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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Mat 23, 1012. 



ported from Europe and retailed at a 

 fancy price without any competition, 

 when after their rough usage they 

 would look like a second-hand article 

 as compared with those that could be 

 grown and marketed here. With fancy 

 peaches retailing for $1 each well into 

 July, nectarines at $1 each all summer 

 and fancy strawberries retailing as high 

 as $6 a box in March, I believe with 

 the increasing demand for good things 

 for the dinner-table that fruit growing 

 under glass could be made a profitable 

 business." 



There was a long discussion on the 

 proper planting of trees and shrubs. 



On the exhibition table there was a 

 finely fruited plant of May Duke cher- 

 ry, also dishes of cherries from James 

 Marlborough. George F. Stewart 

 showed a new hybrid calceolaria that 

 was awarded a report of merit. T. H. 

 Westwood staged Daphne Cneorum. W. 

 VV. Edgar Co. had Lilium candidum in 

 fine shape. W. N. Craig showed Phlox 

 Miss Lingard. 



Club Field Day. 



After a soaking rainfall May 16, tha 

 Gardeners' and Florists' Club's outing 

 at Soath Lancaster May 17 had ideal 

 weather. A party of forty left the 

 South station at 10:05. Others joined 

 at South Framingham, and at Clinton 

 the members of the Ladies' School of 

 Horticulture swelled the number to 

 sixty. Barges carried the visitors 

 through a charming country, where the 

 roads are bordered by majestic elms, to 

 the estate of Bayard Thayer, where 

 William Anderson is the presiding hor- 

 ticultural genius. The newly made 

 Italian gardens were first inspected. 

 Some pretty water effects were noted. 

 Evergreens, climbers and twiners in va- 

 riety here take the place of the masses 

 of showy flowers usually seen in Amer- 

 icanized Italian gardens. 



A bountiful lunch was served on the 

 spacious piazza, which stands on high 

 ground and commands a glorious view 

 of a wide stretch of country. After 

 the inner man had been abundantly ap- 

 peased a group photograph was taken, 

 following which the borders of choice 

 lilacs, which were just coming into 

 flower, were inspected. A move was 

 then made to the new walled-in garden, 

 where were to be seen the tulips, nar- 

 cissi and other spring flowers in great 

 variety. A broad grass path through 

 a pergola of rambler roses led to a 

 charming tea-house. The side borders 

 were planted with choice shrubs and 

 the walls will soon be covered with 

 climbers. 



Some 38,000 tulips were seen in flow- 

 er, while some of the earlier sorts had 

 passed. There was a beautiful display 

 of the Darwin and other late sections, 

 such sorts as Picotee, Fulgens, Bouton 

 d'Or, Geaneriana and White Queen be- 

 ing planted in thousands. All types of 

 narcissi were well represented. After 

 some time had been spent in this garden 

 the party gathered in the tea-house aud 

 Vice-president Kennedy had short ad- 

 dresses from some of those present. W. 

 N. Craig spoke for the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club, F. E. Palmer for the 

 florists, William Downs for the private 

 gardeners, T. J. Grey for the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, W. J. 

 Stewart for the press, Miss Alderson, of 

 the Lowthorpe School of Horticulture, 

 for the ladies, and Charles Sander, of 

 Arnold ^^Arboretum, for gardening in 

 genera^'; j^r. Thayer in a f^w words 



expressed the pleasure the visit had 

 given himself and Mrs. Thayer and 

 hoped to see all present another year. 

 Barges were again taken and a ride 

 enjoyed through the beautiful 1,000- 

 acre estate. One 20-acre stretch is de- 

 voted to a collection of coniferoe, every- 

 thing likely to prove hardy in New 

 England being planted. Later the 

 greenhouses were visited. Houses of 

 grapes, peaches and nectarines carried 

 heavy crops. A house of camellias 

 planted out with Jasminum primulinum 

 on the roof proved interesting, also an- 

 other house with the beds planted with 

 eucharis. In the orchid house some fine 

 Lselia purpurata were in flower. Large 

 numbers of huge Canterbury bells in 

 12-inch and 14-inch pots, four feet or 

 more in diameter, were the finest we 

 had ever seen. Fine lots of nerines, 



amaryllis, chrysanthemums. Petunia Bar 

 Harbor Beauty and tens of thousands of 

 seedling kalmias and Scotch heathers 

 were also noted. 



In frames were some 375,000 seed- 

 lings of various ages of Kalmia lati- 

 folia, many thousands of Scotch heather, 

 azaleas, rhododendrons, pines and other 

 evergreens and a large selection of the 

 new Chinese plants collected by Messrs. 

