Mabch 28. 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



45 



Aster Plants in Flats at Establishmeat of Jeaaette M. Pendleton, Irondequoit, N. Y. 



ASTEBS AT IBONDEQUOIT. 



Western. New • York is known as a 

 section where the aster, is at home — 

 it is growij there, by the acre. Mrs. J. 

 M. Pendleton .is said fo be the largest 

 aster grower in the Iropdequoit dis- 

 trict a^dithe laccompanying illustration 

 is prepared from a couple of snapshots 

 showing hier greenhouse with nearly 500 

 flats containijig transplanted plants in- 

 tended to go into 'the- field as early as 

 possible. For six years she has shipped 

 her; cut, to the Leo Niessen Co., Phila- 

 delphia. During the season of 1911 her 

 shipments were from' 5,000 to 12,000 a 



EUEOPEAN NOTES. 



F. A.Hibbert, of the firm of J. Hib- 

 bert & Sons, seed merchants, Cardiff, 

 England, who died recently, left an 

 estate of the gross value of $154,060. 



J. Cheal & Sons, the well known gar- 

 den architects and landscape gardeners 

 of London and Crawley, have changed 

 their organization to that of a limited 

 liability company. Joseph and Alex- 

 ander Cheal, sons of the founders, have 

 traveled widely in foreign lands and 

 have also visited the United States. 



Hugh Dickson, of Alexander Dickson 

 & Sons, Newtownards, Ireland, pur- 

 poses visiting the United States, and 

 particularly California, in June. W. 

 Atlee Burpee and his sons will pilot 

 him around. 



Samuel Pope, who has done more, 

 perhaps, than any other one person to 

 bring, the double tuberous begonia to 

 its present wonderful form, is retiring 

 on account of ill health, after fifty 

 years of strenuous work, the last twen- 

 ty-ohe years with T. S. Ware, Ltd., 

 Feltham, England, as begonia special- 

 ist. Prior to that, he was with John 

 Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, London, in 

 the days when they revolutionized the 

 single begonias by introducing wonder- 

 ful size and a wide range of colors. 

 The principals and employees of 

 Ware 's nurseries presented a marble 

 timepiece to Mr. Pope on his retire- 

 ment. 



CINCINNATI. 



The Gateway to the South. 



Last week's market was rather pecul- 

 iar: It opened with a rush that looked 

 most promising; midweek showed that 

 almost all lines were crowded, while 



the close was again brisk, and on Sun- 

 day most of the stock was cleaned up. 

 Monday being a general replenishing 

 day for the retailers, was exactly the 

 same as the one preceding. 



Eoses, particularly the Killarney and 

 Richmond, are coming in splendidly. 

 The quality leaves nothing to be de- 

 sired and the increasing quantity is 

 gratifying. Some good Bride and Maid 

 are included in the offerings. Good 

 Beauties are in demand and sell easily. 



The supply of all kinds of carnations 

 is fair and their quality is, as a whole, 

 of the best. The offerings are ample 

 to meet requests. Sweet peas come in 

 steadily and clean up better than they 

 have been doing. This is not because of 

 any increased demand but because of a 

 (Jecreased supply. In the bulbous line, 

 callas and Easter lilies are now enjoy- 

 ing a fairly steady call and the market 

 for them is not so crowded as it was a 

 fortnight ago. Small bulbous stock is 

 in light supply. Among the offerings 

 last week were some elegant Paper 

 White narcissi. 



The violet market has not shown any 

 improvement since the last writing. 

 Valley is in fair supply and about 

 equals the calls for it. Miscellaneous 

 offerings include pansies, snapdragon 

 and mignonette. 



Last week was a busy one for greens. 

 The call for plumosus, Sprengeri and 

 other lines was good, while that for 

 smilax kept the market bare of that 

 commodity. , 



Various Notes. 



C. E. Critchell had quite a run on 

 smilax last week, because of the spring 

 openings. 



Wm. Niehaus, formerly Fred Gear's 

 manager, opens a store, MarcK 30, at 

 1407 Vine street. He is a hustler, popu- 

 lar with his trade and should make 

 good from the very start. 



Mrs. L. H. Kyrk has returned after 

 a stay of five weeks with her mother 

 at Tifan, O. 



The Anglo-Importation Co., operating 

 The Shop Perfect, on Fourth avenue, 

 was thrown into receivership March 19 

 at the instance of Leo Kugel, a stock- 

 holder and endorser of some notes. 



Visitors: Frank Farney, with M. Rice 

 & Co., and E. J. Fancourt, of Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., Philadelphia; Wm. Lodder, 

 Hamilton, O.; J. T. Herdegen, Aurora, 

 Ind., Messrs. Keller, of Lexington, Ky. ; 

 Milton Alexander, with Lion & Co., New 

 York. C. H. H. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



Business has been fair for the last 

 week, and would have been better but 

 for the coming again of winter on the 

 first day of spring. We had a consider- 

 able snowfall to usher in spring and 

 quite a heavy additional fall March 24, 

 a minimum temperature as low as 10 

 degrees above zero being recorded. 

 There is no particular glut in any line 

 at present, nor is any now likely until 

 after Easter. Roses are selling about 

 the same. Good Beauties are still in 

 rather short supply. Mrs. Taft takes 

 the popular fancy, the name possibly 

 helping its sale. Killarneys continue 

 of remarkably fine quality, but all roses 

 are good, due to the absence of hot 

 weather. The demand for yellow varie- 

 ties is good. Carnations are not such 

 a glut as they were and are making 

 more satisfactory prices. Pink Delight 

 continues a leader. White Wonder, 

 Gloriosa, Beacon and White Enchantress 

 are all in good demand. Single violets 

 are nearing the end. Some growers will 

 finish picking this week, and only those 

 who have held their plants cool will 

 have any at Easter. 



Dutch bulbous flowers are of splendid 

 quality and selling a trifle better. Callas 

 and lilies are abundant, but do not sell 

 well. Valley of really good quality is 

 not plentiful, but there is quite a sup- 

 ply of poor stock. Sweet peas are of 

 grand quality, some having 15-inch to 

 20-inch stems. These are in good de- 

 mand. Marguerites are grand in quality 

 and much more plentiful. Yellows on 

 long stems have been making as high 

 as $4 per hundred. The best mignon- 

 ette makes $8 per hundred. Snapdrag- 

 ons are excellent, but not selling as 

 they should. Gardenias are coming bet- 

 ter in quality. Cattleya Schroederse is 

 more seen now than Trianse. Dendrobes 

 are plentiful and so are coelogynes. 

 Asparagus Sprengeri is now rather poor 

 in quality, and much of the adiantum 

 offered is not well matured. 



Pot plant trade is active, and all spe- 

 cialists in this line are up to their ears 

 in business. 



Club Field Day. 



About fifty members of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club journeyed to 

 Waverley March 23, on invitation of the 

 W. W. Edgar Co., to inspect the houses 

 of Easter plants. Arriving at 3 o'clock, 



