The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



February 16, 1911. 



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tions have moved well. They are a 

 little lower in price. The varieties 

 which have the largest sale in Boston 

 this season are: Enchantress, still a 

 long way ahead of all others; White 

 Enchantress, the leading white; Bea- 

 con, White Ferfection, Winsor, Pink 

 Delight, Winona and Queen. 



Never were such quantities of sweet 

 peas seen in Boston, even in summer, 

 and values have sunk quite low. Some 

 magnificent flowers are arriving. Vio- 

 lets again had a poor week, with prices 

 away down. For Valentine's day 

 prices, however, braced up to 7.5 cents 

 and $1. There was also a good call for 

 lily of the valley, sweet peas and a few 

 other flowers. Bulbous flowers are of 

 good quality and they are not yet a 

 glut. Lilies are more plentiful; many 

 of them are Formosas. Callas are also 

 in heavier supply. Marguerites are 

 rather more abundant, but sell well. 

 Cattleya Triana' is still abundant and 

 selling lower. Quite a few other or- 

 chids are also seen. Among miscel- 

 laneous flowers are quantities of wall- 

 flowers, myosotis, centaureas, English 

 primroses, dimorphothecas, tritonias, 

 ixias and sparaxis. 



The demand for asparagus, adiantum 

 and smilax has been quite good and 

 growers of pot plants have experienced 

 a better demand than since (Christmas, 

 azaleas, genistas, lilacs, flowering plums 

 and bulbous pans having most call. 

 Club Meeting. 



The February meeting of the Gar- 



deners' and Florists' Club always at- 

 tracts a big attendance, and the gath- 

 ering of 200 February 14 proved that 

 carnation night had not yet lost its 

 potency. The lecture by Edwin Jen- 

 kins, of Lenox, was eminently practical, 

 and the speaker among other things 

 spoke on the scientific work being done 

 at Amherst and Cornell for floriculture. 

 Mr. .Tenkins is not only a first-class 

 practical gardener, but a good speaker, 

 and his paper was well received and 

 caused a capitaT discussion. 



As is usual at the February meetings, 

 the exhibits were numerous, Peter 

 Fisher was given a report of highest 

 merit for Carnation Gorgeous. John 

 Barr received a report of superior merit 

 for his new variegated carnation, Mrs. 

 Cheney. W. W. Edgar Co. received a 

 rej)ort of su]>erior merit for the new 

 azalea, Lady Koosevelt, a beautiful soft 

 ]>ink. .1. H. Leach & Son received a 

 report of merit for a new shell-pink 

 carnation. Cyclamen Papilio from Weld 

 Gardens was excellent. A. Leuthy re- 

 ceived a rei>ort of merit on new azaleas. 

 The Fottier, Fiske, Rawson Co. showed 

 cinerarias. 



The committee on S. A. F. entertain- 

 ment made a progressive report. Ad- 

 dresses were made asking the support 

 of the whole club at the coming na- 

 tional show, which it was intended to 

 make the finest ever seen in America. 

 The club voted $50 as a jtrize. The 

 coming club banquet, to be held Feb- 

 ruary 28, was boomed, and tickets sold 



at such a lively rate that the attend- 

 ance promises to far surpass that of a 

 year ago. There was, as usual, a large 

 addition of new members, eleven being 

 elected. Eefreshmenta were served, and 

 it was quite late before this, one of the 

 best meetings the club has yet held, 

 terminated. 



Various Notes. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. have one of 

 their large, new King construction 

 houses at their new Dedham nurseries 

 ready for glazing. James Farquhar 

 states that with the present low price 

 of glass, wrought iron, piping and other 

 material, his firm will be able to build 

 approximately two houses for the same 

 price as one would have cost a year 

 ago. 



William 11. Ward, of Montvale, near 

 Woburn, is marketing an extra fine 

 grade of carnations, also myosotis, 

 freesias and sweet peas of excellent 

 quality. 



The' William W. Edgar Co. has a fine 

 lot of genistas, lilacs, azaleas, including 

 Charles Encke; lilies, etc. Their lilies 

 and other Easter plants are coming 

 along in good shape. 



Welch Bros, are experiencing an ex- 

 ceptionally heavy call for white roses 

 and carnations. They much prefer 

 White Enchantress to White Perfec- 

 tion, the latter being more sleepy. They 

 still sell a large quantity of The Queen 

 for funeral work. They find that 

 doulde narcissi sell, on the whole, bet- 

 ter than singles. 



