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HO RT I CULTURE 



June 19. 1920 



many orchid lovers have been led to 

 visit his establishment, for we find the 

 following in the Framingham News, 

 Mr. Butterworth's home paper: 



'Horticulturists from many sections 

 have visite<l the greenhouses of J. T. 

 Butterworth, Clinton 'street, in the last 

 ten days to view one of the finest dis- 

 plays of orchids ever seen here. 



"Among the hundreds of orchid 

 plants raised by Mr. Butterworth a 

 prize Cattleya Mossiae bloomed re- 

 cently and it is doubtful if any orchid 

 plants have been known to produce 

 blossoms that would equal it in color, 

 shape or size. 



"It was a perfect specimen of an 

 orchid and florists from, many cities 

 came here to view it. Mr. Butterworth 

 also has some rare blossoms of Cat- 

 tleya Mendlii, Laelia Cattleya, Dendro- 

 bium Cypripedium and Odontoglos- 

 sum, all of which present a beautiful 

 picture. 



"Mr. Butterworth displayed a Mil- 

 tonia Vexillaria at Hortic\iltural Hall. 

 Boston, June o." 



no doubt has found it paid. As a mat- 

 ter of fact, wedding business is well 

 worth going after, even though the 

 profits may not be very large. A 

 church wedding in particular gives a 

 florist a most desirable amount of 

 prestige, and if his work is done well, 

 is exceedingly good advertising in it- 

 self. As a matter of fact, it takes 

 an expert to do a job of church dec- 

 oration, but few undertakings bring 

 a greater measure of satisfaction. 



According to an article in the 

 Worcester Telegram, an amusing inci- 

 dent occurred at a recent meeting of 

 the garden club at the Shrewsbury es- 

 tate of Mr. and -Mrs. Matthew J. Whit- 

 tall. The speaker of the occasion was 

 Mr. Letson, of Carbone's Boston 

 store, talking on the arrangement of 

 cut flowers. In the course of the af- 

 ternoon Jliss Fannie Morse, president 

 of the club, asked Mr. Letson if he 

 could give her some information. 



Everyone expected her to ask about 

 the care of some kind of flower, but 

 her question was: "Can you tell me 

 what has happend to the veo' attrac- 

 tive young lady who used to arrange 

 flowers at Carbone's several years 

 ago?" There was a general laugh 

 then, but delighted applause followed 

 Mr. Letson's reply: "Well. 1 married 

 the most attractive of the young ladies 

 four years ago." 



CONVENTION HALL. 



In regard to a report that the Ninth 

 Garage in which the Society of Amer- 

 ican Florists' Convention and Trade 

 Exhibition is to be held in Cleveland. 

 August 17, 18, 19 next, might not he 

 ready in time for occupancy, Vice- 

 President F. C. W. Brown and Herman 

 P. Knoble, acting for our Eixecutive 

 Board, give assurance that the build- 

 ing, at least the floor we are to occupy, 

 will be ready in ample time for our 

 purpose. The only problem now be- 

 fore the Advisory Board in charge of 

 convention arrangements is one look- 

 ing to a re-arrangement of the floor 

 plan which will provide more exhibi- 

 tion space. It is expected that by re- 

 ducing the width of the aisles, addi- 

 tional space can be secured to accom- 

 modate a few more exhibits, without 

 material change in the location of ex- 

 hibits already provided for. The larg- 

 est trade exhibition in the histor>' of 

 the Society is now more than a possi- 

 bility. 



I have been rather surprised to find 

 so little advertising among retail flor- 

 ists with the expectation of winning 

 June wedding orders. I do not know 

 whether this can be interpreted to 

 mean that florists do not expect that 

 June weddings will be numerous- this 

 year, or whether it means that they 

 are carrying all the business they can 

 properly handle. Truth to tell, the 

 orders for wedding flowers seem to 

 be fewer than for many past years. 

