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BOSTON. 



Jns. Tiioliy. llii' olil-lliuf ICasi Hos- 

 loii lliirlsl. lias ii|>fiu>U up anotber 

 stori- on liiiiiliiiKtuii Axe. Boston, near 

 U>e Feler H. Brigliam Hospital. 



Mrs. Zlnn. formerly located at 34 

 West street, lias moved to 188 .\ Dart- 

 mouth street. In the Toy Theatre 

 Building, wher^ more commodious 

 quarters will be provided. 



Harry Quint planted several thou- 

 sand tulip l)ulbs last week in front of 

 the Rrvinswiek Hotel, where his new 

 store is located. TTiis action in mid- 

 winter seems problematical, but Mr. 

 Quint says he has done stunts of this 

 kind before with success. 



Some specialties noted this week 

 were carnation Pink Delight from W. 

 C. Stickel of I^exington. antirrhinums 

 from Paul Richwagon of Needham, 

 carnations Beacon and Yellow Prince 

 from John Barr of .\atick, and Spen- 

 cer sweet peas from R. A. Wadswortli 

 Co. of Northboro. 



H. M. Robinson & Co. are perfecting 

 a chemical process for preserving natu- 

 ral flowers, which they claim will 

 eventually do away with the artificial 

 blooms that so seriously injure the 

 cut-flower trade. This process, they 

 believe, ought to prove an oullet for 

 glutted stock, instead of throwing it 

 away as waste. 



Alice Coombs carnation sells very 

 well in the Boston market. At the 

 present writing Mr. Roper, of Tewfts- 

 bury, its originator, is optimistic re- 

 garding its reception at the carnation 

 convention. Mr. Roper intends to hold 

 back the dissemination of this variety 

 until next year and is selling the flow- 

 ers only just now. 



Among those from Boston and vi- 

 cinity who are at the Carnation con- 

 vention in Buffalo are Josei>h Margolis 

 of H. M. Robinson & Co.. Wni. Nichol- 

 son, Albert Roper, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. 

 Strout, E. A. Peirce, Peter Fisher, Wm. 

 J. Stewart, M. A. Patten. W. D. How- 

 ard, W. A. Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. L. J. 

 Reuter, A. A. Pembroke, John Nelson 

 and S. J. Goddard. president of the 

 American Carnation Society. 



WASHINGTON. 



The S. S. Pennock-Meehan Company 

 last week displayed a very handsome 

 collection of the Mrs. C. Edward .-Vke- 

 hurst rose. The flowers were large and 

 very fragrant while the stems are long 

 and stiff. 



Another of the season's very few 

 elaborate decorations was that at 

 Rauscher's last week given by Rear 

 Admiral and Mrs. Richardson Clover. 

 The large ballroom at that place had 

 been turned into a series of gardens, 

 while the small ballroom was trans- 

 formed into an orange grove, real 

 oranges being attached to the trees by 

 means of wires and ferns. A rustic 

 fence followed the wall lines and be- 

 hind this was a hedge of lilacs. The 

 walls of the larger room were decor- 

 ated with rambler roses and wall pock- 

 ets were filled with red and white 

 roses. The decoration was furnished 

 by Gude Bros. Company. 



CHICAGO. 



Mldiacl Kink, chairman of llie Good 

 of the Order Committee, announces ail 

 old fashioned smoker at the next meet- 

 ing of tlie Chicago Florists' Club. 



The coming convention of the S. A. 

 F. in San Francisco is growing in in- 

 terest as the time shortens. It is ex- 

 pected that the route will be decided 

 upon and announced ut the next meet- 

 ing of the Chicago Florists' Club, 



T. Waters, who presides over the 

 supply department at Poehlmann 

 Bros'., is again suffering from blood 

 poison, supposedly caused by contact 

 Willi sometliing in the dyeing room. 

 This time his face was the place of at- 

 tack and so badly swollen as to nearly 

 close his eyes. Mr. Waters prefers 

 the old location in his hand were he 

 given the choice. 



