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Title: The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade
Identifier: americanfloristw22amer (find matches)
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: American Florists Company
Subjects: Floriculture; Florists
Publisher: Chicago : American Florist Company
Contributing Library: UMass Amherst Libraries
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igot. The American Feorist. 114^
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DECORATIONS BY J. H. SMALL & SONS AT THE INAUGURAL BALL, WASHINQTQN, D. C.-PRESIDENT'S BOX. Holmesbnrg property, now the Forrest Home. While at the latter place, he succeeded in flowering the Victoria Regia, for the first time as believed in America In 1.S53 Mr. Meehan entered business for himself as a t.urseryman in Upper Dublin, shortly afterfounding the "Gran- gers," and establishing nurseries at Germantown, where to-day are grown the largest and finest deciduous trees ia the country. Just prior to this he had been invited to edit the Gardener's Monthly, founded by Rodney King, and continued its editor for thirty years, until the death of the owner, Charles H. Marot. and the sale of the paper to a New York concern. In addition to this and the control of his business interests, Mr. Meehan at one time edited depart- ments in six other journals. He was one of the earliest members of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and was one of the first fellows chosen, besides holding membership in many other botanical and scientific organizations here and in Europe. He was elected a member of the Royal Wernerian Society before reaching the age of twenty-one, this being the first time such honor had been conferred on a minor. The intimate of Darwin, Agassiz, and other giants, Mr. Meehan was elected vice-president of the Academy of Natural Sciences as a compromise candidate, thirty years ago, and has held the office uninterruptedly ever since. Nearly forty years ago, in conjunction with one or two collaborators, he commenced the arrangement of an herbarium at the academy, which work will be completed in a month or two from this time. He is now head of the botanical section, and ex-oflicio, a member of the Academy Council. It is said that during hi9 life Mr. Meehan has written 1000 original papers, a large proportion of which recorded original observations or dis- coveries. One of the latter determined the fact that conditions of vita'ity determine sex in certain flowers. This theory has been extended in other direc- tions by medical scientists. In the fifties he pubiished "The Handbook of Orna- mental Trees," and began his life work, "Flowers and Ferns of the I'nited States," published for some time by Prang & Co., and continued in Meehan's Monthly. Elected twenty years ago a member of the School Board for the Twenty-Second section, Mr. Meehan served continuously until January of this year. For the same number of years he has representated the Twenty-second ward in the Common Council, and now divides with one other member the honor of being Father of that body. He was the originator of the movement in favor of public parks, creator of the Municipal Government andFairmount Park committee, and was one of the founders of the Commercial Musjum, of which he is now a trustee The portrait, now the property of the academy, is very happily executed, and is reproduced herewith. The pose secured is characteristic, and the coloring true to life. The Spring Exhibition at Boston. The weather for the opening day of the last exhibition to be held in old Horti- cultural Hall, Boston, was somewhat dull and chilly, but grew brighter as the time for opening to the public drew near. Many of the old, familiar faces were missed, but the enthusiasm of the rising generation atoned in a measure for their absence. The general tone of the exhibi- tion, taken as a whole, was of a very even character, there being very little diflTerence in the excellence of the various exhibits, a fact that was noted by many of the visitors. The arrangement was practically the same as in former years, a method that is certainly open to crit- icism, but which no doubt will be rectified when the society is at home in its more spacious building. As last year, the display of azaleas was not what we were accustomed to five or six years ago, the largest being Azalea alba monstrosa from Wm. Durant, of Wellesley, E. Butler, -gardener. Poly- anthuses and auriculas, too, were very meagerly represented, although their place was partly filled by a very neat display of Primula Sieboldii in si.\teen varieties, exhibited by F. J. Rea, very dis-

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