November 16, 1911. 



The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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These dainty creations of lace and ribbon, in white, pink and Alice blue, add a stylish finish to your debutante bunches. 



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for violets and sweet peas ; white, pink, lavender, purple, blue ; useful and pretty. 



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some is seen with 24-inch to 36-inch 

 stems. 



Gardenias are more abundant and 

 move slowly. Gattleyas continue rather 

 draggy. Oncidiums are abundant; also 

 cypripediums and Dendrobium Phalee- 

 nopsis. Asparagus Sprengeri is selUng 

 well, while plumosus and adiantum each 

 move satisfactorily. 



Club Meeting. 



There were 125 present at the club 

 meeting November 14. Seven new 

 members were elected. A progressive 

 report was made by the Amherst Col- 

 lege committee. Two field days were 

 ('announced for December. For the sweet 

 pea show $50 was appropriated. 



if' The committee^ on nominlitions pre- 

 sented the following slate: 

 President — Thomas Pegler. 

 Vice-president — W. J. Kennedy. 

 Secretary — W. N. Craig. 

 Treasurer — Peter Fisher. 



Executive committee — W. J. Patter- 

 son, P. M. Miller, A. E. Thatcher, H. 



H. Bartsch, W. Robb, Wm. Sim, A. 

 Christensen, P. J. Van Baarda, W. Mc- 

 Gillivray. 



An interesting paper was read by 

 Christian Van Der Voet, the title being: 

 "Are Americans Interested in Horti- 

 culture?" The discussions were lively. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



At a meeting of the board of trustees 

 of the Massachusetts Horticultural So- 

 ciety the following, among other com- 

 mittees, were appointed for the ensuing 

 year: 



Prizes and Exhibitions — J. A. Pettlgrew, chair- 

 man; Robert Cameron, Wm. Downe, J. K. M. L. 

 Farquhar, M. A. Patten, Wilfred Wheeler. 



Pfaats and Flowers — T. D. Hatfield, chalrn<Bn; 

 A. 'H. Fewkea, Wm. Nicholson, Thomas Roland, 

 Wm. C. Rust, William Sim. 



Fruits — Edward B. Wilder, chairman; Vm. 

 Downs, Wilfred Wheeler. 



Vegetables — ^Duncan Finlayson, chairman; W. 

 N. Craig, Edward Parlter. 



Gardens — C. W. Parlter. chairman: Jackson 

 Dawson, A. H. F*wkes. T. J. Gray, T. D. Hat- 

 field, Wm. Nicholson, W. P. Rich, D. P. Rnv. 

 Charles Sander, William Thatcher, Wilfrid 

 Wheeler. 



Children's Gardens — H. S. Adams, chairman; 

 Joseph Clark, H. S. Rand, W. P. Rich, B. Ham- 

 mond Tracy, James Wheeler. 



Lectures and Publications — W. J. Stewart, 



chairman; Robert Cameron, J. K. M. L. Far- 

 quhar, Edward B. Wilder. 



An appropriation of $6,000 was made 

 for prizes for shows in 1912. An invi- 

 tation was extended to the National 

 Sweet P^a Society to hold its summer 

 show in Boston, July 13 and 14, 1912. 



Victor Lemoi»'e, of Nancy, France, 

 was unanimously awarded the George 

 R. White medal of honor for his emi- 

 nent services to horticulture. 



Various Notes. 



H. W. Field, of Northampton, through 

 Thomas Pegler, is disposing of quan- 

 tities of fine Richmond, White and Pink 

 Killarney and Mrs. Ward roses at 

 present. 



Edwa,rd Winkler is the proud father 

 of a nine-pound boy, born November 9. 



Edward MacMulkin reports fall trade 

 as excellent. He has secured many con- 

 tracts for landscape work for the com- 

 ing spring, which had been in abeyance 

 for A year. Store trade is first-class. 



R. D. Kimball, of Waban, just now 

 is specially strong on Nagoya, Bonnaf- 



