Mabch 9, 1911. ' 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



29 



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ing as low as $1.50 per thousand. Some 

 of the best stock now has stems fifteen 

 inches long. 



Bulbous stock, which sold well dur- 

 ing February's cloudy weather, is now 

 something of a glut. Double Von Sions 

 are in heavy supply and it is surprising 

 that 80 many of these coarse looking 

 flowers are grown, when the singles 

 are so much more beautiful and usually 

 less expensive. Victbria, Sir Watkin, 

 Emperor, Golden Spur and poeticus or- 

 natus are the narcissi seen in greatest 

 abundance. Hyacinths are abundant 

 and good, but do not sell well. An- 

 tirrhinums are fine but away down in 

 value. Lilies and callas are each heavily 

 oversupplied and lily of the valley is 

 hard to move. Marguerites are more 

 plentiful, but sell well. There are still 

 a fair number of Cattleya Trianae and 

 an abundance of dendrobiums and 

 coelogynes. Gardenias are arriving more 

 freely. Adiantum is coming of better 

 quality and sales of aspai'agus and smi- 

 lax continue quite good. 



Various Notes. 



Everything is progressing swimming- 

 ly for the S. A. F. National Show. The 

 clearer skies ;which have been vouch- 

 safed to us of late were just what many 

 growers were praying for, and those who 



had some doubts about their rambler 

 roses and other plants being in season 

 are now feeling happy. In every city 

 and town in Massachusetts which one 

 visits the chief topic now is the Na- 

 tional Show, and the tremendous de- 

 mand for space shows that even the big 

 Mechanics' building will be taxed to 

 accommodate all the exhibits. 



The many friends of H. S. Chandler, 

 of Tewksbury, were pleased to see him 

 back in the market again last week. 

 Mr. Chandler broke a bone in one of 

 his ankles a month ago. 



John McFarland, of North Easton, 

 showed a beautiful seedling cattleya, 

 C. Dowiana x C. Lawrenceana, at Hor- 

 ticultural hall March 4. The sepals, 

 petals and exterior of the lip were of a 

 rich rosy color. The yellow coloring in- 

 side the lip clearly showed the influ- 

 ence of C. Dowiana. This plant was a 

 seedling raised by W. W. Lunt, and Mr. 

 McFarland has been nursing it along 

 for over six years. 



Extra fine antirrhinums are now 

 arriving at the flower markets from, 

 among others, B. P. Winch, Framing- 

 ham; J. G. Holmes, Saugus, and W. J. 

 Dana, Wellesley. 



At present callas are unusually abun- 

 dant in the markets and of extra fine 

 quality. A few who grow these in quan- 



tity are William Patterson, of WoUas- 

 ton; J. T. Butterworth, of South Fram- 

 ingham; William Capstick, of Auburn- 

 dale; Paine Bros., of Eandolph, and 

 Willow Hill Greenhouses, of West Kox- 

 bury. 



Trade in shamrocks is now becoming 

 quite active in the markets. Leonard 

 Cousins, of Concord Junction, has many 

 thousands, as also has William Nichol- 

 son, of Framingham. The latter has an 

 extra fine lot of marguerites at present 

 and his Godfrey callas are popular. 



John Barr's new variegated carna- 

 tion, Mrs. B. P. Cheney, continues to 

 keep up the excellent reputation it has 

 made. For so large a flower, it is an 

 unusually prolific bloomer and it is fea- 

 tured in several of the most up-to-date 

 retail stores. 



At the greenhouses of E. B. Dane^in 

 Chestnut Hill, where Donald McKenzie 

 has charge, is to be found what is prob- 

 ably the finest private collection of 

 orchids in America. A house of phalse- 

 nopsis is a grand sight at present. There 

 are also scores of rare and choice 

 cypripediuras and other varieties in 

 flower. 



At the big Waltham establishment of 

 Peirce Bros, many thousands of gigan- 

 teum lilies are in just the right condi- 

 tion for Easter. The firm is cutting 



