. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi6. The American Florist. 927 Mothers' Day at Boston. UP-TO-DATE WINDOW DISPLAYS A FEATIRE. Boston is noted for its many fine cut flower stores, many of them right in the busy shopping- districts. Thos. F. Galvin, in his elegant new store on Park street, and his large Bade Bay conservatory on Boylston street has two very up-to-date stores. Penn, The Florist's, new store on Tremont street, witli its large show windows and elegant appointments, is one of the best in the country. Philip L. Carbone's large double st
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igi6. The American Florist. 927 Mothers' Day at Boston. UP-TO-DATE WINDOW DISPLAYS A FEATIRE. Boston is noted for its many fine cut flower stores, many of them right in the busy shopping- districts. Thos. F. Galvin, in his elegant new store on Park street, and his large Bade Bay conservatory on Boylston street has two very up-to-date stores. Penn, The Florist's, new store on Tremont street, witli its large show windows and elegant appointments, is one of the best in the country. Philip L. Carbone's large double store in Boyl- ston street, with its splendid assort- ment of artistic pottery, is also a very high class place. On Tremont street. Wax Brothers have a very showy shop, while Julius Zinn, Houghton & Gorney, and H. R. Comley, are almost side by side at the old Park church corner. There are hundreds more, many of them quite important, who are factors in the trade and nearly all appreciate the importance of the show window and are up-to-date in this respect. Penn's windows for Mothers' day were quite elaborately decorated. The ceiling of one was covered with wis- taria flowers which hung down grace- fully, interspersed with Florida moss. The floor was covered with sheet moss, several logs with lichens, were laid about and a low vase of callas and grasses was in the rear, with a bank of cibotiums and other ferns for a background. In the foreground was a magnolia leafed frame surrounding an etching of Whistler's picture of his mother. A long purple velvet scarf draped the frame. Pink sweet peas were also used. Over the pic- ture in the frame was this inscription : "Be thoughtful of your loving mother —send her a box of flowers for Moth- ers' ; Underneath was a line. "Wear a flower in memory of ; No white carnations were seen or any reference to them; there was a good stock in the flower cases, but no effort to push them. The other large win- dow wa
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