DXCEMBEB 16, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



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Florists' Association was held at the 

 City Club December 7, when there was 

 a good attendance. In the absence of 

 Henry Penn, who was at Cleveland, 

 William H. Elliott presided. An excel- 

 lent dinner was served, as usual, follow- 

 ing which a communication was read 

 from the New England Gladiolus So- 

 ciety asking support for its next ex- 

 hibition in Horticultural hall, Boston, 

 and one from John Young, who men- 

 tioned the possibilities of affiliation 

 with the S. A. F. As the association 

 falls considerably below the necessary 

 100 members, no action was taken on 

 the latter. 



The nominating committee, consist- 

 ing of F. E. Palmer, A. S. Parker and 

 H. A. Eyan, brought in a list of nom- 

 inees for 1921. Some of the nominees 

 withdrew their names and finally officers 

 were elected as follows: President, B. 

 F. Letson; vice-president, E. F. Gibbs; 

 treasurer, F. E. Palmer; recording sec- 

 retary, W. J. Thurston; financial secre- 

 tary, J. Frank Edgar; executive com- 

 mittee for three years, Henry Penn, 

 Elijah S. Gorney. 



The speaker of the evening was Wil- 

 liam H. Elliott, who lectured at length 

 on his recent nine months' tour of the 

 United States, particularly in Califor- 

 nia. After incorporating his business 

 he decided to take a long trip and left 

 Boston early in March, going first to De- 

 troit, where, piloted by Philip Breit- 

 meyer, he visited leading growers and 

 inspected the Ford works, especially the 

 farm machinery section. His next stop- 

 ping place was Chicago, where the great 

 flower markets and growers were vis- 

 ited. Then he saw St. Paul and its twin 

 sister Minneapolis. Mr. Elliott visited 

 many bankers and other prominent men 

 here to gain their views about the Non- 



E artisan league, later covering North 

 lakota and getting the views of Sen- 

 ator-elect Ladd, a native of Maine, 

 Governor Eraser and numerous farmers 

 and tradesmen. 



At Spokane, Superintendent of Parks 

 John W. Duncan, formerly of Boston, 

 took Mr. Elliott in hand and in a 100- 

 mile automobile trip showed him the best 

 sights of that city, finishing with a 

 florists' dinner at night. At Seattle, 

 Stimson's, of Hollywood, had excel- 

 lent greenhouses and fine stock. The 

 greenhouse roses there and in Portland 

 had more body than any others seen dur- 

 ing his travels. It snowed all the time 

 he was in Portland; in fact, the far 

 western and Pacific coast weather did 

 not come up to expectations. 



He stayed in San Francisco during 

 the Democratic convention and attended 

 most of the sessions as a New Hamp- 

 shire delegate. His Sierra Nevada 

 mountain trip started early in July and 

 lasted thirty days, the nights being 

 spent under the open sky. The moun- 

 taineering caused a loss of twenty-five 

 pounds avoirdupois, but proved wonder- 

 fully interesting. The Sequoia national 

 park was described interestingly. Sugar 

 pine cones eighteen to twenty-three 

 inches long were noted. The biggest 

 tree, the Sherman, measured thirty-six 

 and one-half feet in diameter. 



An abundance of seedlings was noted, 

 these coming especially well in burned- 

 over land. In Humboldt county, where 

 the redwoods. Sequoia sempervirens, 

 abounded, one specimen measured was 

 363 feet in height. Many were 300 feet 

 or more. One was twenty-three feet in 

 diameter. Good redwood land gave 

 600,000 board feet per acre and one 



monster was said to contain 250,000 

 board feet. 



The various industries of the late C. 

 W. Ward were described and the won- 

 derful growth of azaleas and other 

 plants in the nurseries at Eureka was 

 emphasized. He doubted, however, the 

 commercial value of the azaleas. 



