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Florists* Review, 



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Gentlemen:- 



Relative to tne results we are receiving from^our 

 advertisement in tne Review;, it gives us pleasure to state these 

 have been most satisfactory. The advertisement had its first 

 insertion December 9, and over 200 inquiries, for literature, etc., 

 on our Thermostatic Instruments for Greenhouses, have already come 

 to us, from Florists located in 31 states in the Union. 



The result was, indeed, an agreeable surprise- to us, as 

 we would have been satisfied with receiving half. this number of 



inquiries. 



•Yours very truly, 



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& Gen'l Manager. 



Killarney, "White Killarney, Eichmond 

 and other roses for the holidays, also 

 some of the old favorites, like Safrano 

 and Isabella Sprunt. 



Henry M. Kobinson & Co. had for their 

 fourth Christmas at 15 Province street 

 the heaviest trade on record, not only in 

 cut flowers but holly, laurel wreathing 

 and other greenery. 



J. Newman & Sons had attractive 

 <^hristmas windows. Their azaleas were 

 specially fine, also poinsettias, while in 

 Put flowers they showed practically every- 

 thing in season. 



There is already considerable talk of 

 tHe carnation convention at Pittsburg, 

 find prospects are excellent for a good 

 I'oston delegation. The annual banquet 

 of the Gardeners' and Florists' Club, 

 •lanuary 27, is always attended by the 

 leading local carnationists, and their 

 !! )sence next month at Pittsburg will be 

 ' srretted. 



William Sim had, as usual, the biggest 

 ' t of single violets of any local grower, 

 fv.id probably his pick was double that of 

 ■■^ y other single violet grower in the 



country. In addition to Princess of 

 Wales, he had fine Boston, Kaiser Wil- 

 helm and Baron N. E. Bothschild. 



The exhibition of 700 splendid photo- 

 graphs of plants, animals and scenery in 

 western and northern China by the 

 Arnold Arboretum is attracting many 

 visitors to Horticultural hall. The photo- 

 graphs are the work of E. H. Wilson, the 

 noted and intrepid plant collector, who 

 wiU also deliver a stereopticon lecture be- 

 fore the Gardeners' and Florists' Club, 

 January 18. 



Welch Bros, had the heaviest Christmas 

 trade on record. Their shipments of roses, 

 including superb Beauties, carnations and 

 other flowers, were immense. They also 

 had a fine pot plant trade, while in holly, 

 wreathing and other greenery their out- 

 put was far ahead of all previous years. 



J. T. Butterworth struck the market 

 right with a fine lot of Cypripedium in- 

 signe and Cattleya Trianse. He has one 

 or two good pure whites among the latter. 



Sidney Hoffman's big show windows 

 on Massachusetts avenue never looked 

 better than for Christmas. Grandly ber- 

 ried hollies in tubs, ardisias in quantity, 



splendid azaleas and specimen colored 

 dracaenas were noteworthy. 



The snow storm, which reached here 

 Christmas night and raged all the follow- 

 ing day, was the most severe erperienced 

 for some years. Aside from the disor- 

 ganization of traffic, the results were 

 quite serious on trees and shrubs, many 

 of which were badly broken or entirely 

 ruined by the weight of heavy, set snow. 

 Outside of broken glass, we have not 

 heard of any serious damage to local 

 growers. 



The annual meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society occurs Jan- 

 uary 1, when the annual address of the 

 president and reports of the chairmen 

 of the several committees will be held. 



A. Roper had an extra fine lot of Bay 

 State carnations for Christmas. These 

 realized top prices, as did flowers of his 

 new scarlet seedling, William Penn. 



W. N, Craig. 



Washington, Ia. — Joseph Melinsky 

 has bought out the Keck Floral Co. and 

 plans to enlarge the wholesale end of the 

 business. 



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