. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. APBIL 8, 1920 The Florists^ Review 21 ^ AFTERMATH <^ Tt^m^F^^mims^Mmm^si^misfk BITS BOSTON SHOW. Visitor From England. Miss Eileen Low, who is counecttHl with the famous horticultural establish- ment of Stuart Low & Co., London, Eng- land, is paying a visit to America and will also make a short trip to Canada, spending about seven weeks on this side. Miss Low, who looks to be scarcely 20 years old, is an enthusiast in the business and, considering that it was a war-time duty with her, she is re- markably well informed, particularly concernin
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. APBIL 8, 1920 The Florists^ Review 21 ^ AFTERMATH <^ Tt^m^F^^mims^Mmm^si^misfk BITS BOSTON SHOW. Visitor From England. Miss Eileen Low, who is counecttHl with the famous horticultural establish- ment of Stuart Low & Co., London, Eng- land, is paying a visit to America and will also make a short trip to Canada, spending about seven weeks on this side. Miss Low, who looks to be scarcely 20 years old, is an enthusiast in the business and, considering that it was a war-time duty with her, she is re- markably well informed, particularly concerning orchids. Miss Low spent a little time each day at the orchid exhibition and was entertained at luncheon March 25 by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Thomas Boland, of Nahant, Mass., and J. T. Butterworth assisted greatly in extending a welcome to the visitor. On being questioned regarding con- ditions in her own country, she said that the business was quickly getting back to the pre-war level. She said, "Our greenhouses were more than full. Our orchids and other valuable plants were not interfered with during the war, as the government considered that they were a valuable national asset. The carnation houses, however, were used to produce food, such as tomatoes, ; Miss Low was asked how the carnations grown in this country compared with those in Great Britain and she said that she considered the quality similar and that they are grown over there in the same manner as they are here. She also remarked that the demand in her coun- try for flowers and plants was enormous and that there is great difficulty in sup- plying some of the stock, owing to a scarcity of such kinds as are imported. Miss Low paid a visit to Beverly Farms to see the famous collection of A. C. Burrage and also to J. T. Butter- worth's, at Framingham, Mass. A. 0. Burrage ExMblt. The exhibit of. A. C. Burrage at Boa- ton was possibly the most remarkable and gigantic ever attempted by any o
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