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LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS 



BOSTON. 



Hep. M. A. O'Brien. Jr.. hii.s intro- 

 diK-eil a bill in the Legislature which 

 provides that the maytlower. presum- 

 ably the trnilinK arbutus, shall be the 

 Bay Stale's floral emblem. 



On Dec. 29 a two-story wooden build- 

 ing at the city greenhouses on East 

 Cottage street, Roxbury, used as a 

 garage, was destroyed by a fire, which 

 started from an undetermined cause 

 and spread rapidly. Loss. $1,500. 



On the occasion of the installation 

 of Frank Edgar of Waverly as master 

 of Belmont Masonic Lodge last week, 

 he was presented with a ring by mem- 

 bers of the fraternity among the Bos- 

 ton florists, Henry Penu making the 

 presentation speech. 



The annual banquet of the Ameri- 

 can Carnation Society will take place 

 on January 31 at Horticultural Hall. 

 The sale of tickets will be limited to 

 members of the society and their la- 

 dies. Patrick Welch is chairman of 

 the dinner committee. 



Plans have l)een drawn for a small 

 concrete Iniilding to be erected for the 

 Boston Elevated Railway Company on 

 its land at 183 Canal street, for occu- 

 pancy by a flower shop. The bujlding 

 will be one-story high and will have a 

 frontage of twenty-one feet. 



In the present depressed condition 

 of the carnation market many held- 

 over flowers are in evidence. Among 

 the varieties that show the best keep- 

 ing qualities at such a time we would 

 place Morning Glow. This carnation 

 seems to never get drowsy and is de- 

 servedly popular on that account. 



A meeting of the Massachusetts sec- 

 tion of the Publicity Campaign Com- 

 mittee was held at the office of the 

 state chairman, Patrick Welch, on 

 Tuesday, January 8. Action was taken 

 towards an immediate rally for the 

 collection of subscriptions to the fund 

 and an address to the florists of the 

 state will be sent out within a few- 

 days. 



"The Country of the Amazon" was 

 the subject of an illustrated lecture 

 given by Dr. W. T. Councilman, Bos- 

 ton, on January 5, in Horticultural 

 Hall, under the auspices of the Mas- 

 sachusetts Horticultural Society. The 

 lecturer, who has traveled extensively 

 through South America in 1916, gave 

 a glowing description of the country 

 and its products. 



Among the seeds recently received 



•il Ihi- .\iiiuiii .Vr.liinuliiiii iruiii K. 11. 

 Wilson, who has been collecting in the 

 mountains of Korea, are those of a 

 new specices of lily, the development 

 ol which will 1)0 watched with intense 

 interest. The seeds have been sown 

 at the Arboretum and also at the Far- 

 quhar nurseries in Dedham. 



Buddleias asiatica and Farquhari 

 grown as tall standards with beauti- 

 fully pendant branches of bloom make 

 a lovely picture in the show house of 

 R. & J. Farquhar at Dedham at the 

 present time and the fragrance fllls 

 the place with sweet perfume. An- 

 other flower blooming now which is 

 not commonly seen is Erlangia tomen- 

 tosa. a very useful thing for vase use. 

 Azalea Kaempferi, forced specimens, 

 is now in bloom also and the plants 

 show a wide range of colors from pale 

 salmon to bright red. Jasminum pri- 

 niulinum is another attractive gem 

 at present. 



In the Senate, on January 8, Mr. 

 Eames of Middlesex presented the pe- 

 tition of Harris A. Reynolds, secretary 

 of the Mas.sachusetts Forestry Asso- 

 ciation, for the creation of a board of 

 registration of arliorists, to consist of 

 three members, aprointed by the Gov- 

 ernor, for a term of three years. "Ar- 

 borist" shall a|)ply to all persons com- 

 mercially engaged in the business of 

 pruning and re|)airing trees and 

 shrubs and the treatment of them for 

 the control of insects and fungus 

 diseases. Any person -who falsely 

 represents himself to be a registered 

 arborist shall be punished by a max- 

 imum fine of $500. or by imprisonment 

 for not more than six months, or both. 



NEW YORK, 



Nicholas Malandre of Malandre 

 Bros., retail florists, is seriously ill at 

 St. Elizabeth's Hospital with a relapse 

 of pneumonia and pleurisy. 



Eber Holmes, recently traveling 

 salesman for W. A. Manda, South Or- 

 ange, N. J., has taken a position in 

 the rose growing establishment of 

 Wm. H. Elliott, Madbury, N. H. 



.Mayor Hylan has announced the ap- 

 pointment of Wm. F. Grell as Commis- 

 sioner of Parks of Manhattan and 

 Richmond Boroughs, and President of 

 the Park Board; also John N. Harman 

 as Commissioner of Parks. Brooklyn. 



Two employees, said to be father 

 and son. lost their lives by inhaling a 

 poisonous gas given off by some de- 

 vices widely used as wagon heaters. 



wilirii tllf.\ llilU |tl;trtMl al*«Ml( I In.' 



greenhouses to save the plants from 

 freezing. 



Paper white narcissus bulbs have 

 proved to be the worst kind of an In- 

 vestment this season. There were left 

 over, absolutely unsalable, hundreds 

 of thousands of these bulbs, also 

 many Roman hyacinths, which actu- 

 ally could not be given away. 



Charles Schenck, W. A. Manda, O. 

 E. M. Stumpp, Wm. H. Siebrecht. Sr, 

 John Young. W. C. Rickards. A. L. 

 Miller. Walter F. Sheridan. Chas. B. 

 Weathered. Joseph Manda, Frank H. 

 Traendly, Wm. H. Duckham, John B. 

 Nugent, A. S. Burns, Sr., Chas. H. 

 Totty, P. W. Popp, Philip F. Kessler. 



Anthony Manda, formerly superin- 

 tendent for the H. J. Pratt estate, 

 Brooklyn, is now with Andrew Wilson 

 in his down-town Brooklyn florist es- 

 tablishment. Mr. Wilson had rented 

 the Pratt greenhouses and retained 

 Mr. Manda in charge, but inability to 

 obtain any coal obliged them to close 

 down for the present. 



W. H. Long has fully recovered his 

 health and activity since the serious 

 operation he went through last year. 

 As catering to the so-called middle 

 class of flower buyers, Mr. Long states 

 that business has been quite good with 

 him thus far. That seems to be the 

 verdict generally in other stores sim- 

 ilar in character and location., 



Draca?na Rothiana, a specialty with 

 W. A. Manda, is rapidly gaining an 

 enviable repute as a long-keeping and 

 tough foliaged subject for store and 

 dwelling use. standing unharmed un- 

 der all kinds of neglect. Mr. Manda's 

 dracaena ■ houses are very interesting 

 to visit. The several popular species 

 are having a rapidly increasing call 

 this season. 



The New York Florists' Club Alumni 

 Association, composed of the past pres- 

 idents of the organization, enjoyed a 

 delightful banquet on Saturday night, 

 January '>, at "Billy the Oysterman's," 

 on invitation of President-elect Charles 

 Schenck. Newly elected officers of the 

 club and the chairman of the house 

 committee were also invited. The 

 evening was devoted to suggestions 

 and discussion as to how the coming 

 year in the club's history may be 

 made profitable and instructive. The 

 following named gentlemen were pres- 

 ent at this very enjoyable symposium: 



Consternation has held sway in the 

 wholesale flower district as news 

 comes in of the freezing up of many 



