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January 6, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



17 



president and reports of the variouB 

 committees will be the principal busi- 

 ness. 



Charles Evans, of Watertown, is in 

 the market with' quantities of his noted 

 strain of mignonette. 



Kose Mrs. Aaron Ward, which Will- 

 iam H. Elliott first grew in quantity, is 

 being largely used this season for 

 bridesmaids' bouquets and for table 

 decorations. Mrs. A. R. Waddell, some- 

 what similar in color, promises to be 

 another popular sort. 



Julius A. Zinn, on Park street, has a 

 quantity of well-flowered plants of 

 Cypripedium insigne. He still has some 

 fine Jeanne Nonin mums. Among roses, 

 Mrs. Ward is sold largely, as well as 

 Saf rano, Bon Silene, and other sorts not 

 usually grown. 



December easily broke all records for 

 chilliness, the mean temperature being 

 the lowest in over thirty years. The 

 rainfall also was deficient. 



John Walsh & Son, of Melrose High- 

 lands, had the best Christmas trade on 

 record, having an excellent call both 

 for plants and cut flowers. 



Albert Batley, of Maynard, reports 

 Christmas home trade as heavy. He 

 had only a few flowering plants left, 

 and but for the torrential rain Decem- 

 ber 24 these would have gone. 



J. T. Butterworth, of South Framing- 

 ham, is now getting a fine cut of Cat- 

 tleya Trianse. His cypripediums have 

 flowered profusely. He also has fine 

 valley. 



The demand for space for trade ex- 

 hibits at the national spring show in 

 Boston is steadily growing and it looks 

 as though all available space will be 

 taken. Some of the individual exhibits 

 will be a whole show in themselves. 



Kidder Bros., of Lincoln, grow splen- 

 did single violets, and they are so 

 beautifully bunched that they are al- 

 ways snapped up as soon as they arrive 

 in the market. Growing good stock 

 alone will not make it command top 

 market prices, unless bunching is 

 attractively done. 



Mrs. W. H, Ward, of Montvale, near 

 Woburn, who is one of our few lady 

 flower sellers, but a most gracious and 

 eflScient one, is at present bringing in 

 a fine lot of carnations and sweet peas, 

 in addition to niyosotis of excellent 

 quality. 



The pink antirrhinum grown by Paul 

 li. Eichwagen is the best I have seen 

 in a long time, and as the color is pure, 

 it sells .on sight. W. N. Craig. 



WILL STAY WITH US. 



I have been a subscriber to The Re- 

 view ever since the first number was 

 issued and I think it will still be the 

 leading journal for florists when my 

 present subscription runs out; I enclose 

 my check for $5 to pay five years in 

 advance. Henry E. Reimers. 



Spokane, Wash., Dec. 21, 1910. 



AMERICAN CARNATION SOCIETY. 



Department of Registration. 



In the official report of the registra- 

 tion of the new shell-pink sport of 

 Enchantress, named J. R. Walling, pub- 

 lished in The Review of December 22, 

 page 29, an error occurred in the ad- 

 dress of the originator, Joseph R. Wall- 

 ing. Mr. Walling 's address is Keyport, 

 N. J., not Keyport, N. Y. 



Columbus, O.— J, R. Hellenthal's 

 Christmas was better than ever before. 

 Azaleas and poinsettias sold better than 

 anything else. 



Colorado Springs, Colo. — The weather 

 has been bright here, so it made Christ- 

 mas trade good. Plants were plentiful, 

 but cut flowers were not so abundant. 



Houghton, Mich. — The Lakeside Flo- 

 ral Co., of this city, Calumet and Chas- 

 sell was unable to supply the Christmas 

 demand with the output of its own 

 greenhouses, and Manager York went to 

 Chicago to purchase extra stock. 



Brattleboro, Vt. — The boiler room at 

 C. E. Allen's greenhouses was nearly 

 ruined by fire December 28. It was 

 thought that the heating plant, though 

 badly damaged, could be operated, thus 

 enabling Mr. Allen to save the greater 

 part of his stock. 



Marysville, Kan.— H. R. Fisher has 

 taken over the property and business 

 ot the partnership heretofore existing 

 between D. Von Riesen and H. R. Fisher 

 under the name of the Marysville Floral 

 Co. Mr. Fisher says Christmas trade 

 was quite satisfactory, with the call 

 principally for cut flowers. 



Port Arthur, Tex. — Chas. E. H. Pear- 

 sons, proprietor of the Port Arthur 

 Greenhouses and Nurseries, announces 

 dropping the word Nurseries from the 

 name. The business in future will be 

 known only as the Port Arthur Green- 

 house. 



