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The Florists^ Review 



Mat 22, 1913. 



died in the U. S. Beimingtou when that 

 vessel was blown up in the harbor of 

 San Diego July 21, 191)5; Bessie Mabel, 

 now the wife of James Olive, a photog 

 rapher in Santa Cruz, Cal.; Edwin Rob- 

 ert and Helene, now living at Overlook 

 with their mother. 



Most democratic of men, G. L. Grant 

 occupied a place in the regard of those 

 who knew him that neither time nor 

 distance could affect. He was known as 

 one who always could be counted on — 

 everybody knew just where to find him. 

 He was frank and direct in all his deal- 

 ings. With him the first consideration 

 was the right or wrong in a proposition. 

 If a thin>; appeared to him to be wrong 

 he would have nothing to do with it, 

 and if it were right he would go 

 ahead, doing cheerfully for right's sake 

 what t-ome men would do grudgingly 

 if at all. He was kindly, generous, 

 thoughtful, tolerant. Inflexible of pur- 

 pose, it was not his nature to quarrel 

 with those whose attitude toward him- 

 self was not as he would have liked it 

 — rather, he went his way; his com- 

 batiVeness was not aroused until he 

 found right being disregarded — then he 

 became adamant. Those of his busi- 

 ness associates who came to kuow him 

 best feel that humanity is the loser in 

 his death, but that humanity is greatly 

 the gainer from his having lived. 



AX .APPRECIATION. 



"We wish to express our high regard 

 for the late Mr. Grant. Both Mr. 

 Bassett and myself have known him 

 well for the last twenty years and al- 

 ways admired his many good qualities. 

 He was a thoughtful man in every 

 way; thoughtful of others, gentle of 

 manner, and always kindly spoken. Of 

 his ability we all'know and his knowl- 

 edge of the flower business was won- 

 derful. Last summer, when we were 

 just starting to build at Gregg's Sta- 

 tion, he came on a visit to us and, 

 climbing up on top of a tall scafifold, 

 he told what he would like to build 

 there, as he surveyed the surrounding 

 land with his eyes. His plan was quite 

 similar to our own, but he had a num- 

 ber of splendid features in it which we 

 gladly adopted. He was enthusiastic 

 as to his idea of a modern greenhouse 

 establishment and showed he had a 

 master mind, both as to details and in 

 grand general plan. He was practical 

 in everything. To those who knew him 

 he was a most entertaining talker on 

 all subjects, but especially on horticul- 

 ture, for on that subject he was the 

 best informed man we ever met. He 

 was one of the foundation stones of 

 the florists' trade and helped to build 

 the trade to its present position more 

 than any one man that we know of. 

 His death is a great loss to us all and 

 it is hard to express in words the feel- 

 ing of sadness it has occasioned. 

 O. P. Bassett, 

 C. L. Washburn. 



OBITUAEY. 



William C. Strong. 



William C. Strong, for forty-eight 

 years a resident of Waban, Mass., and 

 for many years owner of an extensive 

 nursery at Brighton, died in New York 

 May 14, at the home of his son, 80 

 Morningside drive, where he had been 

 living for the last year or two. Mr. 

 Strong, who had been four times presi- 

 dent of the Massachusetts Horticultural 

 Society, was a native of Hardwick, Vt., 



where he was born ninety years ago. 

 He removed to Newton and established 

 himself on a large farm when he was a 

 young man. He was always an active 

 member of the Newton Highlands Con- 

 gregational church. He gave up busi- 

 ness nearly fifteen years ago. His wife, 

 who had been dead about two years, 

 was a Miss Sarah J. Davis, of Newton. 

 He leaves one son, Dr. Lawrence Strong, 

 at whose home he died, and two daugh- 

 ters. Misses Margaret Strong, of New 

 York, and Isabel Strong, of Washing- 

 ton, and a brother, Dr. E. E. Strong, 

 of the American Board of Foreign Mis- 



sions. 



C. L. Doran. 



Charles L. Doran, at one time a 

 prominent Sixth avenue florist, in New 

 York, died May 15, aged 58 years. He 

 retired from the trade to become a 

 contractor in the employ of the city 

 and was successful. J. A. S. 



BOSTON. 



The Market. 



For the middle of May cut flower 

 business was good right through last 

 week. Mothers' day gave the market 

 a pretty good cleaning up and there is 

 now no great surplus of anything. 

 Roses are perhaps the slowest moving 

 flowers on the list, but even on these 

 the clean-up is fairly good. Of Amer- 

 ican Beauty some nice flowers are com- 

 ing in, not, however, in any great 

 quantity. These sell well, thanks to 

 the remarkably cool weather experi- 

 enced for ten days. The quality of all 

 roses continues remarkably good. In 

 yellows Lady Hillingdon is now quite 

 a favorite, coming next to Bulgarie in 

 popularity. Carnations are still moving 

 well. Of course there are some poor 

 flowers which are hard to move, but 

 good prices are obtainable for the bulk. 

 Nearly all growers still seem to be 

 somewhat oflf crop. 



