Januabt 12, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



15 



rentals about doubled during the year. 

 The society has received $9,117 in be- 

 quests during the year. Several mem- 

 bers spoke and hoped that the pro- 

 posed structural changes, which were 

 vitally needed, would not be shelved. 

 It was estimated that an expenditure 

 of $150,000 would insure an annual in- 

 come of $15,000 from hall rentals, 

 against $3,000 received during the last 

 year. 



There were some interesting exhibits 

 placed before the plant and flower com- 

 mittee. Duncan Pinlayson received a 

 silver medal for superior culture of 

 calanthes, the finest ever staged here. 

 The varietur, Orpetiana, was distinct. 

 Other varieties were: McWilliamsii, 

 Sandhurstiana, Veitchii compacta and 

 Veitchii. Mr. Finlayson also received a 

 first-class certificate for the new Cym- 

 bidium Holfordianum (C. eburneum x C. 

 grandiflorum). E. B. Dane, Donald Mc- 

 Kenzie, gardener, had some choice or- 

 chids. For Cypripedium Albert Hye x 

 C. villosum aureum he received a silver 

 medal, also first-class certificates for 

 Cypripediums Niobe nigrum and insigne 

 Sanderae x Leeanum. He also showed 

 Phaleenopsis Eimestadtiana and Den- 

 drobium Fhalaenopsis. Mrs. J. L. Gard- 

 ner, William Thatcher, gardener, showed 

 two good forms of Cattleya Trianae, also 

 Eranthemum pulchellum and a plant of 

 the cactus flowering cineraria. 



The annual lecture course of the so- 

 ciety opens January 14, the speaker be- 

 ing J. Otto Thilow, of Philadelphia. 

 The hour of the lectures has been 

 changed from 11 a. m. to 2 p. m. 



Various Notes. 



Neal Boyle, of Maiden, grows 10,000 

 Killarney, "White Killarney and Eich- 

 mond roses. These he produces of fine 

 quality, the bulk being sold at whole- 

 sale. Mr. Boyle has also 10,000 gigan- 

 teum lilies just peeping through the soil 

 and intended for Easter. He finds 

 these latter do better in a temperature 

 of 65 degrees after being housed. 



J. W. Simpson, of Woburn, who is 

 one of the most successful growers for 

 the Boston Cooperative Flower Mar- 

 ket, is handling some extra fine yellow 

 Marguerites, in addition to his other 

 staples. 



No finer mignonette has ever been 

 seen in the Boston market than "Wil- 

 liam Nicholson, of Framingham, is now 

 sending in. His Purity freesia, mar- 

 guerites and carnations are all of top- 

 notch quality. 



Thomas Roland, of Nahant, is just 

 finishing a fine cut of Cattleya Trianae. 

 They started to flower the middle of 

 December and, coming in while orchids 

 were scarce, netted excellent prices. 



John Barr, of South Natick, has a 

 house containing 2,000 cyclamens for 

 early spring trade, which are models of 

 careful culture. His carnation houses 

 are a veritable mass of buds and 

 blooms. Specially fine are Beacon, Pink 

 Delight, "Winsor, "White Perfection and 

 several seedlings which are given con- 

 siderable bench space. The Queen is 

 still grown and does so well that Mr. 

 Barr is not yet ready to discard it. 



"W. S. Phelps, of Marlboro, has been 

 sending in some excellent bunches of 

 pink and white centaureas all winter, 

 also excellent antirrhinums and En- 

 chantress carnations, these being han- 

 dled at 2 Park street by J. M. Cohen. 



John J. Fee, of Jamaica Plain, is one 

 of our best bulb specialists. This sea- 

 son Mr. Fee has some of the best tulips, 

 narcissi and other flowers we have seen. 



Moses Penn, the well known Eoxbury 

 florist, was married January 5. At the 

 wedding reception were aldermen, con- 

 gressmen and other notables, showing 

 the esteem in which Mr. Penn is held. 



From the Exeter Greenhouses, G. "W. 

 Hilliard proprietor, Exeter, N. H., some 

 fine Chatenay and other roses are daily 

 consigned to J. S, Manter at the Boston 

 Flower Exchange. New Hampshire 

 grown roses are equal in quality to any 

 in the country. 



H. M. Eobinson & Co. state that trade 

 since Christmas has been good. Valley 

 has been in active demand. Of Beau- 

 ties they are not able to get an ade- 

 quate supply at present. Cattleyas are 

 good sellers. Business in the sundries 

 department also is good. 



Arnold & Petros, at their new Boyls- 

 ton street store, had an effective pyram- 

 idal arrangement of Carnation "Winsor 

 last week, going the full height of the 

 window, rising from a bed of yellow 

 daffodils. This new firm is doing an ex- 

 cellent' business. 



Edgar Bros., of Waverley, have three 

 large houses in sweet peas. One has 

 been producing for some time. Another 

 is just coming in crop, while a third 

 contains many of the Spencer type for 

 spring blooming. All are looking ex- 

 tremely well. 



Ladies' night, for which a fine enter- 

 tainment is prepared, and installation 

 of officers are expected to draw a crowd 

 of 300 to the next meeting of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club, January 17. 

