May 9, 1912. 



The Weekly Florists' Review. 



27 



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OBITUAEY. 



^'\^' ,^,\^B. Wm. %■. Kasting. 



Mr^. Laura A, Kasting, wife of Will- 

 iam F. kasting, th^ well-known Buffalo 

 florist, died at the ^erman hospital, in 

 that city, May 4, f^fewing an operation 

 for gall stones. S^i was 33 years of 

 age. The operatfl(»»-which was the 

 third in two years,"|was performed on 

 the preceding day. ilrs. Kasting had 

 been suffering for so lojig a time that 

 her condition was not strong; enough to 

 withstand the shock attending the op- 

 eration. She rallied for a brief period, 

 but subsequently had a relapse that 

 ended in her death. Mr. Kasting, who 

 had been with her constantly auring 

 her illness, was at her side when she 

 passed away. 



Besides her husband, she is survived 

 by three children of tender years, Will- 

 iam, 10; Laura, 8, and John, 2i^ years 

 old. Mr. and Mrs. Kasting had returned 

 from Atlantic City but a few days be- 

 fore, where they had gone hoping to 

 benefit Mrs. Kasting 's health. The fu- 

 neral was held Tuesday, May 7, from 

 Notre Dame de Lourdes. 



H. Potet. 



H. Potet, one of San Frauciseo 's pio- 

 neer growers and florists, died in Oak- 

 land, Cal., April 28, aged 67 years. He 

 started in business in San Francisco 

 early in the seventies, with a retail 

 store on Sixth street, near Market 

 street, and several acres of ground near 

 San Bruno road. In a few years he had 

 built up one of the largest businesses 

 there, both in growing and in store 

 trade. After being actively engaged 

 in the business for over twenty-five 

 j'ears, he acquired a competency and re- 

 tired about ten years ago. He is sur- 

 vived by a widow and two children. 

 He was a native of France. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



So far we have not had any warm 

 weather and cut flowers of all kinds 

 are still of remarkably good quality. 

 Business also has been quite satisfac- 

 tory and clearances on most days have 

 been good. Carnations continue to keep 

 up their winter quality, and even En- 

 chantress still is fine. Some growers 

 are rather off crop now and the supply 

 is not excessive. Pink Delight con- 

 tinues good, and among white both 

 White Enchantress and White Perfec- 

 tion are fine. The old Fair Maid is now 

 coming in of excellent quality from one 

 or two growers. This is popular as a 

 summer sort here. Roses are a little 

 lower in price, but there is no glut of 

 them as yet. Double violets are making 

 their adieu this week. Sweet peas sell 

 well. They are less plentiful than a 

 few weeks ago. With the passing of 

 violets they are more in demand. In- 

 door grown Dutch bulbous stock is 

 about over, but there are now plenty 

 of both tulips and narcissi from the 

 open. 



Antirrhinums are abundant and low 

 in price for their quality. Mignonette 

 is getting small and is hard to move. 

 Valley has a fair sale, but lilies and 

 callas go slowly. Marguerites are re- 

 markably fine and in demand; so are 

 Spanish irises. Gladioli are not yet 

 abundant. Cattleya Mossise is coming 

 in more freely and relieves a temporary 



scarcity in orchids. Gardenias are still 

 of good quality. Adiantum and aspar- 

 agus are a little better in quality. Trade 

 in bedding plants is starting in, and 

 the call for geraniums is quite strong. 



Various Notes. 



At the next meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club, James Marl- 

 borough, superintendent to F. E. Proc- 

 ter, of Topsfield, Mass., will read a pa- 

 per on "Indoor Fruits." Mr. Marl- 

 borough is an expert grower and secured 

 a gold medal for a noteworthy exhibit 

 in Horticultural hall last fall. 



Arnold & Petros, the Boylston street 

 florists, have dissolved partnership, and 

 the business will be continued by James 

 M. Petros. The firm has done an excel- 

 lent business from the start. 



J. T. Butterworth, of South Fram- 

 ingham, has an unusually fine lot of 

 Cattleya Mossiac this season. His mil- 

 tonias are also better than ever. 



An interesting show of hardy bulbous 

 flowers, calceolarias, pelargoniums, etc., 

 will be held at Horticultural hall May 

 11 and 12. 



The W. W. Edgar Co., of Waverley, 

 has a grand lot of bedding plants, hy- 

 drangeas, etc., for Memorial day* trade 

 and is experiencing a strong demand for 

 geraniums at present. 



President Sim, Secretary Bunyard 

 and local members of the committees 

 appointed for the coming sweet pea ex- 

 hibition, met at Horticultural hall May 

 4. Several new prizes were announced 

 and preliminary work on the coming 

 show was well advanced. 



