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BOSTON. 



Thos. J. Grey, one of our best known 

 seedsmen, has gone to California on 

 the advice of his physician. Mr. Grey 

 was for many years head of the Thos. 

 J. Grey Co., but has for the past few 

 years been associated with Joseph 

 Ureck & Sons. 



The Weather Bureau records April 1 

 as the coldest in 45 years, and the 

 wholesale slaughter of early buds at 

 the Arnold Arboretum attests to the 

 report. The loss incurred by the be- 

 lated cold snap is most disconcerting 

 to those who looked forward to a rec- 

 ord season. Crabapple trees, plum 

 trees and cherry trees are the chief 

 sufferers. 



One of the largest and most enthu- 

 siastic meetings of florists held in Bos- 

 ton in recent years was held at the 

 Boston City Club on Tuesday evening. 

 Included in the gathering were whole- 

 salers, retailers, growers and sales- 

 men. The meeting was called to- 

 gether for the purpose of discussing 

 the founding of an organization to fur- 

 ther the commercial interests of the 1 

 floral business throughout New Eng- 

 land. Wm. H. Elliott, Patrick Welch, 

 Henry Penn and others spoke enthu- 

 siastically over the benefits to be de- 

 rived from such an organization and 

 it was unanimously voted that it 

 should be formed and the following 

 officers were elected: President, 

 Henry Penn; vice-president, Wm. H. 

 Elliott; treasurer, W. C. Stickel; 

 financial secretary, Frank Edgar; re- 

 cording secretary, Elijah Gorney; Pat- 

 rick Welch, Fred E. Palmer, J. M. 

 Cohen, Henry M. Robinson and 

 George Arnold, board of directors. 



PHILADELPHIA. 

 John Dunn, supt. on the Edgar T. 

 Scott estate, Lansdowne, Pa., has ac- 

 cepted a position in a similar capacity 

 with Mrs. Wm. A. Reed, "Purchase," 

 White Plains, N. Y. He has been on 

 the Scott estate for the past six years, 

 succeeding the late Joseph McGregor, 

 and during that time made many won- 

 derful improvements on the old place 

 and also distinguished himself signally 

 at the flower shows in Philadelphia 

 and elsewhere during his sojourn here. 

 He leaves this vicinity with the hearti- 

 est good wishes of all in the trade. 

 He is a young man in years yet but 

 ripe in knowledge and we will be look- 

 ing to hear from him as time rolls on. 



NEW iORK QUOTATIONS PER 100. To Dealers Only 



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Cattleyas ■ 



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Lilies, Speciosum 



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Marguerites 



Lily of the Valley 



Snapdragon ■ 



Violets 



Narcissus 



Calendula ■ 



Sweet Peas 



Gardenias ■ 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



Asparagus Plumosus, & Spren (100 bunches). 



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The old heathen gods have certainly 

 been after us this week. Thursday 

 old Jupe Pluvo poured it on us in 

 oceans as much as to say, "ha ha, cold 

 water for yours now, boys." The 

 water has stopped, but most of us 

 caught colds from it. There's always 

 a morning after, no matter whether 

 it's prohibition or the other thing. 

 Then, Friday and Saturday, old Boreas 

 got busy and pretty near blew us all 

 off the map, chimney stacks, signs, 

 windows, greenhouses, trees, autos, 

 went flying in all directions. Even a 

 stout heavily built person had to be 

 well loaded to hold down to solid 

 earth. 



Items like these could be mentioned 

 -toy the thousands: 



For a century or more the mammoth 

 elm standing as a silent sentinel at the 

 Sansome street approach of Indepen- 

 dence Square has braved the storms of 

 winter and offered a generous shade to 

 the visitors at the shrine of liberty in 

 the heat of summer, but last night it 

 crashed to earth when a particularly 

 terrific blast of the March wind singled 

 it out for an onslaught. 



James Elder, forty years old, a gar- 

 dener at the Presbyterian Hospital, 

 Thirty-ninth street and Powelton ave- 

 nue, was thrown to the ground and 

 suffered bruises above his ankles when 

 a ladder was blown from under him by 

 the wind last night. He was trimming 

 a tree in the hospital garden. 



And as for the greenhouse damages 

 — they are too uumerous to mention in 

 our limited space. 



CHICAGO. 



Lewis & Rocca had the formal open- 

 ing of their new store at 55 E. Jack- 

 son Houl. March 27th. Large display 

 plants and colonial bouquets were 

 special features. 



Mrs. Chas. McKellar left for Toledo, 

 O., Sunday, to take part in the Ameri- 

 can Bowling Congress tournament. 

 She is known as an expert player and 

 was a member of the winning team 

 last year. 



Percy Jones has rented the store re- 

 cently vacated by Hoerber Bros., in 



the Atlas Block, and took possession 

 Thursday. This building is a favor- 

 ite with florists and all the rooms are 

 now filled. 



Mr. and Mrs. Robert Groves of 

 Adams, Mass., are in Chicago, com- 

 bining business and pleasure. Mr. 

 Groves is a heavy shipper of ferns to 

 this city, putting them in cold stor- 

 age here last summer, and he is here 

 now to see to the disposal of his stock. 



The American Bulb Co. received a 

 shipment of 20,000 Baby Rambler rose 

 plants from Holland and sold them all 

 within three days last week. Mr. 

 Miller, president of the company, says 

 the retail trade also is very active 

 now with flower seed sales in the lead. 



O. A. & L. A. Tonner are enlarging 

 their wholesale store in the Atlas 

 building, having rented the next store 

 east. The partition is being removed 

 and when completed, the extra space 

 will be used for florists' supplies, of 

 which this firm carries a large stock. 

 Since their start three years ago the 

 Misses Tonner have twice enlarged 

 their space and now have rooms 204- 

 5-6. 



A. Henderson Seed Co. report the 

 spring counter trade as nicely under 

 way and that there is a demand for 

 flower seeds so far equal to the call 

 for garden seeds. For the last two 

 years the high cost of living and the 

 boom given to home gardening have 

 advanced the sales of the garden 

 seeds, but this year the ornamental 

 seem to be coming into their own 

 again. 



At the spring opening of Marshall 

 Field's this week, the large flags that 

 have been a familiar sight in the 



I'AI.MS TO HIKE: For decora- 

 tions at reasonable rates. Many will 

 tlml it cheaper anil better to avail 

 themselies of our stocks rather than 

 buying outripht. Write, phone or 

 uire. AKilST WAN.IEK, 2613 I-e- 

 hiRh Ave.. I'hilailclphia. Specialist. 

 Flowers and Decorations. Auto 

 .Service. 



