May 22, 1913. 



The Florists^ Review 



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some good exhibits. Edward Parker, 

 gardener to Oliyer Ames, was the most 

 successful competitor, capturing five 

 fii>r prizes. 



Various Notes. 



David Weir, for eighteen years super- 

 intendent of the Brandegee estate, 

 Brookline, retired May 17. Mr. Weir 

 wa- one of the best known practical 

 gardeners in the vicinity of Boston, 

 and in his retirement, due to advancing 

 years, will have the best wishes of a 

 hosi of friends. He sails for Glasgow 

 junr 7, and will stay abroad until Octo- 

 bei. He has not visited Scotland for 

 thiily-six years. On his return he 

 will pay a visit to California and spend 

 the winter there. Mr. Weir was given 

 a iiandsome testimonial by the em- 

 plovees on the Brandegee estate, most 

 of whom had been with him many 

 years. 



Charles Evans, of Watertown, is 

 equipped for Memorial day with an 

 excellent lot of Crimson Eambler and 

 Dorothy Perkins roses and hydrangeas. 



A. A. Pembroke, of Beverly, one of 

 our most successful carnation growers', 

 will plant a large batch of the new 

 white Matchless next season. He will 

 try carrying over some of his plants 

 a second year. Several local growers 

 have had splendid success with this 

 plan. 



Extensive improvements are to be 

 carried out on the estate of Mrs. C. G. 

 Weld, Brookline, where W. C. Rust has 

 charge. A new English flower garden 

 and an additional range of glass, 210 

 feet long, are included in the additions. 



A call on H. M. Bobinson & Co. 

 showed this enterprising firm to be 

 getting nicely settled in the new quar- 

 ters. The four huge ice chests are all 

 completed and everything will soon be 

 in apple-pie order. The firm is pre- 

 paring for an immense Memorial day 

 trade. 



May 17 was tag day for the Frost 

 hospital, Chelsea, 12,000 carnations be- 

 ing sold on the streets in the morning 

 for $2,000, and almost as many more 

 in the afternoon. 



Lester H. Mann, of Mann Bros., has 

 been on the sick list for a few days, 

 but is on active duty again. 



S. J. Goddard finished planting out 

 his carnations in the field May 19. He 

 says his carnations have never yielded 

 better returns than during the last 

 season. Retail trade with him shows a 

 steady increase. 



Welch Bros. Co. is looking for a 

 great Memorial day business. In addi- 

 tion to natural flowers, the company 

 bas stocked up heavily on artificial 

 floral designs, etc., for which there is 

 an insistent demand. 



W. H. Tomlinson, of Dorchester, is 

 busy these days disposing of dracsenas 

 and hydrangeas. 



H. H. Bartsch, of the W. W. Edgar 

 Co., says business could hardly be bet- 

 ter. They have an immense stock of 

 bedding plants, but the way orders are 

 coming in shows that they will soon be 

 cleaned out. 



George W. Ayer, of Reading, was 

 still shipping double violets this week 

 to the Boston Cooperative Market. He 

 also has a fine lot of Spencer sweet 

 peas. 



Charles Rapp, of Melrose Highlands, 

 18 cutting a nice crop of Cattleya 

 M08SI8B. 



Perry Green, of Quincy, is at present 

 a heavy shipper of pansies and Gla- 

 diolus Blushing Bride. 



W. S. Phelps, of Marlboro, has had 

 the market to himself for some time 

 with hardy larkspurs. He also has fine 

 snapdragons. 



Harry Quint, at 164 Tremont street, 

 reports business up to date as good, 

 with heavy call for Mothers' day. 



W. C. Strong, of Waban, who died 

 May 15 in his ninetieth year, was prob- 

 ably the oldest living member of the 

 Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 He joined it in 1848 and served as pres- 

 ident most ably from 1870 to 1874. He 

 was for a long term of years one of 

 the most active workers for the soci- 

 ety's interest. For quite a number of 

 years the deceased gentleman conducted 

 a flourishing nursery business, making 

 hardy roses a specialty. Up to the last 

 year or two Mr. Strong regularly at- 

 tended the exhibitions at Horticultural 

 hall and took a keen interest in every- 

 thing pertaining to the Massachusetts 

 Horticultural Society. 



The Mishawum Flower Co., of 

 Woburn, is at present a heavy shipper 

 of spiraea and sweet peas to the Boston 

 Cooperative Market. 



James Farquhar is at present busy 

 on landscape contracts and has a large 

 force of men at work on them. 



J. R. Shields, of Woburn, is shipping 

 to the Boston Cooperative Market car- 

 nations of splendid quality for the 

 season. 



Thomas A. Cox, of Dorchester, is kept 

 hustling these days supplying customers 

 with rambler roses and hydrangeas. 



Robert Hutcheon, of Stoughton, has 

 a splendid lot of ten weeks' stocks, 

 spireea and carnations for Memorial 

 day. 



