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The Florists^ Review 



NOVBMBEB 2dri918. 



a fine scarlet of Dorner's, and a pure 

 white seedling of his own, heavily 

 fringed and similar to Matchless. The 

 seedling never shows any color in dark 

 weather, he stated. Mr. Goddard also 

 showed fine Baldwin apples and field 

 corn. 



John L. Smith received a report of 

 merit for a splendid hybrid Cattleya 

 Moira. F. Predeaux showed his new, 

 large-flowered strain of Primula ob- 

 conica. W. D. Niekerson showed seed- 

 ling anemone chrysanthemums, 



W. N. Craig showed a collection of 

 vegetables, including tomatoes, brussels 

 sprouts, onions, etc. A. K. Eogers had 

 a fine collection of apples, also excellent 

 red cabbage, leeks, turnips and brussels 

 sprouts. T. J. Grey Co. showed Canada 

 Cap corn. Thomas W. Little showed a 

 pair of Tender and True cucumbers, 

 some forty-two inches in length, also 

 salsify and fine Paris Golden celery, 

 awarded a cultural report of merit. 

 Charles Cooper received honorable men- 

 tion for handsome Baldwin apples. 

 James Donald showed sweet corn, field 

 corn and potatoes. The various ex- 

 hibits brought out considerable discus- 

 sion and later in the evening James 

 Donald gave a short practical talk on 

 vegetables. 



One new member was admitted. It 

 was voted to serve refreshments, which 

 have been dropped for some time, at 

 the December meeting, when Christmas 

 plants will be discussed. 



Various Notes. 



Professor A. G. Hecht, of the floricul- 

 tural department, Amherst, is now a 

 lieutenant in the personnel office at 

 Camp Sherman, O. 



The W. W. Edgar Co., Waverley, has 

 a splendid lot of Petrick azaleas already 

 in bloom. All are finely budded. They 

 have made shipments of these to Canada 

 and other distant points. They have 

 12,000 Freesia Purity in bud for the 

 holidays, grown in pots and pans, and 

 large batches of primulas, begonias, 

 cyclamens, poinsettias and Euphorbia 

 jacquiniaeflora. 



B. A. Snyder & Co., in honor of their 

 opening November 21, entertained about 

 150 of their friends in the trade at sup- 

 per at the Elks' hall that evening. An 

 excellent supper was served. J. J. Cas- 

 Bidy officiated as toastmaster, and con- 

 gratulatory addresses were made by P. 

 Welch, W. J. Stewart, E. A. Peirce and 

 others. There was an excellent orches- 

 tra and solos which kept the company 

 in good humor. Those assembled pre- 

 sented B. A. Snyder & Co. with a hand- 

 some clock as a token of esteem, and 

 the evening proved a most enjoyable 

 one. 



Thomas Eoland, among other Thanks- 

 giving plants, has excellent Erica melan- 

 thera, oranges, camellias, cyclamens, 

 begonias, ferns and crotons at Revere. 

 He has at present a light cut of roses, 

 but he will have a large Christmas crop. 



George C. Harbison, for many years 

 manager for William H. Elliott, at 

 Brighton, has resigned. His place has 

 been taken by Michael Costello, an old 

 employee at Brighton. Eber Holmes, 

 for some time in charge of Mr. Elliott's 

 Madbury, N. H., establishment, has left 

 to assume charge of Mark Aitken's 

 greenhouses at Springfield, Mass. 



Pompon mums never sold so well ab 

 they have this season in Boston. An- 

 derson Bros., of Woburn, are large grow- 

 ers of these and have large quantities 



Christmas Baskets 



Keep the road open for war purposes 



ORDER NOW 



This Christinas will be the greatest Christmas of all time. 

 The people will buy Christmas goods as never before. Mr. 

 Florist, don't be afraid, don't have the slightest fear to prepare 

 yourself ahead of time, and save yourself great disappointment. 



We have spent much time and thousfht to make up a 

 Christmas Basket, already filled with CHRISTMAS MA- 

 TERIAL only, ready to be sold to your customers. The 

 basket, which is rustic, consists of CONES, GREEN RUS- 

 CUS, PRESERVED BOXWOOD, RED RUSCUS, RED 

 FRIEZE, etc. Every part of this basket brings forth to the 

 mind of your customer CHRISTMAS TIME and CHRIST- 

 MAS CHEER. Each basket is boxed separately, which 

 makes it easy to ship, insures perfect arrival, and makes it 

 easy for your customer to carry home. 



COMPLETE BASKET-Including the Box 



Size A $5.40 per dozen 



Size B 7.80 per dozen 



Order Now — Save Yourself Worry — Display Early 



These baskets are just as good in a year from now, as all the material 

 is preserved, and WILL NOT DRY UP OR LOSE COLOR. 



ItED RUSCUS, bright color and perfectly dry 95c per lb. 



GREEN RUSCUS, A No. 1 quality, perfectly flexible and 



good color 70c per lb. 



RED ROPING, 60 yards to the ball, very best color and 



quality 85c per ball. 



RED IMMORTELLES, while they last, 



50c per bunch, $5.50 per doz. bunches. 



We carry a full line of other CHRISTMAS SUPPLIES, such as POINSETTIAS, 

 Crepe Paper, Wax Paper, Chiffons, etc. 



Don't forget that we are headquarters for ARTIFICIAL 

 FLOWERS, WAX DESIGNS, SPRAYS. MAGNOLIA 

 WREATHS, FROSTED MAPLE, BROWN ARTIFICIAL 

 GALAX, etc., etc. We handle a full line of CUT FLOWER 

 BASKETS, and everything in FLORISTS' MANILA BOXES. 

 We are direct manufacturers of CYCAS LEAVES. 



BOSTON FLORAL SUPPLY CO. 



Manufacturers of Florists' Supplies 



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347-49-51-53-55-57 Cambridge St. 



BOSTON, MASS. 



