December 18, 1909 



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Laurel Wreaths, $2. 50 per dozen and up Laurel Festooning, 6 cents a yard. Boxwood Wreaths' 

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 made all round. Leucothoe Sprays, $750 per 1,000; $1.00 per 100. Dagger and Fancy 

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CUT BOXWOOD SPRAYS 



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 A Full Line of Florists' Supplies. All Kinds of Insecticides. 



Chrysanthemums and Carna- 

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 Roses — Beauties, Richmonds, 

 Harylands, The Two Killarneys, 

 Brides and Bridesmaids. 



Seasonable 

 Cut Flowers 



Lilies, Orchids, Gardenias, Lily 

 of the Valley, Violets, Adiantum, 

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Telephones— Main 2617-2618. Fort Hill 25290. 

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A VISIT TO NASHUA. 



Saturday, December 11, was a "red- 

 letter day" in the history of the Gar- 

 deneis' and Florists' Club of Boston. 

 Secretary Craig had called for a good 

 turn-out of members in acceptance of 

 the invitation to visit the respective 

 establishments of George E. Buxton 

 and August Gaedeke & Co., at Nashua, 

 N. H., and the response was an en- 

 thusiastic one, there being fully 75 in 

 the party, comfortably filling the spe- 

 cial car which had been attached to 

 the 11.30 a. m. train from Boston. A 

 trio of musicians accompanied the 

 party and music was at no time lack- 

 ing. 



On arrival at Nashua the visitors 

 were met by their hosts and Judge C. 

 W. Hoitt and escorted to the Tremont 

 House where a fine dinner was en- 

 joyed. Special cars were boarded for 

 Mr. Buxton's range of greenhouses, 

 which were found in a condition of 

 splendid fertility and neatness. After 

 a thorough inspection the route to the 

 Gaedeke establishment was taken up 

 and a brief stop was made at Judge 

 Hoitt's beautiful home where the poul- 

 try-loving members had an opportu- 

 nity to admire a dazzling array of 

 prize winning pheasants, bantams and 

 other feathered kind. At each of the 

 above places refreshments were lavish- 

 ly provided and at Gaedeke's they 

 found the long potting shed trans- 

 formed into a refreshment room of un- 

 limited resources. 



At the dinner there had been no 

 speech-making other than a few words 

 of welcome by Judge Hoitt, who pre- 

 sided, and a brief response on behalf 

 of the visitors by President Downs. 

 At the wind-up at Gaedeke's, however, 



considerable oratory was turned loose, 

 together with singing, cheering and 

 general hilarity which was well main- 

 tained on the homeward trip to Bos- 

 ton. The most unassuming and mod- 

 est of the whole party were Messrs. 

 Buxton and Gaedeke, who well exem- 

 plified the quiet modesty which Judge 

 Hoitt declared to be a universal char- 

 acteristic in New Hampshire states- 

 men. 



At Mr. Buxton's place were seen 

 three carnation seedlings, all white, 

 viz.. Granite State, No. 3 and No. 7, in 

 their fourth year and all showing 

 strong points of superiority. Pink 

 Beauty, another seedling, was much 

 admired. It is a cross between Mar- 

 ion Buxton and Mrs. Patten, color deep 

 pink. Among the standard varieties 

 showing up particularly fine were Wi- 

 nona, Rose Pink Enchantress, Beacon, 

 White Perfection, Pink Delight and 

 Enchantress. Mr. Buxton is an "old 

 stager" at the carnation business and 

 has lost none of his skill. 



At August Gaedeke & Co.'s a bench 

 of Bay State was most creditable and 

 a house of the old stand-by. Fair Maid, 

 was acknowledged by its raiser, Albert 

 Roper, to be equal to the best he had 

 ever seen. Very few carnations have 

 earned so much money per square foot 

 for the grower as this "bread and but- 

 ter" favorite. Another specialty great- 

 ly admired at Gaedeke's was the Lor- 

 raine begonias — equal to the best pro- 

 duced anywhere. There are two car- 

 nation seedlings here also which may 

 yet be heard from. 



MILWAUKEE FLORISTS' CLUB. 



The artistic success of the Milwau- 

 kee Flower Show was so marked that 

 the Milwaukee Florists' Club has prac- 

 tically decided to hold another one 

 next year, even though the affair was 

 not a financial success. The annual 

 meeting and election of officers of the 

 club was held December 4, when the 

 following officers were elected: 



President. Nicholas Zweifel; vice- 

 president, Alex Klokner; treasurer, J. 

 G. Heitm'ann; secretary, Eugene Oes- 

 treicher; trustee for three years, Ar- 

 thur Leidiger, and trustee for one year, 

 Gust Pohl. 



The Utica (X. Y.) Florists' Club held 

 its annual banquet at Genessee Hall, 

 on the evening of Dec. 2, and a very 

 pleasant time was enjoyed. 



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