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JANUARY 6, 1910r 



The Weekly Florists* Review* 



23 



Colorado grown Cut Flowefs 



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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. 



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Qreenhouses, 

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 Randolph 2758 



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Violets, Daisies, Snapdragons, Lilies and all other Cut Flowers In season. 



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Wild Smilax, 50 lb. case, $5.00 ; 2 cases, $9.00 ; 4 cases, $16.00 



Cut Boxwood, 15c per lb.; 50 lbs., $7.50; 100 Fancy Eastern Cut Fenis, per 1000, $160; 



lbs.. $14.00. i^nfW) ma nc 



Leuoothoe Sprays, per 100. 60c; 1000, $4.00. ^ ouw, •o.zo ^ . „ 



CSalax, Green snd Bronse, 1000, 76c; 10.000. $6.00. Green Sheet Moss, per bale. $1.00. 

 Sinllax, per doz. strioffB, $1.50. Spbasnum Moss, per bale, $1.00. 



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311 MAIN STREET, Phone M-980 CINCINNATI, OHIO 



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which were the largest in the society's 

 liistory, the great attraction being the 

 •Japanese garden by R. «& J. Farquhar 

 i" Co. 



The reports of the various committees 

 were read, those of T. D. Hatfield on 

 plants and flowers and Wilfrid Wheeler 

 '»n fruits being especially good. 



The following among other committees 

 were appointed by the trustees for 1910: 



Finance — Walter Ilunnewell, A. F. Kstabrook, 

 ^. M. Weld. 



Library— C. S. Sargent, George «. Dorr, E. B. 

 '>ane, C. S. Mlnot. 



Lectures— W. J. Stewart, E. B. Wilder, II. F. 

 Ilrtll, W. P. Rich. 



Prizes and exhibitions— J. K. M. L. Farquhar, 

 ifobert Cameron, W. N. Craig, M. A. Patten, 

 * • S. Sargent, J. A. Pettigrew, William Sim. 



Plants and flowers— T. D. Hatfield, Duncan 

 I inlayson. Peter Fisher, S. J. Goddard, Thomas 

 Koland, William Thatcher. 



Prnlts— E. B. Wilder, J. Willard 11111, James 

 \\ heeler. 



Vegetables— J. B. Slmrtleff, Jr., George I). 

 Moore, J. W. Duncan. 



Gardens— C. W. Parker. W. J. Stewart, A. H. 

 Fewkes, T. D. Hatfield. Julius Heurlin, W. P. 

 Rich, A. F. Barne.v. William Nicholson, F. E 

 Palmer, J. B. Shurtleff, Jr., James H. Bow 

 ditch, WUfrld Wheeler. 



Children's gardens — Mrs. R. G". Shaw, Mrs. 

 Katherine Peabody. Mrs. E. M. Gill, Mrs. 



D. L. Pickman, Mrs. John E. Thayer, Miss 

 Margaret Rand. 



The lecture course commences January 

 8, when E. H. Wilson, of the Arnold 

 Axboretum, will deliver a stereopticon 

 lecture on "Plant Hunting in the Heart 

 of China." These lectures will be given 

 weekly until March 19, except on Febru- 

 ary 26, when the winter flower show will 

 be held. 



Various Notes. 



Three greenhouses were burned at W. 



E. Doyle's Cambridge establishment 



during the recent cold snap, the cause 

 being an overheated boiler. 



George Cartwright spent a lew days in 

 Philadelphia last week. 



E. H. Wilson will be the lecturer at 

 the meeting of the Gardeners' and Flo- 

 rists' Club January 18, on plant collect- 

 ing in central China. The attendance 

 Avill undoubtedly be the largest in the 

 club's history. Tickets for the banquet 

 are now ready. This will occur January 

 27. Tickets are to be had only from 

 Peter M. Miller, 32 South Market street, 

 Boston, and W. N. Craig, North Easton. 



A. A. Pembroke, of North Beverly, is 

 sending in some e.xtra fine sweet peas to 

 the Park Street Market. 



Israel Rosnosky, representing the H. 

 F. Michell Co., Philadelphia, and W. E. 

 Cahill, with the Stumpp & Walter Co., 

 New York, were visitors last week. 



J. F. Flood & Co., of Dedham, are 

 handling some extra fine carnations at 

 present, and report their Christmas trade 

 as the best on record. 



J. K. M. L. Farquhar will lecture be- 

 fore the Bar Harbor (Me.) Horticultural 

 Society January 6. W. N. Craig. 



PROVIDENCE, R. I. 



Current Comment. 



Notwithstanding the usual apathy that 

 follows the Christmas holidays in this 

 city, combined with one of the worst 

 .snow storms since 1898, the florists had 

 a fairly good week. The growers were 

 harder hit because of the extra precau- 



