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FIVE AWARDS 



At the Chicago Convention of the Society of American Florists, August 20, 21 

 and 22, 1912. That's what everybody said at the Convention. 



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They were for our 



q GUN METAL TONEWARE VASES-Certificate of Merit. 



q STANDING ELECTROLIERS-Honorable Mention. 



q CHARIOT OF PEACE-Honorable Mention. 



qNEW FRENCH BASKETS IN FRENCH COLOR 

 EFFECTS — Highly Commended. , 



q DECORATIVE FERNS-Highly ComiJended. 

 This will show you what the visitors to the Coliseum saw and what the judges did. 



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Mention The Review when you write. 



and the S. A. F. convention will each 

 be spoken of by visitors who attended. 



F. J, Dolansky has a splendid lot of 

 sheaths on his Cattleya labiata, from 

 which he will be able to cut in a few 

 weeks. He is building additional 

 houses for cattleyas and gardenias. 



At the Kockingham Fair, held at 

 Salem, N. H., last week, admissions 

 numbered 200,000. Among prize win- 

 ners in the floral departments were 

 W. H. Elliott, on sweet peas and roses, 

 and W. P. Lothrop, of East Bridge- 

 water, on dahlias. Edward Parker and 

 Baniel Whyte, of North Easton, judged 

 the flowers, plants, fruits and vege- 

 tables. 



The Flower Growers' Sales Co. has 

 several new growers of roses for the 

 coming season, including Charles Hol- 



brow, of Brighton, and Peirce Bros., of 

 Waverley, each of whom have several 

 houses devoted to them. 



The Eastern Nurseries, of Holliston, 

 are erecting two new greenhouses and 

 a packing shed to replace those re- 

 cently burned. 



William Turner, the Wobum violet 

 and sweet pea specialist, is building a 

 new greenhouse 35x100. 



H. F. Calder, of Neponset, who is 

 well known as a first-class grower of 

 double violets and sweet peas, is now 

 sending in superb asters, which easily 

 bring top market prices. 



A. Leuthy has started on a trip 

 through Maine and New Hampshire, to 

 see his customers. He has not visited 

 Europe this summer, the first year he 

 has missed doing so for twenty-one 



years. He reports business as exceed- 

 ingly good. 



The local seed stores are all busy un- 

 packing and reshipping French and 

 Dutch bulbs, for which demands are 

 excellent. Freesia Purity is practically 

 sold out at all the stores. 



W. N. Craig. 



NEW YOEK. 



The Market. 



The wholesale cut flower market is 

 still in the throes of overproduction, 

 summer dullness and light demand, a 

 condition which it is hoped will meet 

 with some relief after September 1. 

 The hot waves have been depressing, 

 and the abnormal surplus and conse- 



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