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OCTOBEB 15, 1908. 



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land on the Lusitania October 8, having 

 been away just five weeks. He went over 

 to see his people. He did not visit many 

 in the trade, but found time to take in 

 a Royal Horticultural Society show. 



To Mrs. Lulu Small, wife of Charles 

 A. Small, the United States government 

 has presented a gold medal in recogni- 

 tion of her bravery in saving the lives 

 of two women who were drowning in 

 the surf. When an agent of the United 

 States Treasury Department came to 

 this city to deliver the medal he found 

 Mrs. Small a patient in the French Hos- 

 pital, recovering from an operation made 

 necessary by the injuries received by 

 Mrs. Small while slie was rescuing Mrs. 

 Allan S. Towson and Mrs. Edmund Aus- 

 tin Mays at Sea Gate September 17, 

 1907. Mr. Small was present when the 

 gold medal was presented to his wife. 

 After the presentation Mr. Small said 

 she told him that the medal would be 

 an incentive to her in an effort to re- 

 cover her health as soon as possible. 



The schedules in bankruptcy of W. H. 

 Donohoe, 17 East Twenty-eighth street, 

 show liabilities $7,611 and assets $2,100, 

 consisting of stock $100 and accounts 

 $2,000. 



BOSTON. 



The Market 



The improvement, which came a week 

 ago, only lasted for two or three days 

 and conditions are again the reverse of 

 satisfactory. It was hoped that the ces- 

 sation in supplies of asters and other 

 outdoor flowers would galvanize some life 

 into the business and much disappoint- 

 ment is felt at the way flowers are sell- 

 ing. One day business is fairly good, 

 while on the next it is the reverse. Chrys- 

 anthemums are now in abundant supply 

 and are already too numerous for the 

 demand. Prices for these have sunk to 

 unusually low figures. While a few ex- 

 tras may make $1.50 to $2 per dozen, 

 many go at $3 to $4 per hundred. The 

 most abundant varieties are now Glcry 

 of the Pacific and Polly Rose. Others 

 seen are October Frost, Monrovia and 

 Golden Glow, with a few Montmort, and 

 Rosiere, a good pink. 



Roses continue to improve. In addi- 

 tion to Beauties, there are good lots of 

 Chatenay, Killarney and Richmond com- 

 ing in, while Brides and Maids are of 

 fair quality. Sales for these continue 



rather unsatisfactory. Carnations are 

 not selling as they should, only a few 

 reaching $2 per hundred, others selling 

 as low as 50 cents. Violets average 50 

 cents per hundred for the best. Some 

 good lilies are coming in. Asters are 

 nearing the end and gladioli and sweet 

 peas are both over for the season. 



Ezhibitioiu 



The annual fruit and vegetable show 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety, October 10 and 11, was an excel- 

 lent one, the exhibits being of an un- 

 usually high grade. Among the fruit 

 exhibits, Ellwanger & Barry had a large 

 cellection of pears and L. E. Smith, of 

 Annapolis, Nova Scotia, had a display 

 of finely grown apples which were a 

 noteworthy feature. The most merito- 

 rious exhibit in the show was the exten- 

 sive collection of berry-bearing trees and 

 shrubs from the Boston park depart- 

 ment, which well merited the silver medal 

 awarded. Specially fine were the fol- 

 lowing: Symplocos crataegoides, Sym- 

 phoricarpos racemosus, Crataegus Arkan- 

 sana, C. Oxyacantha, C. punctata, yellow 

 fruit; C. nitida, and C. cordata, Sorbus 

 Americana, Oxydendrum arboreum, Ly- 



