December 13, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



43 



John G. Heltman, Treasurer. H. V. Hnnkel, President. Gust. Mueller, Secretary. 



New President of the Milwaukee Florists' Club and His Right and Left Hands. 



now cutting C. Percivaliana and C. Tri- 

 ansB in quantity and will have a fine 

 holiday crop. Dendrobium Formosum 

 giganteum is done extra well, some 

 growths cairrying nine to twelve of the 

 large pure white flowers. Mr. De Nave 

 states that his volume of business in 

 1910 has been double that of a year 

 ago. The bulk of his flowers are han- 

 dled by Welch Bros. 



A. Leuthy, of Koslindale, has an 

 extra good lot of flowering plants for 

 Christmas, of which he is already 

 pretty well cleared out. Azaleas are 

 grown in large numbers, including Fire- 

 fly and Mme. Petrick, also poinsettias, 

 Lorraines, cyclamens, primulas, ardisias, 

 Dracaena terminalis and many other 

 varieties. A large variety of palms and 

 ferns are also carried. 



Andrew Christensen, of Stoneham, 

 has this season 45,000 carnations 

 benched. He is well pleased with Pink 

 Delight and wishes he had more of it. 

 Scarlet Glow hd does not consider supe- 

 rior to Beacon. Sangamo is not liked 

 here. Among standard varieties the 

 Queen is largely grown and continues 

 to pay well, also Winsor, Beacon, En- 

 chantress and White Enchantress. All 

 Mr. Christensen 's flowers are disposed 

 of at the Boston Flower Exchange. 



George W. Ayer, of Reading, grows 

 Princess of Wales violets remarkably 

 well. He has 7,000 plants, all the flow- 

 ers from which are spoken for in ad- 

 vance. For several years he dropped 

 carnations, but has this season taken 

 them up again. Pink Delight is doing 

 splendidly, as are White Enchantress, 

 Beacon and Winsor. 



The first Trumpet Major narcissi of 

 the season from French bulbs came to 

 the Boston Flower Exchange December 

 10, from the Sutermeister estate, of 

 Readville. The same firm is marketing 

 Paper Whites, Roman hyacinths and 

 stevia in quantity. 



Quite a number of local gardeners 

 are leaving to spend Christmas in 

 Europe. Daniel McFie, of Nahant; 

 James Rust, of Chestnut Hill, and Ar- 

 thur E. Thatcher, of the Arnold Arbore- 

 tum, have sailed. Fritz Berkhahn, of 

 Wellesley, will sail for Glasgow Decem- 

 ber 23 and will make a ten weeks' 

 European trip. Before coming to Amer- 

 ica he was for some years with A. & C. 



Pearson, the well known English nurs- 

 erymen and publishers. 



S. J. Goddard is one of the local 

 growers who is able to grow Jeanne 

 Nonin chrysanthemums well. His crop 

 will last until Christmas. This is far 

 the best of the late white mums. Mr. 

 Goddard has a fine crop of Pink De- 

 light, Beacon, Winsor and other carna- 

 tions for the holidays. 



Wax Bros., on Tremont street, this 

 week have among other specialties fine 

 Beauty roses, gardenias, Cattleya Per- 

 civaliana, violets of grand quality and 

 camellias in pot plants. Their large 

 show windows always are attractive. 



Thomas F. Galvin, at his Tremont 

 street store, has one window devoted to 

 orchids, individual vases being devoted 

 to Vanda caerulea, Cattleya Trianse, C. 

 Percivaliana, cypripediums, Dendro- 

 bium Formosum and other seasonable 

 sorts. 



A. A. Reed, of Whitman, who is one 

 of our local orchid specialists, is cutting 

 some excellent Cattleya Trianae. All of 

 Mr. Reed's cattleyas are looking well. 

 He also has a nice crop of Cypripedium 

 Leeanum. A new carnation house con- 

 tains a fine holiday crop of Pink De- 

 light, Fair Maid, Winsor and White 

 Perfection. 



Arthur Griffin, of Woburn, who only 

 recently left private gardening for com- 

 mercialism, is sending in a splendid lot 

 of Enchantress, Fair Maid, Beacon and 

 Winsor carnations to the Boston Cooper- 

 ative Market. 



John W. Foote, of Reading, grows the 

 finest Bouvardia Humboldtii it has been 

 my privilege to see. The stems run 

 from twenty-four to thirty-six inches 

 and bunches of a dozen sell quickly at 

 $1 to $2 each to the back bay stores. 

 Mr. Foote devotes one large house to 

 this fine bouvardia in benches and, like 

 everything else he handles, grows it 

 well. H. T. Capers, at 2 Park street, 

 handles Mr. Foote 's cut. 



Thomas Roland, of Nahant, one of 

 our plant wizards, has purchased eleven 

 acres of land in Revere and will soon 

 start the erection of a big block of 

 plant houses. We have no finer plant 

 grower than Mr. Roland and anything 

 he undertakes is well done. 



Edward MacMulkin, on Boylston 

 street, has for the Christmas trade an 

 unusually fine assortment of azaleas. 



poinsettias, Lorraines, ericas and other 

 flowering plants, also fine Cattleya Tri- 

 anse. The bulk of these are grown at 

 Mr. MacMulkin 's own greenhouses at 

 Norfolk Downs. 



Visitors last week included J. J. 

 Karins, representing Henry A. Dreer, 

 and Mr. Hall, of Hall & Robinson, of 

 Montreal. 



Quite a number of flowers in Philip 

 L. Carbone's windows are already sug- 

 gestive of spring, including wall flow- 

 ers, calendulas and pansies. He has a 

 fine lot of Ardisia crenulata, beauti- 

 fully berried. His lavender sweet peas 

 are unusually good. 



Mann Bros., of Randolph, will be 

 cutting quite a variety of French tulips 

 and narcissi within a day or two and 

 will have a fine cut of these for the 

 holidays. Dutch La Reine tulips are 

 also nearly ready. 



Miss Ivy Wheeler, daughter of James 

 Wheeler, of Natick and late of Brook- 

 line, will be married December 15 to 

 William J. Arbus, of Dorchester, at the 

 Baptist church, Brookline. 



Remember the meeting of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club, December 

 20. There will be a lot of interesting 

 business and this being election night a 

 large attendance is assured. 



Ernest H. Borowski, of Roslindale, 

 who is one of the best growers of pot 

 plants for the Boston market, has a 

 superb lot of Lorraine begonias, beauti- 

 ful specimens, of which he is already 

 nearly sold out. 



John McFarland, of North Easton, 

 has his usual excellent lot of poin- 

 settias in 6-inch pots for Christmas. He 

 is at present cutting an unusually good 

 lot of valley. 



Donald Carmichael, of Wellesley, at 

 the Boston Cooperative Flower Market 

 has a grade of carnations which are 

 hard to beat for quality. They include 

 some excellent seedlings of Mr. Car- 

 michael's raising. W. N. Craig. 



Davenport, la.— J. W. Davis has been 

 sick for three months with typhoid 

 fever and complications, but is now able 

 to be around again. 



Princeton, Minn.— W. G. Fredericks 

 is building a greenhouse, in which he 

 will grow both flowers and vegetables. 

 W. C. Middlebrook has gone out of the 

 business. 