Sweet peas are abundant. For the 

 long-stemmed stock there is a good call, 

 but a lot of poor flowers are hard to 

 sell at any price. Dutch bulbous flow- 

 ers are now limited to late tulips and 

 Narcissus poeticus. Another week will 

 finish these. Spanish iris and Gladiolua 

 Peach Blossom and Blushing Bride are 

 each abundant. There is an abundance 

 of callas and lilies. There are too 

 many antirrhinums. The demand is 

 best for the pink shades. Yellow mar- 

 guerites continue to have the prefer- 

 ence over such whites as Mrs. Sander 

 and Queen Alexandra. Double bache- 

 lor 's buttons sell well and the quality is 

 first-class. Gardenias are rather more 

 plentiful and there is now a good sup- 

 ply of Cattleya Mossiffi, with some 

 gigas and Mendellii. Lily of the valley 

 has been moving more slowly the last 

 few days. For green stock there has 

 been a tolerably good call. 



Business in bedding plants now is 

 becoming quite active. The call for 

 pansies, myosotis, daisies and gera- 

 niums is the best. 



Club Meeting. 



There was an attendance of 150 at 

 the club meeting May 20. Wilfred 

 Wheeler, Concord, the new secretary 

 to the state board of agriculture, gave 

 an eminently practical talk on fruit 

 culture, which was much appreciated, 

 and a lively discussion followed. Sev- 

 eral new members were elected. The 

 field day at Madbury, N. H., on the 



next day. May 21, was referred to aud 

 the president stated that an attendance 

 of 150 and a special train were assured. 

 A committee was appointed to draw up 

 suitable resolutions on the death of 

 William Robb, late head gardener at 

 the Boston City hospital and a club 

 member for many years. It was an- 

 nounced that there would be the usual 

 ladies' night, with an attractive pro- 

 gram, at the June meeting. Three new 

 members were elected. A letter of 

 good cheer and some flowers were 

 voted to John Barr, sick in Corey hos- 

 pital. M. A. Patten & Co. were award- 

 ed a report of highest merit for Car- 

 nation Princess Dagmar on the exhi- 

 bition table. 



Exhibition. 



There was an interesting and varied 

 exhibition at Horticultural hall May 17. 

 The Blue Hill Nurseries had a fine 

 collection of named lilacs, also an as- 

 sortment of hardy perennial flowers. 

 The Breck-Robinson Co. received hon- 

 orable mention for a group of ever- 

 greens, rambler roses. Phlox Miss 

 Lingard, rhododendrons and chrysan- 

 themums, nicely arranged. 



Thomas T. Watt had a variety of 

 orchid plants, also a number of cut 

 spikes. Donald McKenzie, gardener to 

 E. B. Dane, had a fine stand of cut 

 orchids, also a group of the new French 

 hydrangeas. William Thatcher, gar- 

 dener to Mrs. J. L. Gardner, had vases 

 of Clarkia Salmon Queen and Gladiolus 

 nanus in variety. 



For six herbaceous calceolarias W. C. 

 Rust, gardener to Mrs. C. G. Weld, won 

 with fine specimens; second, Mrs. J. L. 

 Gardner. A first-class certificate was 

 awarded to Geo. F. Stuart for varieties 

 of Calceolaria Stuarti, showing a con- 

 siderable range of color. T. D. Hat- 

 field, gardener to Walter Hunnewell, 

 secured a first-class certificate for a 

 group of a fine new deep yellow hardy 

 azalea introduced by E. H. Wilson, 

 shown under number. 



R. & J, Farquhar & Co. had an ex- 

 tensive collection of Darwin and Cot- 

 tage tulips, filling over 500 square feet 

 of space, finely arranged. They re- 

 ceived a bronze medal for these. A 

 large table of the new Lilium myrio- 

 phyllum, mostly in 3-inch pots, grown 

 from bulbs the size of a filbert, and 

 carrying one to three flowers each, was 

 quite an attraction. They received 

 honorable mention for Viola cornuta 

 atropurpurea and primulas and a simi- 

 lar award for Rehmannia hybrida and 

 Clematis montana rubens. The plant 

 of the last named in full bloom had 

 been growing outside unprotected for 

 three years. 



For forty-eight pansies M. Sullivan, 

 gardener to W. Whitman, was first 

 and J. L. Smith, gardener to A. W. 

 Preston, second. For display of late 

 tulips R. G, Chamberlain, gardener to 

 Francis Skinner, won with a splendid 

 lot, and A. W. Preston was second. For 

 twelve varieties of Darwins and twelve 

 varieties Cottage tulips, Mr. Chamber- 

 lain won, showing fine flowers. 



A. W. Preston had a grand lot of 

 Lilium candidum. W. Whitman showed 

 a long table of late tulips and show 

 pelargoniums. Mrs. J. L. Gardner had 

 an excellent group of orchids tastefully 

 arranged. W. C. Rust had a specimen 

 Cattleya Mossiae, also standard hy- 

 drangeas. Mrs. E. M. Gill had her 

 usual nice display of miscellaneous 

 flowers. 



In the vegetable classes there were 



