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Local and General 

 News 



BOSTON. 

 SinillnK KobiTt Sliooli, of the liuf 

 Co., Is at the Parker House this week 

 wUh a sample room filled with Memor- 

 ial Day florists' poods. 



Al Hutson. salesman for Wm. H 

 Elliott, was seriously injured in an 

 accident last week and a reiMjpt was 

 current in the flower market that it 

 had resulted fatally but this fortu- 

 nately proved not to he true. 



Warren H. Manning and J. Wood- 

 ward Manninc have pooled their inter- 

 ests and will follow landscape design- 

 ing and gardening, with headquarters 

 for the present at Billerica, Mass.. 

 where Warren H. Manning has been 

 located for several years. 



There will be a mass meeting of the 

 poultrymen of New England to organ- 

 ize the New England Poultry Growers' 

 Exchange and to take such action as 

 is necessary to conserve and promote 

 the poultry industry of the East. The 

 meeting will be held Tuesday, April 16, 

 at ten o'clock a. m., in Boston at the 

 State House Auditorium, East Wing. 



Luke J. Doogue has again been ap- 

 pointed to boom home gardening, par- 

 ticularly among the school children 

 This year Mr. Doogue will work in con- 

 junction with the committee on public 

 safety. There will be illustrated gar- 

 den talks by him in Boston schools, 

 and he will personally visit the back- 

 yard gardens all over the city and ad- 

 vise their owners. 



The school children of Massachu- 

 setts have indicated their choice of the 

 trailing arbutus as the state floral em- 

 blem. This flower received 107,617 

 votes, or 49,499 more than its nearest 

 rival, the water lily. The number of 

 children who voted was 241,864. The 

 canvass was made under the direction 

 of the State Board of Education of the 

 Legislative Committee on Agriculture. 



Although the committee is not for- 

 mally bound to abide hy the decision 

 of the children, it is probable that It 

 will do so and report to the Legislature 

 a bill designating the Mayflower as 

 the official floral emblem of the state. 



NEW YORK. 

 Anthony J. Manda has taken a posi- 

 tion with his brother, W. A. Manda, 

 at South Orange, N. J., as manager in 

 the greenhouses. 



Plans are progressing for the erec- 

 tion of the central display greenhouse 

 and the orchid greenhouse in the New 

 York Botanical Garden, Bronx Park, 

 the new structures having been made 

 possible by a $100,000 donation from 

 Daniel and Murry Guggenheim. The 

 designs have been executed by Brlnley 

 & Bird and the work will be done by 

 the King Construction Co. The Avery 



Of Interest to 



CoLintrv Estate 



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The National Association of GartfetTers takes this opportunity to 

 introduce its Service Bureau to the owners of country estates and to 

 pl.ice it at their disposal when requiring thoroughly competent 

 gardeners — in the capacities of superintendents, head gardeners or 

 assistant gardeners— thoroughly qualified in every particular to as- 

 sume the responsibilities the positions call for. 



The Association seeks the cooperation of every country estate 

 owner in its endeavor to establish a reliable source to which they 

 can apply with every confidence to secure the services of gardeners 

 truly efficient in their profession. 



This Bureau is maintained entirely at the expense of the associa- 

 tion and makes no charge to the employer it may serve, or to the 

 gardener it may benefit. 



Those desiring to avail themselves of the services of this Bureau 

 may apply to — 



M. C. EBEL, SECRF.T.\RY 



National Association of Gardeners 



MADISON, N. J. 



Architectural Library of Columbia 

 University is exhibiting, and will con- 

 tinue to exhibit throughout April, a 

 series of water-color paintings repre- 

 senting these designs and designs for 

 other structures planned. Amounts 

 donated for the additional buildings 

 include gifts for the garden school 

 shelter by Mrs. Frederick F. Thompson 

 and for the rose garden stairway by 

 Mrs. Robert F. Westcott. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Rubrum lilies seem to have been 

 selling better for cut flowers these last 

 few years. The material works in very 

 nicely on memorial work and at the 

 lower prices as compared with white 

 lilies the thrifty ones have been quick 

 to take advantage. , 



We were surprised to see that 



George C. Thomas in his article in the 

 new rose annual for 1918 had dis- 

 carded Mrs. Chas. Russell. On asking 

 Ex-president S. S. Pennock, he laughed 

 at our ignorance! Wonderful rose for 

 indoors; no good for the garden. Get 

 that new rose annual if you want to 

 keep up to date. 



Alphonse Pericat, orchid specialist, 

 was awarded $4,500 in his claim for 

 $15,000 against the Delaware County 

 Gas Co. for damages incident to a 

 broken main opposite his greenhouses 

 at Collingdale. The suit was tried be- 

 fore a jury at the County Court House 

 at Media on April 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 

 and testimony was given by Julius 

 Wolff, Samuel S. Pennock, and other 

 experts. The case has excited consid- 

 erable Interest among the growers in 

 this locality. 



