wales to J. W. 

 Cohen. 



From S. J. Renter, Westerly, R. I., 

 and W. W. Edgar Co., good flowers of 

 the pure white chrysanthemum, Early 



Snow, are coming in. This variety takes 

 well. 



Noted in N. R. Comley's window Octo- 

 ber 14 were some fine sprays of Lapa- 

 geria alba and rosea. Fall business here 

 18 good. 



Mrs. E. M. Gill, octogenarian florist 

 of Medford, made one of the most 

 charming designs for the funeral of the 

 late General Lawrence. It was in the 

 form of an arch forty inches high, with 

 a scroll bearing the words, ' ' From Em- 

 ployees. ' ' 



W. H. Elliott is cutting a grand lot 

 of Rhea Reid, with long stems. This is 

 superior to Richmond as grown by Mr. 

 Elliott. The new pink, Christy Miller, 

 is in good shape, while the standartl 

 sorts are fine. Mrs. Aaron Ward is 

 being more heavily grown than ever 

 this "season. 



F. H. Houghton's new store on Park 

 street is now in good running order. 

 Park street will soon become a veritable 

 florists' row. It now contains three 

 wholesale markets and three up-to-date 

 retail stores. 



Yellow marguerites have made their 

 appearance again in the market, D, J. 

 Horrigan, of East Foxboro, and J. W. 

 Simpson, of Woburn, being the first 

 shippers. 



Penn, oh Bromfield street, has one 

 window entirely devoted to mums in 

 pots and on long stems in vases. In 

 another window, violets are once more 

 a great specialty, but cattleyas and all 

 other choice flowers are well repre- 

 sented. The enlarged store has already 

 brought an excellent increase in busi- 

 ness. 



Robert Montgomery, of Natick, has 

 the best roses seen this season. His va- 

 rieties are the Killarneys, Richmond and 

 Mrs. Aaron Ward. A new pink sport 

 of Killarney is proving unsatisfactory 

 with him, proving a weak grower. 



Aubrey A. Pembroke, who is one of 

 the largest local growers of high grade 

 carnations, is in the market with, sweet 

 peas, including Mont Blanc, Florence 

 Denzer and Watchung. He has a 400- 

 foot house devoted to these for early 

 winter blooming. 



Preliminary sche'dules for the mid- 

 winter and spring shows of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society in 1912 

 are ready and may be had from the 

 secretary, at 300 Massachusetts avenue. 



Local bulb dealers report an active 

 demand. There is a specially strong 

 call for late tulips and narcissi, while 

 bedding hyacinths have moved well. 



Arnold & Petros, on Boylston street, 

 are devoting their big show window to 

 chrysanthemums, using autumn foliage 

 with them to good advantage. They 

 have an excellent line of pot plants and 

 are well pleased with business up to 

 date. 



The big fruit show to be held in Hor- 

 ticultural hall October 23 to 28 under 

 the auspices of the Boston Chamber of 

 Commerce promises to be the finest ever 

 seen in the east. Apples are this year 

 of superb quality in New England and 

 growers from Washington who are now 

 here state that they have seen much 

 finer fruit here than in the noted We- 

 natchee valley. 



H. P. Hodgkina, for five years with 

 W. W. Rawson Co., and for six years 

 with R. & J. Farquhar & Co., is now 

 New England representative of the 

 Moore Seed Co., of Philadelphia. 



H. M. Robinson & Co. are receiving 

 fine roses of all the leading sorts from 

 their growers, Beauties, Aaron Wards 

 and Lady Hillingdons being note- 



worthy. They now^have a fine lot ot 

 cattleyas and other orchids. Business 

 in their sundries department is brisk. 

 W. N. Craig. 



Wax Bros., Central square, have a 

 new delivery auto. 



GLEN COVE, L. I. 



The annual dahlia show of the Nassau 

 County Horticultural Society was held 

 October 11 and brought out a fine dis- 

 play. The silver cup donated by Henry 

 A. Dreer for best collection was won by 

 James Duthie, gardener to Mrs. E. M. 

 Townsend. Other leading exhibitors 

 and prize winners were: Mrs. W. J. 

 Bucknall, Geo. Barton, gardener; Mrs. 

 Benj. Stein, James Kirby, P. D. Handy, 

 J. O'Brien, gardener; Emmett Queen, 

 Geo. Ashworth, gardener; Mrs. D. F, 

 Bush, Ernest Westlake, gardener; Mrs. 

 H. L. Pratt, H. Gaut, gardener; Mrs. 

 F. S. Smithers, V. Cleres, gardener; J. 

 Ingram, Mrs. D. F. Bush, E. A. Reiden- 

 bach 'and Capt. Delemay, R. Marshall, 

 gardener. Among the honorable men- 

 tions was one to Julius RoehrSi Co., for 

 collection of orchids. 



At the regular monthly meeting of the 

 society John McMillan and Guiseppe 

 Marmorale were elected to active mem- 

 bership and Mrs. F. N. Doubleday, of 

 Locust Valley, to honorary membership. 

 J. W. Everitt, James McDonald and 

 Paul Reul were appointed judges of 

 the monthly exhibits, which were this 

 time from Jos. Robinson and F. Petroc- 

 cia. James Duthie was presented with 

 the Dreer and Stein silver cups. Julius 

 Roehrs offered $10 for competition at 

 the fall show and a letter was read 

 from Vaughan's Seed Store offering a 

 prize for the fall show. The donors 

 were accorded a vote of thanks. The 

 society's prize in November will be for 

 chrysanthemums, twelve white, pink 

 and yellow. 



OBITUARY. 



W. D. Ovlatt. 



Wilson D. Oviatt, for many years a 

 grower at Rochester, N. Y., died sud- 

 denly at his home on Highland avenue 

 in that city, October 9. Mr. Oviatt had 

 been in poor health for some time, but 

 his family did not expect that the end 

 would come so soon. He is survived by 

 his wife and three Sons. , 



William Spatz. 



William Spatz, one of the oldest re- 

 tired florists of Brooklyn, N. Y., who 

 for the last twelve years had been an 

 inmate of the German Evangelical 

 Home for the Aged, on Moffat street, 

 died in that institution October 6^, from 

 heart trouble, brought on by old age. 

 He was born in Germany eighty-five 

 years ago, and was forty odd years a 

 resident of Astoria before settling in 

 Brooklyn many years ago. He is sur- 

 vived by a grandson, William Spatz, 

 and a granddaughter, Mrs. Cecilia Mul- 

 doon. 



John Fraser. 



John Fraser, of East Quoque, N. Y., 

 committed suicide October 8, by shoot- 

 ing himself in the head. Death was in- 

 stantaneous. He was 60 years of age. 

 He was a professional florist and land- 

 scape gardener and did work for t^^j 

 wealthy summer r«sidents. His wife: 

 died three years ago and he had been 

 exceedingly despondent of late. He, 

 •leaves several grown children. 



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