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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



AuarsT 31, 1911. 



THE FLORISTS' SUPPLY HOUSE OF ImERICA 



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SOME SMART NOVELTIES 



That will enable you to open the season in a way to attract the attention of people of cultivated taste. 

 The Electric Flower Lamp with pans for cut flowers or small plants is a pretty and practical orna- 

 ment. Then there is the Mirror Basket, best described as a half basket with handles, the flat side 

 intended to go next the mirror. The Forest Leaves are varied and very beautiful, giving you an oppor- 

 tunity for endless artistic combinations. Thistles, that add a touch of Scottish heaths, in colors that 

 would blend into a rich tartan plaid. A Parisian wreath of Statice and Ammobiums is oflfered by way 

 of suggestion. A new pottery — a fitting mate for Imperial Chinaware and Toneware— is Ancient Colo- 

 nial ware. Vases of classic beauty in fine soft shades of color. We want you to try these novelties. 



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and dull skies prevented many from 

 joining the party of fifty who left 

 Scollay square at 12:30 for a field day 

 at B. Hammond Tracy's gladiolus farm 

 at Wenham. The ride of thirty miles 

 per trolley through Lynn, Salem and 

 Beverly was greatly enjoyed and when 

 the party reached Cedar Acres the sun 

 broke out. A number of prominent 

 north shore growers swelled the party 

 to seventy. Mr. Tracy had an ample 

 supply of autos and carriages to convey 

 visitors to and from the electric cars. 



The Cedar Acres gladiolus industry 

 is of recent growth. Ill health caused 

 Mr. Tracy to buy an abandoned farm, 

 with only half an acre of tillable 

 ground on it, more as a retirement than 

 with any idea of growing anything. 

 He, however, started in gladiolus grow- 

 ing, which had interested him much 

 while an amateur, and has in the last 

 four or five years converted at heavy 

 expense what were deemed worthless 

 gravel hillsides into luxuriant fields of 

 gladioli. There are nineteen acres 

 planted this season, some 200,000 bulbs 

 to the acre, and no cleaner, choicer 

 and better grown collection is prob- 

 ably to be found in the country. From 

 a small storage shed with 800, there is 

 now one with a capacity of over 5,000 

 bushels of bulbs, and as each year more 

 ground is planted, which is necessary 

 owing to the ever increasing demand, 

 even this will soon need enlarging. Tt 

 surprised the visitors to note how well 

 gladioli grew on what was recently 

 almost pure gravel. Thousands of fine 

 seedlings were seen, some of which will 

 soon make Cedar Acres even more 

 famed. 



A generous collation was served in 

 a tent near Mr. Tracy's picturesque 

 residence by a noted caterer, which 

 everyone enjoyed. Then a little 

 speechmaking was indulged in, short 

 eulogistic addresses being made by P. 

 M. Miller, W. N. Craig, Eric Wetter- 

 low, of the North Shore Horticultural 

 Society, and James "Wheeler. A hearty 

 vote of thanks and rousing cheers were 

 given Mr. and Mrs. Tracy. After the 

 party had been photographed, the re- 

 turn journey to Boston was made, all 

 in the party, which contained a good 

 sprinkling of ladies, having spent. an 

 enjoyable afternoon. 



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