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February 23, 1911. 



The Weekly Rorists' Review* 



15 



ing. If this bill should pass — and we 

 have every reason to believe it will — 

 it will be good-bye to Mr, Crepe Puller. 



J. J. B. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Somewhat clearer skies and season- 

 able winter weather have increased the 

 supply of cut flowers, but the demand 

 has continued good and there has so 

 far been no considerable surplus in any 

 line. Eoses continue in short supply 

 and prices hold up well. A few more 

 clear days may, however, cause a con- 

 siderable decline. Beauties are not at 

 all plentiful and a marked scarcity of 

 white roses is felt. Killarney contin- 

 ues to sell well, as does Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward. Carnations are more abundant 

 and a little lower in price. White 

 varieties have been in strong demand 

 for funeral work. Pink Delight con- 

 tinues to bring fancy prices and it will 

 be heavily planted here another season. 

 Violets had a somewhat better week 

 and should from this time on sell bet- 

 ter. Sweet peas are lower; the supply 

 is beyond the demand. White, pink and 

 white, and lavender shades sell well; 

 other colors are hard to sell. 



A much heavier cut of lilies is 

 coming in and they are moving more 

 slowly. Some extra fine callas are seen. 

 The best make as high as $2 per dozen. 

 Mignonette is more plentiful, but the 

 spikes are not equal to .those seen a 

 month ago. Antiryhinum is much bet- 

 ter than it was. Quite a little freesia 

 still comes in. In Dutch bulbous stock 

 a large variety is now obtainable of 

 splendid quality. So far these havp 

 sold well. Pansies are rather more 

 plentiful, as are English primroses, 

 each selling well. Valley is coming 

 from more growers and has much bet- 

 ter foliage. Gardenias are still scarce. 

 The Ca'ttleya Trianae crop is on the de- 

 cline and cattleyas promise to be in 

 rather short supply for a time. Green 

 stock of all kinds sells well and flower- 

 ing plants are in better demand. 



Various Notes. 



H. L. Belcher, of Winthrop, has the 

 best samples of Paper Whites, Em- 

 perors and Von Sions I have seen 

 this season. He is just starting on his 

 crop of lily of the valley. Tulips are 

 also grown in quantity. La Keine pre- 

 dominating. Mr. Belcher expects to 

 grow in the neighborhod of 500,000 

 bulbs next season. 



The annual midwinter show of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 comes March 25 to 27. An admission 

 fee is usually charged at this show, 

 but, with the idea of not competing in 

 any way with the coming national 

 show, admission will be free. 



Everett E. Cummings, of Woburn, 

 picked 53,000 single violets of superb 

 quality last week. He had a heavy 

 sale for Valentine's day. 



The W. W. Edgar Co. reports rather 

 more disease in giganteum lilies than 

 usual, but less in multiflorum. They 

 have a large house of hybrid and ram- 

 bler roses coming on for Easter. 



A fine vase of Carnation Pocahontas 

 from Baur & Smith, Indianapolis, was 

 among the exhibits which arrived the 

 morning after the last club meeting. 

 They were placed on exhibition at Hor- 

 ticultural hall. 



John K. M. L. Farquhar delivered an 

 interesting stereopticon lecture on 



These Are the Little Liners That Do theBosiness 



"Please do not print my advertisement a second time. I am pleased to 

 send you the 30 cents for the tiiree lines. One Insertion brought me orders 

 amountlDS to over t^50. As my plant is not very big, I will have to build 

 larger."— Jacob Doerrer, Columbia, Pa.. February 8. 



"Where Seeds Are Grown" at Horti- 

 cultural hall, February 18, taking the 

 place of J. H. Hale, who will speak at 

 a later date. 



J. F. Flood, of Woburn, has been 

 quite sick, but is happily improving. 



The agricultural colleges came in for 

 considerable discussion in the course 

 of the discussion on Edwin Jenkins' 

 paper at the last club meeting. Peter 

 Fisher's statement that students should 

 have two or three years' practical ex- 

 perience before taking in a college 

 course, found pretty . general accept- 

 ance. Considerable praise was given 

 Prof. E. A. White, of Amherst, for the 

 work he has done in the horticultural 

 department there. 



Edward MacMulkin is showing the 

 first annual chrysanthemums I have 

 seen this season, grown by Lewis 

 Small, of Tewksbury. 



P. L. Carbone states that Primula 

 Kewensis, one of the most beautiful 

 of winter-flowering plants, does not sell 

 as it should. Customers are hard to 

 convince that it does not possess the 

 poisonous properties of P. obconica. 

 As a decorative plant, especially on the 



dining table. P. Kewensis is far su- 

 perior to P. obconica. 



James Tuohy, of East Boston, has 

 started a new store on Hampshire 

 street, Cambridge. 



H. Hansen, of Maiden, is marketing 

 a nice assortment of plants, including 

 azaleas. Primula obconica, cyclamens, 

 cinerarias and araucarias. 



Michael Grey, of Elliott street, Mil- 

 ton, is marketing a lot of well bloomed 

 Pink Pearl rhododendrons, also a fine 

 line of bulbs in pans. 



Tickets are being rapidly taken up 

 for the Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 banquet, February 28. No tickets will 

 be sold after February 27, so late ap- 

 plicants are liable to be disappointed. 



C. R. Dane, the well known Eoxbury 

 florist, started with Mrs. Dane Febru- 

 ary 16 for an extended trip through 

 California. 



Thomas Roland has a grand lot of 

 stock coming along for the national 

 show. He would be glad to see rather 

 more sunshine, especially for his ram- 

 bler roses, some of which he fears may 

 be late unless the skies are clearer than 

 they have been. 



