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HORTICULTURE 



December 9. 1920 



CHRISTMAS PLANTS 



Cyclamen, $1.50 and up; Begonias, 50c to $2.50 each; 

 Poinsettias, single, 35c, 50c, 75c each. 



FERNS 



Scottii, Verona, Boston and Roosevelt, 50c to $2.00 each. 



FRANK EDGAR, Waverley, Mass. 



THephonr. Waltham 1334-R 



IXHollratb &. Sons 



Plant Specialists 



POINSETTIA, single and made up pans. Quality 



unsurpassed 



CYCLAMEN — BEGONIAS 



Christmas Stock of all Kinds in Fancy Grades 



Come and Inspect Our Stock. Never in Better Condition 



139 Beaver Street - WALTHAM, MASS. 



THE MARKET 

 The flower market is feeling tlie pre- 

 vailing depression to some extent but 

 not so l)ad as in many lines of busi- 

 ness. Roses are bringing from $8 up. 

 Carnations sell from $6 to $8. 'Mums 

 that are good command $3 to $4. Poor- 

 er grades are worth $2 to $2.50. 

 Stevia is coming in fairly well, bring- 

 ing 50 cents a bunch. Violets are very 

 scarce and so are Easter lilies. Callas 

 are scarce but can be bought for $3.00. 



F. Lautenschlager; trustee for 3 

 years, August P. Poehlmann. 



CHICAGO FLORISTS CLUB 



The new officers of the Chicago 

 Florists Club are: President. Joseph 

 Kohout; vice-president, A. T. Pyfer; 

 treasurer, A. H. Schneider; secretary, 



R. S. EDGAR NOW WITH McHUTCH 

 ISDN 



Mr. Robert E. Edgar of Waverley. 

 Mass., lately manager of the Leomin- 

 ster Floral Co.. Leominster. Mass., is 

 now with McHutchison' & Co. of New 

 York in charge of the bulb depart- 

 ment. Mr. Edgar is a brother-in-law 

 of Mr. James McHutchison. Mr. Mc- 

 Hutchison says that the season's de- 

 liveries of French bulbs and Dutch 

 bulbs are cleaned up. Japanese lily 

 bulbs are all in and shipments of Ma 

 netti stocks and Valley pii)s are ar- 

 riving in good volume. 



DECEMBER 

 December, the king of the year, is 

 here in his robes of royal ermine and 

 his feast dating back to the old Egyp- 

 tion days with their celebration of the 

 winter solstice, when the day.-; begin 

 to lengthen. 



All flowers have gone from our 

 gardens, but search under the snow 

 and pine needles and you will find 

 the red berries of the partridge vine 

 or mitchella. You can also find many 

 subjects for the camera in the brown 

 seed vessels of the alder and the cones 

 of the hemlock. Our winters give 

 beautiful studies of color in greens 

 and browns. The snow powders the 

 evergreens and outlines the bare 

 boughs of the oaks, elms and maples. 

 Let us go out into the forests and 

 bring in our Christmas greens, the 

 ground pine and hemlock. Bring 

 home the Christmas tree and tell the 

 children the legends that gather about 

 it. The pretty story of how Saint 

 Winfrid, when he hewed down the 

 Druids' oak, found a young fir tree 

 behind it pointing a green spire to- 

 wards the stars. 



"Winfrid let the axe drop, and 

 turned to speak to the people. 'This 

 little tree, a young child of the forest, 

 shall be your holy tree tonight. It 

 is the wood of peace, for your houses 

 are built of the fir. It is the sign of 

 an endlegs life, for its leaves are ever 

 green. See how it points upward to 

 heaven. Let this be called the tree of 

 the Christ child, gather about it, not 

 in the wild wood, but in your own 

 homes, there it will shelter no deeds 

 of blood, but loving gifts and rites of 

 kindness.' " 



Now as the children gather about 

 the Christmas tree, the boys blowing 

 their tin trumpets, the girls cuddling up 

 their dolls, the grandparents tell these 

 tales to them of the beautiful Christ- 

 mas tree, the father lights the candles 

 and mother brings in the baby to see 

 their glow. The Christmas star shines 

 from the top of the tree glorifying all 

 the centuries which have passed since 

 the Druids worshiped under the mis- 

 rletoe and oak. 



M. R. C.vsE. 

 Hillcrest Gardens, Weston. 

 December 1st, 1920. 



TENNESSEE STATE FLORISTS 



At the seventh annual convention of 

 the Tennessee State Florists' Associa- 

 tion at Memphis, the following officers 

 were elected: President, W. H. Bngle- 

 hart, of Idlewild Greenhouses, Mem- 

 phis; vice-president, Harold M. Joy, 

 of Nashville; secretary-treasurer, G. 

 M. Bentley, of Knoxville. It was voted 

 to hold the next meeting at Chatta- 

 nooga. 