 Wilson and Purdon. In the grass land 

 were to be seen 75,000 narcissi, the 

 majority still in fine flower. Everything 

 was in splendid condition and reflected 

 the greatest credit on the able superin- 

 tendent, William Anderson. Next a 

 visit was made to the neighboring 

 estate of John E. Thayer, and visitors 

 were shown around by John T. Clark, 

 the superintendent. The splendid speci- 

 men conifers, charming flower garden, 

 winding grass walks bordered on each 

 side by masses of such narcissi as Queen 

 of Spain, Burbidgei Vanessa, Leedsii, 

 Mrs. Langtry, Barrii conspicuus, etc., 

 proved most delightful, and the time 

 arrived all too soon for the return to 

 Boston, which was safely reached at 

 6:50 p. m., after a most enjoyable and 

 profitable outing. 



Various Notes. 



William Sim has two big houses of 

 Spencer sweet peas which will be in 

 heavy crop for Memorial day. Outdoors 

 he has two acres planted out from pots 



and a similar area sown outside in scores 

 of varieties. These are all doing finely 

 and should be much in evidence for the 

 big sweet pea show in July. 



We regret to report Superintendent 

 J. A. Fettigrew, of the Boston Park 

 System, and Jackson Dawson, of the 

 Arnold Arboretum, as both seriously ill. 



At the Blue Hill Nurseries, South 

 Braintree, Julius Heurlin has a fine 

 collection of choice lilacs on their own 

 roots which are flowering profusely. 



Henry M. Eobinson & Co. are pre- 

 paring for the heaviest business in their 

 history. Advance orders are large. 



Memorial day talk now fills the air. 

 The outlook is for a heavy cut of roses, 

 but carnations will not be overabundant 

 and are likely to bring high prices. 

 There are likely to be more outdoor 

 flowers than in some years, for lily 

 of the valley, late tulips and lilacs are 

 all likely to be in fine condition and 

 will help out a lot. There will be heavy 

 cuts of feverfew, stocks, gladioli and 

 snapdragons. 



Peirce Bros., of Waltham, will have 

 their usual heavy cut of many thou- 

 sands of astilbes for Memorial day, in 

 addition to large quantities of mar- 

 guerites, carnations and other flowers. 



The Flower Growers' Sales Co. is pre- 

 paring for a heavy Memorial day trade. 



The T. J. Grey Co. reports seed busi- 

 ness as still quite brisk. The Fottler, 

 Fiske, Rawson Co. and Farquhar & Co. 

 make similar reports. 



W. N. Craig. 



OBITUABT. 



C. L. Brunson. 



Carroll L. Brunson, 54 years old, the 

 pioneer florist of Paducah, Ky., died on 

 the morning of May 16, at his home, 

 1309 Bloomfield avenue, after a six 

 months ' illness of paresis. He was born 

 October 1, 1858, at Kenton, O., and re- 

 moved to Paducah in May, 1890. In the 

 spring of 1891 he established the firm of 

 C. L. Brunson & Co. and built the first 

 greenhouse in the city for the growing 

 of cut flowers. This was a decided in- 

 novation, for the use of cut flowers was 

 then almost unknown in the community. 

 The first order received by Mr. Brunson 

 was for one dozen roses, which were 

 returned with the explanation that the 

 customer wanted * ' roots and all. ' ' One 

 lady remarked: "The business will 

 fail, for who wants flowers in the winter 

 time!" However, the work of educat- 

 ing the people was carried on pluckily 

 and perseveringly, until there was a 

 good demand for flowers for all occa- 

 sions. 



Mr. Brunson was an accomplished mu- 

 sician and presided at the organ of the 

 Grace Episcopal church last year for a 

 short time. He was a member of the 

 First Presbyterian church. The funeral 

 services were held at his residence on 

 Monday, May 20, and the interment was 

 at Oak Grove cemetery. He is survived 

 by only his father, J. M. Brunson. His 

 sister, Miss Sallie Brunson, died Octo- 

 ber 8, 1882, and his mother died August 

 15, 1890. 



A. T. Linn. 



A. T. Linn, of Charleroi, Pa., died 

 recently at his home in that city, at 

 the age of 63 years. Besides being head 

 of the firm of A. T. Linn & Sons, pro- 

 prietors of the Allenwood Greenhouses, 

 at Charleroi, Mr. Linn was a stockholder 

 of the Finleyville Floral Co., at Finley- 

 ville. Pa. He was actively connected 

 with the Finleyville company until 1909, 



