Decembek l(i, 1920 



The Florists' Review 



31 



Florists' Association vv;is lield at the 

 City Club December 7, wlien there was 

 a good attendance. In the absence of 

 Henry Peun, who was at Cleveland, 

 William 11. Elliott presided. An excel- 

 lent dinner was served, as usual, follow- 

 ing which a communication was read 

 from the New J'Jn<ilau<l Ciailiolus So- 

 ciety asking sujiport for its next ex- 

 hibition in Horticultural hall, Jioston, 

 and one from John Voung, wlio nu'n- 

 tioned the ])ossibilities of al'liliation 

 with the S. A. F. As the association 

 falls considerably below the necessary 

 100 members, no action was taken on 

 the latter. 



Tlio nrtininating committee, consist- 

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

 n. A. Kyan, brought in a list of nom- 

 inees for 1921. Some of the nominees 

 withdrew their names and linally oflicers 

 were elected as follows: President, B. 

 F. Letson; vice-])resident, F. 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 incorjiorafing his business 

 he decided to take a long tri[) and left 

 Boston early in March, going first to De- 

 troit, where, piloted by Philip Breit- 

 meyer, he visited leading growers and 

 inHi)Ccted 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- 

 partisan league, later covering North 

 Dakota and getting the views of Sen- 

 ator-elect Ladd, a native of ^Maine. 

 Governor Eraser and numerous fanners 

 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. 



lie 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 avoinlupois, but proved wo'nder- 

 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 Humboiilt county, where 

 the redwoods. Sequoia sempervirens, 

 abotinded, 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 s;nil to rontnin l'.'d.'iOo 

 board feet. 



The various iudustiies ol' the late C. 

 W. Ward were described and the won- 

 derful growth of azaleas aiul other 

 ])lants in the nursei'ies at Kureka was 

 emphasized, lie (biubted, however, the 

 (•(unmercial value of the a/aleas. 



After some time spent visiting the 

 growers, ));irks, etc., in and nroiiml Lcjs 

 Angeles, I'asailtuia, etc., the well kiuiwn 

 Imperial valley was passed through, 

 stops being made at li\e cities. The 

 wonderful soil, vegetation and prosper- 

 ous condition of tlie growers witc coiii- 

 niented upon. Many Mexicans were 

 there, aiul he left with a iinu'h higher 

 <ipinioii of Mexicans than he had fur- 

 merly entertaiiu'd. At 1^1 Paso he was 

 taken to see a genuine bull fight, which 

 he huiiuirously described. The lecturer 

 liiul numerous photograjilis and was 

 given a rousing vote of thanks for lii> 

 interesting talk. 



J. J. K.'irins, rejinsent ing Henry A. 

 Dreer, Inc., was a visitor anil ni:i'li' a 

 ^hort address before the meeting rl.iseil. 



Various Notes. 



Ivxcelleut in.'irguerites I'rdm A. \'.. [■'.. 

 Koch, of Nobscot, and -lohn T. dale, 

 of Tewksburv, -avo (•(iniing into the mar 

 ket. 



Patrick Welch, I'. K. O'Keefe, Thomas 

 Roland and Henry I'eiui arri\eil t'rom 

 Cleveland December lo. :iflei- a pleasant 

 l)usiness session. 



Cyclanu'us id' su|ierli i|naliiy are i-oni 



longifloruni giganteuin, and considerable 

 demand for gladioli for forcing. 



The big wlioles.ale store of Henry M. 

 K'oljinsoii iV: Co. is ;i busy ]ilace these 

 days. Cliristmas goods are in immense 

 supply and the demand is brisk. Holly, 

 contrary to expectations, is splendidly 

 berriecl rnnl selling wcdl. ("ut flower 

 trade is everylliinu that could be ex- 

 peeted, and a bigger business than a 

 year ago srems jinibalile. 



Wolliatli (V Sons, of Waltliani, again 

 ha\'e a ma'^nilleent lot of cyclamens, in- 

 (duiling uian\- large spccinu'us, whi'ch 

 would 1m' hard to dniilic'ite. Their poiu- 

 setlias, al>o, ari' remarkal.)ly fine aiul 

 practically all j'lanis carry dark green 

 J'fdiage (dear to th(,' pots or jjans. All 

 their other Christmas stock is of high- 

 ;4rade (|UaHty. 



The a^iricultnral and horticidtural or- 

 giiuizations wlii.di lia\e met together 

 the last few winters at Horticidtural 

 li.'ill will Ik.M the next union gathering 

 in the Week commencing Fcdjruary 7, 

 I'.'L'I. The New England Nurserymen's 

 Association and th(> Gardeners' and 

 rioi'ists' ("liih of Boslou .are among the 

 co;,|ierating societies. 



.1. K;n|i, who fqierates th(^ Dudley 

 I'lower Shoj), at 210(1 Washington street, 

 Roxliury, re|iorts busin<\ss as most sat- 

 ist'ac-l or\' and <'liri^tmas prospiM'ts as ex- 

 celhMlt. ' W. N. (". 



POLLWORTH PROVES PROWESS. 



The accomiiaiiy ing illustration shows 

 the miL;lity Ximroil standing ]iroudly be- 



C. C. Pollworth 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 (iardeners' an<i 

 Florists' Club December 21, ofhcers for 

 1021 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 zygoiietalums, Oncidium or- 

 nithorhynchum and cypripeiliums. Plants 

 Df Cypripedium insigne Sandcric carry as 

 aiany as thirteen flowers eacli. 



The seed stores report a good call for 

 lilies, including speciosum, auratum and 



side the spoils of the hunt. In other 

 words, C. C. Pollworth bagged another 

 (leer this fall — aiul a big one too, as the 

 reader iiuiy judge for himself. The 

 week of Thanksgiving w;is chosen for 

 Mr. I'oUworth's annual hunting trip 

 this year. He reports a sj)lendid time, 

 with four inches of snow on the ground, 

 making hunting conditions almost per- 

 fect. 



Arlington, Tex.— T. H. Duncan has 



sttirted ill the florists' business here. 

 He will grow the stock for his retail es- 

 tablishment. 



Binghamton, N. Y.— Norman C. Reed 

 lias been a})i)ointed manager of the 

 shop owned by Stanley G. Barnes at 

 68 Chenango street. 