The Boston parkways are now at- 

 tractive. The forsythias, early spirseas, 

 magnolias, prunus and other shrubs are 

 now making a fine display of bloom. At 

 the Arnold Arboretum the mains collec- 

 tion will be in good bloom about May 

 15. One or two of the early lilacs are 

 already starting to open. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 will hold a field day at the estate of 

 Bayard Thayer, South Lancaster, Mass., 

 May 17. William Anderson is superin- 

 tendent here, and the displays of bulbs 

 and other spring flowers, malua, lilacs, 

 etc., will be in fine condition at the 

 date named. 



H. L. Belcher, of Winthrop, says he 

 has never had a better bulb season. 

 He is now cutting the last of his in- 

 door crop, but will have fine valley for 

 some time yet. 



J. H. Leach & Sons' new carnation, 

 Pink Supreme, is now blooming even 

 better than in winter. The stems are 

 strong and the flowers hold their beau- 

 tiful shrimp pink color well. 



The Boston Public Gardens are now a 

 riot of color, the annual tulip display 

 being at its height. Nothing is finer 

 than Pink Beauty. Other fine bedders 

 are White Pottebakker, Joost van Von- 

 del, Prince of Austria, Couleur Cardinal, 

 Proserpine, Keizerskroon, Chrysolora, 

 Queen of the Netherlands and Cottage 

 Maid. 



George T. Elliott, the eldest son of 

 W. H. Elliott, has the felicitations of 

 a host of friends here on his marriage 

 April 25 at Morton Grove, 111., to Miss 

 Alma Brochart. 



William Sim has his violet houses 

 planted with tomatoes. He has one 

 large house which he is devoting to 

 sweet peas for summer blooming. He 

 is picking quantities of fine sweet peas 

 and pansies. 



More than usual interest is being 

 taken this year in Mothers' day. All 



the newspapers have taken it up and 

 have inserted edltoffSijItiotes and spe- 

 cial articles dealing with it and flo 

 rista are preparing for a bigger demand 

 than usual as a result of this publicity. 



H, M. Robinson & Co. report excel 

 lent business during April and shipping 

 trade holds up splendidly. They are 

 more than pleased with the business 

 being done at their New York branch. 



Part 1 of the Transactions of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society for 

 1911 has been issued. It contains pre- 

 mium lists, committees, reports, etc., 

 and is freely illustrated. 



W. N. Craig. 



H. R. Hackel, of H. M. Robinson & 

 Co., is said to be engaged to a young 

 lady at New Bedford, the date for the 

 wedding having been set for June. 



WASHINGTON, D. C. 



The Market. 



During the last week stock has been 

 fairly plentiful — the supply just abont 

 equaled the demand. Prices are about 

 the same as usually prevail during the 

 month of May; carnations are running 

 from $15 to $20 per thousand and roses 

 brought anywhere from $2 to $12 per 

 hundred for the best, but the other 

 grades, of which ther^ are great quan 

 titles coming in from all sources, are 

 going to the street men at about their 

 own figures. American Beauties have 

 met a ready sale, being advertised by 

 the stores at from $1 per dozen up, the 

 wholesale prices being, from $4 to $2.") 

 per hundred. There has also been a 

 ready demand for southern grown 

 American Beauties in the northern mar- 

 kets and large orders are daily being 

 filled for shipment to Philadelphia, New 

 York and other cities. Sweet peas have 

 been in good supply, but the demand is 

 not heavy, with the result that they 

 can be had at any price from 30 cents 

 to $1 per hundred, according to grade. 



The weather of the last few days has 

 not been the best that could be desired 

 for good results with roses and many 

 of the growers who retail their stock 

 have had to accept lower prices than 

 those which would ordinarily prevail, 

 due partly to the poor condition of the 

 foliage and to the effect of mildew on 

 the buds. 



Although the lilac season is about at 

 an end, there is still plenty of dogwood, 

 and wild azaleas and snowballs are just 

 bursting into bloom. These flowers are 

 being brought into the market in large 

 quantities and are materially hurting 

 the sale of greenhouse stock; in fact, 

 the standard flowers, such as roses, 

 carnations and similar blooms, are a 

 drug on the market. 



Spring flowers, such as snapdragon, 

 lupine, stocks, etc., are in good demand 

 and are bringing fair prices. 



The plant business received a big 

 boom last week and the market men 

 are well pleased with results. Saturday 

 the sale of heliotrope, ageratum, ver 

 benas and similar plants was exception- 

 ally large, prices running from 5 cents 

 to 30 cents per plant. 



Various Notes. 



Work on the building which is to be 

 the new home of the S. S. Pennock- 

 Meehan Co., on H street, between 

 Twelfth and Thirteenth streets, N. W., 

 is progressing rapidly. The building 

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