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The Weekly Florists' Review^ 



17 



Residence of Mrs. Edgar and Plant of the W. TI7. Edgar Co., Waverley, Mass. 



dwarf stock in made-up pans going the 

 best. Those grown singly in pots were 

 less in favor, many being cut in order 

 to dispose of them. Azaleas were seed 

 everywhere and had a tremendous sale, 

 Krefly leading. Plants retailing at 

 $4 to $5 were especially popular. Lor- 

 raine begonias were never seen in 

 greater abundance nor of finer quality. 

 The bulk sold were at from 50 cents to 

 $5, some large specimens making more. 

 A popular size in 6-inch pots at $3 

 went remarkably well. There was a 

 scarcity of small pans for low dishes. 

 A great many more in shallow 4-inch or 

 5-inch pans could have been sold. Cycla- 

 mens and primulas each sold in consid- 

 erable numbers and there were some ex- 

 cellent lilacs. Quite a few Cypripedium 

 insigne were disposed of and a con- 

 siderable number of Erica melanthera. 

 which was beautifully flowered. Of 

 ardisias there was an insufficient sup- 

 ply. This plant never sold better 

 Among the cheaper berried stock, so 

 lanums and Christmas peppers had a 

 good sale. Otaheite oranges sold well. 

 A few bougainvilleas were seen and 

 small quantities of other flowering 

 plants. A lot of small double scarlet 

 geraniums appeared. These were not, 

 however, of specially good quality. Well 

 grown scarlets in 6-inch pots would be 

 welcomed by many retailers. Fern 

 dishes had a good sale, while medium 

 sized palms, nephrolepis, crotons and 

 araucarias were disposed of in fair 

 numbers. Well berried hollies and au- 

 cubas had a good sale. 



Coming to cut flowers, there was no 

 special advance in roses, which, while 

 firm in price December 22 and 23, soft- 

 ened December 24. The growers sen- 

 sibly accepted previous prices ruling 

 and in this way sold out quite well. 

 The best Beauties made $12, a few 

 select Richmond $5 and $6, but the 

 bulk of Killarney, Richmond and other 

 varieties went at from $4 to $20 per 

 hundred, only some fancy stock better- 

 ing these prices. Richmond was rather 

 scarce and in active demand. The high- 

 est price heard of for carnations was 

 $12. The bulk of good flowers made 

 $6 to $10 per hundred, scarlets and 

 crimsons making the highest figure. 

 Pink Delight sold at $8, a few fancies 

 making $10. Whites were the slowest 

 sale, as usual. A good many flowers 

 were moved at $3 to $4 per hundred. 



Violets sold well, the price being about 

 $1.50 per hundred. Sweet peas sold at 

 75 cents to $1 per hundred. Valley was 

 abundant, but there was no advance in 

 price. Quite a few chrysanthemums 

 appeared, chiefly Bonnaffon and Nonin. 

 It hardly pays to carry these so long. 

 The public is tired of them. Paper 

 Whites, Roman hyacinths and stevia 

 were overabundant. There were nice 

 lots of white and yellow tulips, yellow 

 daffodils, campernelle jonquils and 

 freesias. Poinsettias made $5 to $6 

 per dozen for the best bracts, others 

 running down to $1.50. Some good' 

 mignonette and antirrhinums were sold. 

 Lilies were in good supply, with little 

 advance in price. Gardenias were not 

 plentiful. Cattleyas were scarce and 

 made quite high prices. 



The sale of holly, mistletoe, laurel 

 wreathing and all kinds of greenery 

 was the heaviest Boston has ever known 

 and the wholesalers specializing in 

 these had their resources taxed to the 

 limit. 



Since Christmas a quiet market has 

 been the rule, with small arrivals and 

 comparatively light sales. Prices De- 

 cember 27 were holding up well, but 

 would have been better but for the 

 supplus from December 24 consequent 

 on the deluge of rain. 



Various Notes. 



Mann Bros., of Randolph, had fine 

 batches of tulips, Candidissima, pure 

 white, and Mon Tresor, golden yellow, 

 from French grown bulbs, for Christ- 

 mas, also plenty of Trumpet narcissi 

 and campernelles. They cut 3,500 lilies. 

 Their berried hollies and aucubas in 

 tubs were the finest seen. 



Robert Montgomery, of Natick, had 

 a cut of 8,000 roses for the holidays, 

 including a grand lot of Richmond 

 which made top prices. 



A veritable hive of industry was the 

 store of Henry Penn, on Bromfield 

 street. The sale of plants here was 

 tremendous. Small Lorraines and 

 ardisias were sold out clean. Azaleas 

 and violets were in heavy demand. The 

 force worked until 1:30 a. m. two or 

 three nights to keep up with the flood 

 of orders. 



The stallholders and salesmen at the 

 Boston Flower Exchange presented 

 George Horner, their popular janitor, 

 with $50 in gold December 24. A. S. 



Parker, of Stoneham, made the pres- 

 entation speech in his usual happy 

 style and Mr. Horner expressed his 

 thanks in his own unique way. 



F. W. Fletcher, of Auburndale, 

 opened his new salesroom of concrete 

 construction December 15. He reports 

 a first-class Christmas business. 



Everett Cummings, the Woburn violet 

 specialist, had one of the largest and 

 finest lots of single violets ever seen 

 here at Christmas. Many stems were 

 twelve to fourteen inches long. One 

 house, 50x225, was a veritable blue mass 

 of flowers before Christmas picking 

 started. Many plants carried twenty 

 flowers each. Mr. Cummings grows 

 20,000 plants of Princess of Wales. 



A. G. Lake, of Wellesley Hills, has 

 an unusually fine lot of Mont Blanc and 

 Christmas Pink sweet peas. He spe- 

 cializes in Whitman! ferns, growing in 

 benches and cutting the fronds, which 

 meet with a ready sale. 



The W. W. Edgar Co. had the best 

 Christmas trade in pot plants in its 

 history, disposing of practically every 

 salable plant. Its finely grown Lor- 

 raines were sold in short order. 



Carl Everburg, of Woburn, had an 

 excellent lot of azaleas for the holidays, 

 and a fine lot of single violets. 



The Halifax Gardens Co. was the 

 heaviest shipper of mums for Christmas, 

 Bonnaffon being its specialty; also an 

 immense pick of sweet peas and car- 

 nations. 



Peter Fisher's new bright cerise carna- 

 tion. Gorgeous, is already making an en- 

 viable name for itself, judging from the 

 numbers of inquiries heard as to when 

 plants of this grand novelty are to be 

 secured. 



Streiferd & Son, of Weymouth, had a 

 fine sale on well flowered plants of Cypri- 

 pedium insigne for Christmas. They are 

 producing Richmond and Killarney roses 

 of fine quality. 



Peirce Bros., of Waltham, had a heavy 

 sale on azaleas. Included were many 

 pyramidal plants. They had a tremen- 

 dous sale on carnations and Asparagus 

 Sprengeri. 



Welch Bros, never did so heavy a busi- 

 ness in greens as this year. They also 

 disposed of more choice cut flowers than 

 ever before. As usual, their shipping 

 trade was heavy. 



J. M. Ward & Co., of Peabody, did a 

 fine Christmas trade in poinsettias, aza- 



