OCTOBBR 30, 1919. 



The Rorists^ Review 



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showed the corporation to be in a pros- 

 perous condition. 



William H. Elliott presided at the 

 postprandial exercises and after an ad- 

 dress of welcome called upon Albert E. 

 Robinson, of the Breck-Robinson Co.; 

 B. Hammond Tracy; Mr. Lamont, Quid- 

 nick, R. I., and others for remarks. An 

 orchestra furnished music during the 

 evening, which proved to be an extreme- 

 ly pleasant one. 



Boston Flower Exchange Banquet. 



The Boston Flower Exchange held its 

 annual meeting at Young's hotel, Oc- 

 tober 25. The same board of directors 

 was elected and a ten per cent dividend 

 declared to stockholders. Considering 

 the trying conditions of the last year, 

 the financial report was an excellent 

 one. Over 100 members attended the 

 annual banquet, which proved to be an 

 excellent one. A splendid orchestra and 

 lady soloist and reader furnished enter- 

 tainment during the evening. 



William C. Stickel, presi-dent of the 

 corporation, acted as toastmaster. 

 Henry Penn, president of the Boston 

 Florists' Association, was the first 

 speaker and he gave an excellent talk 

 on flower publicity. Incidentally he 

 expressed the hope that the time was 

 not far distant when the flower inter- 

 ests of Boston would own and do busi- 

 ness in one large building. He urged 

 everyone to do his utmost to make 

 Armistice week a memorable one in cut 

 flower circles. Gustave Thomann boomed 

 flower publicity and predicted a pros- 

 perous year for the trade. W. N. Craig 

 extolled Theodore Roosevelt and the 

 stand taken on the police strike by Gov- 

 ernor Coolidge and Police Commissioner 

 Curtis before referring to other subjects. 

 He offered resolutions commending the 

 attitude of the governor and police com- 

 missioner, which were unanimously 

 adopted. 



William H. Elliott, president of the 

 Boston Cooperative Flower Market, com- 

 mended President Wilson 's attitude and 

 also proved an apt story teller. Reso- 

 lutions were unanimously adopted com- 

 mending the president's efforts in the 

 cause of peace at home and abroad and 

 in the formation of a league of nations, 

 also sympathizing with President Wil- 

 son in his illness and wishing him a 

 speedy recovery. The evening proved 

 to be a pleasant and enjoyable one. The 

 tables were all well decorated with the 

 choicest flowers in season. 



Various Notes. 



W. D. Howard, of Milford, is one of 

 our most successful carnation growers. 

 He has one superb house of Matchless. 

 Other leaders with him are Pink Delight 

 and Ward. Eureka and Belle Washburn 

 are grown as scarlets and Bernice, to 

 be introduced the coming season, as a 

 crimson. The last named is a beautiful 

 crimson, free, and sure to prove a valu- 

 able commercial variety. 



J. W. Simpson, of Woburn, is cutting 

 some extra fine White Chieftain mums. 

 He grows Bonnaffon heavily and finds it 

 the most profitable of all mums. In car- 

 nations he is growing Pink Delight, 

 Matchless, Benora and Red Benora. 



J. T. Butterworth has a fine crop of 

 cattleyas at present. Last week he had 

 twenty-seven cattleya and la?liocat- 

 tleya hybrids in bloom. His large cym- 

 bidium collection looks remarkably well. 

 One plant of C. Sandenp is throwing 

 up seven spikes. Zygopetalums also 

 arc flowering profusely. 



PUNCH PRODS PUBLIC 



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Profiteer's Wife: "Have all flowers got Latin names?" 



Florist: "Yes. madam." 



Profiteer's Wife: "Even the common ones?" 



Florist: "Yes. madam." 



Profiteer's Wife: "Ain't nature wonderful?" 



The Budlong Rose Co., Auburn, R. I., 

 is growing some excellent mums this 

 season. Prominent among them are 

 Chieftain, Golden Queen, Oconto and 

 Pacific Supreme. Out of a large variety 

 of roses, Francis Scott Key, Ophelia, 

 Russell, Columbia and Double White 

 Killarney are the best. The company 

 is also cutting some gardenias. 



Many members of the flower trade 

 visited the cemetery at Montvale, 

 Mass., October 25, on the occasion of 

 the unveiling of a monument to Nathan 

 Lerner, formerly salesman at the Flower 

 Exchange, who died during the influenza 

 wave a year ago. 



The board of trustees of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society at a meet- 

 •ng held October 20 unanimously 

 awarded the George R. White tnedal of 

 honor for 1919 to VilmorinAndricux & 

 Co., of Paris, France, for distinguished 

 services rendered to horticulture. 



The week of November 11, Armistice 

 week, will Re celebrated as Flower week 

 in Boston. All retailers are endeavor- 

 ing to make the occasion a memorable 

 and profitable one for the flower trade. 



In Penn 's windows, October 25, was a 

 large photograph of Theodore Roose- 

 velt; also a personal letter sent to 

 Penn's in 1907, on an occasion when 

 they forwarded some flowers to him 

 when visiting Provincetown in com- 

 pany with the late Governor Curtis 

 Guild. Numerous subscriptions were 

 taken at the store for the Roosevelt 

 memorial fund. 



In the windows of Wax Bros., October 

 25, were some handsome large bunches 

 of pansies and violets, in which this 

 firm specializes, as well as a fine assort- 

 ment of other fiowers. Business here 

 has been extremely good of late. 



From the Quidnick Greenhouses, Quid- 

 nick, R. I., are coming some fine Prima 

 Donna, Russell and Double White Kil- 

 larney roses. 



The Gardeners' and Florists* Club 

 will have an orchid night November 18, 

 with a lecture by an expert and numer- 

 ous exhibits of orchids, as well as of 

 late mums, fruits and vegetables. 



In the windows of the Houghton-Gor- 

 ney Co., last week, were some nice 

 baskets of nerines in several colors, 

 snapdragons and bouvardias. One win- 

 dow was entirely devoted to crotons. 



William H. Elliott has nearly 5,000 

 pot chrysanthemums this season and 

 they are remarkably well grown and 

 profusely flowered. They are low, bushy 

 and entirely without supports. These 

 plants are planted outdoors and potted 

 in 8-inch to 10-inch pots. 



C. P. Sweetser, until lately local repre- 

 sentative of the Davey Tree Expert Co., 

 now has a responsible position with the 

 Equitable Life Insurance Co., New 

 York. 



Among the committees appointed for 

 the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 for 1920 are the following: Prizes and 

 exhibitions, Thomas Allen, chairman, 

 Duncan Finlayson, T. D. Hatfield, James 

 Wheeler, E. H. Wilson; plants and flow- 

 ers, S. J. Goddard, chairman, Douglas 

 Ecclestone, Thomas Roland, Julius Heur- 

 lin, Donald McKenzie; fruits, E. B. 

 Wilder, chairman, W. H. Golby, Isaac 

 Locke, James Methven, John E. Thayer; 

 vegetables, W. N. Craig, chairman, Ed- 

 ward Parker, W. C. Rust; gardens, R. M. 

 Saltonstall, chairman, .John S. Ames, 

 William N'icholson, Charles Sander, 

 ('. W. Moseley; lectures, F. A. Wilson, 

 chairman, Thomas Allen, ,T. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar; children's gardens, James 



