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Gardeners and Florists’ Annual for J9J8 
The Morningview Greenhouses, at Montgomery, Ala., owing to 
an accident to their boiler, last Winter, lost over 15,000 plants valued 
at $800, besides all their decorative palms, which were being used in 
a decoration at an Episcopal church and which were frozen by reason 
of the sexton failing to keep up the fires as agreed. 
The florists’ Hail Association had its corporate existence extended 
for another 30 years by the New Jersey Legislature in February. 
The annual meeting of the Tennessee State Florists’ Ass’n was held 
at Nasliville, on Jan. 30, more than 60 being in attendance. 
A SEVERE and sudden frost extending far down into Florida started 
on Friday night, Feb. 2, 1917, causing the loss of several millions of 
dollars to the Grapefruit and Orange growers, as well as to all those 
who had florists’ crops for shipping. The Asparagus plumosus con- 
signments were entirely cut off, and the market throughout the whole 
country was left short of this for many weeks. Young vegetable crops 
were also ruined, as well as all the tender ornamental plants, even up 
to the height of 50ft. in the case of Rubber trees. 
The Chrysanthemum Society of America published on Feb. 17, in 
the trade papers, a full list of certified novelties of season 1916, these 
numbering 40. 
A PAMPHLET on gardening in elementary city schools was published 
by the U. S. Bureau of Education early in the year. 
The coal companies urged last February that contracts for a year 
ahead be signed at prices exactly twice the amount of those of 
1916. 
It was reported from Cornell that 25 species of American birds 
Doing Their Bit 
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