Wm. Allen of this city, had his first 

 experience in this country with his 

 uncle, Richard W. Allen, at Hudson, 

 N. Y., wliose death was recorded in 

 last week's issue. Wm. Allen is one 

 of the rising young men in the profes- 

 sion and doing credit to his training 

 here and in England. At present he 

 has charge of tlie private conservato- 

 ries of Tilb, the shoe manufacturer, in 

 Chicago. 



A. L. Vaughan is distinctly not a 

 two faced man but he looked it early 

 in the week. A defective tooth caused 

 one side to swell. Mr. Vaughan calls 

 attention to an error in quoting from 

 him last week. He said there had 

 been no extra quantity of carnations 

 this year and not extra quality as 

 printed, for he believes the quality of 

 the carnations quite up to that of for- 

 mer years. Instead of taking the 

 chances on local cold storage of ferns, 

 this firm receives daily shipments 

 from the east, during the entire sea- 

 son. 



Local growers are not giving the 

 space to greens that they formerly did. 

 Asparagus plumosa strings have 

 dropped to a small fraction of their 

 former demand, and a leading whole- 

 saler says it is because the retailer 

 does not want to pay the price. From 

 tlie retailer's viewpoint it is now 

 necessary to give sprays of green 

 witi) the cut flower sales and that 

 lessens the demand for the long 

 strings. A fine quality of sprengeri 

 from Florida is cutting into the de- 

 mand for that also, from local grow- 

 ers. 



Providence, R. I,— Practically all of 

 the llorisis of Providence and many 

 others from surrounding towns paid a 

 tribute to Michael Sweeney, whos' 

 funeral was held in Edgewood, Wed- 

 nesday, Jan. 20. The church was filled 

 with friends and former business as- 

 sociates. The massive floral tributes 

 filled two rooms and testified to the 

 high esteem in which the well-known 

 florist was held. 



It is the general verdict of the 

 wholesalers and retailers in and about 

 Providence that the business of the 

 past year has been below that of re- 

 cent years. This is especially true 

 since the holiday season began. 



PITTSBURGH. 



Tile Blind I'ioral t'iiin|jaiiy In the 

 Empire Building, with gri-cnliouseH ut 

 West V'lew, Is anticipating some new 

 buildings, the subject now being unatr 

 discussion. 



The E. C. Liidwig Floral Conii)any 

 arc conteinplutlng the addition of an- 

 other greenhouse to their place near 

 •Mars, Butler County. The Ludwigs 

 keep their store at 710 Weiscr street. 

 North Side, open both day and night. 



Professor Emil Krafi, of the Radium 

 Chcnilcal Comjiany, will give a talk on 

 "Radium" at the monthly meeting of 

 the I'ittsburgh Florists' Club on Mon- 

 day evening, February 1, at the Fort 

 Pitt Hotel. On this occasion the new, 

 or raiher the re-elected old officers, 

 will begin another year's duties. 



Anthony W. Smith, Jr., of the A. W. 

 Smith Company, is much gratified by 

 the success of his newly patented col- 

 lapsible pot covers. The covers are 

 lashioned of split bamboo, the natural 

 wood, and dyed brown and green. This 

 is Mr. Smith's second venture in the 

 inventive field, the first being a me- 

 chanical patent on a brass vaae. To 

 meet the increasing demands of their 

 trade the Smiths have ordered another 

 large auto delivery truck. 



Another young florist rapidly coming 

 to the fore is Aloysius Anthony Leach, 

 formerly of Mt. Clemens, Mich., who 

 has recently taken charge of the pri- 

 vate conservatory of H. J. Heinz. This 

 is probably the largest and most pre- 

 tentious private conservatory in the 

 country. The conservatory, which was 

 built six years ago, now embodies ten 

 complete houses, one, "The Show 

 House," having been added last year. 

 .Mr. Leach and his coriis of men are 



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