

Dkckmbeb 19, 1912. 



The Florists^ Review 



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pink carnation seedlings from Little- 

 field & Wyman, Carnation Princess Dag- 

 mar from M. A. Patten & Co., mixed 

 carnations from Thomas ColeS; and be- 

 gonias, cyclamens and double poinset- 

 tias from E. & J. Farquhar & Co. 



Frank Putnam was reported as con- 

 valescing from an acute attack of 

 pneumonia. 



Installation of officers will occur Jan- 

 uary 28, the hall being rented for the 

 regular day, January 21. 



Various Notes. 



S. J. Goddard, of Framingham, has a 

 heavy crop of carnations for the holi- 

 days. He prefers White Perfection to 

 White Wonder, but grows both sorts. 

 Benora, Gloriosa, Bosette and Pink De- 

 light are all doing remarkably well 

 with him. St. Nicholas is slow in com- 

 ing into crop. He marketed fine freesia 

 as early as December 10. 



A. A. Pembroke, of North Beverly, 

 grew 35,000 carnations, all on solid 

 beds. He has Pink Delight with 42-inch 

 stems, which shows how this variety 

 thrives with him. Gloriosa and White 

 Wonder are also remarkably good. 



John Barr, of South Natick, has one 

 of the neatest establishments in New 

 England. He used to grow cyclamens 

 and hydrangeas, but difficulty in send- 

 ing pot plants to market forced him to 

 drop their culture until now he grows 

 carnations exclusively. He benches 

 about 35,000 and they are a veritable 

 thicket of flowers and buds. The new 

 variegated, Mrs. B. P. Cheney, is con- 

 tinuing its good record. Pink Delight, 

 White Wonder, Beacon and others are 

 all equally good. 



W. E. Nicholson, of Framingham, has 

 a great holiday crop of carnations. Es- 

 pecially fine are Benora, Pocahontas, 

 White Wonder, Gloriosa, Pink Delight, 

 Eosette and Golden Eay. St. Nicholas 

 so far is rather slow. He will have 

 some thousands of Purity freesia for 

 Christmas. His first were cut Decem- 

 ber 10. He is also getting a nice crop 

 of forget-me-nots and marguerites. He 

 has dropped Mrs. Sander marguerite, 

 preferring Queen Alexandra. 



W. H. Ward, of Montvale, is sending 

 in good Benora, Pink Delight, Gloriosa 

 and White Wonder carnations, also for- 

 get-me-nots and sweet peas. 



J. Streiferd & Son, of Weymouth, 

 are dispensing of a heavy cut of pink 

 and white Killarney and Eichmond 

 roses. 



Mann Bros., of Eandolph, will have 

 some thousands of French Golden Spur 

 narcissi for Christmas. They have a 

 heavy daily cut of longiflorum. Paper 

 Whites and Eomans. 



E. P. Peterson, of Saxonville, is send- 

 ing to W. A. Hastings some good Lep- 

 tosyne maritima, an excellent annual 

 for winter forcing, also snapdragons, 

 forget-me-nots and a good assortment 

 of carnations. 



Samuel Neil, of Dorchester, has a fine 

 lot of azaleas for the holiday trade. He 

 has increased his plantings of asparagus 

 and has a good carnation crop. His 

 home trade uses up all his flowers and 

 plants. 



W. B. Cobb, of Canton, was first in 

 the market with wallflowers. He is also 

 sending single violets and carnations 

 to D. F, Lamy. 



Penn, on Bromfield street, is featur- 

 ing artificial flowers heavily, having a 

 vacant store near his regular store en- 

 Hrely devoted to them. 



W. A. Eiggs, of Auburndale, had 

 practically sold out of Christmas flow- 



NEW PRESIDENT OF THE 



NEW YORK FLORISTS* CLUB 



William H. Siebrecht. 



THE president of the New York Florists' Club for 1913, the National Flower 

 Show year, is one of the wheel horses. Two days after Christmas he will 

 become 60 years of age — he has been a grower at Astoria, L. L, for upwards of 

 thirty-seven years. He has been conspicuously successful as a forcer of bulbous 

 flowers, especially valley, and of acacia. A leader in the community as well as in 

 the trade these many years, he will prove an able administrator of the affairs 

 of the club during what promises to be the most important year in its long and 

 honorable record. 



ering plants a week before the holiday. 

 Cyclamens, poinsettias, azaleas and 

 nephrolepis are his specialties. He says 

 Glory of Cincinnati begonia will push 

 Lorraine to the wall. 



The store of Welch Bros. Co., on 

 Devonshire street, is one of the busiest 

 spots in the city at present. The de- 

 mand for holiday greens breaks all pre- 

 vious records, and cut flower trade is 

 also booming. 



William W. Elliott is cutting un- 

 usually fine Killarney, White Killarney, 

 Eichmond, Ward and Christie Miller 

 roses from his Madbury establishment. 



Thomas A. Cox, of Dorchester, is 

 strong on longiflorums just now. 



The W. W. Edgar Co. reports sales of 

 Christmas plants as away ahead of all 

 previous records. 



Arthur Griffin, of Woburn, is one 

 of our most expert carnation growers 

 and his flowers are always cleaned up 

 quickly. Extra fine with him this sea- 

 son are Pink Delight, Beacon, White 

 Wonder and Winsor. 



Frank Macdonald says F. J. Dolansky 

 is cutting a fine lot of gardenias, as well 

 as a splendid lot of cattleyas. 



John McFarland, of North Easton, is 

 well sold out of poinsettias, of which 



he had several thousands. He has a 

 fine daily cut of lily of the valley, also 

 Cypripedium insigne. 



Henry M. Eobinson & Co. are in the 

 height of their Christmas rush and have 

 a large force working practically night 

 and day to keep abreast of orders. 



W. N. Craig. 



GLASS ADVANCES AGAIN. 



There was a notable meeting of man- 

 ufacturers of window glass at Pitts- 

 burgh last week, at which there was 

 discussion of trade conditions, result- 

 ing in a decision to again advance 

 prices, this time practically ten per 

 cent, effective December 21. 



The new price will put glass almost 

 exactly fifty per cent above the low 

 price of a year ago. Those who know 

 the glass industry, and whose word 

 usually is accepted at par, say that at 

 the low prices of last year the factories 

 were not able to operate except at a 

 loss and that, considering the advance 

 in wages that had to be paid this sea- 

 son, the present prices leave no more 

 than a narrow margin. Also, they say 

 that conditions in the glass trade are 



