. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 136 The Florists' Review Apbil 6. 1922 blue iris and cattleyas was charmingly made. Commissioner Curtis was a former mayor of Boston and got a na- tional name a few years ago, when practically the whole police force of the city went on strike. At that time Mr. Curtis refused to allow them to become unionized and, aided by Governor, now Vice-President, Coolidge, guarded the city until a new force could be enrolled and trained. As a consequence, he was one of Boston's best loved citizens. T. F. Galvin also had the family orders for the funeral of Har
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 136 The Florists' Review Apbil 6. 1922 blue iris and cattleyas was charmingly made. Commissioner Curtis was a former mayor of Boston and got a na- tional name a few years ago, when practically the whole police force of the city went on strike. At that time Mr. Curtis refused to allow them to become unionized and, aided by Governor, now Vice-President, Coolidge, guarded the city until a new force could be enrolled and trained. As a consequence, he was one of Boston's best loved citizens. T. F. Galvin also had the family orders for the funeral of Harry P. Nawn, the noted contractor. T. F. Galvin, Inc., had many orders, also, for these two funerals. The sympathy of the trade goes out to John T. Cooke, the Commonwealth avenue retailer, in the death of his wife March 30. Funeral services were held April 3. Thomas Roland and Henry Penn re- turned full of enthusiasm for Indian- apolis and the west and for the won- derful way in which the national flower show was handled. The exhibits were grand, the attendance wonderful and the amount of newspaper publicity given astonished the visitors. March went out in an unkind mood, after being a rather pleasant month, on the whole. Mixrch 31 and April 1 we had about a foot of snow, causing consider- able transportation troubles. Such storms, even in April, are not unusual. We hope this will be the last of the present season. A good attendance is looked for April 18, when Professor Clark L. Thayer, of the floricultural department, Amherst, will favor the Gardeners' and Florists' Club with a stereopticon lecture on the advantages offered by the college to flo- rists and gardeners. An extensive and naturally arranged exhibition of native ferns, flowers and shrubs will be staged at Horticultural hall. May 4 to 11. The arrangement will be on somewhat similar lines to those of the great show of native orchids in May, 1921, which attracted 25,000 ; Local nurseries are now busy digg
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