Warsaw, Ind.— The demand for flow- 

 ers during the holiday season was 

 greater here than ever before. The 

 Christmas stock at Wm. Terrell & 

 Son's and at W. W. Dederick's was 

 exhausted as early as Saturday evening. 

 Scarcely a flower could be bought at 

 6 o'clock on Christmas eve. 



Brockton, Mass.— W. W. Hathaway 

 reports that Christmas trade surpassed 

 that of 1909 by a large margin. Plants 

 sold well, including poinsettias. azaleas, 

 Lorraines, primroses, cyclamens, palms 

 and ferns. Carnations were of the best 

 quality over Irindled at Christmas. The 

 best sellers wero Beacon, Pink Delight, 

 Rose-pink Enchantress and White Per- 

 fection. Roses sold on sight and there 

 was also a good call for violets, valley 

 and other flowers. Holly and other 

 greenery were in heavy demand. Since 

 Christmas, trade has remained extra 

 good. 



Lincoln, Neb.— C. H. Frey says he 

 had the best holiday trade since he 

 started in business, as it ran thirty-five 

 per cent ahead of previous seasons. 

 Everything cleaned up in fine shape and 

 the cut was especially heavy, with first- 

 class stock. The weather was ideal; 

 cold nights and sunny days. There was 

 a big call for azaleas, cyclamens, 

 primulas, poinsettias, peppers, Lorraine 

 begonias, pans of Roman hyacinths, 

 ferns and yellow mums. Mr. Frey 

 grows a lot of Percy Plumridge and re- 

 ports a good sale for them, both cut 

 and in pots. 



Albuquerque, N. M. — Roy Miller has 

 been made manager of the Albuquerque 

 Floral Co., vice John N. Bernard. 



Sherman, Tex. — H. O. Hannah & Son 

 report that business in Texas is grow- 

 ing and state that their Christmas sales 

 were forty per cent greater than last 

 year, 



Naperville, 111. — Charles F. Rohr re- 

 ports that his Christmas trade was the 

 largest since he has been in business. 

 Everything sold readily, especially 

 potted plants. 



rails City, Neb. — Simonton & Pence 

 say there was some objection to Christ- 

 mas prices, but that everything sold 

 and the holiday trade made the best 

 total to date. 



Matamoras, Fa. — Roddie Dewitt, a 

 young man employed by Colonel Quick, 

 was found unconscious in the green- 

 houses December 21, and died soon after 

 at his employer's home. 



nint, Mich. — D. P. Smith says that 

 Christmas trade was better than last 

 year. Red roses and red carnations 

 were the best sellers. There was also 

 a good demand for plants. 



Negaunee, Mich. — The Negaunee 

 Nursery and Greenhouses had a record- 

 breaking Christmas business and were 

 obliged to send to Chicago for addi- 

 tional stock to meet the demand. 



Kansas City, Mo. — Biedermann & Son 

 are more , than satisfied with their 

 Christmas trade, having had one of the 

 best holiday seasons in all their expe- 

 rience. Their stock was in fine condi- 

 tion, but scarcely sufficient for the 

 demand. 



Tarrytown, N. Y. — At its place at 

 Broadway and McKeel avenue the F. R, 

 Pierson Co. does a constantly increasing 

 retail business. At Christmas many 

 flowering plants and greens were sold, 

 as well as the concern's specialties, 

 which are ferns and cut flowers. 



Albion, N. Y.— Julian T. Duquette, 

 the florist and seedsman at 66 to 78 

 Clinton street, will also add a nursery 

 department to his business. He has 

 set aside a plot of ground for an orna- 

 mental nursery and will finish stocking 

 it in the spring. 



Fayetteville, Ark. — The Southwestern 

 Seed Co. says: "Our holiday business 

 this year has been very satisfactory in- 

 deed, our sales on cut flowers showing 

 a large increase over former years, and 

 we sold every blooming plant in the 

 house. Taking it all around, business 

 was the best we have had for several 

 years. ' ' 



Sabula, la.— W. B. Lovell, the florist 

 of this city, and Mrs. Galliard, of South 

 Carolina, were married recently, under 

 circumstances which, as reported, are 

 romantic enough to form the foundation 

 for a love story. They had never seen 

 each other, it is said, until their wed- 

 ding day, but had carried on their 

 courtship by correspondence, a mutual 

 friend having been responsible for their 

 introduction in this manner. 



