﻿APBIL 8, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



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BOSTON SHOW. 



Visitor From England. 



Miss Eileen Low, who is counecttHl 

 with the famous horticultural establish- 

 ment of Stuart Low & Co., London, Eng- 

 land, is paying a visit to America and 

 will also make a short trip to Canada, 

 spending about seven weeks on this 

 side. Miss Low, who looks to be scarcely 

 20 years old, is an enthusiast in the 

 business and, considering that it was 

 a war-time duty with her, she is re- 

 markably well informed, particularly 

 concerning orchids. 



Miss Low spent a little time each 

 day at the orchid exhibition and was 

 entertained at luncheon March 25 by 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 

 Thomas Boland, of Nahant, Mass., and 

 J. T. Butterworth assisted greatly in 

 extending a welcome to the visitor. 



On being questioned regarding con- 

 ditions in her own country, she said that 

 the business was quickly getting back 

 to the pre-war level. She said, "Our 

 greenhouses were more than full. Our 

 orchids and other valuable plants were 

 not interfered with during the war, as 

 the government considered that they 

 were a valuable national asset. The 

 carnation houses, however, were used to 

 produce food, such as tomatoes, etc." 

 Miss Low was asked how the carnations 

 grown in this country compared with 

 those in Great Britain and she said that 

 she considered the quality similar and 

 that they are grown over there in the 

 same manner as they are here. She also 

 remarked that the demand in her coun- 

 try for flowers and plants was enormous 

 and that there is great difficulty in sup- 

 plying some of the stock, owing to a 

 scarcity of such kinds as are imported. 



Miss Low paid a visit to Beverly 

 Farms to see the famous collection of 

 A. C. Burrage and also to J. T. Butter- 

 worth 's, at Framingham, Mass. 



A. 0. Burrage ExMblt. 



The exhibit of. A. C. Burrage at Boa- 

 ton was possibly the most remarkable 

 and gigantic ever attempted by any 

 one person in any country, especially 

 since it was his first attempt at exhibit- 

 ing, and the period of growing orchids 

 is not more than three or four years for 

 Mr. Burrage. This exhibit, which re- 

 quired eighteen trucks to haul the mate- 

 rial from Beverly Farms, a distance of 

 twenty-five miles, and a small army of 

 men necessary to look after the stock, 

 took more than a week to arrange. The 

 result was well worth the effort and 

 expense, both as a thing of beauty and 

 from an educational point of view. A 

 large number of experienced men were 

 ever ready and eager to give informa- 

 tion. There were distributed 12,000 

 pamphlets and the same number of il- 

 lustrations of phaleenopsis, both having 

 interesting particulars, with the names 

 ''orchids and their native habitats. 



Mr. Burrage is well versed in orchids 

 and the work of preparing the two 

 pamphlets was his own effort while on 

 his way to California. They were greatly 

 appreciated by the large crowds visiting 

 each day. 



The orchid plants which filled the 

 large lecture hall were entirely stripped 

 of their blooms, which, with the aid of 

 two automobiles, were distributed to 

 hospitals and other charitable institu- 

 tions. In fact, a great part of the 

 blooms from Orchidvale find their way 

 to similar worthy places. There are 

 many other cities that could be benefited 

 in a floricultural way by such an en- 

 thusiast. There is no doubt that this 

 exhibit will be a great boost for the 

 florists' business, especially for cut 

 orchids. 



Condemning the Embargo. 



E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold Arbor- 

 etum, who was in charge of the magnifi- 

 cent exhibit of Japanese azaleas, urged 

 Senator Lodge, during a conversation 

 they had together while Mr. Lodge was 

 visiting the show, to take a good look, 

 as the foolish embargo imposed by Quar- 

 antine 37 would shut off many of the 

 most beautiful plants now seen at the 

 exhibitions. 



George E. Baldwin, of the company 

 of orchid specialists which bears his 

 name, at Mamaroneck, N. Y., considers 

 the embargo on orchids and other im- 

 ported plants a cruel ruling to be 



adopted at a time when production, 

 owing to war conditions, was at its 

 lowest ebb. 



