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November 10, 1917 



BOSTON. 



A Arc In the Melrose Theatre de- 

 Btroyod the lloiiRhlon flower shop 

 which was located in the building. 



t'lty employees have bcuiin setting 

 out tulip bulbs in the ruMic Garden 

 and other parks of the city. More 

 than 20i'.000 bulbs will be planted. 



The big fruit show at Horticultural 

 Halt last week was a pronounced suc- 

 cess. Meetings were held dally in con- 

 junction with the exhibition by the 

 American Pomolocical Society, New 

 Kngland Fruit Show, the National 

 Congress of Agriculture and Ameri- 

 can Society for Horticultural Science. 



The Horticultural Club of Boston 

 had as guests at its November 7 meet- 

 ing at the Parker House W. P. Gude, 

 Adolphus Gude and Peter Bisset of 

 Washington, R. Vincent, Jr., White- 

 marsh, Md.. K. Langston, Nashua, N. 

 H., and Henry Penn of Boston. Cur- 

 rent topics of horticultural interest 

 were discussed. 



The Annual Meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society will be 

 held at Horticultural Hall at 12 o'clock, 

 noon, on Saturday, November 17, 1917. 

 The officers to be elected are: Presi- 

 dent, vice-president (for two years), 

 four trustees (for three years), dele- 

 gate to the State Board of Agriculture 

 (for three years), and nominating com- 

 mittee of five members. 



Harold J. Patten, son of M. A. Pat- 

 ten, has received the appointment as 

 chief of ordnance of the state of Mas- 

 sachusetts, and acting chief inspector 

 of small arms practice. Mr. Patten 

 joined the militia in 1906, In company 

 C, Gth infantry, and passed through the 

 ranks from private to sergeant, being 

 elected 1st lieutenant In 1911. In 

 1913 he was appointed battalion adju- 

 tant of the 6th infantry and later was 

 appointed to the ordnance department 

 and assigned to the 8th infantry, with 

 which regiment he went to the Texas 

 border. He anticipates being called 

 to the ordnance department of the 

 army shortly. 



NEW YORK. 



The two shows, one at the Ameri- 

 can Institute and the other at the 

 Museum of National History are in 

 fuU swing as we go to press. 



It is said that John N. May, Jr., was 

 on board the U. S. transport Finland 

 when that vessel was torpedoed, and 

 is now back again in France. 



There was a "Co-operative Meeting"' 

 at the Murray Hill Hotel on Friday, 

 Nov. 9, under the auspices of the Na- 

 tional Association of Gardeners. 



William Wilbert, special violet sales- 

 man for Clarence Slinn for the past 

 four years left on Sunday, November 

 4, for the training camp at Yopank 



The best commercial chrysanthe- 

 mum pot plants we have seen any- 

 where this season are being sent In 



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 BpriiiB dcllTiTy. Wlinleanle and llrtall. 

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PAN8V PI.ANT8 



Ponay I'InnIa, Stronit nnil atooky. Rtrnlna 

 iiiiHUrpuaacd hy iiiiy fnr Sixf nf Itlooin or 

 L'ulora. S'J.Ml iier KJOU, Ill.M) per OOOO. 

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Peonlea. The world'a greateat rollertlen, 

 12no aorta Send for Mat. C. UETUCUKB, 

 Caual Dover, O. 



New I'aenny Dablla — John Wanamaker, 

 Newcat, Ilandaoineat, Heat. New color, new 

 form and uow linldt of growth, lllg atuck 

 of lieat cut-Mower varletlea. SeDd Hat of 

 wanta to PEACOCK UAULIA FAUMB, 

 Berlin, N. J. 



DAISIES 



Dnislcs (Bellls) Monatroaa, white and 

 pink, also Longfellow mid .^nowhnll. Thinly 

 sown Ueld-grown aeedllngs, $2.00 per 1000, 

 $11.50 per GOOD, ciiah. 



BUILL CELERY GARDENS, 

 Kalamazoo, Mich. 



