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The Florists' Review 



Mabcii 6, 1913. 



Mass., has severai . fine houses of car- 

 nations, his most recent house, of King 

 construction, being in particularly good 

 shape. In whites he prefers White Per- 

 fection to White Wonder, and will grow 

 less of the latter next season. Rosette 

 was carrying some excellent flowers and 

 St. Nicholas was in fine crop. Beacon 

 has hardly burst at all. Benora here 

 was fine, as, indeed, it is everywhere. 

 Helen Goddard still is grown in quan- 

 tity; nothing superior of its shade has 

 yet appeared. The old Harry Fenn will 

 have to make way for the larger new 

 varieties, but there have been few 

 greater money-makers than this good 

 old crimson. Pink Delight and Glo- 

 riosa both looked well, and are leaders in 

 their respective shades. Lady North- 

 -cliffe, an English variety similar to 

 Pink Delight, seems to be a free 

 bloomer. A bright crimson seedling, 

 No. 59, raised by Dorner, looked well 

 and will be more heavily planted next 

 season. Begonia Gloire de Chatelaine 

 is grown in quantity and is equally 

 good as a pot plant or bedder, flower- 

 ing the whole year. A good assortment 

 of plants for retail trade is grown. The 

 business steadily increasing, a King 

 construction house 10x131 will be built 

 this season, for small pot plants. 



Orchids at J. T. Butterworth 's. South 

 Framingham, never looked so well. It 

 is not necessary for Mr. Butterworth to 

 be continually importing, as he has the 

 faculty of keeping his cattleyas in 

 good health indefinitely, and increas- 

 ing them also. Some baskets of Cat- 

 tleya Triana?, carrying twenty-five flow- 

 ers each, were fine. All the other cat- 

 tleyas, such as gigas, Schrcedera?, Mos- 

 siffi and labiata, were in grand health, 

 and some of the specimen plants were 

 immense. One basket of Laslia anceps 

 carried twenty spikes, and there were 

 others almost equally good. Specimens 

 of Cymbidium Sanderi (insigne) carry- 

 ing spikes six feet high, with eleven to 

 thirteen flowers each, were the flnest 1 

 had seen. Dendrobiums, Miltonia vexil- 

 laria, cypripediums, vandas and other 

 orchids all looked much at home. Mr. 

 Butterworth does not believe in feed- 

 ing orchids. He uses fern fiber exclu- 

 sively in potting or basketing, and is 

 careful to make the compost fine. Dutch 

 bulbs are grown here in quantity. Lily 

 of the valley is well done. In the car- 

 nation houses Gloriosa, W^insor, White 

 Wonder, Beacon and Pink Delight are 

 grown. 



At Robert Montgomery's, at Natick, 

 roses are the specialty, all the glass be- 

 ing devoted to them except one house, 

 which is occupied bv Easter lilies and 

 young rose stock and was earlier planted 

 with chrysanthemums. The roses 



grown are Killarney. W'hite Killarney, 

 Richmond and Mrs. Ward, all being the 

 picture of health. All flowers grown 

 here are sold at the Boston Cooperative 

 Market. One new rose house 30x200 

 will be built here the coming season. 

 As a side issue, Mr. Montgomery has an 

 aviary of considerable size. Pheasants, 

 Golden Silver, Lady Amherst and Eng- 

 lish, are his special favorites. 



.Tames Wheeler is located close to 

 Robert Montgomery in Natick. He is 

 one of the newest but most successful 

 of growers for the Boston market. Car- 

 nations are his specialty and they are 

 well grown. Benora, as elsewhere, 

 looked superb. W^hite Wonder, White 

 Enchantress and White Perfection are 

 all grown in quantity and it was hard 

 to say which was best. In production to 



date White Enchantress is in the lead. 

 Beacon hardly showed a burst flower. 

 Pink Delight and Gloriosa were each 

 good. A large bed of yellow marguer- 

 ites, propagated last summer and fall, 

 and now over four feet high, were flow- 

 ering freely and rather knocked the 

 theory that it is necessary to carry 

 over old plants each season. Pink and 

 yellow snapdragons looked first-class. 

 Mignonette, gladioli and Coelogyne cris- 

 tata also are grown. Mr. Wheeler has 

 built himself a fine stone bungalow 

 and is comfortably located. His flowers 

 go via electric express on the Boston 

 and Worcester street railroad each day 

 and are sold at the Boston Cooperative 

 Market. W. N. Craig. 



VARIEGATED VINCA. 



Will you kindly answer the follow- 

 ing through the columns of The Re- 

 view? When is the proper time to 

 lift variegated vinca from the field 

 to put under glass to force for spring 

 sales? Can they be taken from the 

 field and put under glass at once, or is 

 it advisable to put them in a cellar 

 for a while and thus avoid a sudden 

 change? I have a number of plants in 

 the field and would be grateful to you 

 for any light on the subject. W, B. 



This popular plant should be lifted 

 not later than October, potted and 

 placed at once in a greenhouse. Along 

 the edges of benches is often found a 

 convenient place for them. If your 

 plants are still alive I would suggest 

 lifting and potting them at once. They 

 will soon make a crop of cuttings suit- 

 able for propagating purposes. These, 

 rubbed off with a heel, root quickly, 

 but pieces of mature wood also will 

 root. They do not need a warm house 

 to root in. One such as is used for car- 

 nations is all right. C. W. 



