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January S, 1918 



Cat. X7«8 



Pot Makers for a 

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HEWS 



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POTS 



Inc. 1*04 



World's Larsast 

 Manufacturars 



A. H. HEWS & CO., Inc., Cambridge, Mass. 



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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS 



BOSTON. 



James W. Shannon, of Wobuni, was 

 married last week to Miss Florence I. 

 Switser. also of Woburn. 



The flower store of B. Tashjlan at 

 2208 Wasliington street was burned 

 out on Thursday night, Dec. 27. 



The retail store of the North Union 

 Florist on Portland street was deluged 

 with water during a fire in the Hey- 

 wood Building In which it is located 

 The loss is estimated at from $500 to 

 $800. 



Peter Fisher, whose two sons are In 

 the service, tells an interesting expe- 

 rience of one of them. Nelson Fisher, 

 in France, where he found in the es- 

 tablishment of a small florist whom he 

 visited the Mrs. Patten carnation be- 

 ing grown. 



I-adies' night will be observed by 

 the Gardeners' and Florist.s' Club of 

 Boston on Tuesday evening. January 

 15. The program includes the instal- 

 lation of officers and a stereopticon 

 lecture by J. Otto Thilow of Dreer's 

 Philadelphia. 



Guests at the January meeting of 

 the Horticultural Club of Boston were 

 Wm. N. Craig and F. E. Palmer of 

 BrookUne. The table was decorated 

 with a superb display of thirty new 

 varieties of carnations including the 

 Dornor novelties under test, by S. J. 

 Goddard and a lovely vase of the 

 graceful and fragrant Buddlela asiat- 

 lea by J. K. .M. L. Farquhar. 



The local committee on arrange- 

 ments for the meeting and oxhibition 

 of the American Carnation Society in 

 this city on January .30 and .31 held a 

 meeting at the Parker House on Jan- 

 uary 2 and all matters connected with 

 the reception and entertainment of 

 visitors, etc.. were completed. Local 

 growers, while regretting the action 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety in withdrawing its promised cash 

 prizes for this event do not think the 

 change will make much difference to 

 the carnation people. The flowers to 

 be staged by Massachusetts growers 

 promise to be the finest ever shown at 

 an exhibition in this country. 



The Back Bay Pens development, 

 for which $44,000 of Parkman Fund 

 income was appropriated, will involve 

 a comi,lete change of landscape back 

 of the Museum of Fine Art.s. Two 

 bridges are to be thrown over Muddy 

 River, which itself will be widened at 

 this point to form a basin, and the 



lluiitliigton eulranrc to thi- Fi'n.s will 

 111' continued over the river to connect 

 with Audubon road, near Jersey street. 

 This great improvement, which Is 

 based on plans drawn by Park Com- 

 missioner J. K. M. L. Farquhar will 

 cost about $200,000 to complete. It 

 will connect in a dignified and impres- 

 sive manner the stately architecture 

 of the now $2,000,000 R. b. Evans wing 

 of the Art Museum with the natural 

 landscape planting of the Muddy Klver 

 section and will form with the sur- 

 rounding buildings one of the most im- 

 posing features of the entire park 

 system. 



CLEVELAND 



The Westman & Getz floral shop at 

 5926 Euclid avenue was entered early 

 Wednesday morning, December 26, by 

 burglars, who opened the safe and got 

 away with $.300. They entered by the 

 rear door by removing a panel of the 

 door and turning the key from the In- 

 side 



The transfer of the railroads to 

 government control is expected to 

 afford more transportation facilities 

 than at present and to that degree will 

 aid the florist business. People in 

 touch with the coal situation say that 

 a shortage such as has been experi- 

 enced this winter will be entirely 

 obviated in the future, by the great 

 efficiency possible in the operation of 

 the railroads. Embargoes should also 

 be less severe than heretofore. 



PHILADELPHIA 



Stephen Mortensen. Southampton, 

 Pa„ was a recent visitor. He is well 

 supplied with coal so is not worrying 

 about the U. S. taking over the rail- 

 roads. Crops have been a bit short in 

 the rose growing line this year but he 

 thinks maybe that was Just as well 

 under present conditions. 



James Verner, Garrettford, Pa., re- 

 ports his coal supply pretty good but 

 he is still looking for more. Roses 

 have done very well this season. 



Warohcvsaai 



CAMIiKllxiK, MASS. 



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ROCHESTER, N. Y. 



Miss Lillian Wheeler formerly of 

 the Edw. C. Kaelber Co., Inc., is with 

 George T. Boucher for the holidays. 



Harry Guernott, one of the drafted 

 florists has been honorably discharged 

 from the Army, having suffered a hard 

 attack of pneumonia recently. 



CHICAGO 

 W. W. Barnard started on December 

 -2 for California to spend the winter 

 there. 



A. Miller, president of the American 

 Hulh Co. says that his books show a 

 better record of the year's business 

 than he had anticipated. 



At J. A. Budlong's, Philip Schupp 

 slates that while the business of the 

 holiday season has been much better 

 than expected, he found that custom- 

 ers were not after stock at extremely 

 high prices. 



.Mian Humason, formerly salesman 

 for A. A. Arnold Paper Box Co., and 

 The Raedlein Basket Co. was drafted 

 and Is now with the infantry at Camp 

 Grant, Rockford, III., where he has 

 been promoted to the rank of sergeant- 

 major. 



The plant growers have had a good 

 year and all holiday stock has been 

 moved. Benches will now be given 

 over to the midwinter stock and the 

 plants in preparation for Easter 

 Prices here held up to quotations, for 

 all were sold before the holiday rush 

 was on. 



In the summaries of the year a local 

 newspaper lists the wholesale cut 

 flower business of Chicago as $3,610,- 

 OiiO the same as last year. Comment- 

 ing on this, some of the wholesalers 

 are inclined to think that the estimate 

 Is too low, others that it is very nearly 

 correct. There are about thirty whole- 

 sale cut flower houses in Chicago the 

 greater part of the business being 

 done, however, by about one-fourth of 

 that number. 



Mr. Deitz. representing the U. S. De- 

 partment of Agriculture, called upon 

 the Chicago growers a short time ago, 

 investigating insect pests and warning 

 growers how to guard against them. 

 Two in particular which have proven 

 troublesome in the .Middle West are 

 the chrysanthemum gall-fly and a new 

 species of mealy bug. The chrysan- 

 themum gall-fly has been known in 

 California for several years and re- 

 cently has been found in Michigan and 

 Indiana. In buying stock, purchasers 

 were warned to examine the young 

 plants for dark green and red galls on 

 leaves. The gall-fly multiplies so 

 rapidly that stock would soon be 

 ruined unless fumigated and picking 

 oft" of leaves be practiced immediately. 

 Inf<jrniation regarding the alwve and 

 other injurious bugs is brought out in 

 the 9th annual report of the State 

 Entomologist of Indiana. 



