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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



May 16. 1&12. 



ity. Ueautiea are more abuiulant and 

 $30 per Irundred buys the best long- 

 stemmed stock. Wards and Hilliugdons 

 are each extra good and Killarneys are 

 still almost up to winter quality. 



Bulboup stock from outdoors is not 

 equal to I indoor grown in quality, but 

 is in shorter supply and sells at better 

 prices. Spanish iris and srjiall gladioli 

 of the Peach lllopsom type are more 

 plentiful land move slowly, ^apdrag- 

 ons are iV)und»nt and. good. . There is 

 now a gtood supply of Spencer sweet 

 peas andjthese bring fair prices. Mar- 

 guerites [are remarkablv fine and sell 

 well. Vsilley, callas, lilies and mignon- 

 ette are faji going slowly.' There are 

 some goo!d gardenias apd a better sup- 

 ply of Cattleya Mossia\ Asparagus 

 and adij.ntum. are both rather soft. 

 Geraniuns, pansies, daisies, forget-me- 

 nots and; other bedding plants are in 

 good dcifiand 'for cemetery and other 

 uses. 



Various Notes. 



The Mky show of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural, Society was unusually 

 small. The strenuous season kept about 

 all the rJgular exhibitors away. Tulips 

 and narcjssii which. were in their prime 

 May 11, were for the first time conspic- 

 uous bv 'their absence. These usually 

 provide fi whole show in themselves. 

 Mrs. E. M. Gill had the beat display 

 of pansies and also a nice general col- 

 lection of cut flowers. Thomas Watt, of 

 Wellesley, received a silver medal for 

 a specimen plant of Oncidium Marshall- 

 ianum. One spike carried 12.5 flowers. 

 He also showed Cattleya citrma and a 

 pretty new cerise geranium, a cross be- 

 tween F. V. Easpail and Mrs. E. G. Hill, 

 the latter being the seed parent. \\. (->■ 

 Rust, gardener for Mrs. C. G. Weld, 

 showed Himalavan rhododendron Mary 

 Weld, also a seedling orchid, Laelio- 

 Cattleva Hveana x. L.-C. Canhamiana 

 rubra.' James Marlborough, superin- 

 tendent to Thomas E. Proctor, had 

 specimen plants of Adiantum Earley- 

 ense, Gardenia florida grown in 4-mch 

 pots and trained to a single stem carry- 

 ing a single large flower, and a nice dis- 

 play of Marshall strawberries. Alex. 

 McKav, gardener to Mrs. E. A. Clark, 

 showed Schizanthus Wisetonensis, Hy- 

 drangea Otaksa, Dendrobium thyrsi- 

 florum and six herbaceous calceolarias, 

 which secured first prize, W. C. Eust 

 being second. 



Henrv E. Comley is showing some 

 good Gladiolus Augusta, Agatha>a coe- 

 lestis and Gvpsophila paniculata. He 

 had a good call for Mothers' day. 



William Nicholson sailed for England 

 on the Franconia May 14 and will take 

 in the big show in London. 



Alfred M. Campbell, of Philadelphia, 

 was a buver of several thousand white 

 carnation's in the local wholesale mar- 

 kets Mav 10. 



At the Poston Cooperative Market 

 John Parr, James Wheeler, Albert Bat- 

 lev & Son, Arthur Griffin and L. E. 

 Small had extra largo and fine lots of 

 carnations for Mothers' day. 



Mr. and Mrs. P. Hammond Tracy, of 

 Wenham, sailed on the Kronprinzessin 

 Cecilie from New York May 14. Mr. 

 Tracy took with him an exhibit of 

 gladioli in pots for the London show. 



John Davie, of Pedham, is in the 

 market with a fine lot of ixias, which 

 the high class stores eagerly buy. 



Paul E. Eichwagen, of Needham, con- 

 tinues to get a fine cut of his pink 

 snapdragon, which is popular in the 

 local market. 



H. W. Vose, of Hyde 'Park, is cutting 

 the first of his Augusta gladioli. He 

 also has plenty of Blushing Bride and 

 fine Spencer sweet peas. 



