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May 8. l'.iir> 



NEWS ITEMS FROM EVERYWHERE 



BOSTON. 



Ml .1... Mrs. lli-iiry I'onii will leave 

 liobl.m OH Jiiii.' ir. for the Pacinc 

 Coast nuil will return about Aug. 1. 



Tho« Ptock. of Milton, has re- 



ro II his recent Illness, which 



n, : the use of crutches In 



walKiiiK 



The sum of $5000 Is liequeathed to 

 the MassarhusettB llorllcullural Soci- 

 ety by the will of the lato .Miss Helen 

 Collaniore of Boston. 



•Horticultural Kducal Ion" will be thfi 

 subject of an address by Prot. A. H. 

 NehrllnK at the meeting of the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club on Tuesday 

 evening. May 18. 



J. W. Simpson of Woburn has had 

 splendid success this winter with his 

 crops of marguerites and carnations. 

 He is setting out his carnations into 

 the fieldthls week. 



The seed stores are doing a large 

 business In garden implements just 

 now. Fottler, FIske. Rawson Co. state 

 that spring business will probably ex- 

 ceed that of last year. 



Henrv Penn has been elected presi- 

 dent of the Bromfield Street Business 

 Men's Association. This is a new or- 

 ganization formed to boom the inter- 

 ests of the 109 business flmis located 

 on the thoroughfare. 



We are pleased to report that Wm. 

 J. Thurston, the genial manager of the 

 Boston Flower Exchange, has recuper- 

 ated from the illness which threatened 

 a nervous breakdown. He is now re- 

 siding in Watertown. 



Some specialties noted this week in 

 the markets are pansies from W. E. 

 Turner, of Woburn; yellow mar- 

 guerites from J. K. Chandler & Sons, 

 of Tewksbury; roses from McAlpine 

 Bros., of Exeter. N. H.; and sweet 

 peas from the Halifax Garden Co. 



Patrick Welch opened up his new 

 wholesale flower mart at 262 Devon- 

 shire street, on Monday morning. May 

 3. The venture was a popular success 

 at once especially among the early 

 morning buyers and a big business has 

 been transacted every day since. 



C. B. Johnson of Woburn is one of the 

 successful carnation growers of this 

 locality and in his four big houses 

 produces very fine stock. Chas. J. 

 Jager Co.. of 15 Custom House St., 

 Boston, has secured his order for 

 Skinner System equipment, which will 

 be installed shortly. 



J. W. Cummings of Woburn has 

 filled his houses with a fine growth of 

 cucumber plants. He alternates this 

 crop with single violets in fall and 

 winter. Mr. Cummings expects to in- 

 stall an overhead sprinkling system 

 very soon over his extensive holdings 

 on land in the immediate neighbor- 

 hood of the greenhouses. 



Irical bloiiii. .\ luithrr lu.s8 uf $500 

 was caused by the breaking down of 

 the chimney and pad ' ■!. One 



of the men In the \nu< • at the 



time Was somewhut ii'ii i'.> falling 

 bricks. 



SAN FRANCISCO. 



Santa Clara Counly was awarded 

 111"' silver trophy (•oMiiiieinoratlng Wild 

 Flower Day, celebrated at the exposi- 

 tion last week. 



The local violet growers have 

 turned market gardeners for the warm 

 season. G. P. llussell and Wni. Spills- 

 bury of Woburn, who specialize in 

 violets during the winter, are now 

 growing lomalo plants. The Mlsliu- 

 wum Flower Co., is busy with eucuiii- 

 hers and sweet peas which It produces 

 in large quantity. 



Wm. Vertrlede. head gardener of 

 tlie state, has been in Los Angeles at 

 the call of the normal school there, 

 following the recent announcement by 

 Stale Superintendent of Capital and 

 Grounds Geo. G. KadclifT, that Mr. 

 Vertrlede would be allowed to assist 

 any of the cities or schools In beautlfl- 

 catlon work. 



Anderson Bros, of Woburn are grow- 

 ing a small (luantlty of a new variety 

 of aster, shell pink, which they claim 

 will prove to be a revelation. This 

 new aster has been tried out by them 

 and by Gustav Olson of Woburn, who 

 is the originator, for the last two 

 years. They expect to disseminate 

 the seed this season. 



Wm. S. Grassie, of Waverley, Is still 

 missing from his home. No word has 

 been heard from him since his disap- 

 pearance three weeks ago. Mr. 

 Grassie was a hard worker and was 

 well liked by the trade. He has had 

 some unfortunate reverses since he 

 began business and the current opin- 

 ion is that this is the cause of his 

 leaving town. 



Among the special events which are 

 scheduled to take place In San Fran- 

 cisco this year and are now demand- 

 ing the attention of the trade Is the 

 Chrysanthemum Show, to be held In 

 the fall. This will he arranged under 

 the direction of the Pacific Coast Hor- 

 ticultural Society In conjunction with 

 the Horticultural Department of the 

 K.\|iosition and the National Chrysan- 

 themum Society. 



A promising outlet for surplus stock 

 is being developed lately through the 

 various "Tag Days" held by local 

 charity institutions. Experience has 

 shown that the general public will 

 more quickly respond to a sale of 

 flowers than to direct requests for 

 contributions. Wholesale dealers have 

 been receiving some large orders from 

 charitable institutions for this pur- 

 pose. 'Tag Days" have recently been 

 held in Hyde Park, Kvernit Somer 

 ville and Salem. 



The flowers at the exposition con- 

 tinue to come out in fine shape. The 

 rose garden in the California section 

 of the horticultural gardens is attract- 

 ing increasing attention, and the Ger- 

 man iris is taking the place of the 

 large quantities of tulips, which were 

 ill blossom last month. It was esti- 

 mated that at one time there were no 

 less than 500,000 red and yellow tulips 

 out. The Court of the Universe is a 

 beautiful sight with its 8,000 rhododen- 

 dren plants blossoming in four mas- 

 sive beds. 



There is a tendency among business 

 houses to put on their best appear- 

 ance this year during the Exposition, 

 and the florist shops are no exception. 

 They are paying particular attention 



Paul E. Rlchwagen, of Needham, es- 

 timates a loss of $500 to his young 

 carnation stock from the recent elec- 



MEMORIAL DAY LEADERS 



The Hawley Glass Cemetery Vase 



Flared tup, 5V4 Inches In diameter, luclies deep, Inside measure 

 wltli a 3 Incb spike. Price $2.00 a dozen. 



Heavy Tin Lawn or Cemetery Vase 



No. 1, in both green and white euaim I. '■.■;i ill' Iks deep nnd 4 

 Inches In diameter, with a 4 Inch spike. Price $15.00 per 100. 



No. 2 In green and white. Tbese are 8W Inches deep, 3Vt inehefl 

 diameter and a 4 Inch spike. Price $12.00 per 100. Made with 

 heavy sheet tin. 



Stone Cemetery Vases 



Id bine only. Tb«sc are 6% Inches deep, 4% Inches in diam- 

 eter, with a 4 inch spike. Price $1.50 per dozen. 



N. F. McCarthy & co. 



112 Arch St. 31 Otis St. 



BOSTON, MASS. 



