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The Weekly Florists' Review* 



Apbil 7, 1910°. 



bulb in a 6-inch pot and bad the unusual 

 number of seventeen buds and blooms. 

 It was exhibited at the recent meeting 

 of the Newport Horticultural Society and 

 awarded the society's certificate of merit, 

 being admitted to be the largest and 

 handsomest plant of its kind ever shown 

 to the society. 



Thomas TuUie, 206 Bay View avenue, 

 Edgewood, has been bringing in some 

 fine ferns. 



' The condition of Henry M. "Wilson, of 

 Newport, continues serious, and it is 

 feared that it will be several months be- 

 fore he recovers sufficiently to attend to 

 his nurseries. 



J. G. Jensen is preparing for a rear- 

 rangement of the gutters on his range of 

 houses, which have been giving him con- 

 siderable trouble. 



Some of the finest mignonette seen in 

 the local market is being brought in by 

 Mrs. P. F. Conley, of the Elmwood Green- 

 houses. 



James B. Canning is doing a big busi- 

 ness in bedding plants for spring deliv- 

 ery. He reports that his Easter business 

 exceeded anything since he started in 

 business thirty years ago. 



"William Appleton is confined to his 

 home by serious illness from a complica- 

 tion of kidney troubles. 



Johnston Bros., on Dorrance street, had 

 an excellent lot of azaleas which came 

 into bloom too late for Easter. They 

 placed them on sale last week and no 

 trouble was experienced in moving them 

 to good advantage. 



John F. "Wood is in the market with 

 the first early arbutus, and last week he 

 sold several large invoices from Cape Cod 

 at good prices. 



There has been a general shifting 

 among the attaches of Thomas J. John- 

 ston & Co. Miss Emily Sellew, after 

 more than a dozen years, has been suc- 

 ceeded by Miss Edith Sims as head book- 

 keeper. Jerome Powers has succeeded 

 Ambrose Morrison, who has resigned to 

 become a jewelry salesman, while Albert 

 Hambly, of Newport, and "Doc." 

 Brookes, of Albany, N. Y., have taken 

 positions. 



T. O'Connor had the decorations for 

 the Grosvenor wedding, March 29, and the 

 Lippitt dance, March 28. Daffodils and 

 genistas, relieved by palms and southern 

 smilax, formed the color effect of the 

 latter. 



Mrs. G. H. H. Mercer had the decora- 

 tions for the dinner party at the Agawam 

 hunt, March 29. Sweet peas, lily of the 

 valley and narcissi formed the principal 

 feature. 



Nathan D. Pierce, Norwood Green- 

 houses, Norwood, has just received twen- 

 ty-six cases of nursery stock, principally 

 boxwood from Europe. 



Oscar Schultz, of Newport, recently lost 

 a valuable horse by distemper. 



O. H. "Williams is giving up his retail 

 store on Mathewson street. 



Eugene McCarron is heavily booked for 

 outdoor landscape work this spring. 



The first step in the development of the 

 new city nursery at Koger Williams park 

 was taken last week, when 500 young tu- 

 lip trees arrived. Another shipment, con- 

 sisting of 500 red oaks and 100 poplars, 

 is expected in a few days. 



W. H. M. 



Avon, Mass. — Embert F. Oliver has 

 recently found it necessary to enter a 

 complaint at police headquarters against 

 persons who have been breaking glass in 

 his greenhouses. 



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