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The Florists' Review 



Januauy 20. 1922 



Till' imiiicroiis Iccturos ;ittr;t('ti'(l largo 

 attciulaiiccs, wliilc tlii' oxliil)its, which 

 tilled the main halls, were variod and iii- 

 tcri'stiiiji. ThtMc was a rcniarkahlc coin 

 t'xliibit and chanipioiishij) lioiiors in this 

 departnu'nt wont to A. N. Oooloy, of 

 Pittsliold, Mass., tiio Jiotod orchid spo- 

 oialist. The st('roo])ticon locturo on tho 

 tirst ovoninjj, on ''Old Now England 

 Gardons, " givon on behalf of the (Jar- 

 deiicrs' and Florists' ('Iftb, by Loring 

 W. Underwood, tho well-known land- 

 sca])e architect, attracted a rousing at- 

 tendance, Miiny beautiful old gardens 

 were shown. On acconiit of tho lateness 

 of tlie hour when Mr. I'ndorwood con- 

 cluded, two lectures, to be given by tho 

 Massachusetts Nurseryniou 's Associa- 

 tion, schoflulod to follow, woi-o omitted. 

 The ))latforni of tho lecture liaJl was 

 well decorated with Howering and fo- 

 liage ])lants supplied l)y uionibers of 

 the Gardeners' and Florists' ('lub, who 

 .•ilso furnished grou])s in the loggia. 

 Among the local business firms contrib- 

 uting were: F. F. Palmer, Inc., the 

 H. A. Kyan Co. and the W. W. Fdgar 

 <'o., also a number of private estates. 

 This was the fourth of tho aeries of 

 union meetings and the most successful 

 of tlnMii all. 



Massachusetts Nurserymen Meet. 



Tlie .uinual meeting of tho Massachu- 

 setts Nurserymen's Association w:is 

 liold at Horticultural hall, January 17, 

 in connei-tion with the series of union 

 jDOOtings being hold theri'. President 

 Julius Heurlin was in the chair and 

 there was a good attendance. .\ letter 

 of thanks was road on behalf of tho 

 union mooting, thanking tho nursory- 

 Dion foi- their ta-:t(>ful decoration of the 

 t-ntrance liali with choice evergreens. 

 Tlie troasuri'iV ro])ort was duly ac- 

 ooptod. 



A letter was read from Krnest 11. (iil 

 bort, master of tho Massachusetts State 

 • irango, inviting the association to send 

 'iolegates to a conference of educational 

 .Mul agrioiltnral interests to t.-ike action 

 i))i till' daylight savings i)l;in ami other 

 so-called " ini(|uities. " which would be 

 liscussod, liut it was stated that tiiore 

 would be a state house hearing for oytyo 

 nonts of the daylight saving id:iii, Feb 

 .ruarv 1. Tho association \ot(Hl in favor 

 of the daylight saving iilan. but also 

 \i)tod lo send representatives tn tlir con 

 I'orence. Tho nominating c(unmittee, 

 lonsisting of F. W. lireod. Howard 

 Frost and (ieorge \V. Pago, brought in 

 tho f(dlowiny list ol oftii-ers for the en- 

 suing vear. wh(> were dul\ elect ed: 

 I'residont. Sheldon A. Kobinson; Nice- 

 president. Kichard M. Wynuui; secre- 

 tary ami treasurer, Winthro]) H. Thiu- 

 low. Fxocutive committee, Julius lleur- 

 lin, .1. J. ^IcMiinmon, F. Koss, Donald 

 Wynuni, (ieorgo W. I'age. 



i'liief Forester H. H. Cook, of .Massa- 

 .husotts, invited niembeis to ,ioin tho 

 )irotest against the excossiv(dy high rates 

 .hargod for the transportation of luus 

 rry stock by railroads and express com 

 p.'inios. There was a general discussion 

 of this subject, in which the express 

 ooni]«anies were h.indled without gloves. 

 Some members st.ated that tho express 

 .barges (111 distant shi])ments were 

 larger than the invoices. Tho general 

 conclusion was that unless railroad rates 

 came down, there Avould bo no decline 

 in (>x)iross charges. 



Christian Vander Voot gave .an excel- 

 lont ]iractical talk on pruning and 

 .showed, by living examples, how the 



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 tions had been answered, the lecturer 

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 Breed, of Woreester, spoke on the pro- 

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