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The Florists' Review 



January 29, 1920 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 

 the chief contributors were the W. W. 

 Edgar Co., Harold A. Eyan, Inc., W. C. 

 Bust, W. H. Golby, W. N. Craig, Martin 

 Sullivan and D. Finlayson. On behalf 

 of the Boston Florists' Association, F. 

 E. Palmer and Henry E. Comley made 

 displays. The lectures by Arthur Her- 

 rington and E. F. Coe January 21 were 

 well attended and the agricultural ban- 

 quet in Ford hall January 22 proved to 

 be a grand success. 



Those having carnation or other nov- 

 elties are invited to send them to the 

 flower show to be given by the Gar- 

 deners' and Florists' Club in Horticul- 

 tural hall February 10. Carnations will 

 be the leading feature, but provision is 

 made in the schedule for all other sea- 

 sonable flowers and plants. Any exhib- 

 its sent to W. N. Craig, Horticultural 

 hall, will be well cared for. 



Tickets are selling well for the grand 

 entertainment, buffet lunch and dance 

 to be given by the Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Club in Horticultural hall Febru- 

 ary 17. All members who served in any 

 branch of the service during the war 

 will be- guests of the club on this occa- 

 sion. 



The New England Nurserymen's As- 

 sociation opened its annual convention 

 at the New American House January 

 27, with an excellent attendance. Visi- 

 tors were present from New York, New 

 Jersey, Pennsylvania and Alabama. 



The Boston Florists' Association will 

 hold its next monthly meeting at the 

 Parker House February 3. It is ex- 

 pected that the retailers will have some- 

 thing to say on this occasion, the grow- 

 ers having had their innings at the last 

 gathering. 



Various Notes. 



The embargo on gladioli, dahlias, etc., 

 by Illinois against New England and 

 New York is rousing local growers of 

 these commodities. It seems absurd to 

 bar out gladiolus corms and dahlia roots, 

 as corn borers are never found on them 

 any more than they are on tomato fruit. 

 The corn borer as a pest has been great- 

 ly overrated, as even the government 

 now admits. We have had it here for 

 a number of years and the amount of 

 economic damage done is surprisingly 

 small. 



At Penn's last week an attractive 

 window in honor of Eobert Burns, Scot- 

 land 's greatest bard, attracted much at- 

 tention, as did one devoted to the Gil- 

 lette safety razor, with an enormous 

 floral razor as the piece de resistance. 



Peter Hylen, of Eandolph, was first 

 in the market with Golden Spur narcissi, 

 of which he cut a splendid lot last week, 

 which sold at $16 per hundred, the high- 

 est price probably ever paid for daffo- 

 dils here. 



N. M. Silverman, of Winter street, is 

 much interested in politics, and Jan- 

 uary 20 attended a meeting under the 

 auspices of the Providence Chamber of 

 Commerce, held in the Narragansett 

 hotel, of that city, addressed by Sena- 

 tor Poindextcr, who is Mr. Silverman's 

 preference as a Eepublican candidate 

 for President and whom he supported 

 in a vigorous speech. 



William Gillson, head salesman for 

 Thomas Eoland, has been quite sick with 

 influenza for several days. 



Among recent visitors were Harry F. 

 Marquardt, of F. G. Marquardt, Inc., 

 New York; Arthur Herrington, Madi- 

 son, N. J.; E. F. Coe, New Haven, Conn., 

 and numerous visitors to the New Eng- 



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