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The Weekly Florists^ Review. 



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A COMPLETE SUCCESS. 



Now a Triennial Affair. 



Till' -l-.'.-il S. A. I'. \;it iiiti.-il Sluiw. 

 ^cIlciIii li'il In lull I'liilli Miircll L'.~> t(i 

 \[iiil 1. iliil iH'I liii;illv i-lcisc its iliKir'- 

 until SiiiiM:iy jii^lit. .\|iiil 1^. Doiiiainls 

 well' --11 >truiiL: lur ;iii iniilit imial Smiilav 

 that the liia ii.iL^finrnt \ ii'Idcil t(i 1 lie 

 |pri'S'-iiii' tn ki'i'|> (iiK'ii ami thf rrowil 

 (Ml liii- clii^iii^ (l,-i\ scriMi'.l cxcn I'li'iicr 

 than r\i'l. Till' I'Nliihit inn cldsrij in a 

 lila/.c (il L:hii V and iiian\- were the n' 

 ,:^r('t< t'N|iri'-^c'i| that it coiihl not ha\c 

 run aiiiithci \\ri'i\. 'I'Ihtc ha\(' ncNiT 

 ]ircnionsl y Ih'ch rxhihit ion^ inniiiii;^ -n 

 long as this in );o--tiiii ami thfir wcir 

 sorioiis ini-L;i\ in:;s i hat tin' at t cinla in-c. 



whilf' sjih'iiiijil during 11 arlii'V da\^. 



niiulit dwindlr lowai'ds the rlosc. iuit 

 there avii'- ^n iniiih to see ancl so niaiiv 

 v.vw at 1 lai-t ions ^\e^e ;iclded d.a.v liy day 

 that |ie(i|.]e came, .■idinireil .ami won 

 dered. and (•.•line .-iiiaiii with tludr 

 I'lieiMK. and iiad it la'i'll |iossilde In 

 inaint.aiii exliilet- in |aesrntalde cdndi 

 tioii I'lT even aiiiitJMr weidc there is 

 little i|iie-ti(i|i lint tlial it WOuld liax'e 

 ji.aid ^\ell. 



It \\:i^ aniKiuii'-rd >,itiirday. .Xpiil 1. 

 that witll uatc liriapt- nT vnnie ^^l.'.IMMl 

 ii{> Id that liiiic the ^iinu w.a-. a lili.an 

 iial -lii-re---. that L^naiaiitin- wonld he 

 |.a Id liark ill lull a nd t li.at t heii' w onld 

 nndoniiledl\ ln' a t'.air pridit. Tlii- --nr 

 |ia-.^cM thr n.ii~l --.a ii;j n i 111' r\|icit at inn< 

 III till' ma n.'i uiimiit . It w a'^ derided 

 Malih •'.II li\ till' l.ii.ild nf dirrrtnis uf 

 t he >. \. I '. I II h.a \ ■■ 1 111 nat iniiai -liiivv 

 t I ien n i.'i II \ . :ilid n(i\\ thai r.n-~tiin lia^ 

 ~h^\^ II tll.'il it i-aii llianaLie line . . t' this 

 -i/.i' and MialM- it .-i li ii.i iii- la 1 •-i|i-ii'^>~. \\ c 

 ina\ t':iirh rxiMit a ihnrn^ ol' idaiinants 

 1(11 t he I'.'l I ^iiiiw . 



Weather Favors the Show. 



'I In- we.'ithi-r proved .a trnni|i r;inl, as 

 while it remained cold during t In^ entire 

 I'Nhildtion. tlii< ta\Tired the exliihils aiul 

 the at tend.i nil . With tin' t:round i'ro/en 

 at tin" end oT Man-li and sleighing in 

 |iro;:ress in M.-iine. NCrinont anfl Can- 

 ada, many ni.idi' tin' P.nston trip ■\vho 

 wciiihl not h.'i\i' ifiiiie had siuing started 

 i'ail\-. a- it did a year ago. 



M;in\- e\liiliit~ l-i'inailled Ile-li to the 

 I'lid. liUt till' Iili da\-' -how w a ~ too 

 inin-h tor s,iii|... nirhid-. cxeept cypripe- 

 dinni'-. \vi'i,t tu >h'ep .ilti'T .a 1'eu day-. 

