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of Jan., 1917, called for many designs from the florists at Washington, 
and also at San Francisco where he was buried. 
The Ohio State Horticultural Society celebrated its 50th anni- 
versary on Jan. 30, 1917. 
Accohding to Associated Press news, armed guards were stationed 
on freight trains carrying seed Potatoes through the Middle West to 
Chicago in Jan., 1917. This was because of the high value set upon 
Potatoes at that period. 
A NEW kind of sheet glass in which transparent celluloid was 
placed between two pieces of glass and welded under high pressure, and 
said to be unbreakable, was put on the market. 
The dissemination of information regarding how to prevent fires, 
and analysis of the total number of fires and their origin, was published 
by the U. S. Board of Fire Underwriters. Carelessness in throwing 
away cigarettes, knocking ashes from pipes, throwing away matches, 
crackers, etc., defective chimneys and such like, caused damage to the 
amount of $4,358,680. Thirty-one per cent, of fires were due to sparks, 
explosions, incendiarism, while well over half a million dollars worth 
of damage was said to have been caused by fires of spontaneous com- 
bustion. 
Dorothy Perkins, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. C. Perkins, New- 
ark, N. Y., after whom the Rose is named, was married on Jan. 27. 
The question “What Constitutes an Amateur?” was much debated 
in the trade papers without a solution being arrived at. 
A NEW Potato disease, the symptoms of which were curling and 
browning of the leaves, was investigated by the U. S. Dept, of Agri- 
culture last season. 
On Feb. 5, 1917, the legal title of the owners of the Gardeners and 
Florists’ Annual, the A. T. De La Mare Co., Inc., became effective. 
Previously it was the A. T. De La Mare Printing and Publishing Co., 
Ltd. 
The new orange-red hybrid tea Rose Mme. Collette Martinette is 
well spoken of. 
The Association of Dutch Bulb Growers, at their annual meeting 
in 1916, reported that trade had been more favorable than in the two 
previous years. 
The temperature touched 
zero in New York, Feb. 12. At 
places in the South and Middle 
West a great, sudden change in 
the temperature took place 
about Feb. 3. The temperature 
at 4 p.m. one day recorded 75 
deg. In 39% hours the ther- 
mometer dropped 56 deg., about 
1% deg. per hour. Records 
show that this is the greatest 
change that has occurred since 
the Weather Bureau went into 
operation. 
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