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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



Maech 28, 1012. 



the houses were at once inspected and 

 they surely never contained a finer 

 grown or better flowered lot of plants. 

 Giganteum and multiflorum lilies filled 

 two big houses and were splendid. There 

 was also an extra fine lot of candidum, 

 the true, broad-petaled type. Two 

 houses were filled with genistas and 

 others with azaleas in the leading sorts, 

 perfect plants. Hydrangeas were re- 

 markably well grown, carrying huge 

 trusses. Bambler roses, such as Lady 

 Gay, Dorothy Perkins and Tausend- 

 schon, are now seen in large quantities 

 and there was also a house of hybrid 

 perpetuals just right, including such 

 sorts as Magna Charta and Frau Karl 

 Druschki. There was a fine lot of well 

 flowered spirteas, both Gladstone and 

 Queen Alexandra. Lilacs were seen in 

 large numbers and were splendidly 

 flowered. Geraniums in quantity, well 

 flowered, were also noted, also acacias, 

 metrosideros, etc. Palms, ferns, dra- 

 csenas and other foliage plants filled 

 other houses. Herman H. Bartsch, the 

 genial manager, richly deserved the 

 words of praise heaped upon him. Re- 

 freshments were served in the large 

 packing shed and short, appreciative 

 addresses made by Vice-President Ken- 

 nedy, M. A. Patten and others. 



An alarm of fire from E. Allan 

 Peirce's residence took many of the 

 party over there. The fire started in 

 the upper story, burnt through the attic 

 and roof, but was subdued before it had 

 done any great harm, the greatest dam- 

 age being from water. A number of 

 the members looked over the mammoth 

 establishment of Peirce Bros. Here 

 were many thousands of lilies, chiefly 

 giganteum. These were unusually 

 dwarf; one house of Formosas con- 

 tained much taller plants. Azaleas and 

 other Easter stock were seen in quan- 

 tity and several of the big houses were 

 filled with carnations, among which 

 Pink Delight stood out prominently. 



Various Notes. 



Carbone, on Boylston street, among 

 his rambler . roses, has one pale yellow 

 in color, with pretty yellow buds, 

 named Golddust. He has a splendid lot 

 of Tausendschon and Carmine Pillar. 

 Ericas in small sizes are in great de- 

 mand. Hypericums, grown by A. M. 

 Davenport, of Watertown, are also 

 something of a novelty. Pot plant trade 

 is starting here in good shape. 



Bouvardia Humboldtii has been a 

 leading specialty with J. W. Foote for 

 a year or two. He grew it magnificently 

 but may not plant it again, owing to 

 its not proving sufficiently remunera- 

 tive. 



Daniel Ilifife reports business as being 

 good in greenhouse construction. He 

 has a contract for an iron frame house 

 for H. L. Belcher, of Winthrop, and 

 many inquiries concerning new houses. 



"Walter B. Cobb, of Canton, is sending 

 D. F. Lancey, at the Boston Cooperative 

 Market, a fine grade of carnations. 



William R. Nicholson is cutting an 

 average of 10,000 high-grade carnations 

 per week. He has superb marguerites 

 on long stems and mignonette holds out 

 well. He will increase his planting of 

 the latter next season. He will start 

 on his new carnation house, Lord & 

 Burnham material, right after Memo- 

 rial day and will have it ready to plant 

 July 15. 



Considerable interest is being taken 

 locally in the international flower show 

 in London next May. Among those who 

 will go from here are J. K. M. L. Far- 



quhar, William Nicholson and Mr. and 

 Mrs. B. Hammond Tracy. 



L. E. Small, of Tewksbury, is having 

 great success with White Wonder and 

 Gloriosa carnations. He has sold 28,000 

 rooted cuttings of these varieties this 

 season. 



Wm. Hannan & Son, of Dorchester, 

 have many thousands of fine longiflorum 

 lilies for Easter, and B. A. McGinty 

 finds a quick sale for them. 



H. L. Belcher, of Winthrop, will have 

 some 50,000 bulbous flowers for Easter. 

 He is having excellent sales on Golden 

 Spurs, Von Sions, ornatus and tulips. 



Andrew Masson, of the Larz Ander- 

 son estate, Brookline, has assumed 

 charge of Miss Mary S. Ames' new 

 estate in North Easton. 



Lester H. Mann, of Mann Bros., the 

 largest bulb spe«ialists in this section, 

 speaking of Formosa lilies growing tall, 

 states that if growers would keep their 

 bulbs a month in the cases before plant- 

 ing they would start better and grow 

 much shorter. 



N, A. Hudson, of Natick, is cutting 

 yellow marguerites with 24-inch stems. 



