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 the printer of The Weekly Florists* Review and that since the issue 

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said The Regan Printing House has 

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Wilfrid Wheeler filled the bill as handi- 

 capper. J. F. Flood was megaphone 

 man. Duncan Finlayson worked like a 

 Trojan and much of the success of the 

 picnic was due to the great amount of 

 work he put into it. 



As the tug of war contest ended, the 

 skies, which had been serene all day, 

 commenced to weep as if in sympathy 

 with the feelings of tiie beaten conmier- 

 cialists. 



F. E. Palmer, J. P. A. Guerincau and 

 J. H. Cheyne were among those who 

 played ball well. 



Mrs. Robert Edgar proved the value 

 of systematic training by winning the 

 married ladies' race again. 



The committee on sports, D. Finlay- 

 son, R. Cameron, J. W. D mean. R. S. 

 Edgar, H. M. Robinson, U. Fuld, W. 

 Downs, James Wheeler and W. Wheeler, 

 pro^ided a bountiful supply of tea, cof- 

 fee and sandwiches for any who had not 

 brought lunches and also distributed 

 several hundred boxes of chocolates and 

 peanuts. 



All present pronounced the picnic the 

 best ever and absentees missed a grand 

 treat. 



Various Notes. 



James Wheeler and family are spend- 

 ing their vacation at Pemberton Beach. 

 J. T. Butterworth and Miss Rachel 



Butterworth sailed on the Ivernia July 

 23 for a two months' tour in Great 

 Britain and on the continent. 



The Gardeners' and Florists' Club 

 will hold a field day at the Bay State 

 Nurseries, North Abington, Augiist 31. 



There was a fine exhibition of fungi 

 by the Boston Mycological Club, at Hor- 

 ticultural hall, July 25. 



Not tiie least of the attractions of 

 the great crowds in Boston this week is 

 the city 's incomparable park system. In 

 the Boston and Metropolitan systems 

 there are 10,000 acres in parkways and 

 over twenty-five miles of boulevards. 



W. N. Craig. 



PLANTS FOR CEMETERY LOT. 



Will you kindly advise me what are 

 considered to be the best hardy flower- 

 ing plants for a cemetery lot? I would 

 not care for anything that grows very 

 large, or for a great quantity, but would 

 like something that is hardy in Wiscon- 

 sin climate and that will give as near 

 as possible a succession of flowers from 

 spring until fall by planting different 

 varieties. W. L. 



If perfectly hardy plants are desired 

 it will be necessary to use bulbs and 

 herbaceous perennials. Crocus of any 

 desired color can be planted late in Oc- 



tober, also chionodoxa. These flower 

 very early. Among these you could plant 

 tulips, to follow them. Myosotis palus- 

 tris or alpestris, forget-me-nots, are 

 pretty in spring, as are pansies or Viola 

 cornuta alba. All these will winter with 

 a light winter covering, or the forget- 

 nie-iiola and pansies may be planted in 

 spring among the bulbs. They make a 

 prcttv groundwork to tulips and daffo- 

 dils. ' 



It you do not care to lift the bulbs 

 after the flowering season is over, you 

 can plant annuals among them. For 

 ease of culture I would suggest using 

 petunias or verbenas in separate colors 

 for flowering from June to October, in 

 preference to hardy perennials, none of 

 whi<'h will flower so long as the two an- 

 nuals named. These would be prefer- 

 able to geraniums, which are so much 

 used in cemeteries. The dwarf hardy 

 phlox or moss pink ])hlox subulata, 

 makes a pretty carpet of pink or white 

 flowers in May and is often used on 

 graves. If you do not care to plant any 

 tender stock, I think Viola cornuta alba 

 will bloom more persistently than any 

 other hardy plant you can obtain. 



C. W. 



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