After some time spent visiting the 

 growers, parks, etc., in and around Los 

 Angeles, Pasadena, etc., the well known 

 Imperial valley was passed through, 

 stops being made at five cities. The 

 wonderful soil, vegetation and prosper- 

 ous condition of the growers were com- 

 mented upon. Many Mexicans were 

 there, and he left with a much higher 

 opinion of Mexicans than he had for- 

 merly entertained. At El Paso he was 

 taken to see a genuine bull fight, which 

 he humorously described. The lecturer 

 had numerous photographs and was 

 given a rousing vote of thanks for his 

 interesting talk. 



J. J. Karins, representing Henry A. 

 Dreer, Inc., was a visitor and made a 

 short address before the meeting closed. 



Various Notes. 



Excellent marguerites from A. E. E. 

 Koch, of Nobscot, and John T. Gale, 

 of Tewksbury, are coming into the mar- 

 ket. 



Patrick Welch, P. F. O'Keefe, Thomas 

 Roland and Henry Penn arrived from 

 Cleveland December 10, after a pleasant 

 business session. 



Cyclamens of superb quality are com- 



longiflorum giganteum, and considerable 

 demand for gladioli for forcing. 



The big wholesale store of Henry M. 

 Robinson & Co. is a busy place these 

 days. Christmas goods are in immense 

 supply and the demand is brisk. Holly, 

 contrary to expectations, is splendidly 

 berried and selling well. Cut flower 

 trade is everything that could be ex- 

 pected, and a bigger business than a 

 year ago seems probable. 



Wollr.ath & Sons, of Waltham, again 

 have a magnificent lot of cyclamens, in- 

 cluding many large specimens, which 

 would be hard to duplicate. Their poin- 

 settias, also, are remarkably fine and 

 practically all plants carry dark green 

 foliage clear to the pots or pans. All 

 their other Christmas stock is of high- 

 grade quality. 



The agricultural and horticultural or- 

 ganizations which have met together 

 the last few winters at Horticultural 

 hall will hold the next union gathering 

 in the week commencing February 7, 

 1921. The New England Nurserymen's 

 Association and the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club of Boston are among the 

 cooperating societies. 



J. Karp, who operates the Dudley 

 Flower Shop, at 2190 Washington street, 

 Roxbury, reports business as most sat- 

 isfactory and Christmas prospects as ex- 

 cellent. ' W. N. C. 



POLLWORTH PROVES PROWESS. 



The accompanying illustration shows 

 the mighty Nimrod standing proudly be- 



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C. C. PoIIworth Bags a Big One on His Hunting Trip This Fall. 



ing to prominent local retailers from 

 Strout's, of Biddeford, Me. 



At the meeting of the Gardeners' and 

 Florists' Club December 21, officers for 

 1921 will be elected. William H. Elliott 

 will speak on "My Trip to the High 

 Sierras," and will have numerous 

 stereopticon slides to illustrate his lec- 

 ture. 



Albert C. Burrage will make a notable 

 orchid display at Horticultural hall De- 

 cember 18, the last of the year. 



John T. Butterworth is cutting a fine 

 crop of zygopetalums, Oncidium or- 

 nithorhynchum and cypripediums. Plants 

 of Cypripedium insigne Sanderaj carry as 

 many as thirteen flowers each. 



The seed stores report a good call for 

 lilies, including speciosum, auratum and 



side the spoils of the hunt. In other 

 words, C. C. PoIIworth bagged another 

 deer this fall — and a big one too, as the 

 reader may judge for himself. The 

 week of Thanksgiving was chosen for 

 Mr. PoIIworth 's annual hunting trip 

 this year. He reports a splendid time, 

 with four inches of snow on the ground, 

 making hunting conditions almost per- 

 fect. 



Arlington, Tex.— T. H. Duncan has 

 started in the florists' business here. 

 He will grow the stock for his retail es- 

 tablishment. 



BInghamton, N. Y. — Norman C. Seed 

 has been appointed manager of the 

 shop owned by Stanley G. Barnes at 

 68 Chenango street. 



