Febbuaby 2, 1011. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



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sown now and kept growing can be 

 flowered by June. The needs of asters 

 in regard to soil and temperature under 

 glass closely resemble those of the 

 mums. In five inches of soil they will 

 flower finely. Queen of the Market, 

 also called Queen of the Earlies, is a 

 prolific early variety. Fink, white and 

 lavender are the popular shades. Un- 

 less flowers of extra size are wanted, it 

 does not pay to disbud. The plants must 

 have a light house, and no shade at any 

 time. If allowed 8x10 inches apart, 

 they will do nicely. There are some 

 other early varieties listed, such as 

 Early Wonder, Dawn, etc., which may 

 be well worthy of a trial, but Queen of 

 the Market is the best grower and 

 freest bloomer of all the early sorts yet 

 tried. 



TO GET THE MOST SUNLIGHT. 



In which of the following directions 

 should a greenhouse run, in order to get 

 the direct sunlight the greatest num- 

 ber of hours per day: Straight east 

 and west, northeast to southwest or 

 northwest to southeast 1 W. H. W. 



A greenhouse that runs east and west 

 gets the most benefit from the sun, espe- 

 cially during the winter months, when 

 full sunshine is most needed. A house 

 running either northeast to southwest 

 or northwest to southeast gets more 

 shade from the rafters, especially one 

 running in the latter direction. 



W. H. T. 



PAPER WHITES AND EOIMANS. 



Can Roman hyacinths and Paper 

 White narcissi be used for bedding pur- 

 poses? The temperature here in Ne- 

 braska varies from 50 degrees above 

 zero to 20 degrees below zero during the 

 winter season. Is it worth while to 

 plant bulbs of the above-mentioned 

 kinds that have been forced? A. C. T. 



Neither of these bulbs would be of 

 any value for bedding in your cold 

 state. Both are much more tender than 

 the Dutch bulbs. Their only value is 

 for forcing under glass. In the warm 

 states, where light frosts only occur, 

 they can be bedded with fair success. 

 Old bulbs of both Romans and Paper 

 Whites are of absolutely no value for 

 planting the second season. C. W. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Business last week showed a real, old- 

 time boom. Dull weather materially re- 

 duced supplies and nearly everything 

 arriving was cleaned out in short order. 

 The present week sees a continuation 

 of good trade and ice chests with whole- 

 salers and at the markets have rarely 

 contained fewer leftovers. The rose 

 scarcity has been quite acute and it will 

 lie some days before an adequate supply 

 arrives. Prices have advanced, even 

 short-stemmed flowers bringing $6 per 

 hundred. Good Beauties are in short 

 supply and selling at high prices. Kil- 

 larney and Richmond are quickly 

 snapped up. Mrs. Aaron Ward sells as 

 well as ever; even the despised Bride 

 and Maid have been wanted. Carna- 

 tions are in better supply than roses, 

 but there is no surplus and prices are a 

 little higher than a week ago. A few 

 days will, however, bring about a de- 

 <'line. 



Violets are selling better and sweet 



Rose Lady Hillingdon. 



peas are making more satisfactory 

 prices. The early fall and winter sow- 

 ings are on the wane and later sowings 

 are not yet in good season. Bulbous 

 flowers are more abundant, but there is 

 no glut as yet and prices have ruled 

 better on these than a year ago. Quite 

 a few double Von Sions are now ar- 

 riving. Lily of the valley is about the 

 only flower which is in oversupply. More 

 of this is being marketed than in a 

 long time. Mignonette is now good and 

 antirrhinums are seen with much 

 stronger flower stalks. English prim- 

 roses are a welcome addition to the 

 miscellaneous flowers. Forget-me-not is 

 more plentiful. 



Cattleyas are quite abundant, with 

 prices showing a sagging tendency. 

 Triana" is now about the only variety 

 seen. Quite a few La-lia anceps are 

 seen, including the white variety. Cyp- 

 ripedium insigne is nearly over. Gar- 

 denias are not abundant. The demand 

 for green stock has been good. 



Various Notes. 



I recently called on J. H. Leach & 

 Son, North Easton, to see their new 

 pink seedling carnation. It is the result 

 of a cross between Boston Market and 

 one of their own seedlings. In color it 

 is identical with Fair Maid, but it has 

 a fuller and better formed flower. It 

 appears to be prolific, every shoot run- 

 ning up to flower, with no useless grass. 

 A number of plants counted were car- 

 rying eighteen flowering shoots each, 

 and they were not the first produced, bv 

 any moans. At the Boston Cooperative 

 Market this variety brings top-notch 



price. Leach & Son have some 6,000 

 cuttings in flats or the cutting bench 

 and will plant it more heavily next 

 season. Beacon, Winsor, White Perfec- 

 tion and Lawson were all carrying ex- 

 cellent crops. Sweet peas ten feet high 

 were good and had been producing 

 flowers since early fall. Tliousands of 

 freesias of excellent quality were noted 

 in flats. Formosa lilies here, as else- 

 where, were badly diseased. J. H. 

 Loach is now in his eightieth year and 

 wonderfully active for his age. It is 

 only a few months since he ceased sell- 

 ing his own flowers at the market daily, 

 a bad fall, from which he still feels 

 some effects, compelling him to stay 

 more at home and leave the selling to 

 otliers. 



At H. R. Comloy's last week were 

 noted some nice plants of the sweet- 

 scented Mahernia odorata, chorozemas, 

 cyclamens of the Papilio type, rhodo- 

 dendrons, English primroses and Lffilia 

 anceps alba. 



Alfred N. Eaton, of South Sudbury, is 

 consigning fine flowers of White Per- 

 fection, Winsor, Beacon and Queen car- 

 nations to B. ,J. McGinty at the Boston 

 Cooperative Market. 



F. H. Houghton, at his Boyleston 

 street store, has some finely flowered 

 prunus, rhododendrons and lilacs, also 

 good hybrid amaryllis. 



.1. J. Casey, at the Rosarv, Clarendon 

 street, now receives the entire pick of 

 (ioorge E. Buxton, Nashua, N. H. Mr. 

 Buxton's carnations are always of first- 

 <'lass quality. They include Granite 

 State. Pink Beauty and other seedlings. 



