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The Florists' Review 



Decgmber 15, 1921 



cember 10, at Arlington, and drew a 

 large crowd of growers. In the morning 

 the members visited the gardens and 

 experimental greenhouses at Lexington, 

 to inspect the test crops of lettuces. A 

 lunch was served in the old town hall, 

 after which President A. H. Burnham 

 called a business session. F. C. Stokes 

 spoke on "The Seed Situation," and 

 James A. Bailey, of Arlington, on 

 "Some Present-Day Problems." There 

 was a fine display of Arlington-grown 

 fancy vegetables in the hall. 



At the next meeting of the Gardeners' 

 and Florists' Club, December 20, officers 

 for 1922 will be elected. There will be 

 several short, practical talks. James 

 Marlborough, of Topsfield, will speak 

 on winter-flowering begonias of the 

 large-flowering English type; Peter Ar- 

 nott, of Chestnut Hill, will treat of both 

 cyclamens and large-flowered begonias; 

 Fred E. Palmer, of Brookline, will talk 

 on commercial cyclamen culture, and 

 Eric H. Wetterlow, of Manchester, will 

 talk on the culture of the small-flowered 

 winter begonias, Melior and Lorraine 

 varieties, and cyclamens. The four 

 speakers are all expert growers and the 

 talks should prove valuable. The Janu- 

 ary meeting of the club will come one 

 week later than usual, January 24; it 

 will be ladies' night and officers will bo 

 installed. 



The devastating ice storm which 

 ravaged a great part of Massachusetts 

 November 26 to 29 has caused an un- 

 precedented demand for saws, axes, 

 pruning shears and similar tools, as 

 well as great calls for tree paints, coal 

 tar and other dressings. New "tree ex- 

 perts" and "tree surgery firms" are 

 becoming numerous. One Ohio firm has 

 run half-page advertisements in the 

 Boston dailies and has sent a big force 

 of men to New England. The damage 

 is so widespread that there is ample 

 work for everybody. Owners of valuable 

 trees are being warned to beware of the 

 numerous fake "tree doctors," now 

 canvassing for work. 



Penn's have had an exhibition the 

 last week of what the firm calls perfect 

 epcciniens of cyclamens at $25 each. 

 They have had a great demand for cycla- 

 mens. Henry Penn is indignant at the 

 tactics of a rival retail firm in practi- 

 cally stealing the words of his Christ- 

 mas announcement to customers word 

 for word and mailing it to its custo- 

 mers. Too bad that retailers should 

 adopt these tactics. Just when retailers 

 were beginning to get together, this 

 action caused an embittered feeling not 

 in line with Christmas good cheer. 



At the emporium of H. M. Robinson & 

 Co., on Wintlirop square, the street ap- 

 proaches are now almost blocked with 

 Christmas trees, laurel wreaths and 

 great quantities of other Christmas 

 greenery. The store is a hive of in- 

 dustry, with everything for the festive 

 season predominant. Cut flower trade 

 is good, with an excellent shipping 

 trade. 



At John J. 'Brien 's, on Beacon street, 

 the large, handsome store presents a 

 charming appearance for the holidays. 

 Tubs and v.'ises of evergreens st;ind out- 

 side, while within splendid groups of 

 well fruited oranges, begonias, ericas 

 and other seasonable plants are taste- 

 fully arranged. The choicest of cut 

 flowers, such as gardenias, cattleyas, 

 cypripediums, valley, roses, bouvardia, 

 etc., are to be found in quantity here, 

 and the outlook for business is good. 



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