Dbcembeb 1, 1910. 



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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



17 



Sharon Hill, Pa., and their selling 

 agents, the S. S. Pennock-Meehan Co., 

 of Philadelphia, think highly of the 

 variety known as Double Pink Kil- 

 larney, shown in the accompanying il- 

 lustration. The lower flower shows 

 c|uite well the character of the bloom. 

 It is a sport which originated with Scott 

 & Son. First it was a white sport from 

 the pink variety, and then it sported 

 back to pink, but the flowers had fully 

 half again as many petals as Killarney, 

 some flowers having as many as thirty- 

 five. The color is a shade fighter thaa 

 the original variety. 



AMEEICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



By special call of Frank K. Pierson, 

 <:hairman of the National Flower Show 

 committee, a meeting was held Friday, 

 November 25, in Horticultural hall, 

 Boston, of the American Eose Society's 

 schedule committee. President Elliott, 

 acting under authority of the resolu- 

 tion passed at the Eochester meeting 

 of the society, which accepted $1,730 

 offered by the National Flower Show 

 committee and guaranteed payment of 

 any premiums in excess of this amount 

 which the committee of the Rose So- 

 ciety deem necessary, appointed F. R. 

 Pierson, H. O. May, Eber Holmes, 

 Adolph Farenwald, Benjamin Ham- 

 mond, E. G. Hill, Alexander Montgom- 

 •ery, Robert Simpeon and Wallace R. 

 Pierson as a premium committee. Mr. 

 Pierson said it was impossible for him 

 to serve, and as Mr. Elliott could not 

 remain, Wallace R. Pierson was sug- 

 gested to act as chairman. The com- 

 mittee adjourned until November 26, 

 at which time Mr. Pierson called the 

 •committee to order and stated that 

 Vice-president Farenwald was present, 

 and should preside. After some discus- 

 sion it was moved that the sum of 

 $1,500 be expended by the American 

 Rose Society in premiums for the ex- 

 hibition of 1911, this being in addition 

 to the sum of $730 already listed for 

 potted plants and includes the $1,000 

 allotted by the National Flower Show 

 committee for cut flowers. 



The schedule then adopted includes 

 ■classes for fifty each Beauty, Killarney, 

 White Killarney, Richmond, Maryland, 

 Jardine, Kaiserin, I^a Detroit, Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward, Cardinal or Reid, Chate- 

 nay or Palmer, and any other dissemi- 

 nated varietv. The premiums on Beau- 

 ty are $50 and $30, with $30 and $20 

 for each of the other varieties. Classes 

 for twenty-five blooms each are pro- 

 vided for Beauty, Killarney, White 

 Killarney, Richmond, Maryland, Bride, 

 Maid, Gate or Uncle John, Sunrise or 

 Sunset, Bon Silene and any other dis- 

 seminated variety. The premiums for 

 Beauty are $25 and $15, with $10 and 

 ^5 for the other varieties. Provision 

 also was made for display to occupy 

 not over 200 square feet and to contain 

 not less than 200 blooms, for which 

 premiums of $250, $150 and $100 are 

 offered. Also for a retailers' class for 

 best arranged 100 cut roses, $100 and 

 $50. The sum allotted to plants in 

 pots was distributed to cover about 

 everything that the committee thought 

 likely to be offered. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Everyone appears to have been well 

 pleased with Thanksgiving trade. 

 Rather contrary to expectations, every- 



Rose Double Pink Killarney. 



thing cleaned up well and it is doubt- 

 ful if Boston ever had a bigger or more 

 generally satisfactory business for that 

 holiday. November 23 was dark and 

 gloomy, but, fortunately, without rain 

 or snow. Thanksgiving day opened 

 somewhat dubiously, but the sun broke 

 through by 8:30 a. m. and the weather 

 was clear and remarkably mild. As a 

 rule, trade on Thanksgiving morning 

 is of little account, many flowers hav- 

 ing to be carried over, but this year 

 everything was cleaned out in short or- 

 der. Chrysanthemums were the flowers 

 par excellence and immense numbers 

 were disposed of. No fancy prices were 

 realized. A few made $3 per dozen, 

 but $1.50 to $2 was as much as good, 

 average flowers sold for. White and 

 yellow Bonnaffons, Nagoya, Chadwick, 

 Maud Dean, Shrimpton, W. T. Brock, 

 Jeanne Nonin and Jerome Jones were 

 the leading varieties, more yellow 

 Bonnaffons being sold than all others 

 combined. 



Roses were somewhat scarce and ad- 

 vanced in price. The top grade of 

 Richmond, Rhea Reid, Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward and Killarney made $3 per dozen ; 

 other grades from $3 per hundred up- 

 ward. The continued cool weather 

 makes a noticeable improvement in all 

 roses. Beauties are exceptionally good. 



Carnations made from $2.50 to $4 per 

 hundred; some fancies, $5. The bright- 

 colored sorts, as usual, had the best 

 call. Good Pink Delight, however, 

 brought $5 in some cases. Violets were 

 in short supply at $1 to $1.50 per hun- 

 dred. Singles had the call over doubles. 

 Less of the latter are grown each sea- 

 son here, few growers succeeding with 

 them. Paper Whites and Romans made 

 $3 per hundred. There was a fair sup- 

 ply of stevia, mignonette, snapdragon 

 and marguerite. 



Of lilies there was a good supply, 

 but they were all sold out. Callas 

 were few. Valley had a moderate sale. 

 A good supply of cattleyas and other 

 orchids was forthcoming. Green goods 

 of all kinds sold extremely well. There 

 v/as not a great plant sale, but more 

 were disposed of than in previous years. 



Business since Thanksgiving has 

 been excellent. Supplies have been 

 much reduced and everything is clean- 

 ing up well. It is many months since 

 ice-chests contained so few left-overs. 

 Both roses and carnations are holding 

 up well in price. Chrysanthemums are 

 less abundant and are nearing the end. 

 Violets are scarce. Sweet peas are 

 more plentiful and are steadily improv- 

 ing in quality. Among late chrysanthe- 

 mums noted are Patty, a pleasing light 