The Waban Conservatories are busy 

 propagating their sensational new rose, 

 Mme. Charles Bussell, which they have 

 decided to place on the market next sea- 

 son. 



Spiraeas from the Sutermeister Estate, 

 Readville, are now fine. This firm will 

 have a fine lot of bulbous stock in pans 

 for Easter, but not sufficient for the 

 demands. There seems to be something 

 of a shortage of this class of stock this 

 season. 



Local seedsmen welcomed the spell of 

 wintry weather, as it enabled them in 



some measure to get abreast of the 

 avalanche of orders which came in ear- 

 lier. Nurserymen are still unable to 

 dig any stock. 



W. H. Ward, of Montvale, has finished 

 picking from three houses of tomatoes, 

 which have made profitable prices this 

 winter. His carnation houses are in 

 good crop for Easter. 



Edward Winkler, of Wakefield, was 

 first in the market with Countess 

 Spencer sweet peas. These were sown 

 last August. 



John T. Gale, of Tewksbury, has a 

 fine grade of sweet peas on long stems, 

 also fine double violets, of which he 

 picks many thousands daily. 



W, T. Walke, of Salem, has for Easter 

 splendid batches of lilies, acacias, hy 

 drangeas, dwarf ramblers in variety and 

 Begonia President Carnot. 



The Taunton Greenhouses, Taunton, 

 Willard & Williams, proprietors, havo 

 some thousands of fine longiflorum lilies 

 for Easter, also azaleas, bulbous pans, 

 etc., all well grown. 



Growers of the new marguerite, Mrs. 

 Sander, are divided in their opinions 

 regarding its merits. Wm. Nicholson, 

 of Framingham, will plant less of it 

 next season, as it does not stand up 

 like Queen Alexandra as a cut flower, 

 proving rather soft. 



A hearing occurred at the State House 

 March 27 on various appropriations be- 

 ing asked for by the Massachusetts Ag 

 ricultural College. These include one of 

 $1,200 for a man and equipment to start 

 experimental work in roses, carnations 

 and other florists ' crops next year. This, 

 it is hoped, will be granted. W. N. C. 



W NEW YORK 



CLUB'S JUBILEE 



THE SILVER ANNIVERSARY. 



Two hundred loyal members of the 

 New York Florists' Club and their 

 friends attended the twenty-fifth annu- 

 al banquet and it was indeed a jubilee. 

 Silver was everywhere — menu, program, 

 the ladies' souvenirs, the service pre- 

 sented to ex-President Nugent, and even 

 the tongues of the orators, all empha- 

 sized the celebration of twenty-five 

 years of glorious achievement. 



The thirty tables were charmingly 

 decorated by Alex. McConnell, one of 

 the club's charter members, and the 

 orchids, carnations, roses, tulips and 

 other flowers were contributed by the 

 leading wholesalers and growers, lav- 

 ishly, so that the great ball-room of the 

 Park Avenue hotel, when all the guests 

 were seated, presented such a charming 

 ensemble as has never before been seen 

 there. An attendance of 300 was antici- 

 pated, and, in fact, every member of the 

 club was expected, but the spring rush 

 is on, the night was stormy, and the 

 stay-at-homes were many. But all who 

 attended were delighted and the dinner 

 committee was given a cordial vote of 

 thanks, to which Secretary Schenek 

 happily responded. Silver fizz flowed 



unstintedly, and a splendid orchestra 

 furnished almost continuous melody. De- 

 parting from the usual custom, there 

 was no vaudeville and the singing was 

 of popular songs, in which the entire 

 company joined. The festivities lasted 

 until after 1 a. m. 



President Manda, in a brief address, 

 spoke of the club's splendid record and 

 accomplishments during its twenty-five 

 years of existence and predicted even 

 greater achievements for the future. 

 He then introduced Patrick O'Mara as 

 the silver-tongued toastmaster. 



Seated at the guests' table were Prof. 

 L. H. Bailey, of Cornell University; E- 

 Vincent, Jr., president of the S. A. F. ; 

 J. Otto Thilow, president of the Flo- 

 rists' Club of Philadelphia; A. Faren- 

 wald, president of the American Rose 

 Society; Messrs. Hall and Wiltshire, ot 

 Montreal, and the presidents of several 

 of the local horticultural societies. Tele 

 grams of congratulation arrived from 

 the St. Louis Florists' Club and the 

 Philadelphia Florists' Club. 



Mr. O'Mara was in his happiest mood 

 and kept the interest unflagging to the 

 close. The presentation of the case of 

 silver to ex-President Nugent was made 



