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Title: Florists' review (microform)
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Subjects: Floriculture
Publisher: Chicago : Florists' Pub. Co
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May 29, 1913. The Florists'Review 17
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Boston Gardeners' and Florists' Club as Guests of W. H. Elliott, at Madbury, N. H., May 21, 1913. members who attended have ever en- joyed. Various Notes. William H. Elliott is starting to cut a nice crop of Kaiserin roses at his Prighton establishment. His Prince de Bulgarie roses are fine, and he also has a splendid lot of Beauties. John T. Gale, of Tewksbury, is mak- ing quite a hit with a grand lot of Apple Blossom Spencer sweet peas. Edward Wood, of Lexington, is one of the largest local growers of anemones. He also specializes in carnations and Asparagus plumosus. F. J. Dolansky, of Lynn, is cutting ov^er 20,000 longiflorum lilies for Memo- rial day. He is cutting hundreds of cattleyas daily. In addition to Mossia? and gigas, he has some Mendellii and speciosissima. A. A. Pembroke, of North Beverly, has found no trouble in booking orders for all his high-grade carnations for Memorial day at fancy prices. He has also fine batches of candytuft and ten weeks' stocks. K. P. Peterson, of Saxonville, and Xelson & Johnson, of Framinghani, were heavy shippers of fine ten weeks' stocks last "week to the Boston Flower Ex- change. I am glad to report John Barr as con- siderably improved in health, at the Corey Hill hospital, Brookline. P. J. Riley, of Lowell, who has what was formerly the Shepard Greenhouses, is sending in remarkably fine Shake- speare and America gladioli to George C'artwright^ at the Boston Flower Ex- change. The recent destructive fire at the pot manufactory of A. H. Hews & Co. has not caused any delay in the filling of orders for pots. Thomas Roland has one of his new houses, 52 x 600, at Revere, planted with roses—a little over 30,000 plants. Sev- eral forms of Killarney, Richmond, Ward and Hillingdon are grown; also smaller batches of Russell, Mrs. Shaw- yer and Sunburst. From another house of similar size a splendid crop of toma- toes is now being picked, Comet being mostly grown. A. A. Livermore is manager at the Revere establishment. Mr. Roland has a cut of 20,000 longi- florum lilies for Memorial day at his Nahant range. Ladies' night will be the attraction at the next meeting of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club. There will be a fine entertainment and dance. President Kennedy plans to inaugurate a ladies' auxiliary of the club the same evening. E. Allan Peirce has returned from an extended trip through Maine and New Hampshire in the interests of the Flower Growers' Sales Co. and he booked many excellent Memorial day orders. This company is preparing for a big Memorial day trade and is well equipped to care for all orders. Norris F. Comley is the largest ship- per of sweet peas now to the Boston Cooperative Market. His bachelor's buttons also are fine. Many expressions of regret were heard from local growers when they learned of the death of G. L. Grant. He was familiar to many who attended the S. A. F. conventions. Among the finest Spencer sweet peas I have seen this season are those grown l»y Geo. O. Bucknam, of Stoneham. He is also in the front ranks of carnation growers. W. N. Craig. TO BEAUTIFY SLOPES. I would appreciate a little advice on how to beautify slopes of hills, some with rough surfaces; also shaded hills. M. C. Fse as far as possible native trees and shrubs in any plantings you may do. They are more likely to succee<l than foreign varieties and are just as beautiful. Plant in colonies or groups, to be effective, and do not make these too symmetrical. The more natural plantings are, the more pleasing and satisfying. In evergreen trees Pinus Strobus, or white pine; P. Mughus, or dwarf mountain pine, and P. Austriaca, or Austrian pine, will all do well in comparatively poor soil. The various junipers are fine for covering the ground, especially Juniperus Sabina, Savin juniper. Then J. Virginica, the red cedar; J. communis Hibernica, the Irish juniper, and J. Suecica, the Swed- ish juniper, are fine for promiscuous dotting or growing in scattered colo- nies. Use such of your native decid- uous trees and shrubs as you like and which seem to thrive under similar con- ditions in your vicinity. Crataegus, or hawthorns, are beautiful in flower and fruit and would do well with you. Rosa setigera, R. Wichuraiana, R. rugosa and other species could be used effectively, especially where they could hang over rocks or trail over boulders. Colonies of native perennials, once started, would soon naturalize themselves and produce beautiful effects. Do not plant too thickly and do not adopt any formality. Do not mix evergreens and deciduous stock and do not jilant blue spruce and other out-of-place material. Prepare good holes, plant firmly and you will get returns which will be gratifving. C. W. CATALOGUES RECEIVED. Cold well Lawn Mower Co., New- burgh, N. Y., combination motor roller an<l lawn mower; (Jt. Van Waveren & Kruijff. Philadelphia, Pa., and Sassen- heini, Holland, Dutch bulbs and roots; A. L. Randall Co., Chicago, 111., gen- eral catalogue of supplies for florists, nurserymen and seedsmen; Henry Mette. Quedlinburg, Germany, special offer of i»ansy seeds; Bertrand H. Farr, Wyomissing, Pa., bulbs and plants. AUentown, Pa.—Marcuo De Long has purchased Charles F. Berkemeyer's flower store, at 1103 Hamilton street. The store will be run in connection with the greenhouses at Fourth and Tilghman streets, which Mr. De Long bought from A. B. Ellsworth about a year ago.

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