. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Eitaldidied 37 years BOSTON NOTES. (Coucladed from page 62.) he can root umety-five per cent of his cuttings another season. The local branch of the National As- sociation of Gardeners will hold a meet- ing at Horticultural hall September 27, to clean up matters pertaining to the late successful convention and to plan for a continuation of meetings during the coming season. George W. Hamer, the ever-popular assistant manager of the Flower Ex- change, fell down a flight of stairs while carrying a box of flowers, September 22. His ankles were hurt so


. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. Eitaldidied 37 years BOSTON NOTES. (Coucladed from page 62.) he can root umety-five per cent of his cuttings another season. The local branch of the National As- sociation of Gardeners will hold a meet- ing at Horticultural hall September 27, to clean up matters pertaining to the late successful convention and to plan for a continuation of meetings during the coming season. George W. Hamer, the ever-popular assistant manager of the Flower Ex- change, fell down a flight of stairs while carrying a box of flowers, September 22. His ankles were hurt so badly that he is obliged to lay up for a while for repairs. His absence and the Jewish holidays coming together have made the exchange seem excessively dull. Callers last week included George Severns, of Olympia, Wash.; F. B. Pier- son, Tarrytown, N. Y., and Leonard Barron, Garden City, N. Y. There has been a change in the per- sonnel of the officers of the Beacon Florist, on Beacon street. Golab Bros, retire and hereafter John Eisemann and Benjamin Mirsky will rule the roost. This means good management and in- creased business. The name has been changed to Beacon Florist, Inc. Every- one in the retail trade knows John Eise- mann and his new partner is equally popular and veil known. A. W. Kidder, of Lincoln, the noted violet specialist, has been quite ill, with glandular trouble. He has been in the hospital since early in July. The Flower Exchange sent him a handsome basket of fruit and flowers last week and his many friends in the trade hope for his speedy recovery. Hardly any dahlias are offered for sale in the wholesale market here and retailers seem to fight shy of them, in spite of the fact that they are grown in ever-increasing numbers in this sec- tion and are this season flowering more abundantly than ever. Individual flow- ers, mainly of decorative and peony- flowered varieties, arc seen in some stores under numbers, and orders are booked for plants for another seaso


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