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II R T I C U L T U E E 



December 16, 1916 



FOR CHRISTMAS SHIPPING 



We will have a large supply of the following- Roses : Ophelia, Black 

 Beaut}^ Russell, Hadle^-, Hoosier Beauty, Killarney, Double White 

 Killarney, Killarney Brilliant, Maryland, Stanley. In Carnations: 

 Benora, Matchless, Alice, Enchantress Supreme and others. Select 

 Valley, Beauties, Orchids. Gardenias, Violets, Sweet Peas, etc. We 

 A will also have an ample supph^ of the best hardj^ greens to be obtained 

 including 



Fine Boxwood. Green and Bronze Galax, 

 Hardy and Fancy Ferns, Laurel Festoon- 

 ing in bunches and Wreaths. 



Be sure and get a copy of our Price List before ordering elsewhere 



WELCH BROS. CO. 



Both Phones, Main 6267-6268 262B Devonshire St., BOSTON, MASS 



BOSTON 



Adolpli Bhime, a former New York 

 and Cliicaso florist, is now witli the 

 H. M. I{obinson Co. 



Tlie many friends df \V. A. Iliggs, 

 the Auliunidale florist, will regret to 

 learn that he has been confined to his 

 bed for over a week with sciatic 

 rheumatism. 



Philip L. Carbone sustained a severe 

 loss when 'a fire broke out in the base- 

 ment of his Boylsion street store at 

 about 2.o0 last Tuesday morning. The 

 firemen battled with the flames for 

 nearly three hours. The file worl^ed 

 its way from the basement to the top 

 of the building, three stories above, 

 and left in ruins 540,000 worth of pot- 

 tery, glass, floral ware and garden ac- 

 cessories. These are all covered by 

 insurance, but, under existing coidi- 

 tions, will be extremely hard to dupli- 

 cate. Overheated steam pipes are be- 

 lieved to have been the cause. 



Loring Underwood was the si;eakcr 

 at the monthly meeting and dinner of 

 the Boston Society of Architects at the 

 Parker House last night. He gave an 

 illustrated lecture on "Old New Eng- 

 land Gardens." Among the pictures 

 thrown on the screen were the gardens 

 of the Craigie House and the Botanical 

 Gardens. Cambridge, the Sargent gar- 

 dens and the Gen. Weld estate, Wen- 

 ham, the Adams' house garden, Quincy, 

 the Nicho's warden. Sa'e"->. and the Old 

 Manse: Concord. Explaining the sim- 

 plicity of the earce;is ot a ce.ilury aso. 

 Mr. I'T'flerwooiJ said that people of 

 those rier-^ b?iilt gardens to live in and 



not to look at, as is too often the case 

 today. He advised the planting of 

 I-lenty of shade trees and shrubs for 

 comfort and enjoyment. 



PITTSBURGH (PA.) FLORISTS' 

 AND GARDENERS' CLUB 



The 25th anniversary of the founding 

 of our Club was celebrated by a ban- 

 quet at the Fort Pitt Hotel, on Nov. 

 21st. All the former presidents, also 

 the first secretary were present. Among 

 the notable remarks were those ot P. 

 S. Randolph, a large plantsman, who 

 deplored the fact that the plant busi- 

 iless had not kept pace with the cut 

 flower business in development. Very 

 fine plaints were produced back in the 

 Sixties, and there has not been much 

 increase in quality or price, while in 

 cut flowers there has been great in- 

 rease in both. He was followed by W. 

 A. Clarke a commission man. who 

 thought that one trouble in regard to 

 plants was that they were not ade- 

 quately displayed and demonstrated: 

 they were not brought to the attention 

 of the public as they should be, and in- 

 stanced the street fakirs on the cor- 

 ners who, he claimed were of great 

 value to the wholesale houses and the 

 growers in the disposal of surplus 

 stocks- of cut flowers, and at the same 

 time increasing the kuowied're and love 

 of flowers among the mass of the peo- 

 ple, and creating a liabit of buying 

 nmong then. It was near midnight 

 when the feasting drew to a clos's, 



many of us wishing that the 25th 

 anniversary could come every year. 



The regular monthly meeting of the 

 Club was held December 5tli. 



A rising vote of thanks was given 

 E. C. Reineman, Chairman of the Ban- 

 quet Committee, for the efficient man- 

 ner in which he had handled that cele- 

 bration. A committee was appointed 

 consisting of E. C. Reineman, Augus- 

 tus Frishkorn. Neil McCallum and T. 

 V. Laughans to look uii the matter ot 

 a suitable hall and report at the next 

 meeting when a vote will be taken on 

 the advisability of holding a fall flower 

 show. 



An attractive display of poinsettias 

 and solanums was made by the Bureau 

 of Parks, Jno. W. .Jones, foreman, for 

 •which a certificate of merit was award- 

 ed, and to Pasquale Fabbozzi a vote 

 of thanks for narcissus. 



Henry .Meuschke read a paper on the 

 "Street Fakir," claiming that the 

 present method of selling surplus 

 stocks of cut flowers to the street 

 fakirs at a lower jirice than to the re- 

 tailers was not lair to the retailers, 

 and as a solution suggested the short- 

 ening of the stems of first-class stock, 

 thereby reducing it to the second 

 prade, and then selling to tlie retail- 

 ers and the street fakirs at the same 

 pi ice. There was some discussion of 

 the paper and it was finally suggested 

 that it be read at the next meeting 

 before 'a larger audience, and when a 

 fuller discussion can be held. The 

 next meeting promises to be a very 

 full one, as in addition to the aliove 

 paper, there will be action on the fall 

 flower sbov/ and nomination of officers. 

 H. P. .To.siiN, Secy. 