 I'.iiIImiiis |d:ilits w I re ipiite pa--r at the 

 i|ii-e. ( »ii the dtlel hand, a /a le;i^. r i i r:i -. 

 ai-.ii-ia'- and other h.'ii'd wooded plants 

 kept t'liely. It \\;i- nnti-d that sjiei-i- 



nii'ii- ot' lio\ lately imported Irnm ihd- 



land lost tlnir leaves in !-liower«. while 



iho-e that wa'ie a e<d iiiiat ed did not siif- 



lir 111 the li'a>t. The fidiage on the 



i.'imldi'i ro-c- laid ino-tly turned golden, 



liiit tlieii' were so nian_\" changes made 



e;iih d;iy that nothing unsigldly mot 



till' \isitois" eye-.. .I;iiue- A\'Jieeler. as 



sujiei intemli'iit of the exhiliition. \\as 



e\i'r on the alert and e\ery day jdcas- 



in'_'' 1 hanges \vero tnado. 



'J'Ik^ appearaiiee of some plants in tlie 

 main hall a few days alter the opening 

 suggested that escaping gas or creosote 

 was causing s(»ine damage. Tlu^ real 

 cause was tliei'e undonlitedly in some 

 gaseous form, although it was not lo 

 i-ated. i;\ crything lieing considered, 

 lunvexcr, things kept widl and it is 

 doiilitliil it' the\- would li;n c lasted Ind 

 ler in any other hall in P>oston. 



Attendance at Meetings Slim. 



A meeting of ^o m;in\ national sorie 

 tie- lirmiyht .an .at t end;i m-e iin|iara I hded 

 Ml till' hi-tory uf Anieriran lloriiailt lire. 

 .\ -how ol' the magnitude ot' this one 

 has denioii-t r.'it ed one tiling;. \i/..: tli.'it 

 no in.-ittei' how diverse and intel'esting a 

 -erie- ul lin--ines.- M'ssions tiie sevi'ral 

 -oiictie- m;i\- in.ap out in ;ii[\ance. the 

 .■i 1 1 1 art loll- 111' the exhiliition are so jio- 

 tent that it i- a dillicnlt matter to get 

 even a ipioinm together to talk liusi- 

 ne-s. I 'r;ict ira II \- all the husiness S(^s- 

 >ioii- -iiowed this. Suine were alian- 

 doiied and others in;it <M'ially modified to 

 meet the conditions of the case. 



The closing meeting (d' the S. .\. !•'.. 

 scheduled for 1» a. m. April I, was not 

 i-alled to order until r_':;i(i. The ex 



hildtion hall w,-is packed with visitors, 

 fid it was dillicnlt to secure a quoriuii 

 of memliers to liold the last session. 

 I'resident .\smus i-ead a short address, 

 c(uigratul;it iiig the memliers on the niag- 

 nilicent siuaa'ss of the show and thank- 

 ing all workers for their untiring efforts, 

 lie said tli;it his address propei' would 

 lie reserved for lialtimore. as would 

 other addresses. lie appidnted as a 

 <-omniiltee on lin:il resolutions A. T. I )e 

 l-i .Mare. .1. II. |'epp,.r, .\ . Farenwald, 

 dames follies and d. Ii. fot lieri iigliain. 

 riie le^olntions. whirli were adojifed bv 

 aiidamat loll. I hanked the ALussachusetts 

 Hurt ii-nlt oral Soi-ietv. the (Jardeners' 

 .iiid florists' (lull of r.oston, tiie local 

 ladies" lommittee. !•'. I,'. I'ierson, the 

 <diairii;;in of the .National Show com- 

 mittee, .'ind ;ill who had worked and 

 liel|icd to make the show such a suc- 

 cess. 



.\ telegram was lead from J'^dwiu 

 Lonsdale, state \ ice president in Cali- 

 fornia. ciuiNcying congratulations to 

 the society for its courage in holding a 

 spring show .and eoinention and stating 

 tliat San I'^raindsco would he the 

 strategic point for a show in V^\7). 



James Forbes. 



