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Gardeners and Florists’ Annual for J9J8 
other of the English as well as Scottish cities. These are kept deco- 
rated with flowers, and a demand has thus been created for the cheaper 
flowers, particularly by the poor people. 
In the European countries there is a demand for light machinery. 
Tree lifting machines are being sought, particularly the kinds used in 
France by such firms as Barbier & Co. of Orleans. We gather that 
these machines are of two types, one for lifting trees for sale, which 
is fitted with a rubber-lined clamp for gripping the stem of the tree, 
while the other snatches the tree out of the ground without regard to 
bruising the stem. The latter is, of course, for use only in cases where 
VEGETABLE SWELLS TRAVEL DE LUXE 
SUGGESTED BY AMrODNCEiyrEIIT THAT A TKAINXOAD OF POTA- 
TOES, WITH PRIVATE BODYGUARDS, IS COMING IN POMP TO 
CHICAGO. 
[By > staff artist of The Dally News.] 
T he potato Pullman is en route to 
Chicago. Twenty-five thousand dollars 
worth of the vegetable Is touring from 
Ault Eaton and Lucerne, Col., to Chicago 
and eastern cenlersv The load fills forty- 
five cars and the potatoes are under epe- 
cial guard all the way. They are pro- 
vided with all the comforts a potato re- 
quires to be happy and are solicitously 
attended. - 
Potatoes Were Selling at Eight Cents a Pound! 
the trees have stood until they are of no value for transplanting, and 
it is simply a question of clearing the land in the cheapest and most 
expeditious manner. 
Last Winter the Florists’ Telegraph Delivery Association adopted 
the figure of Mercury carrying a spray of flowers as a poster. The 
association also issued stickers for use by its members. 
No. 1 BULLETIN of the California Dahlia Society was issued in 
Dec., 1916. 
White Pine blister disease, it is estimated, threatens the destruc- 
tion of forests valued at it!365,000,000. 
A notable feature of the flower business on each of the holidays 
was the amount of telegraphic orders. 
The price of Beans, which were a very short crop, was quoted in 
January at $1 to $1.50 advance wer the previous season. 
