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Mai- 11', 1921 



The Florists' Review 



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cases of oranges from Palestine from 

 ■^ the orchards of the American Fruit 

 Growers of Palestine is interesting 

 : from the fact that Nathan Fishelson, 

 of Boston, and Robert Koppelman, of 

 Providence, with some other Jewish 

 florists, are actively identified with this 

 movement. Oranges, lemons, almonds, 

 grapes and raisins are the principal 

 products, shipped principally to Great 

 Britain and America and grown by 

 Judeans under American management. 

 Nathan Fishelson and M. Feinstein are 

 soon expected back from Palestine, 

 where they have been for a consider- 

 able time. 



H. A. Boothman, of Adams, Mass., 

 who lost one of his legs a year ago 

 from blood poisoning, was in town last 

 week to secure a new artificial leg. 



W. D. Howard, of Milford, president 

 of the American Carnation Society and 

 a noted grower of the divine flower, is 

 erecting a new Hitchings house, 36x239, 

 to be devoted to carnations. 



William R. Nicholson, of Framing- 

 ham, often gets something new or origi- 

 nal in ahead of his fellows. At present 

 he has a wonderfully fine batch of Del- 

 phinium Belladonna, which he is cut- 

 ting with 3-foot to 4-foot stems and 

 for which there is an eager call. He 

 continues to grow quantities of fine 

 Gypsophila elegans and yellow mar- 

 guerites in addition to his great staple, 

 carnations. 



Max Lakin, of the New England Flo- 

 rists ' Supply Co., is busy passing cigars. 

 It is a bouncing boy and, being the 

 first, is naturally the finest of its 

 species ever produced. 



At the next meeting of the Garden- 

 ers' and Florists' Club, May 17, Wil- 

 liam H. Judd, of the Arnold Arboretum, 

 will deliver a lecture on "New and 

 Desirable Trees and Shrubs for New 

 England." There will be special dis- 

 plays of flowering trees and shrubs and 

 herbaceous perennials. 



J. Eisemann, of the Beacon Florist, 

 had splendid trade for Mothers' day. 

 He has some good wedding orders 

 booked and trade this season has been 

 far ahead of a year ago. He has a 

 large staff busily employed making an 

 immense number of artificial wreaths 

 for Memorial day. Of these he makes 

 a wide assortment and the demand last 

 year completely cleaned liim out. 



8. J. Goddard, the well known Fram- 

 ingham carnationist, is now sporting a 

 fine new Hudson Supcrsix car. 



Miss Christine A. Norton, treasurer 

 of the Medfield Farms & Greenhouse 

 Co., mot with a painful accident May 3 

 when riding to Boston in her car to 

 deliver some flowers. The car she was 

 driving ran into a post at Westwood 

 and Miss Norton, her mother and aunt 

 all suffered painful injuries. The car 

 was badly damaged. 



Charles F. Boyle, president of T. F. 

 Galvin, Inc., was married quietly at St. 

 Agnes Roman Catholic church, Arling- 

 ton, April 30, to Miss Margaret Collins, 

 of Arlington. Mr. Boyle was well re- 

 membered by his store confreres and 

 many friends, all of whom wish him a 

 long, happy married life. 



William A. McAlpine seems to be 

 tollowed by a hoodoo. Last year he 

 had a car badly smashed up and last 

 week he was unfortunate enough to 

 lose a Stutz touring car and Ford sedan 

 by fire at Scituate, where the cars were 

 .stored. 



The great bank of Rhododendron 

 (azalea) Kaempferi will be in fine 



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LEWIS EDWARD HITZ, president of the Indiana State Florists' A.s^oriatiou, 

 ascribes his trade connection to his grandmother and her intense love of 

 flowers. He says she is responsible for one son, two grandsons and one groat 

 grandson all having ranges of glass. Mr. Hitz was born in Madison, Ind., in 1868. 

 He purchased his j^rst greenhouse, that of his father, soon after he was 21. Mr. 

 Hitz has many activities besides operating his own range. He is president of the 

 North Madison Floral Co., a director and superintendent of the Madison Spring- 

 dale Cemetery Association; a director of the Mite Building Association, a member 

 of the Chautauqua, a hard worker in the Methodist church, a Knight Templar, 

 a Knight of Pythias, a Red Man, a Modern Woodinan, a life member of the 

 8. A. F. and, to top it all, i)resident of the Indiana State Florists' Association. 



bloom at the .Vrnold Arlioretum about 

 the end of the present week. The lilacs 

 are not blooming quite as freely as 

 usual this season and some of the flower 

 trusses and foliage have been blistered 

 by the long spell of cold .-ind inclement 

 weather. 



J. Frank Edgar never had a finer lot 

 of cyclamens than he has this .season. 

 He has many tliousands now, mostly in 

 314-ineh pots. Begonias look equally 

 well. For Memorial day he has a grand 

 lot of hydrangeas and roses. 



There is a fine display of early tulips 

 in the public gardens this week. Spe- 

 cially fine are Pink Beauty, Thomas 

 Moore, Chrysolora, white Joost van 

 Vondel, Keizerskroon, Prince of Aus- 

 tria, scarlet Pottebakker, Proserpine 

 and La Reine. 



The obituary column contains a note 

 on the untimely death of B. Hammond 



Tracy, Jr., son of B. Hammond Tracy, 

 the well known gladiolus specialist of 

 Cedar Acres, Wenham, Mass. 



A hitch has occurred in the letting 

 of the contract of the new range of 

 city greenhouses on Franklin street and 

 it is now said that new bids will be 

 called for. 



There will be a prize exhibition at 

 Horticultural hall May 28 and 29. Li- 

 lacs, cut shrubs, iris and other season- 

 able flowers and vegetables will be dis- 

 played. 



Oswald Ralph, of South Weymouth, 

 and William C. Stickel, of Lexington, 

 are sending in nice blue irises, which 

 sell well in the market. W. N. C. 



Dayton, O.— Mrs. E. M. Phebus has 

 sold out her interests and is no longer 

 connected with the florists' business 

 here. 



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