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Greenhouse glnsa, lowest prices. JOIIN- 

 8T0N GLASS CO.. Hartfurd City, Ind. 



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Roses, Cannas and Rbmhs. TUB 



CO.NAUI) ft JONES COMPANY. Weet 

 Grove, Pa. 



BPHAONDM MOaa 

 Lire Spbagnuui inoaa. orcbid peat and 

 orchid baskets alwaya on band. LJIOBB 

 ft HURKKLL. Summit, N. J. 



VINES 



Flowering and Kollage Vine*, ebolea 

 collection. Large Specimen, Pot and Tab 

 grown for Immediate efTect ; alao (.'limbing 

 Roses. J. H. TKUY, Mount UlaaarUk Nur- 

 aery, New Rocbelle, N. Y. 



HIKE WORK 



WILLIAM E. IIEILSCHER'B WIRB 

 i WORKS. 264 Randolph St., Detroit, Mich. 



by Robert Leach of Jersey City to J. 

 K. Allen. 



Appollon Nicholas, son of John 

 Nicholas, florist at Grand Central 

 Station has passed the State Bar ex- 

 amination in the 1st Appellate Division 

 with high honors. He is 21 years old. 



The annual Chrysanthemum Show 

 at the greenhouses in Prospect Park 

 opened on Saturday last at 1 o'clock 

 with a very line exhibit of flowers. 

 There are 160 varieties of chrysanthe- 

 mums, represented in over 2,700 

 plants. The exhibit will be open to 

 the public every day from 10 a. m. to 



5 p. m. until after Thanksgiving. 

 There was a good time on Saturday 



evening, Nov. 3, at Ruschiano's Birch 

 Bark Inn, 409 E. 124th street, when 

 Geo. & Al., "Two Jolly Chumps,'" gave 

 a smoker and entertainment, assisted 

 by a number of other performers. Geo. 



6 Al. are two employees of the Ker- 

 van Company and the affair was at- 

 tended by many of the boys of the 

 wholesale flower district. 



PHILADELPHIA. 



Charles E. Meehan reports that his 

 new business venture at 5 So. Mole 

 street is progressing favorably and 

 that the growers and retailers are 

 rallying to his support in excellent 

 shape. 



On the Second Liberty Loan, The 

 Bond Club of W. Atlee Burpee & Com- 

 pany subscribed $32,000. The firm of 

 W. Atlee Burpee & Company pur- 

 chased a large number of bonds of 

 various denominations, which were 

 distributed in the form of bonuses 

 amongst the employees. 



The Floral Nurseries new store at 

 9 So. Mole street and the manager 



\Vm. Earnshaw are much pleased with 

 the way business has opened up for 

 them. Their wonderful product In 

 roses is a leading feature In the mar- 

 ket and they are the only ones cutting 

 gardenias to date so far as we have 

 heard. 



The Leo Nlessen Co., have a broad 

 smile on the coal question. They 

 bought last April and have enough to 

 carry them through the season at their 

 building 12th and Arch. Besides that, 

 being patriotic they have rented their 

 second floor to the U. S. and if they 

 ran short there would soon be a com- 

 mandeer! 



A flower show was held on Thurs- 

 day, November 1, on the estate of 

 Henry J. Laughlin, Chestnut Hill, for 

 the benefit of the American Red Cross. 

 The star prize winner was Stephen 

 Ager, gardener for Mr. Laughlin. He 

 captured twenty-six first prizes and 

 nine seconds. James Fox, employed 

 by John Gribbel, was Ager's nearest 

 competitor with five firsts and a like 

 number of seconds. The School of 

 Horticulture at Ambler and the Chest- 

 nut Hill Branch of the National League 

 for Women's Service won firsts in the 

 vegetable and preserve competition. 

 The largest chrysanthemum was ex- 

 hibited by John McMenamin, gardener 

 for Mr. Brown, of Wyncote. The 

 judges of the show were Thomas 

 Brown, William Boyce, William Mor- 

 ton, James Williams, Frank Shaw and 

 John Dunn. 



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