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HORTICULTUKB 



May 8, 1920 



DON'T BUY COAL YET 



A Dealer's Advice to Flower Growers 

 of Boston 



An enthusiastic and largely at- 

 tended meeting of the Eastern Mass. 

 branch of the newly-organized Flower 

 Growers' Association was held a week 

 ago. Mr. George Elliott of Brighton 

 presided and outlined the purposes of 

 the association. He then Introduced 

 Mr. Finnegan of the Thomas J. McCue 

 Company of Watertown. This is a 

 coal company with a very large busi- 

 ness and has been very friendly to 

 the florists and market gardeners in 

 the past. 



Mr. Finnegan spoke on the coal 

 situation as it affects florists. He 

 said that in his opinion it would be 

 better to wait three or four weeks be- 

 fore buying coal. He believed that 

 the price, which is now very high, 

 would drop considerably. He said 

 that at the present time the freight 

 embargoes together with the piled-up 

 orders had worked together to push 

 the price up, but when more normal 

 conditions were restored, there would 

 be a drop. He believed that there 

 would be no difficulty in securing all 

 the coal that the florists might need 

 this season, although possibly they 

 might not get the highest grades. 



Mr. Finnegan went on to explain 

 that the government had established 

 what are called pools, taking in dif- 

 ferent grades of coal. The best pools 

 he said, were those numbered 1, 9, 10 

 and 21. These were lightest in ash 

 and contained the greatest number of 

 heat units. They were worth buying 

 even at a little higher price than the 

 other kinds. Mr. Finnegan's talk was 

 greatly appreciated by the growers 

 present. 



Permanent organization was then 

 effected, the following officers being 

 elected: President, W. C. Stickel; vice- 

 presidents, Thomas Roland, Samuel 

 Goddard, William Sim; secretary. 

 Geo. Elliott; treasurer, Frank Edgar; 

 directors, Herman Bartsch, George 

 Butterworth, Andrew Christensen, 

 Peter Fisher and E. Allan Peirce. It 

 was voted that meetings be held the 

 third Saturday of every month. 



Boston is the third city to complete 

 its organization. The Association 

 started in Chicago, and St. Louis 

 secured the second charter of the 

 National body. The territory em- 

 braced by the Eastern Massachusetts 

 district includes Worcester and points 

 East in New England; thus Rhode 

 Island, Maine and New Hampshire 

 growers will unite with those of 

 Eastern Massachusetts. 



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 Horticultural Sundries 



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At a meeting of the executive com- 

 mittee of the New Bedford, Mass. 

 Horticultural Society, it was decided 

 to hold four flower shows tills year, 

 viz.: 



Peony Show — June 16th and 17th. 



Rose Show — June 23d and 24th. 



Gladioli Show— Aug. 18th and 19th. 



Dahlia Show— Sept. 29th and 30th. 



A marriage engagement recently an- 

 nounced, is that of Miss Sarah Clark, 

 one of the popular Springfield, Mass., 

 florists, and Paul B. Wildey, a gradu- 

 ate of New Hampshire State college, 

 who saw two years of foreign service 

 in the United States navy, and is now 

 connected with the N. K. Fairbanks 

 company of Boston. The wedding Is 

 to take place in June. 