 Many new members will be added. 



Frank P. Putnam's skillful grower, 

 Charles Anderson, in addition to superb 

 "White Perfection, Enchantress and 

 other carnations, has also added white 

 stocks to his shipments from North 

 Tewksbury. 



"Welch Bros, are selling agents for 

 the new rose, Hilda, which attracts con- 

 siderable notice at the better class 

 stores. They are this season carrying 

 a superb stock of Beauties, Richmond, 

 Killarney, Maryland and other roses, 

 and business is excellent in all depart- 

 ments at the big Devonshire street em- 

 porium. 



Matthew F. Euane, the genial sales- 

 man for Peirce Bros., who recently 

 epened a flower store in "Waltham, has 

 just added a fine new ice-chest and made 

 other improvements in his store. He 

 has found business good from the start. 



Local carnationists, who make a spe- 

 cialty of rooted cuttings, are experi- 

 encing an excellent demand for them 

 this season. Pink Delight, which, pro- 

 pagates less easily than other varieties, 

 is in strong request. 



J. Newman & Sons had a charming 

 table centerpiece of delicate pink sweet 

 peas in one of their windows Jan- 

 uary 7, resting on green velvet, which 

 was admired by many passersby on this 

 busy thoroughfare. Funeral work, 

 which is a great specialty here, keeps 

 the firm busy about all the time. 



A local violet grower last week left 

 1,400 fine singles with a salesman, tell- 

 ing him not to take less than 75 cents 

 per hundred for them. Fifty cents 

 per hundred was offered and declined. 

 A day later the whole lot were disposed 

 of for $2. Anyone can draw a moral 

 from this who wishes. 



"W. N. Craig. 



Catskill, N. Y. — Henry Hansen is 

 planning a new house, to be built at the 

 first favorable opportunity. Business 

 through the entire season has been high- 

 ly satisfactory. 



NEWS NOTES 



Troy, N. Y. — George Sambrook has 

 been serving on the grand jury at an 

 extremely busy time. 



Ottawa, Ont. — Mr. "Wright is adding 

 six new houses this season. They are 

 22x400 feet each, and are of King con- 

 struction. 



Bochester, N. Y. — Thomas Cogger has 

 presented a petition in bankruptcy. His 

 liabilities amount to $2,046.45 and his 

 resources are said to be worth $100. 



"Watervliet, N. Y. — During the holi- 

 day season Henry Hannell sent into 

 Troy some of the finest Brides, Maids 

 and Killarneys ever seen by the Trojans, 

 and swelled his bank account propor- 

 tionately. 



Forest City, la. — At Secor's Hill City 

 Greenhouses the boiler gave out Jan- 

 uary 1. Fifty oil heaters kept the place 

 from freezing up until repairs were 

 made January 2, just before the tem- 

 perature fell to 24 degrees below zero. 



Lake Charles, La. — C. D. Otis, who 

 has been at Port Arthur, Tex., in charge 

 of the work at the Port Arthur NVirs- 

 ery, which John "W. Gates has sold to 

 the Griffing Bros. Co., as reported in 

 The Review of January 5, has returned 

 here to push along his Lake Charles 

 business. 



Slingerlands, N. Y.— Fred Goldring 

 says the grower deserves lots of sympa- 

 thy during backward seasons, when he 

 is doing his level best to make the buds 

 open. It was a job around the holidays, 

 when the demand was greater than 

 usual, but he did pretty well and the 

 buyers appreciate it. 



"Woodbine, la. — The entire stock in 

 the greenhouses of the "Woodbine Floral 

 Co. was frozen on New Year's night, as 

 a result of the bursting of the boiler. 

 The manager, A. D. Curtiss, stated that 

 business would be resumed in about 

 two weeks, or as soon as a new boiler 

 could be installed. 



Grand Bapids, Mich. — Geo. H. Bow- 

 ditch, of the Lamborn Floral Co., Al- 

 liance, O., was in town attending the 

 funeral of his brother, C. B. Bowditch, 

 gardener at the Soldiers' Home. The 

 Lamborn Floral Co. sent a bunch of 100 

 select Killarney roses to the funeral. 

 The local florists sent numerous floral 

 designs. 



Fond du Lac, Wis. — L. E. Sawieke, 

 manager of the Fourth Street Green- 

 house Co., reports that early on the 

 morning of January 5 his boiler ex- 

 ploded. The outside temperature at the 

 time was 22 degrees below zero and the 

 damage to the stock was great, in spite 

 of energetic efforts to provide tempo- 

 rary means of heating. 



Helena, Mont. — The employees of the 

 State Nu^-sery Co. were the guests of 

 Manager T. E. Mills and Mrs. Mills at 

 a dinner in the Mills residence, Decem- 

 ber 29. Thirty were present. Mr. Mills 

 occupied the chair, and "Walter Card the 

 vice-chair. The dinner was followed by 

 music and other forms of entertainment. 

 The host and hostess were surprised by 

 the presentation to them of a handsome 

 cut glass water set. The address of pres- 

 entation was made by J. W. Jackson, 

 seconded by J. "W. Mallinson. 



