. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The American Florist. Aug. 4, ities in this direction were enthusiastic- ally recognized. The exhibition of Saturday, July 28, lacked the usual interest, there being nothing particularly striking shown, although the displays of herbaceous gar- den flowers, wild flowers, etc., especially phloxes, were quite full and creditable. Phloxes were shown in named varieties by Rea Bros., W. J. Clemsen and George Hollis. Blue Hill Nursery was repre- sented by an excellent collection of her- baceous perennials. Wm. J. Martin
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. The American Florist. Aug. 4, ities in this direction were enthusiastic- ally recognized. The exhibition of Saturday, July 28, lacked the usual interest, there being nothing particularly striking shown, although the displays of herbaceous gar- den flowers, wild flowers, etc., especially phloxes, were quite full and creditable. Phloxes were shown in named varieties by Rea Bros., W. J. Clemsen and George Hollis. Blue Hill Nursery was repre- sented by an excellent collection of her- baceous perennials. Wm. J. Martin showed several flower heads of Hsman- thus Katharinae, the odd looking umbels of densely packed, salmon flowers, with their long, orange-vermilion stamens, attracting much curious attention. The news of the sad affair at Ocean City, in which Edwin Lonsdale's two daughters lost their lives, has filled us all with deepest sadness. No man is more beloved in the Boston trade than genial, big-hearted Ned, and he and Mrs. Lons- dale have sincerest sympathy of a host of sorrowing friends. John Gilson, for many years city sales- man for E. M. Wood & Co., died Thurs- day, August 2, at Natick. H. H. Hunnewell, of Wellesley, Mass., was ninety years of age last Monday. "laggs" has arrived in Boston. In town: H. S. DeForest, New York; J. R. Fotheringham, Tarrytown, N. Y. Philadelphia. SAD AFFAIH AT THE SEASHORE.—EDWIN LONSDALE'S TWO DAUGHTERS DROWNED WHILE BATHING.— TWO COMPANIONS MEET A LIKE FATE.—TRADE UNITES IN EXTENDING SYMPATHY.—WESTCOTT BUYS A FARM.—BUSINESS FAIH. A most destressing accident which has thrown a gloom over the entire com- munity in and out of the trade, occurred last Tuesday at Ocean City, N. J, when Jennie Lee Lonsdale and Sarah Burton Lonsdale, the two youngest daughters of Edwin Lonsdale, were drowned in the surf while bathing. Mrs. S. Mendelson Meehan, wife of S. M. Meehan, of the firm of Thos. Meehan & Sons, nursery- men of this city, wa
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