. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 106 The Rorists' Review OCTOBUB 6, 1922 and Wilfred Thornton, assistant chauf- feur. James J. Slattery, assistant manager of the Park street store, recently pur- chased a new stucco house, with wood ornamentations, on Washington street, Brighton, to which, as soon as it is ready for occupancy, he will move his family from his beloved Coolidge Hill, in Brookline. His new home is one of the finest buildings in the district, a charming section of suburban Boston. One of the large orders of the week was for the opening of the Thomas 0. Plant * * Queen
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 106 The Rorists' Review OCTOBUB 6, 1922 and Wilfred Thornton, assistant chauf- feur. James J. Slattery, assistant manager of the Park street store, recently pur- chased a new stucco house, with wood ornamentations, on Washington street, Brighton, to which, as soon as it is ready for occupancy, he will move his family from his beloved Coolidge Hill, in Brookline. His new home is one of the finest buildings in the district, a charming section of suburban Boston. One of the large orders of the week was for the opening of the Thomas 0. Plant * * Queen Quality''' shoe store. No. 29, at 170 Tremont street. This store is of the colonial type and a splendid piece of architecture, to which the flowers and plants provided the right embellish- ments. Because of the large death list of prominent persons, the demand for fu- neral work has been exceptional. This is of interest in view of the increasing habit of requesting no flowers. Despite the variety and urgency of the forms of this request which may be read in the daily papers, the use of flowers for funerals is constantly growing. Use of casket mantles has become quite gen- eral, and each week the number de- livered increases. Among the prominent orders for this service filled during the week were those for the Keller, Mason, Haggerty, Johnson, Williams and Jones funerals. NEW ORLEANS, LA. Club Meetings. The New Orleans Horticultural So- ciety held its August meeting at the greenhouses of the Metairie Bidge Nursery Co. It was the first meeting after the elec- tion of our new president, Harry Pap- worth. At his suggestion, the monthly meetings are to be held at the different members' places, to make the gatherings more interesting. Another innovation of the new president was to choose a member each meeting to read a paper on his methods of growing certain flow- ers. Harry Dressel was the first member selected, and his paper was on the cul- ture of dahlias. He was given a rising vo
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