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Dbcbmbkb 11, 1919. 



oy the fuel administrator is being dis- 

 cussed. This might prove serious. Shut- 

 downs of factories, etc., are now of 

 daily occurrence, as coal intended for 

 New England is being diverted to more 

 needy sections. 



A. E. Kunderd, the gladiolus special- 

 ist of Goshen, Ind., was a cairer last 

 week. He visited some of the gladiolus 

 growers, although he has no surplus for 

 fiale this season, and also spent some 

 time at the Arnold Arboretum. 



The New England Nurserymen's Asso- 

 eiation will hold its annual convention 

 in Boston January 27 and 28. This is 

 one of the most active and progressive 

 bodies of men we have in New England, 

 and their meetings are always full of 

 interest from start to finish. 



Among those sending in sweet peas of 

 fine quality at present are R. P. Peter- 

 son, Saxonville; Anderson Bros., Wo- 

 burn; E. S. Cummings, Woburn; J. A. 

 Nelson, Framingham, and Andrew G. 

 Mitchell, North Sudbury. 



The Waban Rose Conservatories, 

 which for some time disposed of much 

 of its output of roses at retail at the 

 Shepard stores, Boston, has dropped this 

 department and will hereafter stick to 

 the wholesale field. 



A young lady walked into Penn's one 

 day last week and said that she wanted 

 to announce her engagement and wished 

 to "Say It with Flowers." She finally 

 decided on bunches of pansies to go to 

 her friends and baskets to her imme- 

 diate relatives. This is a pleasing inno- 

 vation and one which we hope many will 

 copy. 



A strong effort is being made to con- 

 tinue daylight saving for Massachusetts 

 in 1920. The Boston Chamber of Com- 

 merce is leading the movement and has 

 called a conference of numerous or- 

 ganizations to meet December 11. I feel 

 certain an overwhelming proportion of 

 our population would favor a con- 

 tinuance of daylight saving, if train and 

 other schedules can be made to suit 

 workers, milk deliveries, etc. 



'J'he meeting of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club for election of oflScers 

 comes December 16. The principal con- 

 test is for executive committee, there be- 

 ing eleven candidates for five positions. 

 There will be a talk on crude oil for 

 heating, also short talks by several mem- 

 bers on annuals for forcing. There will 

 be exhibits of Christmas plants and the 

 coming midwinter flower show and ban- 

 quet will also be discussed. A large at- 

 tendance is looked for. 



A series of union meetings of various 

 horticultural and agricultural bodies in 

 Massachusetts is being arranged for the 

 week of January 19, 1920, in Horticul- 

 tural hall. The meetings drew such 

 large attendances last year and the ex- 

 hibits were so numerous and attractive 

 that it has been determined to liave a 

 yearly get-together. The Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club and the Massachu- 

 setts Nurserymen's Association are 

 among the cooperating societies. 



R. & J. Farquhar & Co. have a fine 

 lot of Christmas plants in their Dedham 

 greenhouses. Cyclamens are extra good; 

 flo are begonias in variety, primulas, 

 heliotropes, geraniums, solanums, ar- 

 disias and other seasonable stock. They 

 have a large amount of landscape orders 

 on hand and spring prospects are bright. 



Frank Edgar had a superb house of 

 cyclamens this season. He originally 

 had 8,000 plants, and he reports these 

 as nearly all sold, a good many going 

 to New York. W. N. C. 



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 Cut Flower Refrigerator from Gloeklers' — and let 

 me tell youl — I've sold more cut flowers in a sin- 

 gle year than I did in any two years before. Cus- 

 tomers come in just to look around for something 

 nice -they see that beautiful Display Refrigerator 

 standing there just chock full of Beauty — and bless 

 my soul if it don't just seem to make them buy! 

 The money I put into its purchase is the best in- 

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