Janlaicy 6, 1921 



The Florists' Review 



21 



NEW PBE8IDENT OF S. A. F. 



Boyhood in England. 



The new president of the Society of 

 American Florists is again a Massachu- 

 setts man, and in Thomas Boland a 

 splendid and popular choice has been 

 made, one who has for many years be^n 

 a zealous worker, not only for the S. A. 

 F., but everything pertaining to the ad- 

 vancement of floriculture and horticul- 

 ture generally. Mr. Boland is an 

 Englishman by birth and hails from 

 Cheshire, a county noted for beautiful 

 gardens, well kept nurseries and up-to- 

 date orchards and farms. His father 

 having always been a gardener, Thomas 

 Boland took to the oldest and most in- 

 teresting of all professions as a duck to 

 water. After his father's death his 

 mother continued to care for a lovely 

 old-fashioned garden. 



After working for several years in 

 private and commercial establishments 

 in England, Mr. Boland came to Amer- 

 ica in 1884 and for seven years worked 

 in a number of notable gardens and flo- 

 rists' establishments. He always had 

 a keen love for orchids and both in Eng- 

 land and America paid special attention 

 to their culture. 



His Business Oareer. 



In 1891 he started in business on his 

 own account at Nahant, Mass., as a job- 

 bing gardener and florist. It is inter- 

 esting to note what his first commercial 

 crops were: Chrysanthemums, carna- 

 tions, mignonette and miscellaneous bed- 

 ding plants. All bench crops have long 

 ago been discarded and twenty-two 

 houses at Nahant are devoted to pot 

 plants, in the culture of which he has 

 obtained a national, as well as a local, 

 reputation. Special attention is given 

 to acacias, ericas, camellias, bougain- 

 villeas, cyclamens, begonias, hydran- 

 geas, roses and nerines, to mention some 

 of the more noteworthy subjects. 



In 1911 land was purchased at Bevere 

 and the erection of three large, modern 

 houses was undertaken. The dimen- 

 sions of these are 50x600, 63x525 and 

 79x650. These are devoted to rose cul- 

 ture, although at first wonderful crops 

 of sweet peas and tomatoes were pro- 

 duced in them. 



Member of Many Societies. 



Mr. Boland has for many years been 

 an active worker in the S. A. F. and last 

 year was one of the directors and a 

 member of the national flower show 

 committee. He is also a member of tho 

 American Carnation Society, American 

 Bose Society and other national socie- 

 ties; is vice-president of the New Eng- 

 land branch of the National Flower 

 Growers' Association; has been a 

 trustee of the Massachusetts Horticul- 

 tural Society since the new form of gov- 

 ernment was started and has served on 

 various committees in that society. He 

 is a member of the Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Club of Boston and the New York 

 Florists' Club, as well as the Horticul- 

 tural Club of Boston. 



His exhibits of acacias and other 

 plants have secured gold medals at 

 national and other shows in Boston, New 

 York and Philadelphia. Belonging to 

 so many horticultural bodies, he has not 

 cared to affiliate with any of the numer- 

 ous fraternal bodies, preferring to give 

 all the time he can spare to the advance- 

 ment of horticulture. 



The new president has been married 



HARRY CROUCH. 



"pLORIST by vocation and sportsman by choice" describes Harry Crouch, pro- 

 1 prietor of the Woodlawn Flower Shop, at Seattle, Wash. He is an ardent 

 lover of outdoor sports, particularly hunting and fishing. Here he is seen upon his 

 return from one of his trips, as successful in bringing home game as he has been 

 for the last eleven years in business life. Mr. Crouch became acquainted with the 

 florists' trade while he was in grammar school, when he acted as delivery boy for 

 one of the Seattle stores. Following his graduation from Washington State Col- 

 lege, in 1909, he entered into partnership in the Woodlawn Flower Shop. For the 

 last three years he has been sole owner. This is one of the largest florists' estab- 

 lishments in that section of the country. The store is large, and the employees 

 number twentv-four. 



over twenty-four years and has a family 

 of four sons and one daugliter. One son 

 is now associated with his father at 

 Nahant and a younger one is studying 

 floriculture at Urbana, 111. At the 

 lovely home in Xaliant. the Atlantic 

 ocean almost washes the doorsteps, 

 and rock plants and other interesting 

 things are grown. It is a question 

 whether the S. A. F. in all its list of 

 notable presiding officers has ever 

 chosen one who is a broader horticul- 

 turist, or one who will lend greater dig 

 nity and prestige to the office. 



W. N. C. 



LADIES' S. A. F. 



Mrs. Tracy's Adieu. 



I have today sent Mrs. Asmus, vour 

 president-elect, the little wooden gavel, 

 symbol of my official power, and whilt' 

 I sent with it my congratulations and 

 sincere good wishes, I assure von it was 



not without a keen regret that a year 

 of pleasant association as your presi- 

 dent was at an end. 



May I ask that you give to Mrs. 

 Asmus the same loyal support and co- 

 operation as you have given to me? It 

 will help her to carry on the work of 

 the society. We shall" hope for, and un- 

 doubtedly gain, many advantages from 

 the state vice-presidents whom she will 

 appoint in accordance with your vote 

 of last August. These will* help us 

 greatly in keeping society interests con- 

 tinually in mind, bringing to our notice 

 the work and activities of individual 

 members. 



Since the opening of the Cedar Acres 

 Flower Shop, I feel nuich more a mem- 

 ber of the Ladies' S. A. F. and the term 

 has a broader meaning, wider interests 

 open before me, and T want so much to 

 hear of the activities of other women. 



With repeated thanks for all your 

 thoughtful kindnesses to uie, through a 