New England has experienced a 

 spell of unusually low temperatures for 

 the middle of May. Killing frosts de- 

 stroyed early crops in some sections. 

 The temperature May 10 fell to as low 

 as 20 degrees in parts of New Hamp- 

 shire, lilacs and other shrubs in flower 

 being completely spoiled. 



W. N. Craig. 



DENVER. 



The Market. 



Trade for Mothers' day»was entirely 

 satisfactory, and while the demand 

 was mostly for white carnations, in 

 their absence other flowers and other 

 colors sold well. Everyone is looking 

 forward to a good Memorial day busi- 

 ness. There is promise of a good cut of 

 everything in the greenhouses, as well 

 as some outdoor stock, such as snow- 

 balls, German iris, peonies, etc. Lilacs, 

 unless there are some late varieties, 

 will be gone by the last of May, being 

 in their height now. Ferns have been 

 exceedingly scarce for the past month, 

 those coming from the east being of 

 poor quality and hard to dispose of 

 when there is anything else to be had. 

 Smilax is also scarce, and is almost 

 impossible to get. 



Various Notes. 



The dance and card party given by 

 the Colorado Florists' Club at Cotillion 

 hall was a success socially. Mr. Forter 

 and Mr. Schilling seemed to be busy 

 every minute during the evening 

 directing the program. 



At the last meeting of the Colorado 

 Florists' Club a fine paper on "De- 

 signing" was read by Frank Fraser. 

 It was the means of starting a discus- 

 sion, and that, together with the ques- 



tion box, made the meeting an interest- 

 ing one. C. R. Root presided, with 

 E. P. Neiman as secretary and E. S. 

 Kennedy as treasurer. 



The store of the Colorado Seed & 

 Nursery Co. is about the busiest place 

 in town since spring business began. 

 William Horlacher says he thinks he 

 walks 1,000 miles a day. 



C. U. Fobn, in charge of the green- 

 houses at Glen Eyrie, Colorado Springs, 

 stopped off on his return from a trip 

 to the Isle of Pines, where he is inter- 

 ested in a 50-acre grapefruit and 

 orange grove. 



Although many are complaining of a 

 dull season, it is evidently not so with 

 Emil Glauber. He has a new seven- 

 passenger National automobile. 



A new store has been opened at 110 

 Broadway by Sandberg & Davis. 



N. E. De Golier, of Loveland, was 

 in town on his way to Michigan to see 

 his mother, who is ill. 



A fine new ice-box adds greatly to 

 the attractiveness of the, store of the 

 New York Floral Co. 



Some fine orchids are being shipped 

 into Denver by S. Knudsen, of Boulder, 

 Colo. Mr. Knudsen will go into the 

 orchid business more extensively next 

 year, having just received a large num- 

 ber of plants, and he expects to be 

 able to supply the flowers regularly. 



The two stores of A. C. Sinram have 

 been discontinued, and the stock and 

 fixtures are in possession of T. D. 

 Long, who has been appointed trustee 

 by the creditors. Mr. Long will dis- 

 pose of everything to the best advan- 

 tage, and the proceeds will be divided 

 among the creditors. M. R. J. 



Brockton, Mass. — Robert Mclntyre, 

 114 Gladstone street, has built an ad(Ji- 

 tion to his greenhouses. 



St. Marys, 0. — H. J. Vander Horst 

 has completed a new greenhouse, 30x90 

 feet, using concrete construction. 



Corry, Pa. — A. W. Warren, proprietor 

 of the Corry Floral Co., plans to build 

 another greenhouse in order to extend 

 his wholesale trade. 



Madison, N. J.— The Aphine Mfg. 

 Co., which makes a general line of in- 

 secticides for gardeners, is introduc- 

 ing a new nicotine product on the mar- 

 ket. It is called Nikotiana and con- 

 tains twelve per cent nicotine. 



Atlanta, Ga. — Irving Gresham, who 

 is connected with C. A. Dahl Floral Co., 

 has leased the store and greenhouses 

 of the West View Floral Co. Mr. Gresh- 

 am will continue his connection with 

 the Dahl concern, and also operate the 

 West View Floral Co. This change in 

 no way affects either concern, but will 

 bring Mr. Gresham into both. 



Brunswick, Me. — Thomas Pegler, who 

 came here a few months ago from Bos- 

 ton, where he had sustained a break- 

 down in health, has again suffered 

 from the effects of overwork. He has 

 been absent for some days, and did not 

 let his friends know of his where- 

 abouts, but he has returned to his home 

 and his condition is improving. 



New Britain, Conn.— Mrs. Elizabeth 

 K. Eggert was the victim of an em- 

 ployee, George Esmond, according to 

 her complaint to the police, whom she 

 asked to arrest the man on the charge 

 of stealing $50. She sent the man to 

 the bank with money ai\d checks to de- 

 posit, she says, and he neither went to 

 the bank nor returned to her store. 