 No doubt the present high cost of liv- 

 ing is having a deterrent effect upon 

 matrimonially inclined couples, some- 

 thing hardly to be wondered at. In 

 Boston Henry Penn has keyed his ads 

 to the strain of the wedding march 

 consistently so tar this month, and 



COMING EVENTS 



Chic.igo. — Ameriran Ass'u of Nurserymen. 

 .Tnnual convention. June 2.'!. 21. 2.5. Sec'y. 

 .Tohn Watson. Princeton, N. J. 



Hartford. Conn. — American Ro.se Society, 

 annual pilgrimage. June 24. Sec'y. E. 

 A. White, Ithaca, N. Y. 



Portland. Ore. — American Rose Society, nn- 

 nvial pilgrimage. .Tune 25. Sec'y. E. A. 

 White. Ithaca. N. Y. 



Boston. — American Sweet Pea Society, an- 

 nual exhibition. July 10 and 11. Sec'y. 

 Wm. Gray, Bellevue ave., Newport, R. I. 



Cleveland. — S. A. F. and O. H. annual con- 

 vention. Aug. 17. 18, 19. Sfec'y, John 

 Young. 4.3 W. 18th St., N. T. 



New York. — American Dahlia Society, an- 

 nual exhibition, Pennsylvania Hotel, 

 Sept. 27, 28. 29. Sec'y, E. C. Viek, 205 

 EUwood ave., Newark, N. J. 



Indianapolis. — Florists' Telegraph Dellv 

 ery. annual convention, Octot>er (second 

 week). Sec'v. Albert Pochelon, 153 Bates 

 St., Detroit. Mich. 



New York. — Chrysanthemum Society of 

 America, annual exhibition. American In- 

 stitute, Nov. .3. 4, 5. Sec'y. Wm. A. 

 Eagleson, 324 W. 23rd St., N. Y. 



Jos. L. Barnitt, Jr., salesman for 

 A. T. Bunyard, of New York, was re- 

 cently married to Miss Maud B. Mar- 

 tin, of Ayer, Scotland. Mr. Barnitt is 

 a veteran of the late war, and met Miss 

 Martin when in Scotland. He will be 

 connected with the Newport store of 

 Mr. Bunyard this summer. 



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 patience have developed It to perfec- 

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 Piiik and Lavender Mixed. 



2V,-in $7.00 $00 00 



Pure White, 2V2-ln 7.00 (50.00 



.Matacoides Townsendi, 2i-.-in. 8.00 70.00 



Oboonica, Rosea, Gtganteo, 

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and Kermeslna, 2-in 7.00 flO.OO 



214-in 8.00 70.00 



rrimula Chmensis, all colors. 



2 in 7.00 00 on 



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FLOWER SEED 



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% Tr. Tr. 

 Pkt Pkt 



Grandiflnra Prize. Dwarf $0.60 ?l.o6 



Grandiflora Med. Tall 60 1.00 



DAISY, DOUBLE ENGLISH 



Tr. Pkt. Oz. 



Monstrosa Pink, 14 oz. .$2.00 $0.50 



Monslrosa White, %oz.. 2.00 .50 



Monstrosa Mixed, Hoz.. 1.75 .50 



Longfellow Pink 40 $2.00 



Snowball White 40 2.00 



.Mixed 30 1.50 



MTOSOTIS 



Alpestris Victoria 25 1.25 



Eliza Fanrobert 25 1.25 



PANSY SEED 

 Michell's Giant Exhibition, Mixed. A 

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 $7.00 per oz. 



Giant Triniardeaii, Mixed. Large flow- 

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Giant .Sorts in Separate Colors 

 PRIMULA CHINENSIS 



Alba Magninca $0.60 $100 



Chlswick Red 60 100 



Duchess 00 1.00 



Ilolbron Blue 00 1.00 



Kermesina Splendens 60 1.00 



Rosy Morn 60 1.00 



Prize Mixture 00 1.00 



PRIMUL.4 OBCONIC* GIGAXTEA 



Lilacina. Lilac $0.50 



Kermesina. Crimson 50 



Rosea. Pink 50 



Alba. White 50 



Ilybrida Mixed 50 



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