Carlo Uberti, of Wakefield, is sending 

 excellent Spencer sweet peas and bach- 

 elor's buttons to the Boston Flower 

 Exchange.^- ■ 



We are^ipl^ased tg see Thomas Pegler 



at his old stand with the Flower Grow- 



,.(^rs ' Sales . Co. and much improved in 



.health. He < reports biisitiess with his 



company 3i^i good. 



The "WiHow Hill Greenhouses, of 

 West Roxbiiry, have 1,500 'to 2,000 yel- 

 low marg^p.l-ites.^^^ly and quantities of 

 callas at, Jt^e Bos^ton Flower Exchange, 

 all of first-class quality. 

 . Salem, Mass., had a carnation tag dav 

 May 4 iaild '28,000 carnations were dis- 

 posed of, a, sum of oyer $3,000 being 

 realized. thereby for a local charity. 

 ■ W. H. darr, at the Boston Flower 

 Exchange, has excellent .Peach Blossom 

 gladioli and a, varied agsprtment of 

 bedding stock from W. H. Tomlinson. 



John McFarland, of North Easton, in 

 addition to his regular supplies of val- 

 ley, jpow has a^ fine cut' of white stocks. 



Ferry E. Green, of Quincy, is sending 

 in a'^nice lot of ranlincluli to the Boston 

 Coopersltive Market. 



William H. Elliott is getting a good 

 cut of roses from his Madbury, N. H., 

 and Brighton plants. 



H. L. Shedd, of South Lowell, has 

 now a fine pick of Spencer sweet peas 

 in addition to his usual line of carna- 

 tions. 



Local nurseries have blessed the long 

 spell of cool, damp weather we have 

 enjoyed. Even deciduous trees are still 

 being shipped, and surely there was 

 never better weather for planting stock 

 than now. 



John A. Pettigrew has been quite 

 seriously ill, and I am pleased to report 

 him as somewhat improved. 



Carbone, on Boylston street, is hav- 

 ing a large sale on fancy jardinieres, 

 garden ware, seats and other sundries, 

 of which he carries a heavy stock. 



Indications are that a large partv 

 will leave the South station May 17 for 

 the club field day on the Bayard Thayer 

 estate. South Lancaster, Mass. The 

 garden committee of the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society will join in the 

 outing. 



Galvin, on Tremont street, had one of 

 his large windows entirely devoted to 

 Beauty roses May 11. He had an ex- 

 cellent business for Mothers' day. 



Welch Bros, are busy preparing for 

 Memorial day business, which they ex- 

 l)ect will eclipse all previous records. 



Eemember the club meeting Mav 21, 

 lecture on indoor fruits by James Marl- 

 borough, and other attractions. 



Many carnation growers are busy 

 planting their stock outdoors this week. 

 The weather and soil conditions are 

 almost ideal for the work. 



With five members of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club attending the Eoyal 

 International Show in London, we are 

 looking forward to some interesting re- 

 ports from them on their return. 



Thomas Pegler 's nephew, Harry 

 Gidge, who lately came here from Eng- 

 land, has a position with S. J. Goddard, 

 Framingham. 



J. Newman & Sons, on Tremont street, 

 had a good call for flowers for Mothers' 

 day and are anticipating a heavy 

 Memorial day trade. W. N. Craig. 



FBESIDENT FOLEY'S COMMITTEE. 



To the Members of the Chicago Florists' 

 Club: 

 Gentlemen — While some of our mem- 

 bers have shown impatience at the 

 delay in naming committees, I have 

 been convinced that it was better to 

 make haste slowly in the matter of 

 selecting them, and in view of the fact 

 that I was elected on a platform which 

 had for its basic foundation the ce- 

 menting together of all trade interests 

 and the elimination of any semblance 

 of favoritism, it is with pleasure I pre- 

 sent the Committee of Ways and 

 Means, to handle the approaching S. A. 

