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HOETICULTURE 



August 5, 1916 



Bound for Bab Habbob. 



Tlu' party from I'oston on route to thf Swont Pea Kxhiliition. 



BOSTON. 



Frank J. Walsh and Mrs. Walsh 

 of Melrose are at home from a pleas- 

 ant vacation of two weeks at Brad- 

 ford, N. H. 



C. L. Margot advertises that his 

 flower store in Jamaica Plain is closed 

 for the summer and will re-open on 

 Sept. 5. Wise man. 



Residents of Maiden are complain- 

 ing of the killing of many of the city 

 shade trees by the fumes from acid 

 gases emited by the chemical fac- 

 tories. 



The Eastern Chemical Co., of 

 Jamaica Plain, are rapidly recovering 

 from their recent loss by fire and ex- 

 pect that in a week or two their build- 

 ing will be completely repaired. They 

 report business good. 



William Carr of the Flower Ex- 

 change and Miss Helen Scorgie, 

 daughter of Superintendent Scorgie of 

 Mt. Auburn Cemetery were married on 

 August 2, and have gone away to- 

 gether for a good time. 



Our readers will be saddened to 

 learn that the veteran Jackson Daw- 

 son is in a very critical condition. His 

 illness which has been developing 



steadily tor sometime past has now- 

 reached a very serious stage and his 

 family and friends are apprehensive of 

 the result. 



A terrific wind, hail and rain storm 

 swept through some of the suburbs 

 north of Boston last Wednesday after- 

 noon doing much damage to field crops 

 as well as breaking the glass in the 

 greenhouses of many growers who live 

 in that section. Wm. Sim. of Clifton- 

 dale, reports a loss of about $1,000 to 

 the glass in his greenhouses being 

 sucked out by the wind while his 

 gladioli in the field were damaged to 

 a considerable extent, being blown 

 down by the wind. 



David Welch has returned from his 

 vacation in northern New York dur- 

 ing which he reported at Plattsburg as 

 an honorary member of the 9th Mass. 

 His side i)artner, Ed. Welch, has now 

 taken his turn, and is being refreshed 

 in the sea waves at Old Orchard, Me. 

 These gentlemen have one of the most 

 convenient and practical wholesale 

 flower outfits we know of in their new 

 place at ISO Devonshire street. Office 

 arrangement is ideal and the ice box 

 is a modol of pfficiency and pconomy. 



NEWS ITEMS FF 



PHILADELPHIA. 



The Philadelphia Wholesale Cut 

 P'lower Exchange (W. A. Leonard and 

 J. M. Deutscher) have opened a new 

 store at 1615 Ranstead street. 



They are telling a little joke just 

 now on the president of the American 

 Rose Society. Recently he sent out 

 four hundred personal letters asking 

 co-operation in getting new members. 

 He looked each letter over and signed 

 it himself — very, very careful indeed 

 until about the last fifty, when he had 

 to hustle to catch a train. Xext day he 

 had the new experience of opening a 

 letter addressed to himself and signed 

 by himself! The infallible was caught 

 napping for once. 



We have had a pleasant visit from 

 John Farquhar, of Boston, and his nur- 

 sery manager, Mr. VanLeeuwen, the 

 past few days. Messrs. Dreer, Michell, 



L.\NCASTBK COUNTI 



Craig, Heacock and other leading sell- 

 ers here have pleasant recollections; 

 and outside of business, the handshak- 

 ings and heart-to-lieart talks have been 

 numerous, enthusiastic and eloquent. It 

 was a very pleasant ripple in our mid- 

 summer dullness. President Pennock 

 did not neglect the opportunity to get 

 them on his side — for that "bee in his 

 bonnet," about which we will tell you 

 later. 



Gaiu)enees' and Florists' Clui 