NEW YOEK. 



The Market. 



Another week of extreme dullness has 

 been added to Lent. During the last 

 few days the spring-like weather seemed 

 to give a little impetus to business and 

 redeemed the week from making a rec- 

 ord for dullness. Beauties suddenly de- 

 veloped a scarcity, which caused an 

 advance in quotations to 7.5 cents to $1 

 for specials. It was only in the higher 

 grades that this scarcity was noticeable. 

 Shorts with imperfect flowers were 

 plentiful at 2 cents to 4 cents, although 

 good blooms brought up to 6 cents. 

 Brides, Maids and Killarneys were in 

 full supply at 2 cents to 6 cents, al- 

 though choice blooms brought as much 

 as 8 cents. The specialties have been 

 quiet, although choice Richmonds have 

 been in somewhat better demand as 

 substitutes for Beauties. The yellow 

 roses have been in better supply. Cat- 

 tleyas continue in plentiful supply at 

 12 cents to ."30 cents, according to qual- 

 ity. Easter lilies share with Beauties 

 in being the only firm flowers on the 

 market, ranging from 8 cents to 10 

 cents. Valley is weak, at $1 to $2.50 

 per hundred, the supply of shorts being 

 excessive. Gardenias are dull and 

 lower at 50 cents to $2 per dozen. 

 Sweet peas have slumped to 10 cents 

 a dozen bunches for shorts, although 

 choice long-stemmed peas bring as 

 much as $1. Violets lead the list in' 

 weakness, at ]0 cents to 40 cents, with 



practically no demand at all. Paper 

 Whites are plentiful at 75 cents and up. 

 Callas hold their own at 60 cents to 

 $1.25 per dozen. Lilies have declined 

 to 20 cents to 50 cents, with few buy- 

 ers at the decline. Tulips are plentiful 

 at 50 cents to $1. Freesias go begging 

 at 5 cents to 15 cents per bunch. Bulb 

 stock generally is in full supply. There 

 is a steady growth in the supplies of 

 old-fashioned flowers, such as wall: 

 flowers, stocks, etc., which are gaining 

 in popular favor. Pansies are coming 

 in freely and fine flowers are offered 

 at 15 cents per dozen bunches. Ama- 

 ryllis brings 20 cents per flower. 



Various Notes. 



J. Austin Shaw, manager of the New 

 York office of The Review, has been ill 

 at the Seney hospital, Brooklyn, since 

 February 14. For the first week of his 

 illness Mr. Shaw was delirious and his 

 death was momentarily expected. His 

 fever and delirium have passed, how- 

 ever, leaving him weak but on the road 

 to recovery. In fact, unless some un- 

 foreseen complication develops he will 

 probably be able to leave the hospital 

 for his home within a week. During 

 his illness he has been remembered by 

 many of his friends in the trade, his 

 room at the hospital being at times 

 filled with flowers. Communications 

 sent to his residence either by mail 

 or telephone have prompt attention 

 from his assistant. 



The eight directors were present at 

 the regular monthly meeting of the 

 New York Cut Flower Exchange, which 

 was held at the Queens Plaza Court, 

 under the presidency of John Donald- 

 son. Only routine business was trans- 

 acted. 



Wm. Elliott & Sons will appropri- 

 ately celebrate St. Patrick's day by 

 their opening auction of evergreens, 

 rhododendrons, etc. 



The New York Flower Auction Co., 

 146 West Twenty-eighth street, seems 

 to have discontinued business, as the 

 store bears a " To Let ' ' sign. 'The busi- 

 ness opened last fall, with John Cleary 

 as auctioneer. 



.Tohn Young, secretary of the Society 

 of American Florists and of the New 

 York Florists' Club, was taken to 

 Roosevelt hospital February 23 and 

 operated on for carbuncle on the neck. 

 He is doing well and expects to be out 

 again before long. His friends in the 

 trade have been kind in sending flow- 

 ers, so many being sent that all the 

 patients have been able to share in 

 Mr. Young's enjoyment of them. 



George J. Gould has added three 

 large houses to his private range at 

 Castle Gould, Lakewood, N. J. 



The MacNiff Horticultural Co., like 

 Woodrow Wilson, had an inauguration 

 March 4. when it held the inaugural 

 sale of its extensive new building on 

 Vesey street. The date was two weeks 

 earlier than the usual opening time for 

 auction sales, due to the mild season 

 in Holland, which has justified earlier 

 shipment of stock. 



C. C. Trepel has opened another 

 branch, at the store of Simpson, Craw- 

 ford & Co., on Sixth avenue. He now 

 has stores at Gimbel's and Blooming- 

 dale's in New York and at Lozier's, at 

 the Blossom, opposite Lozier's, and at 

 Gates and Bedford avenues, Brooklyn. 



Joseph Trepel has opened his third 

 store on Broadway, Brooklyn, near 

 Butterman's. W^ith his stores at Lewis 