 F. convention matters, which commit- 

 tee I have endeavored to make so 

 broad and far-reaching that no branch 

 of our trade in any of its ramifications 

 shall be omitted, reserving, with your 

 kind permission, the privilege of add- 

 ing any good name which I may have 

 overlooked. It is my desire that this 

 great general committee shall without 

 unnecessary delay hold a meeting and 

 elect its executive committee, vested 

 with such powers as the general com- 

 mittee shall deem advisable. The Com- 

 mittee of W^ays and Means, including 

 additions suggested since the May 

 meeting, is as follows: 

 Ainmann, J. F. I.nnskl, Samupl 



Asmus, Geo. Leeslcy, K. F. 



Kahr. Fritz Leonard. S. F. 



Barker, M. I.overldge, Clias. 



Barnard. W. W. I.ubllner, II. M, 



Baumann, L. I..vncli, W. E, 



Beaudry, W. E. Mc.\dams, A. 



Bond, C. J. Mc<"ornilck, C. F. 



Brunt, I). Wood McKellar, C. W. 



Bruns, H. N. MaUander, Wm. 



Buettner, ErtiU Mangel, John 



Bnllock, J. E. Mann. N. H. 



Ganger, John Meehwart, Wm. 



Carpenter, N. 11. Mulr. Jno. T. 



Deainud, J. B. Nelson, Swain 



Dickinson, Chns. Oeohslin, F. 



Dickinson, C. M. I'allnsky, W. Iv. 



Dietsch, Anton I'apineau, Jr., R. 



Dilger. n. S. Partridge, L. E. 



Dole, J. N. I'earce, S. J. 



Dorner, Prof. II. B. Peterson. Wm. A. 



Dugger, J. P. Pieser, E. E. 



Erne, Chas. Poehlmann, .Tohn 



Fisli, Chas. M. Polhvorth. C. C. 



Flsk. C. H. Pontius, W. II. 



Foley, P. J. Porter, J. B. 



Frauenfelder, C. Uaedltln, Gustave 



Freeman & Sons Mfg. Handall, A. L. 



Co. Reid. Alex. 



Friedman. O. .T. IJeinberg, Geo. 



Garland, Frank Keinberg, Peter 



Garland, Geo. Hlscli, John 



Grant, F. W. Kobertson, D. A. 



Halght, R. J. Rowe, H. C. 



Halle, H. F. Rnbel, B. F. 



Hancock. Mrs. M. B. Rndd, W. N. 

 Harris, V. L. Samuclson, C. A. 



Harris, Frank Sclieel, F. F. 



Heggie, Chas. Schlele, Rudolph 



Henderson, A. Scbillo. J. J. 



Hfiigesch. Chas. Schofleld. W. F. 



nines, Edward Sclinmann. J. G. 



Ilocrber, Fred Schupp. Philip C. 



Hollenbach. I'eter Sedgwick, E. W. 



Howard, H. B. Simmons. A. 1. 



Hrudka, John Sinner, John 



Hughes. H. B. Smith, A. R. 



Jnmieson, S. A. Smyth, W. J. 



Johnson. D. D. Stollery, Geo. 



Kanst, E. A. Sykes, Geo. 



Kanst. Fred Then. Anton 



Kasting, Wm. F. Valentine. J. A. 



Keller, Geo. Vanderpool. A. 



Kidwell, J. F. Van Gelder, II. 



Kldwell. W. H. Vaughan, A. L. 



Kimball, W. G. Vaughan. J. C. 



Klehm, George Wallis, Thos. 



Koch, August Washburn, C. I.. 



Kohr, A. F. Wendland, Herman 



Kroeschell, W. L. Wlenhoeber, E. 



Kruchten, John WIetor. N. J. 



KnUl, Geo. A. Winandy. M. 



Kurowski, Eugene Winterson, E. F. 



Kyle. W. P. Wittbold. Louis 



Lange, A. Zender. Adam 



Bloomington, 111. — Miss Marie Zorn, 

 formerly with the Aurora Greenhouse 

 Co., Aurora, 111., and later with the 

 Central Nursery & Floral Co., of Kala- 

 mazoo, Mich., has succeeded Mrs. Mc- 

 Donnell in the management of the 

 downtown store of the Phoenix Nursery 

 Co. This firm is doing a flourishing 

 business and Bloomington is a good city 

 for flowers. 



