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IinHTI CULTUHK 



M«v 21, 1915 



DECORATION DAY 



This, the Most Important of All New England Holidays, has 

 always been a LEADER WITH US. We prepare ahead, and 

 instead of catch- as-catch can material it is our custom to provide 

 for our patrons a full supply of specially grown Memorial Day 

 Flowers that will give satisfaction. We can ship to any point 

 within 500 miles of Boston. 



EVERYTHING AT WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKET 

 PRICES. Preserved Flowers, Foliage, Cycas, etc., etc. Our 

 Quality and Price Cannot be Beaten. Full line of Budding Plants, 

 Vase Plants, etc., etc. ORDER EARLY. 



N. F. IVIcCARTHY & CO. 



I 12 Arch St. 



BOSTON 



31 Otis St. 



Obituary 



Edward Larkin. 

 Edward Larkin. 71 years old, of 

 Newark. N. J., whose injury by being 

 run over by a truck was recorded in 

 our last week's issue, died at the 

 Newark city hospital on Thursday. 

 May 13. 



Mrs. Margaret Eberhardt. 

 .Mrs. .Margaret Etx-rbardt, .39 years 

 of age, wife of August K. Eberhardt, 

 florist, passed away at her late home 

 at 2875 West Baltimore street, Balti- 

 more, Md.. after a prolonged illness. 

 Mrs. Eberhardt was a native of Balti 

 more, and was the daughter of Mr. and 

 Mrs. Henry Michel. She is survived 

 by her parents, her husband and three 

 children. 



E. J. Welch, Jr. 

 Edward .1. Welch, .Ir., eldest son of 

 Edward J. Welch, of Welch Bros. Co.. 

 of Boston, died on Monday morning. 

 May 17th, after an illness of but four 

 days with pneumonia. Mr. Welch, who 

 had recently turned 21 years, was a 

 young man of much promise and as an 

 employee in Welch Bros.' wholesale 

 flower establishment made many 

 friends by his earnestness, industry 

 and fidelity. He was a conscientious 

 and thoroughly good young man whose 

 sudden taking away has stirred the 

 hearts of the florist trade of Boston 

 with sorrow and with deepest sympa- 

 thy for the bereaved family. .At the 

 funeral oti Wednesday there was a 

 vast number of beautiful floral trib- 

 utes. 



Frederick Weir. 



Frederick Weir, 59 years old, known 

 affectionately to thousands of resi- 

 dents of Bay Ridge, N. Y., as "Uncle 

 Fred," and who as junior member of 

 the florist firm of James Weir & Sons, 

 at Fulton and Pierrepont streets, 

 Brooklyn, had charge for many years 

 of their greenhouses in Bay Kidge, 

 died on May 14, in the Norwegian Hos- 

 pital from blood poisoning resulting 

 from enlargement of the glands. 



Mr. Weir had been suffering for 

 some time from his ailment, and it was 

 Anally decided to have an operation 

 performed, but when he was taken to 

 the hospital it was found that the 

 disease had progressed too far, and he 

 was beyond medical or surgical aid. 



Mr. Weir was born in Brooklyn and 

 educated in the public schools and at 

 the I'olytechnic Institute, and resided 

 most of his lifetime in Bay Ridge. 

 When the florist firm was reorganized 

 a few years ago he went to .lamesport. 

 I. I Id make his permanent home, and 



to supervise the greenhouses of the 

 firm of that place. 



He is survived by his wife, formerly 

 Miss Annie Waters, and' a daughter. 

 Miss Phoebe Weir. 



UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT 

 OF AGRICULTURE. 



Regulation 6 of the rules and regu- 

 lations of the Secretary of Agriculture 

 governing the importation of nursery 

 stock Into the I'nited States, issued 

 July 1. 1914, is hereby amended, 

 effective immediately, by striking out 

 the first sentence In the second parar 

 graph of said regulation and Inserting 

 In lieu thereof the following: 



Nursery stock, except orchids and trte 

 sei'ds, from countries which do not main- 

 tain nursery-stock inspection, will Ije ad- 

 mitted Into the United .States only for ex- 

 [lerlmentul purposes and In limited quan- 

 tities, under special permit through port! 

 deslitnnted therein. (See regulation 5.) 

 Urchlds and tree seeds may he Imported 

 from such countries In commercial quanti- 

 ties under special permit. 



BUDDLEIA VARIABILIS 



(BUTTERFLY BUSK) HARDY 



strong plants from 3-in. pots. Planted now outdoors will bloom from July 

 15 until hard frost. Worthy of a prominent place in every good garden. 



$2.50 per doz.; $15.00 per 100 



W. R. NICHOLSON, ■ Framingham, Mass. 



