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NEW ENGLAND NURSERYMEN'S 

 ASSOCIATION, 



The followliiK icsolulioii wa.s passed 

 by the New lOnglund .Siirser.viiien's As- 

 sociation In their annual inpellng, Jan 

 uary SO, liilS, and copies are being 

 widely distributed by Secretary U. M. 

 Wyman : 



Whereas it has seemed wise to in- 

 auRiirale a movement to raise funds 

 with which to launch a publicity cam- 

 paign throughout the I'nited States, 

 the New Kniiland Nurserymen, in their 

 annual mtetins;, being represented by 

 firms whose gross sales for the last 

 year aggregated more than one mil- 

 lion dollars, beg lief to suggest to the 

 committee in charge of this movement 

 that they are in hearty accord with it 

 if it can be carried out in a large way. 

 It is our conviction that such a cam- 

 paign should not be inaugurated until 

 a sum of about $100,000.0(1 is provided. 

 It is our belief that this amount can be 

 raised mo.st equitably by the voluntary 

 assessment of one-half of one per cent. 

 of the gross business of each and 

 every nursery firm in the United 

 States. It is estimated that at least 

 twenty million dollars of gross busi- 

 ness was done last year and that one- 

 half of one per cent, would yield at 

 least $100,000.00. 



Therefore be it resolved, That when 

 such time comes, and not until then, 

 the Nurserymen of New England will 

 assess themselves and pay, for the 

 support of such a campaign, the an- 

 nual sum of at least $,t,oOO.OO for a 

 term of five years, with the under- 

 standing that New England shall be 

 adequately represented on the board 

 having to do with the expenditure of 

 funds thus raised. 



(Signed) W. H. Wyman, A. E. Rob- 

 inson, C. IL Fish, C. R. Burr, ,1. A. 

 Kirkegaard, special committee. 



A letter from Secretary Wyman to 

 the members of the temporary Com- 

 mittee of the National Association on 

 Market Development, in connection 

 with the foregoing resolution, states 

 that this resolution was thoroughly 

 threshed out and action was not taken 

 until the final session. Therefore, it 

 is evident that this action that was 

 taken was not in haste. 



The majority of the members pres- 

 ent were opposed to spending any 

 money for publicity. The discussion 

 ended with a very large majority in 

 favor of it as outlined in the resolu- 

 tion. 



A partial statement of the gross nur- 

 sery business transacted by the mem- 

 bers of the Association in 1917, in- 



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eluding twenty-nine firms, gave a total 

 of $1,052,000. Twenty-five of these 

 twenty-nine members by test vole 

 agreed that if the conditions of the 

 resolution were fulfilled they would 

 voluntarily assess themselves one-half 

 of one per cent, of their total gross 

 business per year for the period of five 

 years. 



M, A, C. FLOWER SHOW, 



The Annual Flower Sliow of the l)c- 

 I artment of Floriculture Massachusetts 

 .\griculure College is to be staged 

 .March 14 and 15. Although in pre- 

 vious years a flower show has been 

 staged in Farmers' Week, the Depart- 

 ment's big show has usually been in 

 the Fall. This year the lateness of 

 the opening of the college made it 

 necessary to postpone the usual Fall 

 show. 



The department is working on the 

 |)rogram and will have the final pro- 

 gram ready in a few days. Dutch 

 bulbs will be most prominent this year, 

 and it is believed the attendance will 

 be large. 



One of the big features is to be a 

 complete set of wedding decorations. 

 Wa.v figures have been furnished 

 through the courtesy of McAuslan & 

 Wakelin of Holyoke. and A. T. Gallup. 

 Inc.. of Holyoke. The wedding canopy 

 is to be of smilax and white carna- 

 tions. Orchids, lily of valley and 

 maidenhair fern with a shower of rib- 

 bon and lily of the valley will maKe 

 a most aristocratic bridal shower bou 

 quet. Then there are to be maid-of- 

 honor bouquets, bridesmaids' bouquets 

 and flower girl's basket — all made up 

 of the most exquisite material. A 

 lirides dinner table and a bride's 

 luncheon table will complete the wed- 

 ding floral decorations. There will 

 also be an exhibit of stationery and 

 printed matter connected with the 

 wedding details furnished by the 

 Samuel Ward Mfg. Co., of Boston. 



As in previous years, there are to 

 be a number of table decorations. 

 Easter tables, St. Patrick's Day tables, 

 and patriotic tables will be featured, 

 also a varied display of bouquets and 

 flower gifts together with several 

 feature bouquets. Flower baskets, 

 box and vase arrangements, accesso- 

 ries, and many other things will help 

 in teaching the public to "say it with 

 flowers." 



Obituary 



Michael J. Vielbig. 

 .Michael ,1. Vielbig, a florist in 

 Brooklyn and Kockaway Beach for 

 fifteen years, died from Bright's di- 

 sease on Wednesday at his home In 

 Elizabeth, N. J. 



Mrs, John Charlton. 

 Mrs. Sarah Charlton, widow of John 

 Charlton of Rochester, N. Y., aged 76, 

 died on l-'eb. 27, after a short illness. 

 She leaves two sons, John A, and 

 Joseph M. Charlton, and two daugh- 

 ters, Mrs. W. B. Kerr and Miss Mar- 

 garet Charlton. 



John Lynch. 

 John Lyncli, emiiloyed as a sales- 

 man by Norris F. Comley at the Bos- 

 ton Co-operative Flower Market, died 

 at his home in Charlestown, on Feb- 

 ruary 28, from quick consumption. 

 His age was 24 years. He was a 

 clever and popular young man. 



Thomas Greaves, 

 Thomas Greaves, for many years a 

 highly esteemed gardener at North 

 Easton. Mass., died from heart disease 

 at the Massachusetts General Hospital, 

 Boston, on March 1. He was sixty- 

 eight years of age. He leaves a wid- 

 ow and step-son, John McFarland of 

 North Easton. 



William F. Harkett. 

 Willian) F. Harkett, second son of 

 W. A. Harkett, died Sunday morning, 

 February 17, at the family residence. 

 173 Hill street, Dubuque. la. A sev- 

 eral months' illness preceded his death, 

 but he was not seriously ill until the 

 l-ast few weeks. Mr. Harkett was born 

 September 8, 1875. He was educated 

 in the local schools and since complet- 

 ing his studies has been associated 

 with his father, the well known florist. 

 Besides his parents, Mr. Harkett is 

 survived by one sister, Miss Flora, and 

 two brothers, Arthur and Charles, all 

 of Dubuque. Mr. Harkett was a popu- 

 lar young business man, whose efforts 

 were most helpful in the upbuilding 

 of the Harkett nurseries. He was es- 

 teemed by friends without number. 



