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The Weekly Florists' Review^ m^«^h 23. 1911 



The membership list again received an 

 addition, there bein^ ten new members 

 admitted. The question box contained a 

 niunber of queries, which were taken up 

 and answered, relating to gardenia cul- 

 ture; whether Carnation Pink Delight is 

 a superior variety to Knchantress, which 

 brought out a diversity of opinions. 

 Whether hybrid amarvllis should ever be 

 completely dried off was answered in the 

 negative. What caused forced tulips to 

 make healthy roots and growth and all 

 tlowers turn brown, might be due to one 

 of several causes, premature lifting, too 

 little moisture at the root, or too early 

 forcing of naturally mid-season or late 

 varieties. One query was of what benefit 

 the S. A. F. was to the private gardener 

 and this brought out some discussion. 



An invitation to hold a field day in 

 August at the gladiolus fields of B.' Ham- 

 mond Tracy was received and referred 

 to tl-ie executive committee. It was an- 

 nounced that at the April meeting Mr. 

 Tracy will lecture on "The Gladiolus 

 and Its Culture." 



Various Notes. 



Some of the larger exhibitors at the 

 S. A. F. National Show were getting their 

 exhibits in position as early as March 20. 

 Farquhar & Co. are busy at work on their 

 elaborate Dutch garden, so is Philip Car- 

 bone on his Italian garden, while some of 

 the larger trade exhibitors are here in 

 person making active preparations for 

 their stands. The reception by the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club in Paul Be- 

 vere hall will be Wednesday evening, 

 March 29, and not as on the official pro- 

 gram. The carnation meeting will come 

 on the following evening. There will be 

 entertainment in plenty for all visitors, 



as automobile excursions, theater parties, 

 etc., are arranged for. From all parts 

 of the country are coming advices of 

 visitors coming and the coming show and 

 convention will undoubtedly bring to- 

 gether more gardeners and florists at one 

 time than ever before in America. 



The severe cold wave which suddenly 

 struck us March 15 caught some florists 

 najjping. With the wind blowing sixty 

 miles an hour and temperature little 

 above zero, those who retired figuring on 

 a mild night awoke to get a disagreeable 

 surprise. F. W. i letcher, of Auburndale, 

 had one house of bedding stock destroyed. 

 A few squares of glass out gave the wind 

 an entrance which soon demolished the 

 roof. William Patterson, of WoUaston, 

 lost a house of carnations. The end doors 

 blew open during the night and every- 

 thing was found stiff in the morning. The 

 fierce wind blew over a horse and delivery 

 team laden with boxes of roses belonging 

 to the Waban Conservatories, but no 

 great damage was done. Many minor 

 losses were reported. 



Everett E. Cummings, of Woburn, has 

 broken ground for three new houses, 

 40x150, to be devoted to single violets. 

 He has had phenomenal success with 

 Princess of Wales, and March 18 easily 

 sold 25,000 of grand quality. He follows 

 the violets with cucumbers, except one 

 house of Comet tomatoes. 



Thomas Eoland's stock for the show is 

 of grand quality. His rambler roses are 

 just right and he has a superb lot of 

 acacias, ericas, genistas, bougainvilleas, 

 hydrangeas and other plants. 



A. Leuthy & Co., of Boslindale, have a 

 superb lot of giganteum lilies, many thou- 

 sands in number, for Easter. They have 

 also a beautiful lot of gardenias, azaleas. 



Hiram W. Wilson. 



Crataegus, genistas, etc. They will have 

 a large group at the S. A. F. show and 

 will compete in many classes. 



The Sutermeister estate, of Eeadville, 

 lost a load of plants by fire a few days 

 ago. A team was being sent into Boston. 

 The heater set fire to the wagon and, a 

 strong wind blowing, the driver did not 

 notice anything amiss until the heat 

 caused him to look around. Wagon and 

 contents were a total loss. 



J. W. Simpson, of Woburn, is one of 

 the heaviest shippers of yellow marguer- 

 ites to the Boston Co-Operative Market. 

 His Fair Maid and Beacon carnations are 

 extra fine, with stems of remarkable 

 length. 



John McKenzie, of North Cambridge, 

 is sick in bed with the grip. 



B. J. McGinty, at the Boston Co-Opera- 

 tive Market, has just recovered from an 

 attack of laryngitis. 



J. T. Butterworth has a superb lot of 

 valley in pots. These and orchids will be 

 among his exhibits at the show. ' 



Penn Bros, are keeping busy during 

 the lenten season. Henry Penn will be 

 back for the show and the firm will be 

 among the exhibitors in its special lines. 

 Gardenias, violets and valley are all sell- 

 ing well here. 



J. A. Zinn, on Park street, made a fine 

 window display March 18 of Rose Mrs. 

 Aaron Ward, from W. H. Elliott, and 

 Princess of Wales violets from Everett 

 E. Cummings. The two colors contrasted 

 nicely and attracted much attention from 

 passers-by. 



J. Newman & Sons continue to have a 

 heavy business in funeral work and find 

 business for the dull season quite good. 

 They had a pretty table decoration of 

 lavender sweet peas and lily of the val- 

 ley in one of their windows last week. 



J. Leach & Son have their new light 

 pink carnation, Pink Supreme, in excel- 

 lent shape and it should render a favor- 

 able account of itself at the big show 

 next week. W. N. Craig. 



The Flower Growers' Sales Co., capital 

 $25,000, has been granted a charter. The 

 incorporators are E. Allan Peirce, Louis 

 .r. Renter, John F. Edgar and William 

 .hirgens. 



DENVEE. 



The Market. 



Business picked up considerably in the 

 middle of last week, a great deal of it 

 being due to funerkl work. The first of 

 the week was rather dull and for a time 

 it looked as though it might continue all 

 week, but on Wednesday there was a 

 great rush that has kept up pretty well. 



White carnations have been scarce, and 

 the price for St. Patrick's day was ad- 

 vanced. This was a banner day for the 

 florists. Everyone colored just a few 

 mora carnations than he thought he would 

 need, but several were sold out before 

 noon and it was impossible to buy any 

 at wholesale. American Beauties are off 

 crop, and the few that come in are easily 

 disposed of. Smilax is ' * worth its weight 

 in gold. ' ' One florist was fortunate 

 enough to buy twenty-five strings, but 

 when asked where he got it he refused 

 to tell. 



Easter stock looks quite promising, but 

 many of the Easter lilies have practically 

 no stems. Bulb stock is fine, and there 

 will be quantities of it. 



The California violet peddlers keep one 

 busy watching their movements. ' They 

 are here one week, and away the next. 



