. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 102 The Florists' Review May 19, 1921 BEFORE YOU ORDER YOUR FLOWER BOXES WRITE FOR SPECIAL PRICES ON DURO BOXES WE MANUFACTURE A COMPLETE LINE OF Gray, White Glaze, Pink Glaze, and "Say It with Flowers** Boxes DURO PAPER PRODUaS CO., 180 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO was a novel and most interesting dis- play of forced blueberry plants covered with ripe fruits. These included a few native Massachusetts bushes, some prop- agated by Miss Elizabeth C. White, at White Bog, N. J., from wild New Jersey stock specially selected on account of the size of be
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. 102 The Florists' Review May 19, 1921 BEFORE YOU ORDER YOUR FLOWER BOXES WRITE FOR SPECIAL PRICES ON DURO BOXES WE MANUFACTURE A COMPLETE LINE OF Gray, White Glaze, Pink Glaze, and "Say It with Flowers** Boxes DURO PAPER PRODUaS CO., 180 N. Wabash Ave., CHICAGO was a novel and most interesting dis- play of forced blueberry plants covered with ripe fruits. These included a few native Massachusetts bushes, some prop- agated by Miss Elizabeth C. White, at White Bog, N. J., from wild New Jersey stock specially selected on account of the size of berries they bore, and some hybrid blueberries under name, re- ceived from the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, through F. V. Coville, botanist in that bureau. Berries shown were five-eighths of an inch in diameter and the prediction is freely made that berries an inch in diameter will undoubtedly be obtained before long. A special premium of $50, offered by M. E. Case for improve- ments in blueberry culture, was awarded to Douglas Eccleston, superintendent for Albert C. Burrage, for the fine and attractive display of high-grade blue- berries made. The Massachusetts Horticultural So- ciety is planning for a great bulb show in the spring of 1922, with some $6,000 in There is also a proba- bility of a large show of ferns at one of the fall exhibitions. Some years ago the autumn exhibitions of stove and greenhouse plants, ferns, etc., were one of the great features of the year at Horticultural hall. It gradually died out wifli the decline in the culture of fino-foliaged ]), but may be rein- stated. An stock of Memorial day wreaths has been prep:ired by Penn's and is being largely advertised. An attractive window feature last week was an apple tree loaded with delicious looking fruits which most of the many passers-by imagined were real, while, as a matter of fart, these and lovely baskets of oranges, grapes, bananas, peaches and pears w
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