Gate Receipts. 



The official number of actual paid 

 visitors at the show was as follows: 



Adults Children 



March 24 1.154 65 



March 25 1,962 182 



March 26 1,999 IJiT 



March 27 2,130 189 



March 28 1,844 116 



In addition there were probably 1,000 

 members' admissions and 800 special 

 rate florists ' tickets and a half -day free 

 to school children, including children 

 from orphanages. The regular price of 

 admission was $1, with children 25 cents. 



Butterworth 's Bare Plant. 



J. T. Butterworth & Son, of Framing- 

 ham, Mass., had a fine specimen exhib- 

 ited in a glass case, at the show, of the 

 variety Dendrobium Wardianum album, 

 which is named J. T. Butterworth. This 

 beautiful rarity has been in their pos- 

 session for twenty years. It came direct 

 to them from its native home and is a 

 priceless gem that money could not buy. 



Killing Them Off. 



Douglas Eccleston, of Orchidvale, re- 

 ceived a shipment of 2,000 phalsenopsis. 

 By the time they have gone through the 

 process of killing imaginary or might-be 

 pests, which also kills plants, he will 

 have about 400 to 500 left. It is hoped 

 that they will be the choicest of the 

 consignment. E. E. R. 



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DEVELOPMENTS 



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COAL AGREEMENT SIGNED. 



In Effect April 1. 



The negotiations for a new agree- 

 ment for the bituminous miners were 

 brought to a close March 31, when the 

 general scale committee of operators 

 and miners of the central competitive 

 field ratified a contract embodying the 

 award of President Wilson's coal com- 

 mission. 



This new agreement, which involves a 

 wage increase of twenty-seven per cent, 

 became effective April 1 and will con- 

 tinue in force for a period of two years. 



Immediately upon adoption of the 

 contract by unanimous vote of the mem- 

 bers of the scale committee, it was 

 signed by the international officers of 

 the United Mine Workers, John L. 

 Lewis, president; Philip Murray, vice- 

 president, and William Green, secretary 

 and treasurer, and by two operators and 

 two miners of each of the four states 

 of the central competitive field — In- 

 diana, Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania. 



Representatives of the mine opera- 

 tors of West Virginia, Kentucky and 

 other outlying districts, not included in 

 the central competitive field, immedi- 

 ately announced that they also would 

 put into effect the new contract in their 

 territory. 



Quick Jump in Price. 



Granting bituminous mine workers a 

 wage increase of twenty-seven per cent 

 means the price of coal at the mines 

 will advance 65 cents to $1.25 a ton, ac- 



c'ordin*; to bituminous coal operators. 



While asserting they "desire to keep 

 the price of coal as low as possible and 

 to avoid speculation in the product of 

 their mines," mine owners cited Illinois 

 as the only state where the minimum in- 

 crease would apply. This was said to 

 be due to local conditions, which lessen 

 the cost of production. 



Since the removal of bituminous coal 

 price restrictions by President Wilson, 

 some operators, it is stated, already 

 have sold large quantities of coal for 

 April delivery at from $3.50 to $4 a ton. 

 The operators in some districts, it is 

 said, have received as much as $4.75 a 

 ton in instances where big purchasers 

 went into the fields and engaged in com- 

 petitive bidding. 



Miners Strike in Three States. 



Dissatisfied with the awards of the 

 coal commission, 8,000 miners in Illinois, 

 Ohio and Kansas went on strike April 

 5. In the various bituminous fields in 

 Illinois twenty mines were closed by 

 the walkout. In Madison and Macoupin 

 counties, 3,000 workers had quit. It is 

 stated that 2,000 men had left their 

 places in ten mines in Kansas and 3,000 

 had gone out in eastern Ohio April 2, 

 because of dissatisfaction with the man« 

 ner in which the wage increase was dis- 

 tributed. 



The trouble is believed to have been 

 started by the mine car drivers, who 

 were given only a twenty per cent in- 

 crease in wages, while others received a 

 twenty-seven per cent raise. 



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